Historical information

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.

Significance

Limited Edition Print number 92 of 200.

Physical description

Framed Print - Hospital and Spring Hill from Church Street, Creswick" by T.G. Moyle, 1881

Inscriptions & markings

Published by Trustees of Creswick Historical Museum 1981.
Gift from Lorraine Carr (wife of Neil Carr ) in 2003 written on label on back