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Dry distillation of wood - Residue charcoal

Wood distillation Works Britannia Creek

Stacks of firewood. Red ironbark

Bush sawmill near Belgrave

Erosion scene

Hydes Creek Goulburn (river) Heavy bank erosion on Brett's property

Erosion scene - deforested branch

Snowy River Catchment erosion of River Terrace and siltation near Jindabyne NSW

Laanecoorie Reservoir - siltation has reduced the storage capacity of this reservoir from 14,000 acre feet in 1892 to 6650 acre feet in 1937

Laanecoorie Reservoir - siltation

Plantation - heavy rains following bush fires of Jan 1939 caused heavy sheel and gully erosion

West of Yea - Gully erosion

Balham hill Molesworth owing to the constant burning off the exposed soil mantle has been

West of Maindample - Tarn of debris below gully

West of Maindample - hill below fence wire

West of Maindample - sheet erosion has exposed the underlying sedimentary formation and gully erosion is tearing out the dup valley filling loams

West of Warrandyte - sheet erosion has completely stripped the soil mantle from the underlying sedementaries

Bulla - The gully is over 1000' in length up to 1.32 feet in width and 57 at the deepest point. Formation - a basaltic soil overlying decomposed granite.

Bulla - Heavy gully erosion beneath the culvert outlet

Bulla - drainage from the upper side of the road is discharged through a small culvert 18" x 24" the road near the telegraph post.