Corporate entry Victorian Department of Agriculture (1872 - 1985)

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 - Department of Primary Industries
                               2003 - Department of Sustainability and Environment

Published resources

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

Online Resources

• 'VA 618 Department of Agriculture 1872-1985', in Public Record Office Victoria online catalogue, Public Record Office Victoria, 2002, http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/. Details
• Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1477253. 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