Martin Fallding papers, 1960s-2010

MLMSS 9752/Boxes 1-20, 22-38
MLMSS 9752/Box 21X

fonds

1970s-2010

1381983

1.9 metres of textual material (37 boxes, 1 outsize box)

Martin Fallding is the principal environmental planner at Land & Environment Planning, specialising in strategic land use planning for biodiversity and natural resources in New South Wales. He has worked closely with the Joint Regional Biodiversity Working Group, National Parks & Wildlife Service, Planning NSW, regional groups, and local government. He was also instrumental in the Union of Lane Cove Valley Conservationists group (established 1970).


Reference:

Library correspondence file.

The collection relates to natural resource mining, especially in Singleton and Hunter Valley NSW; natural resource planning and management; urban and regional planning, especially Hunter region and Sydney metropolitan; environmental issues and campaigns. The collection consists mainly of brochures, reports, and newsletters collected by Martin Fallding between 1970 and 2010.

BOXES 1-3
Coal mining:
Correspondence, brochures, booklets, maps, itineraries, papers, advertisements, articles, reports, videos, flyers, and cuttings, 1978-1996. Subjects include: open cut coal mining; native title; Berrima colliery; Bengalla open cut mine at Muswellbrook; environmental management at Birds Rock colliery; BHP and Ok Tedi; coal mining in the Hunter Valley; development applications for mines; Australian Conservation Foundation Symposium on Conservation and Mining; National Coal Week, October 1993; mining industry advertisements relating to Bengalla mine. Also includes publications ‘Planning for coal mining’ (1979); ‘EIA practice and promise: a case study’ (2000).

BOXES 4-5
Bushfire protection:
Documents, brochures, and cuttings. Subjects include: bush fire management plans; Bush Fire School, 1983; draft Rural Fires Bill & Regulation; statements of Evidence from Martin Fallding, Peter Butler, and Duncan Johnson on behalf of Singleton Shire Council, August 1986, in relation to NSW Land and Environment Court case 10166 of 1986 relating to refusal of a subdivision at Putty. Includes publications: ‘Planning for bushfire protection’; Department of Environment and Planning Circular 74 ‘Planning in Bushfire Prone Areas’.

BOXES 6-10
Forestry and national parks in New South Wales, 1960s-2004:
Reports, brochures, prospectus, pamphlets, news cuttings, draft proposals, photographs, newsletters, discussion papers, reports, articles, magazines, draft legislation, and statements. Subjects include: ethical forestry investment; managed timber investment funds; urban tree protection; information on Australian plants 1930s-1960s; forestry policy in New South Wales and Victoria. Includes publications: Land for Wildlife: Newsletter of the Land for Wildlife Scheme, 1999–2011; Corridors of Green: Newsletter of the NSW Department of Planning and Greening Australia “Greening Western Sydney” Projects, 1995–1997; Rural Production and Native Vegetation Conservation newsletter, Department of Land & Water Conservation, 2000; Bush Matters: newsletter of the Conservation Partners Program of the Office of Environment and Heritage NSW 2002–2012; Lifelines: Bulletin of the Community Biodiversity Network, 1998–2002; Australian Biodiversity Bulletin, 1996; On the Brink: newsletter of the Endangered Species Program, Australian Nature Conservation Agency, 1996–1998; Biolinks: newsletter on Biological Diversity Conservation Actions 1994-1996.

BOXES 11-14
Land management, flooding, water resources, and soils in New South Wales, 1980-2005:
Reports, surveys, brochures, news cuttings, articles, government policy documents, and papers. Subjects include: Singleton Floodplain Management Study, April 1984; information on flooding aimed at residents of the Hunter Region; Water Resources Commission report ‘Groundwater in New South Wales’ August 1984; land capability, rehabilitation, and catchment management; soils and soil conservation; correspondence relating to Crown Lands assessment approaches; information brochure on Glennies Creek Dam, and other brochures including on Lower Hunter Flood Mitigation Scheme; article on sand and gravel resources of the Hunter River floodplain; Singleton Flood Plan, 1993.

BOXES 15-20 and BOX 21X
Australian urban planning brochures, 1970s-2010:
Brochures, pamphlets, public exhibition material and newsletters relating to urban planning and development in NSW. Mostly produced by NSW Government agencies, professional organisations, and local government organisations. Publications include: Mt Druitt Town Centre, State Planning Authority, 1973; A Transport Plan for Sydney: 2000, Sydney Area Transportation Study, May 1974; Minimum Standards for Residential Flat Development, Department of Environment and Planning, 1985; Western Region Transport Improvement Programme, December 1980; The Project Design, The Woolloomooloo Project team of the Housing Commission of NSW, 1975; Bathurst Orange Growth Centre, Bathurst Orange Development Corporation; Martin Place: Opening of Stage 2, July 15 1976, Council of the City of Sydney; What are the Major Airport Needs of Sydney, Australian Government Publishing ; The New Cities of Campbelltown, Camden Appin: Structure Plan, State Planning Authority of NSW, 1973; Who Cares about the Environment?, Benchmark Survey of NSW by NSW Government 1994; Our Country Our Future, Statement on the Environment, Hon R J L Hawke, Prime Minister of Australia, July 1989; An examination of the boundaries of the City of Sydney and Adjacent and Adjoining Areas, Local Government Boundaries Commission, March 1980; Report by Commissioners of Environment and Planning on Proposed Mineral Sand Mine at Saltwater, City of Greater Taree; Outdoor Recreation Demand: review documents for Glenbawn, Keepit, Burrinjuck, and Burrendong State Recreation Areas; Report and findings of the Commissioners: inquiry into Proposal to Convey Natural Gas from Moomba (SA) to Sydney, May 1973.

BOXES 22-24
Planning and local government:
Brochures, policies, and guidelines. Subjects include: brochures on roads and road issues, including community consultation, proposals and reports in Hunter and Sydney Regions, 1970s and 80s; information brochures from Sydney Water Board and others on water supply and effluent treatment 1980–1990s; Land title information, legal advice to Singleton Council 1989 on positive covenants, Environmental Defenders Office brochures; information from Department of Environment and Planning around 1980 on social policy and planning; information and attendance lists, including Local Government Planners Conferences 1984 and 1986, Royal Australian Planning Institute Congress 1978, Planning Students’ conferences University of Brisbane 1979 and UNSW 1978.

BOXES 25-27
Land use planning issues, 1978-2008:
Various subdivision and development proposals, Putty, NSW; papers and documents relating to impact assessment practice; copy of letter from Premiers Department commenting on environmental impact assessment in Hunter Valley, 8 April 1981; letter from Department of Mines commenting on environmental monitoring at mining sites, 1978; State Pollution Control Commission EL-1 and EI-4; Singleton Council village studies: Broke, Bulga, Jerrys Plains, 1985; Review of Singleton Rural Lands Study by Prof John Burton, 1986.

BOXES 32-34
Conservation and environmental politics, 1980’s:
Martin Fallding personal correspondence regarding environmental issues, including letters from Ecologic Berlin 1997, Idris Suleiman regarding Hunter Environment Lobby Action Plan 1993, NSW Government Environment Committee 1991, Wollemi National Park 1991, correspondence relating to woodchipping 1985-1989, CityRail 1995, NSW Forestry 1996, Ecologically Sustainable Development 1992, National Greenhouse Response Strategy 1992, Glennies Creek Dam catchment 1990, alternative energy options 1989, Gerry Beasley 1989 (ecological futures), Antarctic Minerals Convention 1989, NSW Coastal Guidelines, note from Jim Somerville and NCC letter regarding Glennies Creek Dam foreshores 1987, nuclear power stations 1988, protection of Byles Creek, National Forest Strategy 1987, Roads 2000 plan 1987, woodchip licences 1985, comments on coalition environment policy 1987, submission to Terania Creek inquiry 1980, wilderness protection 1986, Washpool forest logging 1980, horseriding in Kosiuszko National Park 1987; pamphlets and news clippings relating to the environment and environment campaigns; draft Hunter Regional Environmental Action Plan, Vancouver Plan for Action, and National Conservation Strategy for Australia discussion paper, 1982.

BOXES 35-38
Personal records of meetings and administration relating to urban bushland conservation in the Lane Cove Valley, 1981 to 1987. Includes newsletters, notes from meetings; correspondence from Bob Carr Minister for Planning and Environment; envelope with map and database of information on bushland of the Lane Cove Valley dated January 1985; papers and correspondence relating to State Environmental Planning Policy 19: Urban Bushland.

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