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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

The folder or correspondence is the result of a Freedom of Information request made to the Department of of Conservation, Forests and Lands in 2011. The folder was collected for research being conducted by David Waldron.Folder of reports relating to "Big Cats", Thylacines, and other large predators sightings australian mythical animals collection, david waldron, thylacine, sassafras, peter monhorst, jodie hoey, kelvin smith, traralgon south, gormondale, bridgewater, g. mcclure, whorouly, albury, jim walker, andrea westcott, john dawson, nicole walsh, grampians, eddy scott, talbot, lancefield, kalorama, inglewood, gavin cerini, dereel, rosemary fernandez, brian walters, alexandra, unidentified mammel, romsey, bill butterworth, flowerdale, bob hoare, trafalgar, lyn demopolis, broadford, green gully, ian weir, noel pascoe, bruce carter, mount stirling, andrea cooper, stawell, yvonne shepherd, red hills, halls gap, jill reid, puma, w.r.c. hill, caelli

Colour Copy of Plan of the General Survey from the Town of Malmsbury to the Porcupine Inn, from the sources of Forest Creek to Golden Point, shewing (sic) the Alexandrian Range also Sawpit Gully Bendigo and Bullock Creeks. Handwritten note under the title a follows '' Forwarded to the Colonial Secretary with my letter No A 53/105 dated 30th March 1853 for transmission to the Geological Surveyor. R Hoddle Surveyor General. ' Stamped by Department of Mines Victoria with record#123 in Top right Hand corner. Also contains a catalogue number 2053/M/2. Part of the Contents of a DVD entitled 'Mapping Great Change' - Archival Maps, produced to support an exhibition in the Post Office Gallery Bendigo. A description of the Map, its history and implications for both historical and future discussions is contained in an Essay 'Mapping Great Changes' : The landscape of central Victoria by Gerry Gill.R. Hoddlemap, bendigo, country lands

Map, Heathcote C3, Aerial Survey of Victoria, Photo-map prepared by Department of Crown Lands and Survey from photographs taken in 1960.Copied photographically at the Central Plan Office. Date 28-9 60, C.P.O.Neg. No.21588.Campaspe River, Coliban River. Flower Hill. Fred Cowie,46 McIvor Rd.Bendigo (Not located 29.9.2022)Central Plan Office.map

Map, Heathcote C2, Township of Heathcote, Melbourne Road through town branching off to Bendigo & Echuca. Aerial Survey of Victoria. Photo-map prepared by Department of Crown Lands and Survey from photographs taken in 1960. Copied photographically at the Central Plan Office.Fred Cowie,46 McIvor Rd,Bgo..Central Plan Officemap

Map, Heathcote C4, Aerial Survey of Victoria,Photo-map prepared by Department of Crown Lands and Survey from photographs taken in 1960. Copied photographically at the Central Plan Office.Date 28-9-60,C.P.O.Neg.No.21590.Scale 4 inches to 1 mile. Fred Cowie,46 McIvor Rd,Bgo..Central Plan Office.map

Dept. of Lands and Survey Map Sheet 5 Port Melbourne, Parish of South Melbourne.Annotated re MHT precincts on foreshore:Plan sketches re boat harbourtown planning, sandridge lagoon, melbourne harbor trust - port of melbourne authority, transport - railways

Large, deteriorated 1882 plan of Port Melbourne, Parish of South Melbourne, County of Bourke - showing Town Lots. Pasted onto board.town planning, fishermans bend, sandridge lagoon, transport - railways