VSF Forestry Lantern Glass Slide Collection
Title
VSF Forestry Lantern Glass Slide Collection
Subject
Slides used for teaching and research by the Forests Commission of Victoria and at the Victorian School of Forestry.
Description
Photographic slide collection compiled to provide knowledge about trees and forests in Victoria as well as about their environmental location. Includes pictures of landscape erosion, watersheds, waterways, and grazing areas' degradation in various parts of Victoria, as well as trees after bushfires, logging, and road-building in forested areas. These slides were in use from 1910 through till the 1950’s. These slides are registered on Research Data Australia and are available for use by researchers: https://researchdata.ands.org.au/lantern-glass-slide-collection
Creator
Forests Commission, Victoria
Publisher
The University of Melbourne
Date
1904-1950
Contributor
Creswick Campus Historical Collection
Rights
Copyright held by the University of Melbourne
Format
950 slides : lantern : chiefly black & white ; some coloured ; 8 x 8 cm.
Type
Still Image
Collection Items
Wood in air raid repairs
Wood is used to support a train tunnel that has been damaged in an air raid.
Wind erosion fence on Timberoo Reserve near Mildura
Wind erosion fence on Timberoo Reserve near Mildura - showing boundary fence gradually being covered by material blown from fallow land
Wind erosion Timberoo Reserve, fence nearly covered
Wind erosion Timberoo Reserve, fence nearly covered, caused by cultivation of adjoining areas unprotected from the wind.
Wind erosion in (Mallee) Road near Chinkapook.
Wind erosion in (Mallee) Road near Chinkapook. Typical eddy near foot of post
Mt. Cascade, Thomson Valley - bushfire destruction and erosion
Mt. Cascade, Thomson Valley - bushfire destruction and erosion
Mallee root show, long roots exposed due to sand drift
Mallee root show, long roots exposed due to sand drift
Dead stock as a result of bushfires - Western District
Dead stock as a result of bushfires - Western District