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This collection comprises a selection of Gordon Barton's personal and business papers, supplemented by Sam Everingham's correspondence and research material for his biography. Their names have been abbreviated to GB and SE in the following listing. 

BOX 1
‘1 Barton Childhood’, 1939-1947, including GB school report Term III, 1943, letter from Gordon and Kitty Barton; research material

‘2 Letters University / School 1946-52 From GB’, 1946-1950, including letters sent by GB to father 

‘3a Barton University Period’, 1949-2006, including letter received by GB from Professor H.W. Arndt; curriculum vitae; newscuttings; issue of The New Liberal, 1950; research material

‘3b Job Applications 1952/53’, 1952-1953, including letters received by GB from, among others, Barristers’ Admission Board, the Australian National University, Canberra University College, the University of Sydney, and the Commonwealth Public Service Board ; GB references and curriculum vitae

‘4 Letters to GB from Father mostly 1953-1957 / Mother’, 1953-1957, being letters received by GB from parents

‘5 Letters from GB to Father/Mother → 1953-’, 1953-1957, including letters sent by GB to parents 

‘6 Barton - IPEC/Trucking 1953-79’, 1950-2006, including GB correspondence with parents; documents relating to Ivory & Barton (Transport) Pty Ltd and Ivory & Barton (Investment) Pty Ltd; research material and emails received by SE from Jim Staples

BOX 2
 ‘7 Letters from Vonnie 1955-58’, 1955-195[8], being letters received by GB from Yvonne Barton (nee Hand)

‘8 1955-1960 Barton’s Friends’, 1953-1972 including letters received by GB from, among others, Marion Manton and Ken Minogue

‘9 IPEC Air’, 1964-1979, including newscuttings; GB commemoration of 1st anniversary of IPEC; GB notes relating to air freight service; issues of Tiger Rag – IPEC staff magazine,1966; GB correspondence with Prime Minister Robert Menzies; GB notes of interview with Minister for Civil Aviation, R.W.C. Swartz, 3 Mar. 1966; letters received by GB from IPEC

’10 Barton – Vietnam’, 1966-1969, including letters received by GB relating to the Liberal Reform Group; telegram and letter received by GB from Prime Minister, Harold Holt; newscuttings; material relating to Liberal Reform Group and the Vietnam War

‘11 Liberal Reform Victoria’, 1966-1967, including letters received by GB from Liberal Reform Group, Victorian Branch

‘12 Gordon Barton – Politics’, 1966-2005, including GB speech relating to Liberal Reform, 22 Nov. 1966; issue Liberal Reform newsletter, May 1967; letters received by GB from, among others, Ken Thomas; newscuttings; material relating to Liberal Reform, the Australian Reform Movement and the Australia Party; letter received by GB from Senator R.J.D. Turnbull, 17 Sept. 1969; research material

‘13 Barton – Newspapers’, 1967- 199?, including letters received by GB from Mark Tier; newscuttings relating to the Sunday Observer; first issue of The Living Daylights, 16 Oct. 1973; extract from Michael Cannon’s unpublished autobiography, 199?; research material

‘14 Francis James’, 1966-1999, including newscuttings relating to Francis James’ Chinese imprisonment; letter received by GB from Wilfred Burchett, 25 Oct. 1970; letters received by Mary Ellen Ayrton from Francis James; letters sent by GB to Frances Knight

‘15 B. I. Group’, 1967-1972, including GB notes relating to “The B.I.G. Men”; letters received by GB from C.R. Chapman and from C.W. Russell; research material

BOX 3
‘16. Bartons Women’, 195-? – 2007, including funeral oration by GB for Yvonne Barton, 1969?; handwritten memoir of Gordon Barton by Rosemary O’Grady 2007; copy of letter from Rosemary O’Grady to SE, 2007; letters to GB from Liz Weeding and ‘Alison’; letters of professional reference relating to Liz Weeding, 1978

‘17. Abortion Clinics’, 1969 -200-?, including minutes of meetings and reports of the Preterm Foundation 1976;  newscuttings, memoir of GB by Brian Edwards (200-?), research material

‘18. Federal Hotels’, 1968-1983, including Annual reports 1968, 1969, 1970; financial statements 1983; ‘Feasibility Study, Alice Springs Hotel/Casino Complex’ 1979, company correspondence, newscuttings, research material

 ‘19. Political Policy & Periodicals’, 1970 – 1974?, including papers relating to the Australia Party: Ballot paper (1970); Taxation reform policy (197-); issue of ‘Reform’ periodical , 10th Aug. 1970; Annual convention program 1974; Press officer’s annual report 1974; N.S.W. Convenor’s report 1974, copies of newscuttings, research material

’20. Angus & Robertson’, 1970-1981, including letters received by GB from Paul Hamlyn, 1972, and Richard Walsh, 1981; newscuttings, research material

’21. Kitty + George Barton – Other Material’, 1946-1975, including passport of Mary Ellen Ayrton, 1973; postcards sent by GB to his mother, 196?-1972; letters of professional reference relating to George Page Barton, 1946; War gratuity entitlement of Andrew Basil Barton (brother), 1947; death certificates of George Page Barton, 1968; Yvonne Claire Barton, 1969; Antoinette Marie Hubertha Barton (mother), 1975

’22. Antimony Nickel’, 1971-72, including copies of Australian Mutual Growth Fund/Tjuringa Securities correspondence (1971), copies of press clippings, research

’23. Bligh St’, 1973-80, including research material and press clippings relating to 25 Bligh St, Sydney, (IPEC office space)

’24. Speeches/Papers by GB’, 1967 – 2000 including typescript copies of speeches given by GB: University of Adelaide regarding Vietnam War, 1967; Royal Institute of Public Administration Annual Conference, Adelaide relating to  role of government 1978; papers by GB titled: ‘Money problems in Australia’, 19--?, ‘The Saga of the UN’s Alphabetical Soup : Submission to the Join Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade UN Sub-committee…’, 2000, ‘The results of individual and corporate decisions’ in ‘Architecture in Australia’ (periodical), Aug. 1971, copy of facsimile to GB from Parliament House, Canberra, relating to United Nations Sub-committee, 1999?

’25. Peter Janson’, 1975-199-, including press clippings; letter received by GB from Peter Janson and Jackie Baroda, 1975

’26. Tjuringa’, 1964-1979, including ‘Tjurina – Ipec Group Policy’, 1974-1975, letters received by GB, 1974-1976, from his accountant amongst others; copies of GB correspondence with Treasurer Frank Crean, 1974; copies of letters from GB to Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, 1974; copies of company and stock exchange papers, 1973-1983, newscuttings, research material.

’27. Barton interviews’, 1973-2005, including newscuttings, research material.

’28. Tiger Line’, 1977-1979, including GB correspondence with Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, Victorian, New South Wales and Tasmanian Premiers, state and federal ministers; publicity schedule for GB by Mary Ellen Ayrton, 1978; GB press release, 1978; GB research material; newscuttings

BOX 4
’29. Barton – Creative crazies’, typescript memoir of John Cummings aka ‘Cynthia’, research material

’30. Ipec Europe 1979-1983’, 1978-2006, including IPEC company correspondence; GB correspondence with Ian Sayer and John Konstas, among others; ‘House Rules’ for ‘House Of Barton’ in Ophmert, Netherlands (198-?); typescript memoir of Jon Sedgwick, 2006, and Derek Watt, 200-?; newscuttings

’31. IPEC Annual Reports’, including newscuttings; company correspondence; minutes of meetings, 1980;  IPEC annual reports, 1983, 1984; TAL Holdings Limited Annual Report 1988

’32. Henry Morgan Agreement + Norman Lawrence’, 1983-1994, including copies of legal agreements and financial reports relating to sale of Skypak to TNT, letters sent to Mary Ellen Ayrton from GB, 1991; GB correspondence with Norman Lawrence, 1993-1994

’33. Barton TNT reports – To Abeles from Abeles, IECC’, 1984-1990, including GB correspondence with Peter Abeles, 1984-1991, and Fred Millar, 1985-1991, among others; report on TNT/Skypak by GB, 1985, newscuttings

’34. Red Telephone Company’ ca. 1988, including letter sent by GB, research material

’35. Worldpaper’ – ca. 1991, including GB correspondence with Crocker Snow, research material

’36. Europe 1979 – Personal/Family’, 1991-2000, letters sent by GB to Cindie Barton aka Rabbit (daughter)

’37. 1990’s Transport Dreams – TNT Potential Purchase’, 1991-1994, GB correspondence with John Konstas, 1994, among others; other correspondence relating to TNT

’38 Italy 1992, General Corres w. Friends’ 1992-2000, including GB correspondence with Francis James, 1992, Jonathan Aitken, 1994, among others; letter sent by GB to The Economist, 1994; letters received by GB from Mary Ellen Ayrton 1992-1996, John Hirshman, 1994, James Wolfensohn, 1999 among others; newscuttings, GB memoir relating to Peter Janson

‘39 Corres GB – Mary Ellen’, 1994-2000, see BOX 5.

’40 Price Fixing’, ca. 1994, including newscuttings, research material 

‘41 IMX Correspondence’, 1994-2000, being letters sent by GB to Mr Mireskandari, 4th Mar. 1994, among others

‘42 Gordon Barton – Autobiographical’, 199-?,  being typescript memoirs by GB

‘43 Anne Coombs Correspondence 1994’, 1994-1995, being GB correspondence with Anne Coombs; letter sent by GB to Janet Coombes, 15th Mar. 1994

BOX 5 (RESTRICTED)
‘39 Corres GB – Mary Ellen’, 1994-2000, including GB correspondence with Mary Ellen Ayrton, letters received by GB from Marion Manton, listing of furniture and values in $Aud, newscuttings relating to Mary Ellen Ayrton

Sam Everingham papers, compiled 2006-2008, relating to, and with the papers of, Gordon Barton, 1939-2007

Interviewed over two days, Sydney-born theatre director, Sandra Bates, speaks about her life and 30-year career as artistic director of the Ensemble Theatre, Kirribilli, New South Wales.

In interview one, Sandra speaks about her childhood and education in Sydney, marriage and four children and her personal recollections of Hayes Gordon, the founder of the Ensemble Theatre in Kirribilli.  She discusses the Australian theatre industry in the 1970s and 1980s, the motivations behind her move from actor to director and the issues faced by Australian theatre companies, from a lack of funding to changes in programming.

In interview two, Sandra shares anecdotes about actors, plays and audience reactions at the Ensemble Theatre and discusses directing the works of Australian playwright David Williamson. Also discussed is running the allied Studios Rep Theatre at the Independent Theatre North Sydney from1983, women in theatre, and life after retirement.

Item 1: Sandra Bates interviews by Martin Portus, 8-9 May 2018

BOX 1
Canyon Colliery – Earth Sanctuary – Wamsley [Earth Sanctuaries Ltd], 1967, 1998-1999
Earth Sanctuaries – Reference Material, 1976, 1995-2003
Catchment Management Ref. Material, 1990-1991

BOX 2
Coastal – Submissions – Coastal Planning [Coastal Policy], 1990-2003
Cumberland Plain Report, 1983-1990
Dharawal Clay Mine – Court Case, 2001-2003
Forests – Australian Silicon Project, 2001-2002
Forests – Southern CRA [Comprehensive Regional Assessments]  – Negotiations with Horseriders and Others, 1999
Forests – International Agreements, 1997-1998
Forests – Forest Policy Advisory Committee, 1993-1994
Forests – Resource Security – Economics, 1990-1999
Forests – NE [North East NSW] FURCONS [Areas of Further Consideration], 1999
Forests – Forestry E.I.S Responses, 1992-1995
Forests – Forest Products Association, 1999-2002
Forests – ALP Forestry Policy 1995
Forests – Boral, 1996-1999
Forestry – Code of Logging Practice, 1993-1999
Forest Policies, 1990-2000
Environmental Education Bill [NSW], 1998
NCC [Nature Conservation Council of NSW], 1997-1998
NPA Key Correspondence, 1996-1998

BOX 3
Calga Springs Sanctuary, 2004
Aboriginal – Land Rights, 1985-1998
Aboriginal – Aboriginal Ownership Provisions – Negotiations, 1996-1997
Aboriginal – Aboriginal Ownership Provisions – Negotiations 1998, 1996-1998
Aboriginal – Aboriginal Ownership Provisions – Negotiations 1999-2000
Federal Election 1996
Federal Election 1998
NSW State Election 1999 – Branch Issues

BOX 4
Western Woodlands – Correspondence, 1999-2000
Western Woodlands – WEST 2000 Management Board Meeting Presentation
Western Woodlands – Native Vegetation Tour, 2000
Western Woodlands – Wilandra Lake World Heritage Area, 1996-2001
Western Woodlands – Western Conservation Strategy, 1999-2001
Western Woodlands – NSW Election 1999 Reserve Proposals in Western NSW, 1997-1999
Western Woodlands – State Forests – Conservation Priorities – Western Parks, 1998
Western Woodlands – Reserves Proposals, 2000
Western Woodlands – Potential – Status of Nominations, 2000
Western Woodlands –Western Endangered Ecological Communities Workshop, Dubbo, 17-18 Feb. 2000
Western Woodlands – RVC [Regional Vegetation Committees Travel for Workshop, Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, 31 Mar. 2000
Western Woodlands – Peter L Smith [and] Dominic Sivertsen Targets [for Native Vegetation Representatives] 2001
Western Woodlands – RVMPs [NCC Guidelines for Regional Vegetation Management Plans], 2001
Western Woodlands – Key Documents – Regional Vegetation Management Planning, 1997-2001

BOX 5
Western Woodlands – PNF [Private Native Forestry] and Exemptions – RVMP Approach, 2000
Western Woodlands – PNF Key Documents, 1999-2001
Western Woodlands – DLWC [Department of Land and Water Conservation] – BOS [Best Operating Standards], 2000-2003
Western Woodlands – Code of Practice [Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999], 2000-2001
Western Woodlands – Plantations [Code of Practice], 2000-2001
Western Woodlands – BMPs [Best Management Principles] under Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997, 1999-2000
Western Woodlands – Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 Objects and Exemptions, 2000
Western Woodlands – State of Native Vegetation in NSW 2001 Brochure
Western Woodlands – Mail Outs, 2001
Western Woodlands – DLWC [Land] Clearing Database 2000-2001
Western Woodlands – 2001 Clearing Figures

BOX 6
Correspondence Out April 1998 to May 2001

BOX 7
Correspondence In 26 October 1998 to 1 December 2000

BOX 8
Green Train Proposal, 1991
Photocopied correspondence, mainly of the Hon Ken Reed, MLC, 1986

Pine Bush Nature Reserve – SEPP 37 Registration – T. J. Kratz Development Application Portion 183, Parish of Coldstream – FOI & Chronology of Events 1992-1995

SEPP 46 (State Environmental Planning Policy No.46) – Protection and Management of Native Vegetation – Letters, 1995-1997

SEPP 46 – Documents, 1995-1996

BOX 9
Regional Forest Agreements: A Commonwealth Position. Discussion Paper / Commonwealth Interdepartmental Committee on Regional Forest Agreements, Feb. 1984

Woodchip Licences 1994 – Federal Government, 1994-1995

Wilderness Campaign December 1993-March 1994 (Fahey Government), 1993-1996

Wilderness Campaign April 1994-October 1994 (Fahey Government)

BOX 10
Reserves Committee – Minutes / Correspondence In-Out March 1977 to March 1983

Reserves Committee – Correspondence In 3 February 1990 to 26 March 1990

Reserves Committee – Media (Newspaper Clippings) 1998

BOX 11
Agenda for Second Meeting of NPA Branch Presidents and Secretaries, 6-7 Oct. 1990

NCC Annual Conference 1991
State Council – February 1991 Mail-Out
State Council – May 1991 Mail-Out
State Council – September 1991 Mail-Out
State Council – February 1992 Mail-Out
State Council – May 1992 Mail-Out
Executive – March 1991 
Executive – April 1991
Executive – June 1991
Executive – July 1991
Executive – August 1991
Executive & Presidents & Secretaries – October 1991
Executive – November 1991
Executive – December 1991
Executive – March 1992

BOX 12
Sydney Water Project (Box 1), 1975-1995, being folders on various topics including sewerage treatment planning, sewer overflows, estuarine plants, coastal stormwater management 

BOX 13
Sydney Water Project (Box 2)
BOX 14
Sydney Water Project (Box 3)

BOX 15
Sydney Water Project (Box 4), including reports

BOX 16
Issues, 1995-1999, being folder and loose material, and part of Kristi MacDonald files’

Environmental Management: - Industry Performance; Community Expectation’. NSW Department of Mineral Resources Environmental Seminar, Wollongong, 14-15 Apr. 1997

NPA submission on Report of the Task Force on Metallic Minerals Development Strategies, July 1991

Morton National Park – Neriga/Nowra Road Proposal, 1998

BOX 17
State Council meeting, May 2000
State Council meeting & AGM, August 2000
State Council meeting, November 2000
State Council meeting, Feb. 2001
State Council meeting, May 2001
State Council AGM, August 2001

BOX 18
1. Papers relating to, and Transcript of Hearing of Land and Environment Court in the Matter of, Peter Prineas v Forestry Commission of New South Wales, July 1982

Forest Preservation – Hastings EIS, 1980

2. Rainforests – Hastings, 1979-1982, being newscuttings and phocopies

3a. Correspondence of Peter Prineas (Executive Secretary, NPA State Council), 1980

3b. Hastings Valley Forests correspondence of Peter Prineas, 1981

4. Correspondence of Peter Prineas relating to Hastings Catchment EIS, 1981-1982

5. Correspondence of Peter Prineas, 1979-1981

6. Correspondence of Peter Prineas, 1980-1981

7. Correspondence of Peter Prineas, 1981-1982

8. Correspondence of Peter Prineas, 1980-1982

BOX 19
Further papers, including appeal papers, relating to Peter James Prineas v Forestry Commission of New South Wales in the Supreme Court of NSW Court of Appeal, 1981-1982 

BOX 20
Further appeal papers, 1981-1982

BOX 21
Forest Reserves and National Parks, 1995-1996

Draft of South East Forests National Park: The Challenge for the Carr Government, 1996

Minutes of NSW Forest Summit meeting, 15 Dec. 1996, and Sydney forest co-ordination meetings, 1996-1997

RACAL [Resource and Conservation Assessment Council] Maps & Information, 1996-1998

Replies from Branches relating to RACAC Draft Forest Policy, 1996

National Parks & Wilderness Areas – announcement September 1996

Commonwealth Government – Proposed Criteria for Reserves, 1996

National Park Announcements – Fahey Govt 1994-1995

NPA Park Proposals for the Carr Labor Govt (Urgent), 1995

ALP – Pre Election promises & Policies – NPA Responses, 1995

Elections: Politicians Statements – Pre Election 1995 – Various Organisations

BOX 22
Southern Forests – Negotiations – FRAMES Technical Committee, 1999, mainly relating to use of FRAMES data and models in negotiations for the Southern RFA 

Southern Forests – Negs [Negotiations] – Economics & Social, 1999

Southern Forests – Media Clippings, 1999-2000

Southern Forests – SEFA [South East Forest Alliance] 1999/2000

Southern Forests – Ref. Docs [Reference Documents], 1999

Southern Forests – Video Production 2000

S.E. Forests & S.E. Forests Protection Bill 1992-Dec. 1994 [1992-1997]

Forests – CRA Process 1997

Redgum Bushland (Pennant Hills), 1999

Eco [Priorities] Parramatta Rail Link Bill 2000

Wetlands, 1997-1999, including NPA Campaign Reports

BOX 23
Bushfire Campaign January 1994-February 1994

Bushfire Campaign March 1994-May 1994

NSW Select Committee on Bushfires, 1994

Bushfire Act (1949) (Amendments) – Bushfire Policy, NCC – Bushfire Inquiry NSW, Findings, 1994-1996

Fires – Coronial Inquiry: Notes, Submissions, Details, Legal Aid, 1994

Bushfires – Bushfire Management, 1967-1994

Fires – Jan. 1994 Fires: Write-ups, Comments, 1994

Fires – Discussions, Notes, Meeting Minutes, 1993-1994

BOX 24
Wingecarribee Swamp: Peat Mining, 1971-1997, relating to special leases

Wingecarribee Swamp – Phillip Kodela [School of Geography, University of NSW], 1992-1998

Wingecarribee Swamp [Peat Extraction], 1995-1997

Loose correspondence and documents, 1992-1998, relating to peat mining in Wingecarribee Swamp and Chief Mining Warden’s Court Inquiry under Section 334 of  Mining Act, 1997

BOX 25
Correspondence – Wingecarribee Swamp, 1995-1997

Wingecarribee Swamp – General, 1982, 1992-1997

AWA [Australian Wetland Alliance] Draft Wetlands Policy – Commonwealth Govt., 1995-1996

Lower Gwydir Wetland – Preliminary Identification of Resource Management Issues, 1992-1993, including related papers

Gwydir – MacIntyre Study, 1981, 1992-1995

Ramsar Convention [1996 Ramsar Wetlands Conference, Brisbane]

Wetlands Meeting with NPWS 26/6/96 – Mitchell Room, 1995-1996

BOX 26
BHP – Eastern Gas Business Development, 1990-1996, relating to BHP Petroleum & Westcoast Energy Eastern Gas Pipeline Project

BHP – Gas Pipeline – (1) Commission of Inquiry – Submissions & Submission in Reply, 1995-1996

BHP – Gas Pipeline – (2) Commission of Inquiry – Correspondence – Gas Supply Bill, 1996

BHP – Gas Pipeline – Pre Commission of Inquiry – Ministerial responses – Media clippings, 1995-1996

BHP – Gas Pipeline – Post Commission of Inquiry – BHP Annual General Meeting, 1996-1999

BOX 27
Heritage Council (NSW), 1992-1993

RS File, 1998-2000, relating to Quarantine Station in Sydney Harbour National Park

Lake Wollumboola, 2000

Legal Aid Commission of NSW, 1991-1994

Metropolitan Water Sewerage & Drainage Board, 1971-1989

Dept. of Mineral Resources & Dept. of Mines NSW, 1971, 1986, 1988

RAC [Resources Assessment Commission] Submission – Forests [Forest and Timber Inquiry], 1990-1991

Management Review Committee, 1983-2000

National Parks and Wildlife Service (Referencing of Proposals), 1986-1990

National Parks and Wildlife Advisory Council, 1967-1990

NP/NR [National Parks / Nature Reserves] Advisory Committees, 1978-1992

Forests CRA Process 1996-1997

Forests CRA Process 1997

BOX 28
Forests SE (Eden) Campaign 1997-1998

Forests SE (Eden) 1997-1998

Forests – Southern Forests – Negotiations

Folder relating to National Parks & Wildlife (New Areas and Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Bill 1993 and correspondence with NSW parliamentarians

N.P.W. [National Parks and Wildlife] Act, 1991-1996

A Critical Review of Environmental Impact Statement for a Proposed Mineral and Sand Mining Operation…[at Christmas Bells Plain, NSW], Apr. 1982 / Baker Mounser & Lowe

BOX 29
Election – State – Campaigns 1991-1992

Post 1991 Election – Speech by Bob Carr, being 1993 State Conference Speech

1995 State Election

1999 NSW Election – Party Candidates

1999 NSW Election – Reports – Electorate & Election Analysis

1999 State Election – Vote for Environment – Logistics

1999 State Election – Vote for Environment – Volunteer Roster

1999 State Election – Environmental Groups Policies

1999 State Election – General

BOX 30
Papers relating to Green Games Watch 2000 providing an environmentally responsible Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, including Homebush Bay Development Proposal and Silverwater Nature Reserve Proposal

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