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Land Use in 1944

Land Utilization (Agricultural and Pastoral)

Areas under Cultivation | Areas under Vegetable Crops | Areas under Barley | Areas under Oats | Areas under Wheat

Distribution of Livestock | Distribution of Sheep | Distribution of Dairy Cows | Distribution of Cattle | Forest Resources

In 1944 the State Regional Boundaries Committee produced an Atlas of maps covering Victoria's Land Use, Population, Natural Resources etc.

This section provides access to a number of the maps from the report showing the broad distribution of different land uses across Victoria in 1944.

These maps were developed from often limited information but provide an important historical perspective, showing areas where certain land uses occurred
almost 60 years ago.

Image: Land Utilization (Agricultural and Pastoral) 1944
Land Utilization (Agricultural and Pastoral) (PDF 357KB)

 Image: Areas under vegetable crops 1944
Areas under Vegetable Crops (PDF 254KB)
Image: Areas under cultivation 1944
Areas under Cultivation (PDF 305KB)

Image: Areas under oats 1944
Areas under Oats (PDF 350KB)
Image: Areas under barley 1944
Areas under Barley (PDF 278KB)

Image: Areas under livestock 1944
Distribution of Live Stock (PDF 301KB)
Image: Areas under wheat 1944
Areas under Wheat (PDF 333KB)

Image: Distribution of Dairy Cows 1944
Distribution of Dairy Cows (PDF 352KB)
Image: Areas under sheep 1944
Distribution of Sheep (PDF 373KB)

Image: Forest Ressources 1944
Forest Resources (PDF 1MB)
Image: Areas under cattle 1944
Distribution of Cattle (PDF 346KB)


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