DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
A Study of Land Capability in the Shire of Bungaree
The study "A Study of Land Capability in the Shire of Bungaree" was conducted in 1979, by P. J. Jeffrey, R. T. Costello and P. King of the former Soil Conservation Authority. The study examines the environment and land capability in the Shire of Bungaree. The land was categorised into twelve land units, most of which were land systems consisting of repeating patterns of land components. The land components of each land system were rated for their ability to support the following main types of subdivision:-
- URBAN
- SMALL FARMLETS (about 4 ha)
- LARGE FARMLETS (greater than 16 ha) BUSH BLOCKS
Land Unit Descriptions & Capability Units
Orb - Ordovician hills (moist) (PDF 82KB) | Orr - Ordovician hills (north) (PDF 81Kb) | Org - Ordovician plain (PDF 73 KB) |
| Ors - Ordovician steep hills (PDF 83KB) | Qap - Alluvial plains (PDF 61KB) | Qya - Alluvium - variable soils (PDF 67 KB) |
| Qbg - Quaternary basalt - grey duplex soil (PDF 109KB) | Qbm - Quaternary basalt - mixture (PDF 72KB) | Qbr - Quaternary basalt - red gradational soil (PDF 67 KB) |
| Qbs - Quaternary basalt - stony rises (PDF 56KB) | Qvc - Quaternary volcanic cones (PDF 57KB) | Dgn - Devonian granite (PDF 68 KB) |
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This document was last reviewed on 24/12/2008