Collection 08: Total Environment Centre further records, 1971-1988

MLMSS 5230/Boxes 1-4, 6-26
MLMSS 5230/Item 5X
MLOH 56

sub-fonds

between 1971-1988

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Nonmusical Sound Recordings

897595

Digitised : Applies to MLOH 56

4.55 metres of textual material (25 boxes and 1 outsize item) - manuscript, typescript, carbon typescript, photocopies, printed
2 audiocassettes (1 hr., 56 min.) - 10 × 7 cm, 4 mm tape

The Total Environment Centre was formed in 1972 as an action and information centre for the environment movement. The first full time environment centre in Australia, TEC initiated long term campaigns and research and when necessary, took immediate action in crisis situations. It also assisted local groups and individuals in their endeavours to safeguard the environment.

The Total Environment Centre was involved in many activities including political lobbying, wilderness and wildlife protection, urban planning, environmental law and community involvement. Most of these activities were run by volunteers who formed a number of committees including Toxic and Hazardous Chemicals Committee, Plant Diversity and Protection Committee, Urban Parks Steering Committee and Endangered Species Committee. A small group of paid staff developed campaigns, spoke to the media, advised local groups and provided information to the public and government.

Item 1: Radio program broadcast on RDJ Community Radio regarding the effect of industrial development on the residents and ecology of the Botany Bay area
Item 2: A talk by Bernie Clarke to the Matraville Historical Society regarding the proposed development of Botany Bay and its effect on the environment

Partly restricted: The following records are restricted and may not be accessed with out the written permission of the Total Environment Centre. Item 2, Box 12 Items 1-5 Box 16 (Now filed in Box 26A) Postal address: PO Box K61, Haymarket, 1240 Tel: (02) 9211 5022 Email address: info@tec.org.au
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In copyright:
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy copyright holder

Contents list available in the Mitchell Library Reading Room

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 2 as part of the eRecords Project, 2009-2010

Information transferred from the Oral History Accession Register as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

Keyword subject:
Rain forests -- New South Wales