Historic places, Land Conservation Council relating to past 150 years of Victoria's rivers, streams and water systems; Heritage inventory

Yellow and brown soft covered book with brown tapespine. Includes land use, recreation, agriculture, apiculture, vegetation, birds, water physiography, geology, climate, soils, fauna, land systems. Block descriptions include Bethanga, granya, Lawson, Walwa,Pine Mountain, Mittamatite, Elliot, Bunroy, Wabba, Mount Cadgewa, ucyvale, Koetan, Burrowa. Black and white images include Mitta Mitta arm, Corryong, Tallangatta, Lake Hume, Aboriginal rock shelter at Mount Porcupine, Koetong uplands, Mitta Mitta massif, bandicoot, wombat, skink, Flaggy Creek plateau, Walwa, Murray Cod, Thowgla, emu, grasstree, land conservation, north-eastern victoria, environment, landuse, recreation, timber, apiculture, water, upper murray, vegetation, birds

Nanya Station, owned and managed by the University of Ballarat (now Federation University Australia), was purchased with assistance from the Department of Environment and Heritage Government Caring for our Country program. Nanya Station is located in the Scotia country, west of the Darling Ana-Branch in far western New South Wales and consists of the Nanya Western Lands Pastoral Lease 3281 – Perpetual Leasehold Lot 1244 in Deposited Plan 762778, Parish of Winnebaga, County of Tara and part of Lot 1242 County of Windeyer. Nanya is within the tribal area of the Danggali Aboriginal people, a sub-group of the Barkindji. Many Aboriginal sites have been recorded adjacent to major rivers in the region providing evidence that these areas supported a large population. The Scotia region has one of the shortest stock grazing histories of western NSW. Along with five other Scotia properties, Nanya was created as a pastoral lease in 1927. The first European settlement on the land followed exploration of the area by Sturt and Eyre. In 1854, the Lake Victoria lease which encompassed this area comprised 465,000ha.included Scotia blocks 1, 2, 3 and 4, Amoskeag and Winnebaga which formed the area known as the Scotia. It was described as a region of thick mallee scrub, interspersed with bluebush flats and Belah woodland. In the 1920s artesian water was found and the dry Scotia country was surveyed and divided into six Homestead leases allocated by ballot (Withers 1989). All properties were approximately 30,000ha, with a recommended stocking level of 3,000 sheep. Winnebaga (renamed Nanya) was taken up by Gordon Cumming. He initially dug a dam near the southeast corner of the property. A larger ground tank and rudimentary dwelling at the site of the present complex was later established. An adjacent area was cleared and cropped to provide feed for the horses used in digging the earth tanks. The ruins of the original building are located between the shearing shed and Homestead Tank. A cottage was built in the 1930s and a more substantial Red Gum framed homestead in the early 1950s. The lease was held by Mr Gordon Cumming until 1984 when it was purchased by Mr Norm Scadding as an extension to the adjacent lease, Belvedere. It was sold in 1995 to Mr Rob Taylor of Waikerie then in 1999 to BeMax Pty. Ltd., a sand mining company. These last three owners all permitted use of the property by the University for teaching and research. The Centre for Environmental Management at the University of Ballarat had been involved in studies of flora and fauna in western New South Wales since 1988. Studies became concentrated on the Scotia region with its variety of intact ecosystems due to a short pastoral history. Of particular significance is a system of natural salt lakes of which the most extensive is the Scotia Discharge Complex located on Nanya Station. An extensive vegetation survey of the Scotia region Westbrooke et al. 1998) highlighted the significance of the area both in terms of the range of communities in relatively intact condition and the occurrence of species and communities of restricted distribution. Nearly 400 species were recorded of which nine had either not previously been recorded or have restricted distribution in western NSW. Twenty-two plant communities occur on Nanya Station of which two, Halosarcia lylei low open shrubland and Hemichroa diandra/Halosarcia/Frankenia low open shrubland, are dominated by species not previously recorded from NSW. H. lylei and Acacia loderi shrublands are listed as endangered under the NSW Threatened Species Conservation Act. As noted, the area has a relatively short grazing history and, due to the presence of large areas of mallee with a Triodia understorey and restricted water supplies, stocking rates have been low. The diversity of ecosystems in relatively intact condition and extensive areas of old growth mallee made Nanya a highly significant refuge for biological diversity. This factors led to the purchase of Nanya Station by the University of Ballarat in 2004 with the assistance of the Department of Environment and Heritage for the purposes of conservation, research and education. In 2010 the southern paddocks of Nagaella Station (10,000ha.) which lie along the northern boundary, were purchased with the assistance of Lower Murray Darling Catchment Management Authority and added to the Nanya lease to provide complete protection for the communities of the Nanya Discharge Complex and further high quality Malleefowl habitat. Four digital reports documents relating to Federation University's Nanya Station, Western New South Walesnanya station, scotia country, pastoral lease, winnebaga county, darling ana-branch, martin westbrooke, environmental education, nagaella station, lower murray darling catchment management authority, conservation research education, ian gribble, pat prevett, ian henderson, danggali

.1) Grampians Surround Strategy, 1990 .2) Tourism and the Grampians Region: A Background Paper, 1990 .3) Grampians Surround Strategy and Discussion Paper, 1991 .4) The Economic Significance of Grampians National Park for the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, 1994Notes in pencil by Mary Hollick, lecturer in Tourism at the University of Ballarat.victorian tourisim industry, tourism, halls gap, grampians, grampians national park, recreation, water production, bee keeping, arapiles, dunkeld, balmoral, pomonal, wartook, population, agriculture, water supplies, minerals, hamilton, ararat, stawell, horsham, wimmera, koorie heritage, aboriginal heritage, koorie art sites, brambuk, waterways, wannon river, wimmera river, mount william creek, rocklands reservoir, lake lonsdale, lake fyans, lake toolando, cherrypool, mirranatwa, zumstein

Nine brochures. .1) Archaeology and Heritage .2) Advanced Industrial Analytics (AIA LAboratory) .3) Carbon Technology Research Centre (CTRC) .4) Water Systems .5) Disturbance Ecology .6) Weed Science .7) Sustainable Approches to Environmental Waster .8) Biodiversity Conservation .9) Restoration Ecologyarcheaology, heritage, industrial analytics, carbon technology, water systems, disturbance ecology, weed science, environmental waste, biodiversity conservation, resoration ecology, faculty of science and technology

This survey was commissioned by the Land Conservation Council, Australian Heritage Commission and the Ministry for Conservation 114 page report on historic sites in the Ballarat region. It includes information on sites, a schexdule of sites, silte selection and designated areas (ie around towns)historic sites, ballarat, wendy jacobs, miles lewis, gary vines, berringa, buninyong, creswick, dunnstown, fiery creek, lal lal, langi logan, cathcart, mount cole, mount egerton, nerrina, gong gong, wombat state forest, railways, explorers routes, early roads, land conservation council, ausralian hertiage commission, department of planning, icomos (burra) charter, nigel lewis, richard aitken, freehold land, public land, langi ghiran, new jubille mine, birthday tunnel mine, pitfield plains, smythesdale, buninyong company, mount clear, mt clear, canadian gully, warrenheip distillery, thomas mitchell, waterloo, trawalla, beaufort, raglan, internment camps, forestry, mining, mining, mt egerton, mary hollick collection, jubilee mine, burra charter, historica areas data form, explorers, egerton company, black horse mine, mt egerton government battery, kaolin mines, anderson brothers, barkstead, anderson's tramway, clarkesdale, berry leads, birthday tunnel mine berringa, warrenheip, australasian company, mount mercer, lanvi-kal-kal, water race

Report used during the 1960's when major improvements were made to the irrigation system in Victoria. Includes investigation, conservation and utilization, water distribution and losses in channel systems. Methods of reducing seepage lossesLight brown, lightweight cardboard cover. Green Spine.relative to salinity, drainage etc, documents, irrigation

An exploratory essay on he ongoing history of Murray Darling Basin includes legacies, explorations, soil erosion, irrigation divsity, land degradation, change, regionalism, conservation, maps of Vic. NSW and QueenslandGloosy cover, brown marbled scenes from Berri Irrigation Area Reiver Murray, South Australia on back. Maps, water scenes, Pyap Estates on front.murray darling basin, legacies, erosion, degradation, diversity, tatura, murray river, books, rural, industry

Various copies of the Journal of the Australian Forest League, Victorian Branch. Incomplete set. V.1 -18 1917 - 1940. NS V1 -V.14 mp 3 1941 - July 1956. stored in ex Herbarium box.Documents

Results register. Certificate of Applied Science (Conservation and Resource Development) Units.Document

A laminated poster depicting an original water colour by Christine Bever, June 1999, produced by the Australian Conservation Foundation of the Mullum Mullum Valley.A laminated poster depicting an original water colour by Christine Bever, June 1999. mullum mullum valley, conservation