| Call Number |
MN 1939 |
| Physical description |
6 cm. |
| Notes |
In part, photocopies only. |
| Access advisory |
Available for reference; not for loan. |
| Cite As |
Battye Library, MN 1939, Papers of Charles Henry Menzel, ACC 5529A. |
| Additional formats |
For some items, originals and photocopies. |
| Biography/history |
Western Australia's No. 1 Rabbit-Proof Fence, a wire mesh fence running from Starvation Boat Harbour, near Esperance, north some 1800 km to Eighty Mile Beach, near Port Hedland, was completed in 1907. It was constructed to keep out the imported rabbits which had reached plague proportions in eastern Australia. C.H. Menzel was a rabbit trapper and boundary rider for five years, 1925-1928 and 1931-1933. |
| Finding Aids |
Detailed listing available (MN 1939) |
| Summary |
Collection of material, mainly relating to the rabbit problem and the Rabbit Proof fence, including his biography, booklets, contracts, correspondence (including Dept. of Agriculture correspondence), draft ms. on animal pests, extracts, histories (of Burracoppin in the 1930s, Narndee Station, Snowy Rowles), information sheets, list of Rabbit Branch employees (1904), newspaper cuttings, notes of his experiences working on the fence, photographs, poem, poster, reminiscences, report of Secretary of the Rabbit Department (1902), writings. |
| Subjects |
Menzel, Charles Henry, 1907-2001 -- Archives.
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Western Australia. Department of Agriculture -- Officials and employees -- Archives.
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Rabbits -- Control -- Western Australia -- History.
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Fences -- Western Australia -- History.
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Rabbit Proof Fence No. 1 (W.A.) -- History.
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State Barrier Fence of Western Australia -- History.
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