Series 1: Prickly Pear Control oral history
Oral history regarding the history of the Prickly Pear Control in Australia including an interview with Alan Parkhurst Dodd who was the first person to successfully breed, acclimatise and supervise the distribution of the Cactoblastis Cactorum moth in Australia to control the prickly pear outbreak.
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Tape 1
Audio recording of the history of the Prickly Pear Control in Australia.
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Interview log
Interview log for Tape 1.
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Tape 2
Interview with Alan Dodd.
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Interview log
Interview log for Tape 2.
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Tape 3
Interview with Alan Dodd.
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Interview log
Interview log for Tape 3.
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Tape 4
Audio recording of the history of the Prickly Pear Control in Australia and an interview with Alan Dodd.
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Interview log
Interview log for Tape 4.
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Series 2: Supplementary material
Collection of supplementary material relating to the eradication of prickly pear in Australia.
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Historical novel
An unpublished historical novel by Margaret Moss titled 'The Twentieth Century Miracle', an account of the spread of prickly pear in Australia and a biographical story of Alan Parkhurst Dodd.
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Alan Dodd biography
An unpublished book by Margaret Moss titled 'The Life and work of Alan Parkhurst Dodd O.B.E. M.B.E.: A biography'.
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Extracts (1940)
Extracts from Alan Dodd's book titled 'The biological campaign against prickly-pear'.
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Article (1 October 1936)
Article by Edward Samuel titled 'Fighting the prickly pear', published in Walkabout, 1 October 1936, pages 18-22.
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Article
Article titled 'The story of prickly pear'.
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Photographs
Three colour photographs of prickly pears and the Boonarga Cactoblastis Memorial Hall.