South West Tasmania

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South West Tasmania

Is a region in Tasmania that has evolved over the fifty years between its consideration as a potential resource for development to its consideration as World Heritage wilderness.

1 South West Advisory Committee
2 South West Tasmania Resources Survey
3 See also
4 References
5 Further reading

[edit] South West Advisory Committee

Members are Sir George B Cartland, G.J Foot and A.G Ogilvie. It made a preliminary report in May 1976, and a final report in August 1978.

[edit] South West Tasmania Resources Survey

Following national and international concern over the fate of South West Tasmania, Commonwealth Government funded the survey the States Grants (Nature Conservation Act) act of 1974. Further funding was provided from the Environment (Financial Assistance) Act of 1977 ^[1]

The survey produced 25 Discussion Papers, 22 Working Papers and 20 Occasional papers ^[2]- including the breakup of the region into river catchments: ^[3]

Franklin River
Picton River
Huon Weld
Lake Gordon-Lake Pedder
Lower Gordon
Macquarie Harbour
King River
Mackintosh-Murchison
Wanderer and Giblin
Davey
Bathurst Harbour
New River and South Coast

[edit] See also

South West Wilderness

[edit] References

^ Waterman, Peter (editor) (1979) South West Tasmania Resources Survey Working Paper No.18 - Mackintosh-Murchison Catchment Sandy Bay, Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service ISBN 0-7246-0261-5 - details of Survey p.1
^ (1981) Nomination of Western Tasmania Wilderness National Parks by the Commonwealth of Australia for the Inclusion in the World Heritage List, prepared by Tasmanian Government and Australia Heritage Commission November 1981 ISBN 0-642-87820-X
^ Major catchments in South West Tasmania - in Waterman, Peter (editor) (1979) South West Tasmania Resources Survey Working Paper No.18 - Mackintosh-Murchison Catchment Sandy Bay, Tasmanian National Parks and Wildlife Service ISBN 0-7246-0261-5 - details of Survey p.201 - Map 7-1

[edit] Further reading

Gee, H and Fenton, J. (Eds) (1978) The South West Book - A Tasmanian Wilderness Melbourne, Australian Conservation Foundation. ISBN 0-85802-054-8
Australian Conservation Foundation (1975( Habitat - Volume 3, No.2 June-July 1975 - Special Issue - The Wonderful South-West
Lines, William J. Patriots : defending Australia's natural heritage St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2006. ISBN 0-70223-554-7
Neilson, D. (1975) South West Tasmania - A land of the Wild. Adelaide. Rigby. ISBN 0-85179-874-8