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Better Farming Train

"Better Farming Trains. Value as an instructional medium", Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Vol. 23, March 1925, p 129 - 147.

"Better Farming Train. Makes a great appeal", Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Vol 23, November 1925, p 641 - 647.

Elvery, D.H. (1996) Rural Education - by steam, an assignment for LaTrobe University (Bendigo) Graduate Diploma of Regional Studies (unpubl.).

Victoria's Better Farming Train, videocassette (VHS) (9mins), Victorian Railways Commission, [1960].

Settlement

Museum Victoria - HV McKay & Sunshine Harvester Works http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/sunshine/

Broome R. (1984) The Victorians: Arriving, Sydney: Fairfax, Syme and Weldon, p 131 - 146.

Cabena P., McRae H. & Bladin E. (1989) The Lands Manual: a finding guide to Victorian Lands Records 1836 - 1983, Melbourne: Royal Historical Society of Victoria.

Dingle T. (1984) The Victorians: Settling, Sydney: Fairfax, Syme and Weldon, p 124 - 127, 179 - 193.

Hallows P.J. & Thompson D.G. [1995] The history of irrigation in Australia, Mildura, Vic.: ANCID.

Lake M. (1987) The limits of hope: soldier settlement in Victoria 1915 - 1938, Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

New Settlers’ League of Australia (1924) New Settlers’ handbook to Victoria, Melbourne: The League.

New Settlers’ League of Australia (1925) New settlers’ handbook to Victoria, Melbourne: The League.

Oman D.S. (1920) Land settlement in Victoria: a handbook for soldiers and other intending settlers, Melbourne: Crown Lands Department.

Priestly S. (1984) The Victorians: Making their mark, Sydney: Fairfax, Syme and Weldon, p 196 - 210, 304 - 308.

Smallwood R. (1992) Hard to go bung: World War II soldier settlement in Victoria 1945 - 1962, Melbourne: Hyland House.

Butter Factories

Dingle, T. (1984) The Victorians: Settling, Sydney: Fairfax, Syme & Weldon, p 115 - 119.

Godbold, N. (1989) Victoria, cream of the country: a history of Victorian dairying, Melbourne: Dairy Industry Association of Australia.

Images of butter factories c.1890 - 1966, including images from the Rose Stenograph Company and State Rivers and Water Supply Commission Collections. [Held by State Library of Victoria].

Penny, J. (1992) Industrial History. Manufacturing industry project methodology statement, (unpubl.) [This report classifies the heritage value of Victorian butter factories. The report is available from National Trust Victoria.]

"The dairying industry in Victoria. A historical sketch" Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Vol. 24, September 1926, p 556 - 562.

National Parks

Parks Victoria
http://www.parks.vic.gov.au

Victorian National Parks Association http://www.vicnet.net.au/~vnpa/

Australian Tourism Net - Australian National Parks http://www.atn.com.au/parks/vicparks.html

Bardwell, S. (1974) National Parks in Victoria, 1866-1956: for all the people for all time, PhD thesis, Melbourne: Monash University.

Bardwell, S. (1980) Gregory's National Parks of Victoria and State, coastal and historic parks, Ultimo, NSW: Gregory's Publishing.

Catrice, D. (1998) "A brief history of Victoria's national parks" Parkwatch, 192, p 25 - 27.

Coveney, J (1995) "James Barrett and Victoria's National Parks" Parkwatch, 180.

Pizzey, G. (1992) Crosbie Morrison: Voice of Nature, Melbourne: Victoria Press.

Forest Timber & Giant Trees

DSE Forests Service
http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/forests

Dargavel, J. (1995) Fashioning Australia's forests, Melbourne: Oxford University Press.

Griffiths, T. (1992) Secrets of the forest: discovering history in Melbourne's Ash Range, Melbourne: Allen and Unwin.

McRae, H. (1994) Forest history in Victoria: a guide to government records 1836 - 1994, Melbourne: Conservation and Natural Resources.

Moulds, F. (1991) The dynamic forest: a history of forestry and forest industries in Victoria, Richmond, Vic.: Lyndoch.

Peirce, J Duncan [1890] The giant trees of Victoria, [Melbourne]: Lands and Survey.

Working in the forest

Bridger, E. (1994) Labour & internment camps in the Victorian forests, 1930-1945, MA thesis, Department of History, Monash University.

Watt, P. & Brooks, R. (1992) "Prisoners of war in the forest" Secrets of the forest: discovering history in Melbourne's Ash Range, St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, p 176 - 178.

Schmitt, D. (1992) "The Gembrook Kurth Kiln" Secrets of the forest: discovering history in Melbourne's Ash Range, St. Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin, p 172 - 176.

Searle, S (1991) 'The rise and demise of the black wattle bark industry in Australia', Technical paper no.1, Canberra, ACT: Division of Forestry, CSIRO.

Story, A. & Davies, P. (1995) Historic forest and forest-based places in south-west Victoria, report for the Land Conservation Council, Melbourne.

Land Conservation Council (1996) Historic places special investigation south-western Victoria descriptive report, Melbourne: Land Conservation Council.

Forests Commission Victoria (1942) Charcoal burning for the man on the land, Melbourne: Forests Commission Victoria.

Shiel, D [1985] Eucalyptus: essence of Australia. The story of the eucalyptus oil industry, Carlton, Vic.: Queensberry Hill Press.

Campbell, A (1983) Distilling the good oil: a history of the eucalyptus oil industry in Victoria 1850-1930, Australian economic history essay.

Royal Melbourne Show

Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria - Royal Melbourne Show http://www.royalshow.com.au

Noble, F.H. & Morgan, R. (1981) Speed the plough: a history of the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, Melbourne: Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria.

100 years of shows: the story of the Melbourne Show, Melbourne: Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria, 1972.

Images of Royal Melbourne Show, c 1890 - 1985, including images from the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission Collection. [Held by State Library of Victoria].

Mineral Springs

Brady, A. (1990) The mineral springs of Daylesford and Hepburn: an introductory history and guide to sources, MA thesis, Monash University, Vic. [Available at Monash University, Clayton]

Wishart, E. (1990) The spa country: a field guide to 65 mineral springs of the Central Highlands, Daylesford, Vic.: Spa Publishing.

Picturesque Daylesford: view of a few beauty spots, and points of interest with a brief description of the town and its surroundings, Victorian History Pamphlets, Daylesford, 1904. [Available at State Library of Victoria].

Images of Central Victorian Mineral Springs, c. 1872 - 1945, including images from Victorian Railways and Rose Stenograph Company. [Held by State Library of Victoria.].

Gold Mines & Gold Diggers

DPI Minerals & Petroleum - History of Gold Mining in Victoria

DPI Minerals & Petroleum - Brief History of Minerals & Petroleum

Annear, R (1999) Nothing but gold: the diggers of 1852, Melbourne: Text Publishing.

A Researchers' guide to the central goldfields of Victoria, compiled by Ballarat Heritage Services, Ballarat, Vic.: Ballarat Heritage Services, 1998.

Bannear, D (1993, 1994) Various reports detailing historic mining sites in Victoria. Reports organised by mining division. Victoria: Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.

Flett, J. (1976) A pictorial history of the Victorian goldfields, Adelaide: Rigby.

Gill, S.T. (1982) The Victorian gold fields, 1852-3: an original album, Melbourne: State Library of Victoria.

Smyth, R.B. (1869) The gold fields and mineral districts of Victoria, Melbourne: Government Printer.

Stone, D. (1993) Discover Victoria's goldfield heritage: Ballarat, Bendigo, Castlemaine, Stawell, Burwood, Vic.: See Australia Guides.