Leonard Edward Bishop Stretton was a notable Judge and Royal Commissioner in the State of Victoria, Australia.
Judge Leonard Edward Bishop (Len) Stretton - circa 1944.
Nearly two million hectares of the State burned on Black Friday 1939. Source: State Library of Victoria.
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The Forests Commission Victoria was the main government authority responsible for management and protection of State forests in Victoria, Australia between 1918 and 1983.
Miners indiscriminately cleared large areas of forest. Painting by Edward Roper – Gold diggings, Ararat, 1854.
Field staff, Forest Branch, Lands Department, 1900. Later in 1925, Mr W. J. Code (sitting second row – third from left) was appointed Chairman of the Forests Commission. Also Joshua Semmns (back row – third from left) was the father of E. J. Semmens – Principal of the Victorian School of Forestry, 1928–51. Source: "Fraternity of Foresters".
The "Sample Acre" sign at the Cumberland Reserve near Marysville. The tallest tree was at 301.5 feet. Representative samples of forest were set aside as reference areas in other parts of the State during the 1930s.
Mueller – Furmston Tree near Mt Monda – circa 1933. Height 287 feet.