Identity area
Reference code
AU WA S3116
Title
FILES - REGISTERED
Date(s)
- 1896-01-01 - (Creation)
- 1896-01-01 - 1939-12-31 (Accumulation)
Level of description
Series
Medium
Format
Corner fastened files
Status
Context area
Name of creator
AU WA A75 - WOOD AND FORESTS DEPARTMENT
(1896-01-01 - 1919-01-01)
Administrative history
Name of creator
AU WA A76 - FORESTS DEPARTMENT
(1919-01-01 - 1985-03-22)
Administrative history
The function of the Department was to manage:
- forest areas that contribute to water supply areas;
- timber production;
- other forest produce;
- recreation and tourism;
- flora and fauna;
- research;
- forest areas where mining operations have occurred.
The Department was abolished in 1985 and the Department of Conservation and Land Management (CALM) was formed to take over this organisation's functions.
Repository
Archival history
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Registered files of the Forests Department and Woods and Forests Department. Correspondence includes applications for timber reserves, reports on timber forests and reserves, experiments with timber including powellising jarrah and suggestions for timber use, administration of forests and reserves, and details of Departmental administration.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Annual single number
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing access (legacy)
Open