"Quick Go the Shears: the life and times of Henry Salter MBE" - Ian Day, c.1993. The life of the shearer Henry Salter.shearing, salter, mr henry

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

Editorial, Personal, Literary Society, S.M.B. Old Boys', Fumes From the Lab, Arts and Crafts, Senior Sport, Commercial Notes, Junior Tech, Junior Tech Sport, House Notes, List of Full Course Students' 1939 Blue, green and gold soft covered magazine of 70 pages including advertisements.j. bickart, r. mchutchinson, e. gribble, m. coward, n. rigney, o. raisbeck, g. myers, f. malseed, e. fitzgerald, m. linklater, j. wilkinson, m. dolan, j. woolcock, b. martin, g. downing, h. j. hassell, n. tatlock, a. wilson, h. trevenan, w. hender, dr pound, a. r. gordon, mr procter, a. helm, r. desnoy, frank ponsonby, g. t. myers, h. christensen, enid johnston, k. h. wilkie, isobel boustead, a. h. gilpin, w. m. lonie, violet d'angri, m. hayes, marian peirce, mr hillman, k. gingell, g. crouch, r. menhennett, j. menhennett, mr cornell, e. mann, a. vaughan, d. jelbart, a. moorhouse, d. gilmore, p. richards, j. nott, r. monteith, j. martin, f. jelbart, k. waller, a. gilpin, b. robinson, d. coad, m. dalla, u. kersey, j. cooper, p. coombs, l. stapleton, u. chisholm, l. peoples, l. stephens, j. hall, h. patterson, a. brown, v. evans, j. hallidale, c. clogan, d. ditchfield, j. daniel, e. theobald, g. james, w. row, winsome hender, c. w. rowe, j. hosie, e. stephens, i. mclachlan, r. stoneman, m.gleeson, k. stoneman, h. tonkin, f. harland, r. bulluss, t. davis, r. gladman, m. thomas, e. salter, d. mcgregor, a. spence, g. taylor, j. pyke, r. allisey, i. clow, r. p. flower, l. taylor, b. neale, j. norman

List of Full Course Students' 1934, Editorial, Obituary, Personal Column, Professor A. Mica Smith, Fumes from the Lab, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Sport, Echoes of the Past, A Trip to England, The Junior TecsYellow, blue and green soft covered magazine of 52 pages.Signed on front cover by "H. Darby".ballarat school of mines, magazine, dr. j. r. pound, f. g. proctor, j. hopwood, h. mortimer, j. mole, j. skelton, d. shore, a. collins, a. loughton, r. warnock, l. bailey, j. graham, m. wilson, g. netherway, n. gude, mr sutherland, w. h. steane, professor a. mica smith, k. mathes, d. shore, s. hillman, a. collins, v. leigh, b. walters, e. anderson, n. jelbart, a. gray, j. mouton, d. flynn, g. berryman, j. hulse, b. mcgregor, f. longhurst, n. nimon, h. maddern, j. caddy, w. williams, j. rickard, l. bailey, m. coward, p. salter, j. collins, e. crosthwaite, a. freeman, s. wyres, b, saunders, k. windsor, j. coates, t. morton, l. fitzgerald, b. chaplin, g. george, v. shiers, c. johnson, j. skelton, n. donaldson, k. mathes, g. leviston, d. flynn, v. hunt, colin s. hunt, g. hill, a. goldby, j. o'sullivan, a. laing, s. halladay, l. angwin, g. page, m. hunt, j. sheehan, d. nolan, h. mclachlan, h. mortimer, j. ellis, n. vogel, mr king, h. anderson, j. gilbert, l. moy, m, hunt, f. capuano, m. rickey

List of Full Course Students' 1934, Editorial, Obituary - Mr Sutherland's Wife and Mr W.H. Steane, Personal Column, Personal Column, The "Head" - An Appreciation, The Late Dean - W. F. Tucker, A Tribute - J. M. Bickett, An Attitude to War, Some Impressions by a New Comer to New Guinea, Fumes from the Lab, Arts & Crafts Gossip, Sport, Commercial Notes, The Junior TecsYellow soft covered magazine of 70 pages, including advertisements. Artworks * Example of color printing - By students of the printing class SMB * The President - By LC * Editor - By G. Leviston * Skipper Heck - By Nornie Gude * Goldie - By Nornie Gude * Interior of Art School Main Entrance - By Lorna Bailey * V.G - By Nornie Gude * Miss K. - By Nornie Gude * Caught in a slack moment - By Evelyn Shaw * You can't kid me - By Evelyn Shaw * B.B. - By Nornie Gude * Ferret. L - By LC * "Solemn Lorna" smileth - By Evelyn Shaw * View of Junior Technical School from Grant Street - By J.Hopwood * Complete fiddle with a paint brush - By Evelyn Shaw * Mr J with his finished product - By Evelyn Shaw * Our Cartoonist - By Nornie Gude * A modern Pygmalion - By Evelyn Shaw * Del - By Reg Warnock * I think your wife dropped this - By Gilda Gude * Mrs Mac - By LC * "Eavesdropping again !" Said Adam as his wife fell out of the tree. - By Dorothy Woolcock * Harvey - By LC * Here is the spot for a village - By Colin S. Hunt * Here is the village for a spot - By Colin S. Hunt * Miss McTaggart - By Reg Warnock * Molly - By J.Hopwood * John A Very Bootiful - By J. Hopwood * Neet - By Nornie Gude * Grace - By Nornie Gude * Jean - By Lorna Bailey * Jean. G - By Lorna Bailey * Nancy Mac - By Lorna Bailey * Clara - By Jesse Skelton, Lorna Bailey and J. Hewitt * Waxy - By J. Hopwood * Nancy. D - By Nornie Gude * Edna - By Nornie Gude * Bena - By Lorna Bailey * Bowes - By J. Hopwood * Headlights - By Reg Warnock * Voge - By Reg Warnock * Mum - By J. Hopwood * The big hold-up - By J.Hopwood Signed on front by Hester Darbysmb, student's magazine, james allan, lorna bailey, e. brimacombe, betty brown, enid causon, jean coates, joan collins, g. cornish, g. crawley, ethel crossthwaite, coralie cubbin, marcellene dixon, ailsa freeman, gilda gude, nornie gude, j. hewitt, j. hopwood, joan james, n. jelbart, valma jensen, marjorie john, g. leviston, a. loughton, ruth mellor, ron morrison, g.c. netherway, allan nye, norma oxbrow, a. paganetti, george palmer, maud paterson, hazel robinson, mona rogerson, betty saunders, evelyn shaw, jessie skelton, pat salter, olive scott, g.c. whitworth, dorothy woolcock, j. wright, sylvia wyres, kath windsor, reg warnock, mr f.g. procter, dr j.r. pound