Forestry and Timber Bureau
1946 – 1975
Previously Commonwealth Forestry Bureau (1925–1946).
Commonwealth bureau responsible for national forestry advice, forest research and timber supply, which conducted the Australian Forestry School until 1965 and the Forest Research Institute in Canberra.
Names over time
- Commonwealth Forestry Bureau1925–1946
- Forestry and Timber Bureau1946–1975
How it came into existence
Took this name in 1946, when the Forestry and Timber Bureau Act 1946 replaced the Forestry Bureau Act 1930 and extended the Commonwealth Forestry Bureau's role to timber supply and utilisation.
Legislation: Forestry and Timber Bureau Act 1946
Changes during its life
- 16 March 1950Came within the portfolio of the new Department of National Development.
- 1965Professional forestry teaching at the Australian Forestry School passed to the Australian National University.
How it ended
Abolished in 1975: its Forest Research Institute passed to CSIRO, becoming the Division of Forest Research, and its forestry policy functions passed to the Department of Agriculture.
- Forest research
- Forestry policy
Main functions
- Forest policy advice to the Commonwealth
- Forest research through the Forest Research Institute
- Assessment of national timber resources and supply
- Training of foresters at the Australian Forestry School (until 1965)
- Forestry in the Commonwealth territories
Where it sits
Last in the portfolio of Department of Agriculture.
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Sources
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