Prickly Pear Control Oral History
Collection
Accession number
OH23
Abstract
An oral history regarding prickly pear control in Queensland.
Scope and content
Four audio cassette tapes and accompanying interview logs regarding the history of the prickly pear control and interviews with Alan Dodd. Also includes supplementary material including unpublished manuscripts, articles and photographs.
System of arrangement
Arranged into 2 series
Description
1 oral history (4 audiocassettes; 4 interview logs; 3 photographs; 2 unpublished manuscripts; 3 articles/extracts)
Additional format
Digital copies available for selected items.
Administrative / Biographical history
Alan Parkhurst Dodd 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.
Access restrictions
Unrestricted access.
Copyright status
In copyright.
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
Notes
Digitised with support of donors through the Queensland Library Foundation Reel Rescue campaign.
Preferred citation
OH23, Prickly Pear Control Oral History, John Oxley Library, State Library of Queensland.