Wilf Hilder papers, 1928-2006

MLMSS 11087/Boxes 1-9
MLMSS 11087/Box 10X

fonds

1928-2006

Textual Records, Clippings, Cartographic Materials, Photographs

1045227

1.44 metres of textual material (9 boxes) includes photographs - printed, clippings, typescript, maps, photographs
0.47 metres of of photographic material (1 outsize box) - photographs

Includes: accounts of hikes and bushwalks, chiefly in New South Wales; articles on geographical features, conservation, and related matters; newsletters and programs of various bushwalking clubs; Hilder's research notes and correspondence. Includes maps and photographs. Also includes some papers of Edward Caines Phillips and Marie Byles.

Most material is excerpted from various publications, including: Sydney Bushwalker, The National Parks Journal, Waysider, The Australian Lapidary Magazine.

BOX 1
Regional bushwalking history: New South Wales
1. Capertee Valley
2. Wolgan Valley; Newnes and Newnes Railway
3. North Coast; Northern Rivers; New England
4. South Coast
5. Shoalhaven
6. Wollangambe River and Canyon Area
7. Bungonia
8. ACT
9. Barrington Tops and Gloucester Tops areas

BOX 2
Regional bushwalking history: New South Wales (continued)
10. Colo River; Wollemi National Park
11. Ettrema
12. Mount Kaputar; Nandewar Range
13. Myall Lakes
14. Kangaroo River; Kangaroo Valley
15. Royal National Park and Heathcote
16. Central Coast
17. Hunter River area
18. Warrumbungles
19. Bouddi National Park
20. Kuring-gai Chase
21. Miscellaneous areas of NSW

BOX 3
Regional bushwalking history: Interstate
22. Queensland; Border Ranges
23. Tasmania
24a. Victoria
24b. Victoria

BOX 4
25. Papers belonging to the Budawang Committee (includes Hilder’s research notes, correspondence regarding his books, and drafts)

BOX 5
General bushwalking history
26. Miscellaneous bushwalking clubs
27. Biographies and obituaries of bushwalkers, 1943-2006
28. Bushwalking songs [discard?]
29. Bushcraft techniques
30. Newcastle Bushwalking Club extracts, 1956-1961
31. Catholic Bushwalking Club extracts
32. Caloola Club bulltin extracts, 1946-1961
33. NSW Federation of Bushwalking Clubs papers (including Search & Rescue)
34. Canoeing [press cuttings]

BOX 6
Wilf Hilder research
35. Manuscript for proposed book by Hilder on "day walks in NSW" [brief route outlines, before 1956]
36. Research notes by Hilder on Matthew Everingham’s 1795 attempt to cross the Blue Mountains
37. Geographical Names Board: agendas, minutes, and research material from Hilder’s period as Counsellor, 1967-1976

Regional bushwalking history: Snowy Mountains and Alpine Region
38a. Snowy Mountains historic huts
38b. Alps regional history
38c. Alpine Walking Track early history
38d. Maps
38e. Geology and mining
38f. Letters and research notes by Hilder
38g. Touring Committee of NSW Ski Association: meeting agendas, minutes, and correspondence, 1973-1978

BOX 7
38h. Ski touring
38i. Pictures
38j. Kosciusko National Park: history and management
38k. High country bushwalking
[38l.] Snowy River

BOX 8
Hilder’s research on long-distance tracks
39. Planning and surveys, 1992-1998
40. Planning for Illawarra Escarpment Walk, 1997
41. Kai’mia Way: long-distance track planning, ca. 2000-2003 (includes “Creating the Great Kai’mia Way: a catchment vision: feasibility study report”, December 2003)
42a. Great River Walk, 1998-2000
42b. Great River Walk, 2001
42c. Great River Walk, 2002
42d. Great River Walk, 2003-2004
42e. Great River Walk, 2007-2009
42f. Great River Walk material distributed to Steering Committee members
43. Inner City bicycle route planning, ca. 1980-1982

BOX 9
Papers of other people
44. Papers of Edward ("Ted") Caines Phillips, 1935-1969
45. Marie Byles papers, and books owned by Byles (includes ms. letter from Myles Dunphy to Byles, 1965)
46. Original hand-drawn maps of Sydney’s suburbs and Southern Highlands, 1946-1948, by J. Edwards of Cremorne

BOX 10X
Photos belonging to Budawang Committee

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