• Title
  Myles Dunphy papers mainly relating to the bushwalking conservation movement, 1905-1984
• Creator
  Myles Dunphy, 1891-1985
• Call number
  MLMSS 4457 (MLK 3281-MLK 3407, MLK 3481)
  MLMSS 4457/Items 1X-2X
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1905-1982
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings, Clippings, Photographs
• Reference code
  442925
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : 'Index of Travel Journals' in 4 folders (MLMSS 4457/Box 1).
  Microfilm : Journal, No.1, 1908-1912 (MLMSS 4457/Box 1).
  Microfilm : Journal, No.2, 1912-1913 (MLMSS 4457/Box 1).
  Microfilm : Journal, No.3, 1913-1915 (MLMSS 4457/Box 1).
  Microfilm : Journal, No.4, 1914-1915 (MLMSS 4457/Box 1).
  Microfilm : - CY 3638A, frames 001-461: Journal Nos. 55-56, 1958-1963 (MLK 3292)
  Microfilm : - CY 3638B, frames 001-835: Journal Nos. 57-60, 1920 (MLK 3292)
  Microfilm : - CY 3672, frames 001-756: Journal Nos. 61-64, 1920 and Journal 65, 1907-1976 (MLK 3293)
  
• Physical Description
  128 boxes, 2 outsize items, includes photographs
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Myles J. Dunphy was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1891 and spent his childhood in Sydney and Kiama, NSW where he explored the South Coast countryside and developed his lifelong interest in bushwalking and nature conservation. He was a founding member of the Mountain Trails Club (1914) the Sydney Bush Walkers, and secretary of the National Parks and Primitive Areas Council from its inception in 1933 until 1965. Its major early campaigns were for the preservation of a Greater Blue Mountains National Park and the addition of Garawarra and Era to the Royal National Park. Dunphy produced maps of the areas in which he walked and for many years served as a counsellor on the Geographic Names Board of NSW. He had qualified as an architect in 1923 and taught in the schools of architecture at Sydney Technical College and University of NSW. He died in Sydney on 30 January 1985.
• Scope and Content
  1908-1977; Travel Journals (illustrated with watercolours, photographs and maps)
  1909-1979; Other material relating to M.J.D.'s own trips
  1933-1977; Conservation files
  1914-1975; Mountain Trails Club
  1927-1980; Sydney Bush Walkers
  1932-1970; National Parks and Primitive Areas Council
  1957-1980; National Parks Association of NSW
  1915-1981; Blue Mountains, Kanangra-Boyd and Wollemi National Parks
  1925-1975; Royal and Heathcote National Parks
  1934-1975; Warrumbungle National Park
  1931-1980; Kosciusko National Park
  1929-1980; Other areas
  1909-1980; M.J.D.'s Writings - Walking Guides, History of Bushwalking etc.
  1829-1979; Place Names / Geographical Names Board of NSW
  1927-1970s; Correspondence Files
  1908-1983; Miscellaneous Files re: Conservation
  1901-1981; Schools or Architecture, Sydney Technical College & University of NSW
  1905-1984; Personal Papers
  Newscuttings Files
  Maps
  
  This collection includes pictorial material (formerly Pic.Acc.5842):
  
  Myles Dunphy collection of photographs, pictorial material, architectural drawings and realia, 1875-1987 (PXA 1718; PXA 1740; PXD 1352; PXE 1499; ON 525-ON 526; SLIDES 259; R 2081-R 2082; LR 97)
  
  Myles Dunphy : collection of lantern slides of views in New South Wales and overseas (SLIDES 44)
• Access Conditions
  
  This material is held offsite and is usually available after 4pm on the next business day. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian - MLMSS 4457 (MLK 3281-MLK 3407, MLK 3481); Outsize items MLMSS 4457/Items 1X-2X are held onsite
  Access via appointment - Applies to MLK 3281 - MLK 3294 and MLK 3481. Original travel journals are only to be viewed under supervision. Journals 1 - 4 are available on microfilm, reel CY 1076.
• Finding Aids
  Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room -
• General note
  
  Further papers of Myles Dunphy, ca. 1902-1982 (15 boxes), are located at MLMSS 4457 ADD-ON 1823.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823428
  This collection includes pictorial material at Pic.Acc.5842 -
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Dunphy, Myles, 1891-1985
  
• Name
  Dunphy, Myles, 1891-1985
  
• Subject
  Conservationists--New South Wales.
  Environmentalists, Australian--20th century.
  Hiking--New South Wales.
  Hiking--New South Wales--Blue Mountains National Park.
  National parks and reserves--Environmental aspects--New South Wales.
  
• Place
  Blue Mountains National Park (N.S.W.)
  Heathcote National Park (N.S.W.)
  Kosciuszko National Park (N.S.W.)
  Royal National Park (N.S.W.)
  Warrumbungle National Park (N.S.W.)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3311998

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