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Ed Hegerl, founding Director of the Queensland Littoral Society which aimed to preserve the Great Barrier Reef, 1968

Ed Hegerl, originally from Florida, examines maps.

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National Archives of Australia: A12111, 1/1968/23/25, BARCODE: 7454474

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