Corporate Body

Soil Conservation Authority (1950 - 1987)

State of Victoria

From
1950
Kew, Victoria, Australia
To
1987
Functions
Advisory or Regulatory Body, Conservation or Environment and Earth Sciences
Reference No
VA 1056
Legal Status
Public Record Office Victoria, Registered Agency
Location
Kew, Victoria

Summary

The Soil Conservation Authority (SCA) was constituted in 1950, under the Soil Conservation and Land Utilisation Act 1949 (No. 5411). This Act amended the Land Utilization Act 1947 (No.5226) and provided for the 'Soil Conservation Authority' to replace the 'Soil Conservation Board'.

The Soil Conservation Authority consisted of three full-time members, of whom 'one shall be a person with practical farm experience and with a knowledge of soil conservation'.

The Authority worked closely with landholders and governmental authorities, advising them on land uses that matched land capabilities.

From 1984 the policy, planning and operational responsibilities of the Soil Conservation Authority were carried out by the Department of Conservation, Forests and Lands. In 1987 the Soil Conservation Authority was abolished and responsibility for the statutory provisions of the Soil Conservation and Land Utilisation Act 1958 (No.6372) were transferred to the Secretary of the Department and the Minister.

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Timeline

 1940 - 1949 Soil Conservation Board
       1950 - 1987 Soil Conservation Authority

Related People

Published resources

Book Sections

  • Public Record Office of Victoria, '3.6.22 Soil Conservation Board 1940-1947, Land Conservation Authority 1947-1949, Soil Conservation Authority 1950-1983 [VA 1056]' in List of Holdings 1985: Public Record Office (1985). Details

Parliamentary papers

Resources

Resource Sections

  • 'VA 1056 Soil Conservation Authority (previously known as Soil Conservation Board 1940-1947; Land Conservation Authority 1947-1950) 1940-1987', in Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue, Public Record Office Victoria, 2002, https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/VA1056. 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_s.html. Details
  • Clode, Danielle, As if for a thousand years: a history of Victoria's Land Conservation and Environment Conservation Councils (East Melbourne: Victorian Environmental Assessment Council, 2006), 200 pp. Details
  • Garden, Donald S., 'Thompson, George Thomas (1895-1987), Surveyor and Conservationist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 18: 1981 - 1990 L-Z, Melanie Nolan, ed. (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 2012), p. 504. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/thompson-george-thomas-14865. Details

Ailie Smith, Ken McInnes

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