Corporate Body
Victorian Department of Agriculture (1872 - 1985)
Colony and State of Victoria
- From
- 1872
Victoria, Australia - To
- 1985
- Functions
- Advisory or regulatory body and Agricultural industry
- Reference No
- VA 618
- Legal Status
- Australian Wool Realization Commission
Summary
Established in 1872, the Victorian Department of Agriculture was a branch of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey. The Department was mainly concerned with the control of stock disease. It gained its independence as a Department in 1890. In 1985 the Department changed its name to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
Related entries
Timeline
1872 - 1985 Victorian Department of Agriculture
1985 - 1991 Victorian Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
1991 - 1995 Victorian Department of Agriculture [II]
1995 - 1996 Victorian Department of Agriculture, Energy and Minerals
1996 - 2002 Department of Natural Resources and Environment
2003 - 2013 Department of Primary Industries
2003 - 2013 Department of Sustainability and Environment
2013 - Department of Environment and Primary Industries
2013 - Department of Environment and Primary Industries
Superior
Published resources
Books
- Russell, Hamish, Bardsley, Barrie and Lawson, Robin, Reminiscences from the inside: bringing science to agriculture, a history of the Department of Agriculture, Victoria, 1946-1996 (Melbourne: the Authors, 2014), 120 pp. Details
Book Sections
- Public Record Office of Victoria, '3.2.1 Department of Agriculture 1872-1985 Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs 1985+' in List of Holdings 1985: Public Record Office (1985). Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477253. Details
Resource Sections
- 'VA 618 Department of Agriculture 1872-1985', in Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue, Public Record Office Victoria, 2002, https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VA618. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_v.html. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 18 February 2000, Last modified: 14 May 2019
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