Site Library
This on-line library of historical documents and publications is available to view and download, BUT please respect any copyright that may apply. Whilst the collection is extensive, it is by no means complete, and added to as documents are discovered in various archives and personal collections.
For ease in searching the library, documents and publications have been thematically grouped. Please take the time to look at the Collection notes, where provided, as they provide a brief background and historical context.
If there are documents produced by the Victorian Parliament that you think may be useful, but they are not available on this site then use the link below.
Looking for historic Victorian legislation?
Some FCV references from the State Library Victoria
Annual Reports/Years Books
All available VicForest Annual Reports are in the Site Library. For the years 2006-07 to 2014-15, and the year 2017-18 we have added Sustainability Reports, that were originally published separately, to the end of the relevant Annual Report. Sustainability Reports were not produced in either 2015-16 or 2016-17.
Annual Reports
Year Books
Forestry Extracts
Research Reports
Divisional Research Report, April 1963
Divisional Research Report, October 1963
Divisional Research Report, March 1964
Divisional Research Report, September 1964
Divisional Research Report, March 1965
Divisional Research Report, July 1965
Divisional Research Report, June 1966
Divisional Research Report, February 1967
Divisional Research Report, September 1967
Further studies of Pinus radiata nutrition and growth in the Heywood District. F. G. Craig. March 1971. 5 pp. (Summary)
Multi-resource forest development in Victoria – a review of research needs. J. G. Edgar and W. G. Schmidt. April 1971. 55 pp. (Summary)
The nutrient status of 1-0 P. radiata seedlings in the Benalla, Koetong and Rennick nurseries. F. G. Craig. May 1971. 9 pp. (Summary)
Preliminary studies in financial regimes; pulpwood production from Eucalyptus regnans. J. E. Opie. April 1971. 13 pp. (Summary)
Biology, epidemiology and control of a species of Lichenaula Meyrick (Lepidoptera : Xyloryctidae) in radiata pine. F. G Neumann. May 1971. 21 pp. (Summary)
Die-back in the mixed hardwood forests of eastern Victoria – a preliminary report. G. C. Marks, F. Y. Kassaby and S. T. Reynolds. August 1971. 27 pp. (Summary)
STANDSIM – a general model for simulating the growth of evenaged stands. J. E. Opie. November 1971. 31 pp. (Summary)
Studies of Pinus radiata seedling development in the Benalla Nursery in relation to soil physical properties, irrigation and fertilization. G. Minko. December 1971. 19 pp. (Summary)
The Phasmatid control operation in the Central Highlands of Victoria I. History, biology and control methods. F. G. Neumann and J. E. Harris. January 1972. 23 pp. (Summary)
The growth of trees under intensive culture in northern Victoria. R. J. McKimm. January 1974. 12 pp. (Summary)
Genetic variation in Eucalyptus obliqua with special reference to Otway messmate. L. A. Pederick. August 1974. 17 pp. (Summary)
Swiss needle cast of douglas fir in Victoria: 1. Distribution, rate of spread and effects on tree growth. R. J. McKimm and H. T. L. Stewart. June 1975. 10 pp. (Summary)
The growth of trees under intensive culture in northern Victoria. R. J. McKimm. January 1974. 12 pp. (Summary)
Effects of time of sowing and container type on height, growth and survival of containerised seedlings of Eucalyptus regnans F. Muell. J. D. Kellas and J. G. Edgar. February 1979. 11 pp. (Summary)
Above-ground biomass of a mixed eucalypt forest in eastern Victoria. H. T. L. Stewart, D. W. Flinn and B. C. Aerberli. May 1979. 27 pp. (Summary)
Diurnal changes in water stress in young Pinus radiata D. Don under plantation conditions. P. W. Farrell and R. O. Squire. July 1979. 14 pp. (Summary)
Screening of weedicides for overspraying Eucalyptus, Pinus and Casuarina on clay soils irrigated with treated effluent. D. W. Flinn, H. T. L. Stewart and P. J. O’Shaugnessy. April 1980. 24 pp. (Summary)
Effects of water-dispersable polyethylene emulsions on germination and seedling growth of Pinus radiata. G. Minko. February 1981. 8 pp. (Summary)
Diagnosis and correction of iron deficiency in planted eucalypts in north-west Victoria. H. T. L. Stewart, D. W. Flinn and J. M. James. February 1981. 7 pp. (Summary)
Above-ground biomass of Pinus radiata in South Gippsland, Victoria. H. T. L. Stewart and D. W. Flinn. May 1981. 18 pp. (Summary)
Biomass and nutrient distribution in radiata pine. H. T. L. Stewart, D. W. Flinn and J. M. James. September 1981. 14 pp. (Summary)
Estimating weight of woody eucalypt debris following clearing for pine establishment. H. T. L. Stewart and M. Woodman. April 1982. 4 pp. (Summary)
Irrigation of tree plantations with wastewater in Victoria. 1. Site characteristics, establishment and maintenance procedures, and tree survival and growth, between 1977 and 1981. H. T. L. Stewart, D. W. Flinn and P. J. Baldwin. December 1982. 59 pp. (Summary)
Harvesting and site productivity in eucalypt forests. H. T. L. Stewart, D. W. Flinn and P. Hopmans. April 1984. 11 pp. (Summary)
The effects of fire in eucalypt forests on soils, nutrient cycling, tree growth and catchment hydrology: A review with particular reference to fuel-reduction burning. D. W. Flinn, P. W. Farrell, H. T. L. Stewart, C. J. Leitch and P. Hopmans. August 1984. 44 pp. (Summary)
Nutrient loss from broadcast burning of eucalypt debris in north-east Victoria. H. T. L. Stewart and D. W. Flinn. September 1984. 15 pp. (Summary)
Changes in bird and mammal populations after harvesting eucalypts for sawlogs and pulpwood in East Gippsland. R. H. Loyn and M. A. Macfarlane. November 1984. 19 pp. + App. (Summary)
A survey of the mammals, birds and vegetation of Compartment 3 and the Errinundra Flora reserve, Errinundra Plateau, East Gippsland. G. C. Suckling, R. H. Loyn and I. O. Cook. December 1984. 26 pp. (Summary)
Harvesting history of a coastal forest area in East Gippsland in relation to eucalypt species composition. G. R. Featherston. September 1985. 17 pp. (Summary)
Irrigation of tree plantations with recycled water in Australia : research developments and case studies. H. T. L. Stewart, E. Allender, P. Sandell and P. Kube. November 1983. 13 pp. (Summary)
Irrigation of tree plantations with recycled water in Victoria : some economic analyses. H. T. L. Stewart and G. Salmon. November 1985. 13 pp. (Summary)
FCV & Other
Fire Research Reports
Collection NotesA study of the distribution of aerially applied fire retardant in softwood plantations. R. Rawson. December 1977. 8 pp.
Low intensity prescribed burning in three Pinus radiata stand types. D. S. Thomson. February 1978. 11 pp.
Fuel properties before and after thinning in young radiata pine Plantations. D. F. Williams. July 1978. 13 pp.
Using fire to reduce fuel accumulations after first thinning in radiata pine plantations. P. R. Billing. January 1979. 13 pp.
Some effects of low intensity burning on radiata pine. P. R. Billing. August 1979. 15 pp.
A low intensity prescribed burning operation in a thinned radiata pine plantation. P. R. Billing. October 1980. 9 pp.
Some aspects of the behaviour of the Caroline fire of February 1979. P. R. Billing. December 1980. 11 pp.
Hazard reduction burning in the Big Desert. P. R. Billing. October 1981. 4 pp.
The effectiveness of fuel reduction burning: Five case histories. P. R. Billing. November 1981. 11 pp.
A fire tornado in the Sunset country January 1981. P. R. Billing and R. Rawson. January 1982. 7 pp.
Fuel moisture changes under radiata pine. M. Woodman. June 1982. 9 pp.
Fuel reduction burning in radiata pine plantations. M. Woodman and R. Rawson. August 1982. 21 pp.
Using fire to reduce aerial fuels in first thinned radiata pine. P. R. Billing and J. V. Bywater. September 1982. 6 pp.
Fuel properties before and after second thinning in radiata pine. M. Woodman. October 1982. 5 pp + App.
Retardant distributions from six agricultural aircraft. B. Rees. January 1983. 15 pp.
The Bright plantation fire, November, 1982. N. Watson, G. Morgan and D. Rolland. April 1983. 8 pp.
Otways fire No 22 - 1982/83: Aspects of fire behaviour. P. R. Billing. June 1983. 8 pp.
Otways fire No 22 - 1982/83: A case study of plantation protection. P. R. Billing. July 1983. 11 pp.
Fire research and adaptive management publications. Forest Fire Management Victoria
Forest fire statistics 1974-75 to 1983-84. B. Rees. October 1984. 16 pp.
The Avoca Fire, 14 January 1985. P. R. Billing. March 1985. 9 pp.
Fuel management in radiata pine following heavy first thinning. P. Norman. March 1985. 6 pp.
The effect of fuel reduction burning on the suppression of four wildfires in Western Victoria. S. R. Grant and M. A. Wouters. December 1993. 18 pp.
Overall fuel hazard guide: Third edition. G. J. McCarthy, K. Chatto and K. G. Tolhurst. May 1999. 28 pp.
Assessment of the effectiveness and environmental risk of the use of retardants to assist in wildfire control in Victoria. J. S. Gould, P. K. Khanna, P. T. Hutchings, N. P. Cheney and R. J. Raison. CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products. February 2000. 44 pp.
Ecological effects of repeated low-intensity fire in a mixed eucalypt foothill forest in south-eastern Australia. Summary Report (1984–1999). December 2003. 86 pp.
Effects of repeated low-intensity fire on the understorey of a mixed eucalypt foothill forest in south-eastern Australia. K. G. Tolhurst. December 2003. 28 pp.
Effects of repeated low-intensity fire on fuel dynamics in a mixed eucalypt foothill forest in south-eastern Australia. K. G. Tolhurst and N. Kelly. December 2003. 22 pp.
Effects of repeated low-intensity fire on carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in the soils of a mixed eucalypt foothill forest in south-eastern Australia. P. Hopmans. December 2003. 34 pp.
Effects of repeated low-intensity fire on the invertebrates of a mixed eucalypt foothill forest in south-eastern Australia. N. Collett and F. Neumann. December 2003. 14 pp.
Effects of repeated low-intensity fire on bird abundance in a mixed eucalypt foothill forest in south-eastern Australia. R. H. Loyn, R. B. Cunningham and C. Donnelly. December 2003. 26 pp.
Effects of repeated low-intensity fire on terrestrial mammal populations of a mixed eucalypt foothill forest in south-eastern Australia. M. Irvin, M. Westbrooke and M. Gibson. 24 pp.
Effects of repeated low-intensity fire on insectivorous bat populations of a mixed eucalypt foothill forest in south-eastern Australia. M. Irvin, P. Prevett and M. Westbrooke. December 2003. 20 pp.
Effects of repeated low-intensity fire on reptile populations of a mixed eucalypt foothill forest in south-eastern Australia. M. Irvin, M. Westbrooke and M. Gibson. December 2003. 24 pp.
Overall fuel hazard assessment guide: 4th edition. F. Hines, K. G. Tolhurst, A. A. G. Wilson and G. J. McCarthy. July 2010. 41 pp.
Bulletins/Tech Papers
FCV Bulletins
The flora of the far north-west of Victoria (Its distribution in relation to soil types, and its value in the prevention of soil erosion), W. J. Zimmer, 1940 (Summary)
A study of some factors associated with the natural regeneration of Alpine Ash, Eucalytpus delegatensis R. T. Baker, syn. E. gigantea Hook. f. (presented to The Seventh British Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 1957), R. J. Grose, 1957 (Summary)
Shoot blight of Pinus radiata Don caused by Diplodia pinea (Desm.) Kickx. (presented to The Seventh British Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 1957), H. M. Purnell, 1957
A description of the seeds of 70 Victorian eucalypts (Illustrated), R. J. Grose and W. J. Zimmer, 1958 (Summary)
Influence of seed size on germination and early growth of seedlings of Eucalyptus maculata Hook. f and Eucalyptus sieberiana F.v.M., R. J. Grose and W. J. Zimmer, 1958 (Summary)
The collection and testing of seed from some Victorian eucalypts with results of viability tests, R. J. Grose and W. J. Zimmer, 1958 (Summary)
Utilization of timber resources on watersheds (Evidence presented to the State Development Committee on its enquiry into the utilization of timber resources in the watersheds of the State), FCV, 1959
The parasitic forest dodder-laurel Cassytha melantha R.Br. (presented to The Eighth British Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 1962), L. A. Pederick and W. J. Zimmer, 1961
The insects of Pinus radiata plantations in north-eastern Victoria (presented to The Eighth British Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 1962), G. Minko, 1961
The box-ironbark forests of Victoria, Australia (presented to The Eighth British Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 1962), L. A. Newman, 1961
Forests and population in rural areas (Evidence presented to the Distribution of Population Committee on its inquiry into factors affecting the distribution of population throughout Victoria), FCV, 1962
Tree breeding with Pinus radiata, L. A. Pederick, 1963
The importance to forestry of quarantine control (Paper presented at 5th All Australian Timber Congress Adelaide, 1963, together with summary of discussion from Australian Timber Journal June, 1963), A. O. Lawrence, 1963
Accurate estimation of merchantable volume in eucalypt management surveys (presented to the Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 1968), D. W. M. Paine, 1967 (Summary)
The variation in log quality in Pinus radiata D. Don on a range of sites (presented to the Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 1968), J. P. Wright, 1967 (Summary)
Flooding and regeneration of river red gum, Eucalyptus camaldulensis, Dehn (presented to The Commonwealth Forestry Conference, 1968), B. D. Dexter, 1967 (Summary)
Some aspects of the role of forest fire in south eastern Australia (presented to the Seventh World Forestry Congress Buenos Aires October 14-18, 1972), A. Hodgson, and A. Heislers, 1972
The genetic resources of the Victorian eucalypts, L. A. Pederick, 1976
Radiata pine nursery research in north-eastern Victoria, G. Minko and F. G. Craig, 1976
The flora and fauna of radiata pine plantations in north-eastern Victoria, G. C. Suckling, E. Backen, A. Heislers, and F. G. Neumann, 1976 (Summary)
The phasmatid problem in mountain ash forests of the central highlands of Victoria, F. G. Neumann, J. A. Harris and C. H. Wood, 1977 (Summary)
The Mount Buffalo fire, B. D. Dexter, A. Heislers and T. Sloan, 1977
The hydrology of small forested catchments in north eastern Victoria: 1. Establishment of the Cropper Creek project, L. J. Bren, D. W. Flinn, P. Hopmans and C. J. Leitch, 1979 (Summary)
Forest utilisation and the flora and fauna in Boola Boola State forest in south-eastern Victoria, R. H. Loyn, M. A. Macfarlane, E. A. Chesterfield and J. A. Harris, 1980 (Summary)
The sirex wasp in Victoria, F. G. Neumann, J. L. Morey and R. J. McKimm (Edited by D. Meagher), 1987 (Summary)
A list of the articles in our current collection of Forestry Technical Papers.
March 1960 (Contents)
November 1960 (Contents)
August 1961 (Contents)
November 1961 (Contents)
March 1962 (Contents)
July 1962 (Contents)
November 1962 (Contents)
March 1963 (Contents)
July 1963 (Contents)
December 1963 (Contents)
September 1964 (Contents)
April 1965 (Contents)
November 1965 (Contents)
June 1966 (Contents)
March 1967 (Contents)
October 1967 (Contents)
December 1969 (Contents)
December 1974 (Contents)
June 1975 (Contents)
December 1975 (Contents)
June 1976 (Contents)
December 1976 (Contents)
December 1977 (Contents)
November 1979 (Contents)
December 1980 (Contents)
December 1982 (Contents)
June 1986 (Contents)
Vic Forester/VSFA NL's
General Publications
There are hundreds of documents/publications attached to the site. The General Publications list contains those documents considered to be significant stand-alone publications. Documents relevent to particular topics can be found by using the links in the right-hand panel.
General Publications
DSE. 2010
Ian Ferguson. IFA Newsletter Vol 36 No.1 February 1995
David Williams. 2021
A review of the Government's plantation program- success or failure?
Jack Gillespie & John Wright. 1994
LT Carron. 1985
Moray Guild Douglas. 2007
The Story of Heyfield and the Sawmilling Industry, 1945-1995. B Howell. 1995
WS Noble. 1974
R. J. Grose, F. R. Moulds and M. G. Douglas. (1964) Aust. For. 28 (3)
FCV, ca 1970
State Aircraft Unit, Victoria. 2007
Unpublished document prepared by Norman Houghton in 2016
Miscellaneous Publ. No. 8, FCV, 1961
Anglesea & District Historical Society. KL Cecil and RV Carr. 1988
A History of Victoria's Land Conservation and Environment Conservation Councils. D Clode. 2006
Conservation Forests and Lands, Historic Places Branch - C Fahey (1988)
Notes prepared for a VNPA Field Meeting. BD Dexter, May 1994
FCV. Undated but probably 1970s.
Norman Houghton
Report of the Board of Inquiry into the Occurrence of Bush and Grass fires in Victoria. Victorian Government. 1977
FCV. Undated but probably 1970s
RF Hateley School of Forest and Ecosystem Science, Institute of Land and Food Resources,University of Melbourne,Creswick Campus
September 2004Silviculture reference manual No. 4. Peter Fagg and Owen Bassett. 2015
Forest Fire and Regions Groups. Science Catalogue 2017-18. DELWP. 2017
Extract from Papers relating to Forest Conservancy Published by Dept Crown Lands, 17 December 1874
FCv publications designed to assist with increasing charcoal production during WW2.
A History of the Timber industry in the West Otway Ranges. Norman Houghton. 2018
One hundred years of forestry education centred on Creswick, Victoria. R Youl, B Fry, R Hately. 2010
Life at the Victorian School of Forestry, Creswick, 1959-1961. P Lawson, R Smith, B Fry. 2010
The first Code produced by CFL - May 1989
Forestry & Timber Bureau Leaflet No. 80. AG McArthur, 1962
A Souvenir of the Creswick Nursery and Plantations. Visit by Members of Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly to Creswick, 14 May, 1925. FCV.
FCV. 1979
Bjarne K Dahl's Journey. P Evans. 2010
A Story of the Heytesbury Shire. Rosamund Duruz. 1974
PhD Thesis
History of Early Forest Exploration in Victoria. David Drangsholt. 2014
Tolhurst, Flinn, Loyn, Wilson andFoletta. DCE.1992
Australian Forest Research 1977, 7
Statement prepared by the FCV for The British Empire Forestry Conference. London 1947
Report on the Advisableness of Establishing State Forests. The Surveyor-General, the Assistant Commissioner of Lands and Survey and the Secretary for Mines. 1864-65
A report to Victoria's 150th Anniversary Board. P. J. Baldwin, H. T. L. Stewart, W. I. Hamer, P. R. Bird and D. W. Flinn. March 1986. 32 pp. (Summary)
FCV. Undated
H. T. L. Stewart, P. Hopmans, D. W. Flinn, T. J. Hillman and J. Collopy. April 1988 Tech. Rep No. 7, Albury-Wodonga Development Corporation, Albury, N.S.W. 28 pp. + Tables + App. (Summary) (Note that the AWDC was abolished by Act of Parliament in late 2014)
The author, Edward (Ted) George Stuckey, graduated from the VSF in 1957.
Summary of Evidence Presented Before the Rural Reconstruction Commission of the Ministry of Post War Reconstruction. FCV. 1943
A Symposium on Fuel Reduction Burning in Forests. Graduate School of Environmental Science, Monash University. 17 September 1983.
Fire history and fire management to conserve social, economic and environmental values in floodplain river red gum forests. BD Dexter. 2011
A Bartlett and G Morgan.
A Hodgson. Reprinted from Proceedings Sixth Annual Tall Timbers Fire Ecology Conference, March 6-7 1967.
CNR Bulletin - early 1990s
Auditor General Victoria 2003
Report to the Minister for Forests - RA McKenzie
Auditor General, Special Report 16. April 1992
Rawson and Rees - Summary from a report on the MAFFS system.
Extracts from "The Glory Days" by Desmond Foley. 2022.
"Not only did Des’ father, Adrian (Ade), work for the Forests Commission, Ade’s niece, Barbara Tucker, married forester Jack Gillespie who was posted to Erica between 1946 and 1953."Papers relating to Forest Conservancy. Victoria. 1874
CFL. Peter Woodgate & Peter Black. October 1988.
FCV. 1940s?
A compilation of forest recreation guides for different forest areas.
A description of the remedial measures adopted to eradicate case moths (Clania tenuis) at the Yarrowee State Plantation, Ballarat. FCV. JW Bowen. 1930
Edited by RJ Raison and RO Squire. Dept of Climate Change, Australia. 2008
A bulletin published by the FCV eight times between August 1980 and July 1982. It was designed to provide information to staff about FCV activities.
Extract (Chapter 7) from Land and Food: Agricultural and Related Education in the Victorian Colleges and University of Melbourne. L Falvey and B Bardsley. 1997. Chapter 7 by IS Ferguson and R Youl
A Report prepared by the Forestry Section of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry for the occasion of the retirement of the Dean Mr J. H. Chinner, November 1980.
JA McKinty. 1991
Reprinted from Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, Vol. 82, Part 1, Pages 129-140. JA McKinty. Issued separately, 29 January 1969.
H. Mackay. Conservator of Forests
Empire Forestry Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1. Owen Jones. 1926
Prepared on the Occasion of the Eighth All Australian Timber Congress, held in Melbourne, April 1972. FCV. 1972
Original by M Boucher in 1980. Updated by M Poynter in October 1989
FCV. Tour by Members of Parliament. 8th, 9th & 10th Feb. 1978
A chapter from Introducing Victoria. Edited by GW Leeper. Chapter written by KVM Ferguson & JH Chinner.
Establishes the FCV
A Compilation of Short Stories. P McHugh. 2020
A Compilation of Short Stories. P McHugh. 2021
A Compilation of Short Stories. P McHugh. 2022
FCV 1978
From the Forest Education Project. NRE. 1998
A History of the Macedon State Nursery, 1872 - 1995. FR Moulds & MJ Burns. Published by the Forests Service, NRE, 1997
Paper presented to the 3rd International Aerospace Symposium, Vancouver, 1973
How it was done in the old days in the Otway Ranges. N Houghton, 1995
FCV. Undated but probably early 1970s.
No. 1 Copper Based Fungicides. FCV. ca 1970
Prepared by the FCV for the Empire Forestry Conference, Australia and New Zealand. 1928
Prepared by the FCV for the Empire Forestry Conference, 1935
Miscellaneous Publication No. 7. Prepared for the FCV by KVM Ferguson, Chief Technical Officer
K. V. M. Ferguson, Miscellaneous Publication No. 7, FCV, 1965
Arnis Heislers. 2013
Silviculture reference manual No. 2. Ian Sebire and Peter Fagg. 2009
Athol Hodgson
Section K. Presidential Address. ANZAAS Report. MR Jacobs. March 1957.
Environment & Matural Resources Committee, Victorian Parliament, and the Govt Response
A thesis submitted for the Degree of Master of Arts at Monash University. Brian V Doolan. 2015
Fire Ecology Working Group, September 1999, Natural Resources and Environment and Parks Victoria.
Report of the Resolutions, Proceedings, and Debates, Adelaide. May 1916
The story of an officer who started work with the FCV in 1951 as, in his words, "a billy boy", and who went on to work with Parks Victoria."
M Leonard & R Hammond. FCV, January 1984
Forest Recollections Series. Early Forest Utilisation. Edited transcript of presentations by Mr Alfred Lawrence (OBE), Mr Hector Ingram, Mr John Youl (OBE). Victorian Division IFA, 1979
Joely A Taylor. 2015
J Turner (October 2023) in - Forest Ecology and Management, Journal Homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/foreco
Silviculture reference manual No.3. Simon Murphy, Ron Hateley and Peter Fagg. 2013
Against the Elements. Sawmilling in the Otways and at Tanjil Bren. A First Hand Account by James Mackie. 1980
Country Fire Authority, December 1983.
Chapter 2. Box ironbark Forests. JD Kellas, ca. 2008
Chapter 8. The Low Elevation Mixed Species Forests. JD Kellas and RF Hateley. ca. 2008
Executive Summary of Research Findings. Eds D Flinn (DCE) & H Mamers (CSIRO). DCE April 1991
Prepared for Forest and Wood Products Australia. J Turner, D Flinn, M Lambert, K Wareing and S Murphy. 2011
Auditor General, October 2003
Auditor-General, December 2013
Early Forest Management - Edited transcript - J.A. McKinty and M. Thompson (1980), Forest Recollection Series, IFA
FCV. Undated but probably 1970s.
A general treatise on its silviculture, management, and utilization. AV Galbraith. 1937
Silviculture reference manual No. 1. Andrew Flint and Peter Fagg. 2007
Undated FCV publication - almost certainly from the 1970s.
A New Focus for Australia's Forests. Commonwealth of Australia. 1st Edition, 1992. 2nd Edition, 1995
A Descriptive Survey of Victoria's Forest Institutions, 1900-2010. Brian V Doolan. 2018
Copy of the Original Document. F d’A Vincent. 1887
Transcribed Version. F d’A Vincent. 1887
A History of the Timber Industry in Victoria's Far South West. Garry Kerr. 1995
"My Life in the Forests of Victoria and the Timber Industry, 1914-1976." Written in the mid-1970s.
Two extracts from "The life and times of the Colac-Beech Forest-Crowes narrow gauge railway, 1902-1962. Norman Houghton 1992"
The Week a State Burned Up. WS Noble. 1977 (The 1939 Fires)
GA Facey, 1977. (Self published)
Michael Roche in Australian Forest History Society Inc. Newsletter No. 80. September 2020.
Michael Roche in Australian Forest History Society Inc. Newsletter No. 63. September 2014.
Michael Roche in Australian Forest History Society Inc. Newsletter No. 74. April 2018.
A New Industry. Empire Forestry Journal, Vol. 16, No. 2. AV Galbraith. December 1937
Stephen Legg in Chapter 10—Australia’s Ever-changing Forests VI: Proceedings of the Eighth National Conference on Australian Forest History. Brett J. Stubbs et al. (ed.) (2012)
"It was tabled only a month before, and was directly responsible for, the appointment of the long- running Royal Commission on Forests (1897–1901)." Source: Passionate Advocates - S Legg 2012
Owen Jones in - The Australian Forestry Journal, Vol IV No. 7. July 1921
An Address delivered to the 1940 Convention of the Victorian Chamber of Agriculture. AV Galbraith. 1940
FCV. 1982
A List of the Principal Species of Australian Eucalypts and other Indigenous Trees. FCV. 1924
A Brief Description of the Principal Timber Trees of Victoria, Showing their Uses. FCV. 1925
A review of the scientific basis of current and proposed protection measures. Forest Service Technical Report 95-4.
Report of the Secretary for Agriculture on the Red Gum Forests of Gunbower and Barmah. 1878
A Discussion Paper. FCV. 1984
A Report from The Inspector of Forests for 1870
The Report of the First Conservator, GS Perrin. 1890
Victorian Government
LEB Stretton. 1939
A. Hodgson. Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship, 1966, 10 pp.
B Ribbentrop. 1896
Report to Legislative Council, February 2009
Progress Report 1955-60. Prepared for the Eighth British Commonwealth Forestry Conference 1962. FCV. 1961
FCV. 1970s?
Australian Forestry Vol 50 No 4.
River Red Gum - Forest Profiles No.3. National Forest Inventory (abt 1991)
Extracts relevant to forestry. 1871
This Report contains the Royal Commission's recommendations.
A follow on from the 1895 Royal Commission showing areas recommended to be set aside for timber production.
Extract from the Timber Industry Strategy 1986.
A History of Sawmilling in the East Otway Ranges. Norman Houghton. 2010
A History of Sawmilling in the Heytesbury Forest. Alf Poole. Compiled 1986-1988
Dept of Conservation & Environment - early 1990s
" in the Country Districts of Victoria". KVM Ferguson. Leaflet No. 3. June 1945.
FCV 1977
A Discussion Paper. FCV October 1982
Their Management for Recreation and the Conservation of Flora, Fauna and Landscape. KJ Wareing. 1980
Victorian Governmentt publication from the 1960s.
Extracted from the Timber Industry Strategy 1986.
Articles extracted from The Sylvanite
Published in aid of the Busfire Relief Fund. 1939
A statement to the Victorian Parliament by the Chief Secretary, Arthur Rylah, about the 1964/65 fire season.
A reconstruction of events from February to March 1965. P McHugh. February 2020
The 1982-83 Bushfire Season including Ash Wednesday. P McHugh. October 2022
Aust. For., 1983, 46 (3), 163-172. RP Rawson, PR Billing and SF Duncan. 1983
Implications of the 2019-20 bushfires on future implementation of Victoria’s RFAs. A presentation prepared by T Bartlett, 2022
Extract from Vol.1 No.3 of "The Australasian" magazine. Published 28 April 1851.
Empire Forestry Journal, Vol 16, No 1. AV Galbraith. July 1937
Empire Forestry Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1. AV Galbraith. July 1939
A History of Forestry and Forest Industries in Victoria. FR Moulds. 1991
Descriptive Catalogue of the Specimens in the Industrial & Technological Museum, Melbourne. Public Library, Museums and National Gallery of Victoria. 1894
FCV and Monash University (1969)
Muelleria. 2: 169–179. TB Muir. 1972
FCV. Undated but probably 1976/1977
A comprehensive study of the fires which burnt in excess of 1,000,000ha.
Australian Forest League. June 1930.
Australian Forest League. June 1929
Produced by the Barham Historical Society, 1990
B Dexter. Paper presented at the Australian Aerial Agricultural Association 13th Annual Symposium 4th-5th November 1971, Hobart. Tasmania.
Evidence presented to the Enquiry on Wildlife Conservation conducted by the House of Representatives Select Committee, Melbourne 1971. FR Moulds, Chairman, FCV.
Empire Forestry Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1. WW Gay. July 1938
FCV & Monash University, 1970
E. D. Gill, Miscellaneous Publication No. 6, FCV, 1957
FCV and Monash University (1974)
Kevin Wareing and David Flinn. DSE 2003
Ken=vin Wareing and David Flinn. DSE. 2003
Final Report of the State Development Committee. The Utilisation of Timber Resources in the Watersheds of the State. 1960
JW Bowen. FCV. 1973
From the Forest Education Project.
Based on Welcome Back to Balmoral. L Harris. 1975
Special Report No. 22. Auditor-General, Victoria. May 1993
Victorian Government. 1986
A Sawmilling History of the Murrindindi Forest. N Houghton. 1986
An article by LB Williams from about 1976. The Journal in which this article was published is unknown at this stage.
Summary of Evidence Presented before State Development Committee. AV Galbraith. 15 September 1943
FCV Pavilion
Edgar JG, Kile GA, Almond CA - Aust. For., 1976, 39(4),
A statement of tree decline and destruction in rural areas with recommendations for action. Institute of Foresters of Australia. 1980
KVM Ferguson. FCV Miscellaneous Publication No 5. 1963.
FCV Publication - as usual an undated publication, but there was a reprint in 1968 that is on this site.
FCV. 1968
Conservation & Natural Resources - Reprint 1993
Extracts from the 1962 and 1963 Victorian Year Books about Victorian flora and mammals.
Natural Resources Conservation League of Victoria, Vol 17, No 1, March 1975.
Parliament of Victoria -October 2023
List of Victorian Commercial Timbers - Showing their Present Uses. FCV. 1924
Link to photos in Google Photos Album
Opportunities for the Riverain Red Gum Forests of the Central Murray. B Dexter & M Poynter October 2005
The Board was asked to consider and report upon the subject of wattle bark, and whether the indiscriminate stripping of the trees, caused by the increasing demand for bark in Continental and English markets, in addition to the requirements of Victorian tanners, was likely to lead to the early extermination of the trees or to a reduction of the supply necessary for the home trade even temporarily. The Board were also asked to state whether forest regulations could be so framed as to conserve and encourage the growth of the wattle trees in order that a sufficient supply of bark might be ensured for local requirements as well as for the maintainance of the export trade.
Norman Houghton. In Australian Forest History Society Newsletter No 62, April 2014.
Cann River: The Big Fires, 1983. Heather Quick
A product of "The Forest Education Project" from 1997
A Sawmilling History of the Wombat Forest, 1854-2008. Norman Horton. 2013
FCV. Probably late 1970s
From the Forest Education Project.
FCV. Undated. Probably 1970s
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Carver Papers
The Carver Papers
This collection of historic forestry documents was put together by MW Carver, and we acquired a copy in May 2022. You will find some of the documents in the Carver Collection are duplicated by papers collected and made available before the "Papers" came into our possession
"Carver’s papers, Forestry in Victoria 1838-1919" are considered by some historians as the authoritative source. Morris Carver was a clerk in the Forests Department where, in the late 1920s, he was given the task of destroying ‘inactive files’. This task may have led him to compile his history. He indexed reports, gazette references and other documents up to 1919 and provided an overview. He produced staff lists for 1908 and 1917, but did not include nursery and plantation staff as these staff were neither listed nor counted by the Public Service." ( See: VSF Origins, G Fahey)
What is available through this site are separate volumes which cover the entire collection. When you access the documents you will find a file called Carver Volume Index.pdf which has been extracted from the papers to help you find your way quickly. Volume E contains an extensive Index covering all Volumes but also, and perhaps more importantly, Carver's own summary of the documentation he has put together. It is a good place to start.
Some of the copying is of poor quality. Volume C mostly concerns the Royal Commission established in 1897. All fourteen Reports of the Commission are available separately, and in good quality within the folder linked below. They can also be accessed through the General Publications section in this library.
Carver has information about Forestry people in both of Volumes A & E. That information has been extracted and collated as accurately as possible, and the collated information can be found in the Forestry People spreadsheet inside the Forests Staff-Pre FCV and Pre-FCV Staff- by Year tabs.
The availability of this digital copy of MW Carver’s five-volume set of "Forestry in Victoria 1838 - 1919" on this website has been made possible
thanks to the advocacy of Paul Barker and the management of Julie McCormack of the Public Records Office, Victoria.