Australian Forestry School
AFS
1926 – 1965
The Commonwealth's national school for professional forestry education, training forest officers for the state forest services and the Commonwealth through a diploma course in Canberra.
How it came into existence
Opened in 1926 in temporary quarters in Adelaide under C. E. Lane Poole, the Commonwealth Inspector-General of Forests, as a single national forestry school serving all the states; it moved to purpose-built premises at Westridge (Yarralumla), Canberra, in 1927. It was conducted by the Commonwealth Forestry Bureau, which received a statutory basis under the Forestry Bureau Act 1930.
Legislation: Forestry Bureau Act 1930; Forestry and Timber Bureau Act 1946
Changes during its life
- 1927Moved from temporary quarters in Adelaide to Westridge, Yarralumla, in Canberra.
- 1930The Forestry Bureau Act 1930 gave the Commonwealth Forestry Bureau, which conducted the School, a statutory basis.
- 1946The Forestry and Timber Bureau Act 1946 reconstituted the Bureau as the Forestry and Timber Bureau, which continued to run the School.
How it ended
Closed in 1965 when professional forestry teaching passed to the new Department of Forestry of the Australian National University.
- Professional forestry education
Main functions
- Professional forestry education (Diploma of Forestry)
- Training of officers for state and Commonwealth forest services
- Field instruction in silviculture and forest management
- Forestry library and teaching collections at Westridge, Canberra
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of National Development.
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Sources
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