Remembering... 100 years of National Parks

These audio recordings commemorate the Centenary of National Parks in Queensland.

These recordings are based on oral history interviews with former and current Queensland National Parks employees: Nev Abbey; Kevin Bade; Richard Clarkson; Pat Comben; Syd Curtis; Jim Gasteen; Pamela Harmon-Price; Bill Laverack; Col Limpus; Peter Ogilvie; Peter O'Reilly Snr; Tom Ryan; Paul Sattler; Bob Speirs; Peter Stanton; and Trevor Vollbon.

Tracks 1-15 are a historical overview of the development of National Parks in Queensland

Track 16 is a short feature about the early track builders of Lamington National Park.

Please listen to the audio recordings, which are in mp3 format by selecting the links in the tracklist provided below.

Track #	Title	Voices
01	Introduction [1.7 mB]	Suzanne Gibson
02	The First Parks [2.4 mB]	Peter Ogilvie
03	Early Days at Lamington [3 mB]	Peter Ogilvie; Peter O'Reilly Snr
04	Making Tracks [3.2 mB]	Peter Ogilvie; Syd Curtis;Trevor Vollbon
05	National Parks are Sacrosanct [3.2 mB]	Peter Ogilvie; Syd Curtis
06	Ranger on Patrol! [4 mB]	Tom Ryan, Nev Abbey
07	End of an Era [3.7mB]	Syd Curtis; Peter Stanton; Trevor Vollbon; Peter Ogilvie
08	The Formation of QNPWS [5.8mB]	Bob Speirs; Pamela Harmon-Price; Peter Ogilvie; Nev Abbey; Tom Ryan
09	More than the Scenic - Parks out West [7.5mB]	Peter Ogilvie; Peter Stanton; Jim Gasteen; Paul Sattler; Dick Clarkson
10	Coastal Pressures and Habitat [2.5mB]	Peter Stanton; Col Limpus
11	The Birth of Bioregional Planning [7.3mB]	Paul Sattler; Pat Comben; Peter Ogilvie; Bob Speirs
12	Interpreting National Parks [3.6mB]	Bill Laverack; Pamela Harmon-Price; Peter Ogilvie
13	Parks and People [4.1mB]	Col Limpus; Syd Curtis; Pamela Harmon-Price; Dick Clarkson; Jim Gasteen
14	Why Parks Matter [2.4mB]	Pamela Harmon-Price; Peter Stanton
15	Credits [1.1 mB]	Suzanne Gibson
16	Making Tracks: the early track builders of Lamington National Park [4.9mB]	Peter O'Reilly (Snr); Trevor Vollbon; Syd Curtis; Nev Abbey; Peter Ogilvie

All interviews recorded for the Centenary of Parks Oral History Project are archived, with transcripts, in the State Library of Queensland.
Oral History recording, editing and production by Suzanne Gibson.
© Disk and contents are copyright of the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency. Unauthorized copying of this CD is prohibited.

Last updated: 23 October 2008

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