Physical description
Eleven page typed booklet with clear plastic cover and white plastic ring binding. Booklet contains a presentation delivered to the Bendigo Historical Society on 1st June 2001, by David Bannear, BA, MA (University of Cambridge) Historical Archaeologist. Subjects covered in the presentation include:
Early 1850's Gold Mining in north central Victoria
Botanising diggers
Quartz mining
Deep lead mining,
The state of the forests at the end of the nineteenth century
State of the Central Victoria forests
Settlement
Charcoal production
Wattle bark industry
The railways
Eucalyptus production
State nurseries and plantations
Thinning of forests
Royalty system
Creswick School of Forestry and Forestry Commission
1919: Pines and unemployed schemes
1931 - 1940: The Great Depression
1939: Black Friday
1939-45: Alien or interment forestry camps
1939- 45: Second World War charcoal production
1944-45 Prisoner of War Camps
1949-51: Migrant or refugee camps
Subjects
- early 1850's gold mining in north central victoria,
- botanising diggers,
- quartz mining,
- deep lead mining,
- the state of the forests at the end of the nineteenth century,
- state of the central victoria forests,
- settlement,
- charcoal production,
- wattle bark industry,
- the railways,
- eucalyptus production,
- state nurseries and plantations,
- thinning of forests,
- royalty system,
- creswick school of forestry and forestry commission,
- 1919: pines and unemployed schemes,
- 1931 - 1940: the great depression,
- 1939: black friday,
- 1939-45: alien or interment forestry camps,
- 1939- 45: second world war charcoal production,
- 1944-45 prisoner of war camps,
- 1949-51: migrant or refugee camps,
- david bannear
