Historical information

This telephone directory lists the telephone extensions of various University of Melbourne employees' names and their positions from the Administrative Departments, Academic Department, Library and the Mt. Derrimut Field Station in 1989.

Mt. Derrimut Field Station was originally a stock breeding property, beginning with the bluestone house dating back to 1854 and later the Mt Derrimut homestead. It operated as a farm until 1952. The homestead complex was purchased by ICI and used as a training centre until 1963, when it was acquired by the Melbourne University for an Agricultural Field Station and was used until 1996.

The site is now the Mt. Derrimut Golf & Community Club.

Significance

This telephone directory lists various telephone extensions of University of Melbourne employees' names and their positions when they were working at the Mt. Derrimut Field Station in 1989.

Their occupations give you an indication of what activities were happening at the Mt. Derrimut Agricultural Field Station which included plant science, animal protection and animal production.

Physical description

Blue four ring folder with individual sheets containing names, titles, positions and phone number extensions.

Inscriptions & markings

The University of Melbourne Internal Telephone Directory