Macquarie University Mountaineering Society, Speleological Investigation Group, Caving Group (MMS, MUSIG, MUCG)

Macquarie University hosted many a SpeleoSports event and in its heyday had an active Mountaineering Club and Speleological Group. The Mountaineering Club suffered from the usual Australian problem of having no real mountains to climb, but that didn't stop anyone from trying! The Mountaineering Society (MMS) was formed in 1967 by Harry Luxford and Ric Daniel. The Macquarie University Speleological Investigation Group (MUSIG) formed as a branch of MMS in 1972, before finally becoming its own entity in 1976. "MUSIG" became "MUCG" in 1982 and under this name the club survived into the late 1990's before, like a number of University clubs in operation at the time, it was finally wound up. MUCG was a member of the ASF.

MMS produced a periodical newsletter called "Sloth". MUSIG's "Quaver, Notes from MUSIG" morphed into MUCG's "Raker" due to the fineries of English pronunciation. MUCQ also had a short newsletter "Wotzon".

The ASF Library holdings below are by no means a comprehensive list of what was produced and we would welcome additions/corrections to this information.

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MMS "Sloth"

MSS Sloth 1970 No.1
MSS Sloth 1970 No.2 July
MMS Sloth 1971 No.3 Special Issue - Jan
MMS Sloth 1971 No.4 Apr
MMS Sloth 1971 No.5 July
MMS Sloth 1971 No.6 Sept
MMS Sloth 1971 No.7 Oct
MMS Sloth 1972 No.8 Jan
MMS Sloth 1972 No.9 March
MMS Sloth 1972 No.10 Apr
MMS Sloth 1972 No.11 June
MMS Sloth 1972 No.12 Aug
MMS Sloth 1973 No.13 Mar
MMS Sloth 1973 No.14 Apr
MMS Sloth 1973 No.15 May
MMS Sloth 1973 No.16
MMS Sloth 1974 No.17 Apr
MMS Sloth 1975
MMS Sloth 1976 May
MMS Sloth 1976 Sept
MMS Sloth Undated

MMS "Yearbook"

MMS Yearbook 1969
MMS Yearbook 1970
MMS Yearbook 1971
MMS Yearbook 1972
MMS Yearbook 1973
MMS Yearbook 1974
MMS Yearbook 1975
MMS Yearbook 1977

MUSIG "Quaver"

MUSIG Quaver 1977 No.1 July
MUSIG Quaver 1978 No.2 Nov
MUSIG Quaver 1979 No.3 Nov
MUSIG Quaver 1982 No.4 Sept
MUSIG Quaver 1983 No.5 Apr
MUSIG Quaver 1984 No.6 Sept
MUSIG Quaver 1985 No.7
MUSIG Quaver 1985 No.8 Oct
MUSIG Quaver 1988 No.9 May

MUCG "Raker"

MUCG Raker 1989 No.1 Oct (unoffically Quaver #10)
MUCG Raker 1991 No.2 Nov
MUCG Raker 1992 No.3 Dec
MUCG Raker 1993 No.4 Nov
MUCG Raker 1995 No.5 Jan
MUCG Raker 1996 No.6 Jan
MUCG Raker 1997 No.7 Apr
MUCG Raker 1997 No.8(1) Jan-Jun
MUCG Raker 1997 No.8(2) Jul-Dec

MUCG "Wotzon"

MUCG Wotzon 1988 Jan
MUCG Wotzon 1993 Vol.12 No.2 Apr
MUCG Wotzon 1996 Vol.16 No.5 Aug