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PETER ELLIS COLLECTION: SUBMISSION BY THE BENDIGO FIELD NATURALIST CLUB FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE WHIPSTICK 1974

The submission was sent to:

the Minister for Local Government and the Town and Country Planning Board
The Minisry for Conservation and its agency, the Forests Commission and Lands Department
Federal Government Ministeries for Environment, Concervastion and Science, and the National Estate.

Opening Paragraphs: This re-submission was compiled to bring to the attention of the authorities many aspects relating to the preservation of the Bendigo Whipstick which were not so apparent at the time of the earlier submission.

In fact the 19721 submissions was mainly aimed at having reserved forest (which lie a opposite extremities to the Whipstick scrub) declared Forest Park.

It is the central belt of Whipstick scrub that is of scientific interest and considered unipue and which we were primarily concerned in preserving and retaining as one viable ecological unit.

The Submission consists of:

INTRODUCTION

Opening Explanation
Whipstick Eucalyptus Cutting for Oil Distallation (Photographs)
Agricultural Intrusions into the Whipstick (Photographs)

CONTENTS

Illustrations
The Significance of the Bendigo Whipstick
Diary of Whipstick Conservation Events
Socialogical Implications
Conservation policies and reccomendations
Agricultural Aspects
Eucalyptus Oil Situation
Alternatives for the Eucalyptus Oil Industry
Future Conservation of the Whipstick
Reccomendation for Acquisition Program