Biographical entry Hodgkinson, Clement (1818 - 1893)

Summary

Clement Hodgkinson was the Victorian Assistant-Commissioner of Crown Lands and Survey 1861-74. He established a programme of reservation, regulation, administration and education to control the use of Victoria's forests, a model for the future forestry profession.

Archival resources

Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre

• Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records, c. 1840 - c. 1878, VPRS 44; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records, 1851 - 1855, VPRS 122; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records, 1851 - 1855, VPRS 2885; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records, 1852 - 1854, VPRS 2883; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records, 1853 - 1860, VPRS 6605; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records, 1856 - 1980, VPRS 5357; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details
• Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Survey - Records, 1852 - 1903, VPRS 1261; Public Record Office Victoria, Victorian Archives Centre. Details

Published resources

Book Sections

• Nunn, H. W., 'Hodgkinson, Clement (1818-1893)', in Douglas Pike (ed.), Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol. 4, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1972, pp. 403-404. Also available at http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A040453b.htm. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Hodgkinson, Clement', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1222969. Details

See also

• Science and the making of Victoria, with Royal Society of Victoria, 2001, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/smv/scripts/smv-dynindex.php3?EID=P002057. Details