A Study of Land Capability in the Shire of Bannockburn

"A Study of Land Capability in the Shire of Bannockburn" describes a study carried out by P J Jeffrey - Land Studies Section and R T Costello - Land Capability Section of the former Soil Conservation Authority covering the environment of the Shire of Bannockburn and the capability of the different types of land to support various land uses - particularly subdivision. The study was completed in February 1981.

There are forty-two map units described in the study. Many of these units are complex land systems containing up to three or four different but related types of land (i.e. land components).

The capability of the land to support three main activities has been examined.

1. Erosion risk associated with soil disturbance.
2. Constraints on construction (small buildings, secondary roads, etc.).
3. Effluent disposal by soil absorption - risk of failure and difficulties of installation.

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Land Unit Descriptions & Capability Units

Qbg - Plains with Duplex Soils On Quaternary Basalt (PDF 27KB)	Qbgd - Plans with Duplex Soil on Quaternary Basalt. Drier than Qbg (PDF 57KB)
Qbgw - Plains with duplex Soils with a Sandy Horizon on Quaternary Basalt (PDF 28KB)	Qbf - Plain with Clay Soil and Duplex Soils and Quaternary Basalt (PDF 38KB)
Qbgs - Stony Plains with duplex Soils on Quaternary Basalt (PDF 28KB)	Qbs - Stony Rises with Gradational Soils on Quaternary Basalt (PDF 49KB)
Qbsd - Stony Rises with Gradational Soils on Quaternary Basalt Drier than Qbs. Drier than Qbs (PDF 47KB)	Qah - Terraces with Duplex and Varaiable Uniform Texture Soils on Quaternary Alluvium (PDF 51KB)
Qya - Terraces with Variable Soils on Quaternary Sediments (PDF 27KB)	Qyad - Terraces with Variable Soils on Quaternary Sediments. Drier than Qya (PDF 27KB)
Qab - Terraces with Uniform Texture Soils on Holocene Sediments (PDF 52KB)	Qau - Higher Terraces with Duplex Soils on Quaternary and Ordovician Sediments (PDF 50KB)
Qaf - Fan-plain with mixed Uniform and Duplex Soils on Quaternary Sediments (PDF 69KB)	Qsm - Valley Floor with Uniform and Duplex Soils on Mixed Parent Materials (PDF 32KB)
Qbc - Plains with Clay Soils on Quaternary Basalt (PDF 27KB)	Qbcd - Plains with Clay Soils on Quaternary Basalt. Drier than Qbc (PDF 880KB)
Qde - Depressions with Heavy Clay Soils on Recent Sediments (PDF 61KB)	Qded - Depressions with Heavy Clay Soils on recent sediments drier than Qde (PDF 31KB)
Qbb - Steep-sided Valleys with Duplex Soil on Quaternary Basalt (PDF 47KB)	Qbbd - Steep-sided Valley with Duplex Soils on Quaternary Basalt. Drier than Qbb (PDF 49KB)
Qu - Lakeside Sandridge with Uniform Sand Soils on recent Wind Blown Deposits (PDF 46KB)	Qao - Plains with Duplex Soils on Quaternary, or Older, Sediments (PDF 37KB
Tgn - Plains with Duplex Soils on Tertiary Sediments (PDF 51KB)	Tgnd - Plains with Duplex Soils on Tertiary Sediments. Drier than Tgn (PDF 47KB)
Tgs - Plains with Duplex Soils on Tertiary SEdiments - South of Maude (PDF 37KB)	Tgc - Plains with Duplex Soils on Tertiary Calcareous Clay (PDF 535KB)
Tbd - Slopes with Clay Soils on Tertiary Basalt (PDF 30KB)	Tgm - Slopes with variable Clayey Soils on Mixed Tertiary Limestone and Basalt (PDF 53KB)
Tsm - Steep Valley Sides with Clay Soils on variable Parent Materials (PDF 60KB)	Tcg - Steep Valley Sides with Duplex Soils on Variable Tertiary Sediments (PDF 48KB)
Tsc - Irregular Surfaces with Shallow Uniform Texture Soils on Tertiary Sedimentary Rock (PDF 28KB)	Tsd - Valley Sides with Duplex Soils on Tertiary Sediments (PDF 26KB)
Dgg - Plains and Rises with Duplex Soils on Devonian Granite (PDF 328KB)	Dgh - Slopes with Duplex Soils on Devonian Granite (PDF 56KB)
Org - Plains with Duplex Soils on Ordovician Sedimentary Rock (PDF 28KB)	Orgd - Plains with Duplex Soils on Ordovician Sedimentary Rock. Drier than Org (PDF 27KB)
Orcd - Broad Ridge tops with Duplex Soils on Ordovician Sedimentary Rock (PDF 32KB)	Orm - Moderate Slopes with Duplex Soils on Ordovician Sedimentary Rock (PDF 52KB)
Orh - Hills with Gradational Soils on Ordovician Sedimentary Rock. Drier than Orh (PDF 68KB)	Orhd - Hills with Gradational Soils on Ordovician Sedimentary Rock. Drier than Orh (PDF 35KB)
Ors - Steep Hills with Gradational Soils on Ordovician Sedimentary Rock (PDF 29KB)	Orsd - Steep Hills with Gradational Soils on Ordovician Sedimentary Rock. Drier than Ors (PDF 48KB)

		Front Page & TOC (PDF 37KB)	Index to Photo Mosaic Maps
		Foreword (PDF 12KB)
		Acknowledgements (PDF 11KB)
	1	Summary (PDF 90KB)
	2	Introduction (PDF 17KB)
	3	Land Systems and Components (PDF 1.5MB)
	4	Method of Land Capability Assessment (PDF 20KB)
	5	Land Capability Assessment (PDF 72KB)
	6	How the Rating can be used (PDF 30KB)
	7	Conclusion Rural Subdivision (PDF 13KB)
		Bibliography (PDF 12KB)
	8	Appendices
		Appendix 1 - Map Unit Descriptions (PDF 1.3MB)
		Appendix 2 - Land Features which determine Land Capability (PDF 435KB)
		Appendix 3 - Conservation Management Practices (PDF 422KB)
		Appendix 4 - Glossary (PDF 406KB)
		Appendix 5 - Rainfall & Meteorological Stations (PDF 76KB)

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