South East Queensland Climbing Project archive

Collection

Accession number
33816
Date
1929-2005?, bulk 1929-1974.
Abstract
This collection compiles numerous items accumulated by Michael Meadows during research for his South East Queensland Climbing Project and the subsequent publication of his book 'The living rock: The invention of climbing in Eastern Australia'.
Scope and content

The collection includes films; photograph albums and loose photographs; a scrapbook; Brisbane Climbing Club training notes for climbers and a photocopy of a letter about communists members that contributed to the unravelling of the club; Brisbane Rockclimbing Club climbing guides and badge; a logbook recording details of climbs up Mount Barney; field guides for climbing in the Glasshouse Mountains and at the Whitinbah wafers, a crag in the Numinbga Valley; and ephemera about climbing. The material was acquired from various climbing enthusiasts including Trevor Gynther, Raoul Mellish, Ken Rogers, Bert Salmon, Robert J. Waring and Rick White as well as Michael Meadows himself as well as the organisations the Brisbane Climbing Club and the Brisbane Rockclimbing Club.

Description
3 films, 0.5 boxes of material, 2 sets of larger material.
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status

Multiple copyright statuses.

Conditions of use
You are free to use for personal research and study. For other uses see https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/understanding-copyright Please refer to the Collection Guide for copyright status of individual items.
Preferred citation
33816, South East Queensland Climbing Project archive, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland
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