The colours and emblem for the Victorian School of Forestry (VSF) were designed in 1916 when Charlie Carter became the Principal. The school opened only a few years earlier in 1910 and he remained as Principal until 1926. The design was a joint effort with the students. The motto "circumspice", which is Latin for “look around you”, was suggested by Mr Carter who believed that foresters should always be observant. The plant in the design is acacia mollissima (black wattle) the bark of which was used extensively as a source of tannin used in the leather industry at the time. The boomerang beneath the crown was incorporated as another Australian element. Lapel pin date unknown.Metal lapel pin with Victorian School of Forestrty emblemCIRCUMSPICEvictorian school of forestry (vsf)

2 display cases from the museum, possibly made from Victorian hardwood seasoned at Newport.Shown in old museum photosSeasoned hardwood display table with glass top.victorian school of forestry, vsf

The graduates of the School formed the Victorian Old Forestry Students Association and produced an annual magazine Sylvanite, from 1920. The Association aimed to preserve the school spirit, personal contacts and close friendships. The magazine was a means of not only maintaining contact between the foresters after graduation but also serving as a technical journal. But the Association and the magazine seem to have fizzled out by 1930, which helps to date this medallion. In 1934, the first issue of The Victorian Forester was published. This was replaced in 1953 with the Victorian State Foresters Association Newsletter which continued until demise of the Forests Commission in the mid-1980s. Both publications aimed share information about technical, social and other matters to all forestry staff. The Forests Commission Retired Personnel Association (FCRPA) was formed in 1979 and continues to this day with over 150 members. Medallion with Victorian Old Forestry Students Association emblemCIRCUMSPICEvictorian school of forestry (vsf)

The Victorian School of Forestry (VSF) was established in October 1910 at Creswick. It was located at the former Creswick Hospital, built in 1863 during the gold rush. The creation of VSF was one of the many recommendations of a Royal Commission held between 1897 and 1901 into forest degradation. The first tertiary forestry school in Australia, VSF was administered by the Forests Commission Victoria (FCV) until 1980, when VSF amalgamated with the University of Melbourne to become that institution's School of Ecosystem and Forest Sciences. Over the period from 1910 to 1980, 522 students completed the Diploma of Forestry at VSF.Limited Edition Print number 92 of 200. Framed Print - Hospital and Spring Hill from Church Street, Creswick" by T.G. Moyle, 1881Published by Trustees of Creswick Historical Museum 1981. Gift from Lorraine Carr (wife of Neil Carr ) in 2003 written on label on back

Plant Specimen from the VSF Herbarium - Araucaria bidwillii

Folder of the formal photographs of VSF Graduate students in Final Year groups. 1950-1980

Paper ticketsBack to VSF Barbecue. Donation $2.00 November 29, 1980 A

Folders and stapled bundles of papers in five boxes

This was used by the kitchen staff of the VSF to record food supplies.Record keeping book with quantities of food supplies recorded from 1937 to 1957

Related to the VSF HerbariumCard file index in a cardboard box

Board mounted photograph of the old main building of the Victorian School of Forestry

Several packets of colour photographs with negatives and 35mm slides following the progress of the NAP, National Afforestation Program at the VSF.

Students were actively engaged in finding and collecting plant specimens to add to the VSF Herbarium, for both teaching and research.Plant Specimens, dried and pressed and fixed to paper in car folders.Forests Commission Victoria. Victorian School of Forestry, Herbarium, Creswick. With details of plant, location and collector.

Wooden VSF Roll of Honour board 1914-1919 including gum nut & tree root fretworkHonour Boardvsf, victorian school of forestry, creswick, roll of honour, first world war, wwi, great war, 1914-1918, students

VSF Fire protection Plan. Framed. Prepared in interval between construction of Science Block and commencement of Certificate Courses (1969-1974) (Bob Orr)Hand drawn map of the School of Forestry showing fire protection services in a Wooden frame with glass coverfire protection, victorian school of forestry, creswick

5 x boxes of unsorted VSF documentationVictorian School of Forestry records including Student fees, Minutes of the Board of Forestry Education, Student thesis proposals and other documents from the 1940s to the 1980s

Examination results - unsortedDocuments

A set of 952 slides in wooden drawers used by the Forest Comission of Victoria an at the VSF from thealry 1900s through to the 1950s.Glass lantern slide collection

Forest School Creswick, School Certificate - Reginald TorbertPrinted School Certificate with ink handwritten details, signed by Alfred J. Ewart