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MS 198
CAUGHLEY, GRAEME JAMES (1937-1994)
Caughley was an ecologist who worked for CSIRO Division of Wildlife and Ecology
1979-94. Previous appointments included lecturing at the University of Sydney
and working as a wildlife biologist in various parts of the world. His major
contributions were to population ecology and plant-herbivore ecosystems.
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1 Camps and tramps volume 1, 16 April 1954 - 16 April 1956
(photocopy)
2 Camps and tramps volume 2, 20 May 1956 - 13 July 1957
(photocopy)
3 Diary August - December 1965 (photocopy)
4 Diary January - October 1966 (photocopy)
5 Diary 1967 (photocopy)
6 Diary 1968 (photocopy)
7 Articles on GJC 1993-94
8 CSIRO Medals 1993 (VCR)
9 Untitled VCR
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1 Certificates:
BSc 1960
MSc 1963
DSc 1975
The Wildlife Society outstanding publication in wildlife ecology
and management 1978 (Analysis of vertebrate populations)
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science 1993
PhD 1967 (oversize)
Special commendation, Whitley Book Awards, The Royal
Zoological Society of New South Wales 1987 (Kangaroos)
(oversize)
2 The comparative ecology of the red and grey kangaroo. Masters
Thesis, Zoology Department, University of Sydney 1962
3 Growth, stabilisation and decline of New Zealand populations of
the Himalayan thar (Hemitragus jemlahicus); a thesis presented
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology in the
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand 1967
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1 The dynamics of mammalian populations, a collection of
published work presented for the degree of Doctor of Science,
University of Sydney, July 1978
2-4 Publications, not by GJC, relating to animal conservation in New
Zealand 1956-80 (mainly 1973-75) (3 files)
5. Material relating to GJC’s book, The deer wars; the story of
deer in New Zealand (Auckland, Heinemann, 1983)
5 1. Beginnings
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Material relating to GJC’s book, The deer wars; the story of deer
in New Zealand (Auckland, Heinemann, 1983)
1 3. Deer culler
2 5. Private shooter
3-4 6. Research (2 files)
5 7. Meat hunter
6 8. Deer farming
7 9. Politics
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1-3. Material relating to GJC’s book, The deer wars; the story of
deer in New Zealand (Auckland, Heinemann, 1983)
1 10. The law
2 11. Wildlife Act
3 12. What is to be done?
4-13. Notes relating to GJC’s book, The deer wars; the story of
deer in New Zealand (Auckland, Heinemann, 1983)
4 Preface
5 References and figures
6 1. Beginnings
7 6. Research
8 7. Meat hunter
9 8. Deer farmer
10 9. Politics
11 10. The law
12 11. Wild Life Act
13 12. What is to be done?
14-17. Copy for GJC’s book, The deer wars; the story of deer in
New Zealand (Auckland, Heinemann, 1983)
14 0. Preface
15 1. Beginnings
16 2. The context
17 3. Deer culler
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Copy for GJC’s book, The deer wars; the story of deer in New
Zealand (Auckland, Heinemann, 1983)
1 4. Government shooter
2 5. Private shooter
3 6. Research
4 7. Meat hunter
5 8. Deer farming
6 9. Politics
7 10. The law
8 11. Wildlife Act
9 12. What is to be done?
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1-2. GJC’s book, The deer wars; the story of deer in New Zealand
(Auckland, Heinemann, 1983)
1 A. Skeleton
2 Published copy, with errors
3 Kangaroo conservation. Enquiries from overseas countries 1964-
72
4 Kangaroo conservation. Enquiries from overseas countries 1972-74
5 Kangaroo conservation material (file from G R Wilson) 1965-75
6 Kangaroos - US legislation 1975-83
7 Minutes of the 79th meeting of the National Parks and Wildlife
Advisory Council 7 May 1979
8 Correspondence with R O Peterson 1975. Material by GJC ca
1978, 1984
9 “Tarurua Forest Park Handbook. The birds”, by Chris Challies and
GJC. Undated
10 1985 International Science School, Science Foundation for Physics
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1 Material collected by C H Tyndale-Biscoe 1991-95 for GJC’s
biographical memoir, published in Historical Records of
Australian Science, vol. 12, no. 3
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