Collection 02: Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve further records, 1978-2009

MLMSS 9221/Boxes 1-12
MLMSS 9221/Boxes 13X-14X

sub-fonds

1978-2009

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Nonmusical Sound Recordings, Photographs, Clippings

845728

Digitised

2.55 metres of textual material (12 boxes, 2 outsize boxes)
12 audiocassettes (12 hr., 22 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

Eileen and Joan Bradley, residents of Mosman, pioneered what became known as the Bradley method of bush regeneration, a system for bringing back the bush by working from good bush towards badly infested areas.

The Bradley Bushland Reserve was dedicated to Eileen and Joan Bradley in 1983, and in 1984 the Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve was formed. June Gram became its President and it was successful in its application for Bicentennial funding. Five years after its formation the Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve officially opened the Bradley Bushland Reserve, a one hectare memorial to the Bradley sisters, providing a sealed all weather path from Middle Head Road to Alexander Avenue and to Rawson Oval. They also undertook extensive weeding and the propagation of plants from the Reserve to form a Bicentennial Walk.

References: compiled from the collection

Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve further records, 1978-2009. The collection comprises correspondence, minute books, reports, financial statements, newscuttings, newsletter, flyers, colour and black & white photographs, slides, photographic negatives and maps.

BOX 1
Folder labelled ‘Bicentennial coordinator; project managers’ reports; brochures; press releases’, 1987-1988
Folder labelled 'Application [for Bicentennial funding] File', including colour and black & white photographs, 1982-1990
'Stormwater Drainage Investigation', being report prepared by Boyden & Partners (Civil Engineers) P/L, Waitara and Penrith, 1985
'Archaeological Survey for Aboriginal Sites', prepared by Elizabeth Rich, Aug. 1985
Folder labelled 'Audited receipts', 1984-1989

BOX 2
4 ring-binder folders of records concerning the construction of the Wildflower Walk Path, including:
'Preliminary Preparation file, including audit’, being financial statements and correspondence, 1984-1986
‘Construction’, being correspondence, financial statements, site meeting minutes, 1986-1989
'Construction file’, being correspondence, reports, newscuttings, notes, 1986
'Plaques; official opening ceremony; blind society; fencing', being correspondence, site meeting minutes etc., 1986-1993

BOX 3
Folder labelled 'Membership', including correspondence, contact lists, cards, and newscuttings concerning past and present members, 1986-2008
Folder labelled 'Publicity and press cuttings', including newscuttings, colour photograph, list of attendees and signatures to Annual General Meeting, 28 Apr. 1985; 1985-1996
Folder labelled 'Bicentennial folder', mainly concerning Mosman Bicentennial Community Committee, 1987-1988
Folder labelled 'Volunteers’ time sheets', concerning Bradley Bushland Reserve and Wildflower Walk volunteers, with Bicentennial funding register, 1986-1988
Plan of management: Bradley Bushland Reserve and Wildflower Walk, Mosman, Nov. 1990

BOX 4
Folder labelled 'Financial reports, banking, audit', being records including correspondence; financial statements; invoices and receipts; bank statements; 1989/90 audit of accounts; 1987-1991
Folder labelled 'Funding’, being records including correspondence with Mosman Municipal Council, Sydney Harbour Catchment Management Board, etc.; bank statements; insurance policies; financial statements; 2000-2007
Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve minute book, 8 Apr. 1984-23 May 1998

BOX 5
4 folders of general correspondence, memoranda, newscuttings, site meeting minutes, notes, etc. Folders labelled 'Correspondence 1989'; 'Correspondence 1989-1990'; 'Correspondence 1991-1992'; 'Correspondence 1992-1994'

BOX 6
3 folders of general correspondence, memoranda, newscuttings, treasurer’s reports, newsletters, notes, etc. Folders labelled 'Correspondence, 1994-1995’; 'Correspondence 1995-1996’; 'Correspondence, 1997-1998’

BOX 7
4 folders of general correspondence, memoranda, financial statements, newscuttings, treasurer’s reports, newsletters, notes, colour photographs, etc. Folders labelled 'Correspondence 1998-1999'; 'Correspondence 1999-2000'; 'Correspondence 2000-2001'; 'Correspondence 2001-2002'

BOX 8
3 folders of general correspondence, memoranda, financial statements, newscuttings, reports, newsletters, flyers, notes, colour photographs etc. Folders labelled 'Correspondence 2002-2003'; 'Correspondence 2003-2004'; Correspondence 2005, 2006, 2007'

BOX 9
2 albums of colour and black & white photographs and newscuttings compiled by Joan and Eileen Bradley relating to the Bradley Bushland Reserve, ca. 1977-1989
Album of photographs and newscuttings: ‘To mark 40 years of the Bradley method of bush regeneration 1964 to 2004, the Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve assembled this archival album… to replicate two albums, compiled by Joan and Eileen Bradley.’ Aug. 2004
Album labelled ‘Bradley Bushland Reserve: miscellaneous photographs’, being colour photographs of native plants, friends of the reserve etc., ca. 1983-2005

BOX 10
Joan Bradley's research notebook, n.d.
Album of colour and black & white photographs and newscuttings relating to the Bradley Bushland Reserve, ca. 1977-1989
Folder of correspondence with publishers concerning ‘Bringing back the bush : the Bradley method of bush regeneration / Joan Bradley ; edited by Joan Larking, Audrey Lenning and Jean Walker, Sydney : Lansdowne, 1988. Material includes correspondence, invoices, royalty statements, etc. ca. 1988-2009
Colour and black & white photographs and negatives, including material ‘chosen by the editors of Bringing Back the Bush for use by the publishers', ca. 1988
Printed material: 3 copies of ‘Bringing back the bush : the Bradley method of bush regeneration / Joan Bradley ; edited by Joan Larking, Audrey Lenning and Jean Walker; 1998, 2002

BOX 11
Folder labelled 'Annual Bradley Bushland Reserve reports', being annual reports with colour coded maps’, 1992-2006 [incomplete]
Folder 'Documents 1998-2009', being President’s reports, notices, newsletters, 1998-2009
Records including reports, copy of the constitution, memoranda, notices, newsletters, financial statements, 1984-1997

BOX 12
Minute book, 1998-2009
Folder of general correspondence, notes, newscuttings, 2007-2008
Folder of general correspondence, notes, newscuttings, 2008-2009
1 CD-ROM labelled Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve regeneration maps, n.d.
Floppy disk labelled ‘Rawson POM, Peter Murray comments’, n.d.
Floppy disk, labelled ‘Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve’, 15 June 2000

BOX 13
Large ring-binder folder of colour and black & white photographs, photocopies of newscuttings and letters, original drawing by E. Jean Walker, maps etc., relating to Joan and Eileen Bradley and the Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve, 44 x 36 cm; ca. 1977-1994

BOX 14X
Large ring-binder folder of colour and black & white photographs and maps etc. relating to Joan and Eileen Bradley and the Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve; 65 x 50 cm; 1983-2003,

SOUND RECORDINGS (Call No.: MLOH 739):
Series 01: Sound recordings mainly of Friends of the Bradley Bushland Reserve annual general meetings

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