Assessment School

"As explained in last year's report, the progress of stocktaking and mapping of forest areas was seriously delayed owing to staff shortages and other difficulties occasioned by the war, and now that a resumption of assessment activities is possible it has been necessary to train personnel and to build up an organization capable of implementing the programme. Early in 1945, a special training camp was established for the instruction of officers in assessment and mapping in accordance with the accepted code for this class of work, and for the training of chainmen, compassmen, mappers, and timber cruisers." Source: FCV Annual Report 1945/46

Bill Meadows, who graduated from the VSF in 1944, was one of the first attendees at this "school" as were, he thinks, all of his year. It was run from Kalatha Camp in the Toolangi FD, and he was there for three months. Source: Oral History

"The Kinglake West camp, where we were to be trained, had been built some years previously in a clearing in the forest to accommodate prisoners of war and, later, migrants assigned to forestry work, but it was no longer used for this purpose." Source: See Pederick below

Alan Eddy attended in 1949 - Source: Oral History

Leon Pederick attended the School in 1951.

 

Learning Articles

Articles About Forestry People

You can access stories about people who have been involved in Victorian forestry
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The distinction between this group of articles and some articles in What Was It Like? is not always clear.
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Articles About Forestry People

You can access stories about people who have been involved in Victorian forestry
by clicking on their name.

The distinction between this group of articles and some articles in What Was It Like? is not always clear.
You should cast your eye over that section as well for stories about the activities of particular forestry personnel.

 
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Alan Eddy

Alan gained the Dip For (Cres.) on graduation from the VSF in 1948. He was then awarded the BSc For (Melb) in 1953, and the MF (Calif) in 1959.

He worked in six Victorian forest districts from 1949, including Maryborough where he was the District Forester, and became a visiting lecturer at the VSF from 1954 to 1958. He was a senior lecturer at the VSF from 1960 to 1966, and the VSF Principal from 1969 to 1978.

He did a tour of duty in central divisions of the FCV in 1967 and 1968, and was then Chief Forest Education Officer and Policy Coordinator for the FCV, and forestry adviser to the Board of Inquiry into the Timber Industry during the period 1984 to 1985.

From 1986 to 1989 he was executive assistant to the Director, Lands and Forests Division, CFL, and then research officer for the Victorian Timber Industry Training Board from 1990 to 1993.

He became a Fellow of the Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) in 1983, was a member of the IFA executive from 1975 to 1989 and book reviews editor and a member of the editorial committee of Australian Forestry from 1978 to 1989.

From 1981 to 1985 he was Chairman of the Australian Branch of the Institute of Wood Science.

 

Alan Eddy

Alan gained the Dip For (Cres.) on graduation from the VSF in 1948. He was then awarded the BSc For (Melb) in 1953, and the MF (Calif) in 1959.

He worked in six Victorian forest districts from 1949, including Maryborough where he was the District Forester, and became a visiting lecturer at the VSF from 1954 to 1958. He was a senior lecturer at the VSF from 1960 to 1966, and the VSF Principal from 1969 to 1978.

He did a tour of duty in central divisions of the FCV in 1967 and 1968, and was then Chief Forest Education Officer and Policy Coordinator for the FCV, and forestry adviser to the Board of Inquiry into the Timber Industry during the period 1984 to 1985.

From 1986 to 1989 he was executive assistant to the Director, Lands and Forests Division, CFL, and then research officer for the Victorian Timber Industry Training Board from 1990 to 1993.

He became a Fellow of the Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) in 1983, was a member of the IFA executive from 1975 to 1989 and book reviews editor and a member of the editorial committee of Australian Forestry from 1978 to 1989.

From 1981 to 1985 he was Chairman of the Australian Branch of the Institute of Wood Science.