This nice little find comes from the Public Record Office. It’s a small photo album of the Otways forests from the early 1920s.
My guess is that it was produced during a major stoush between the Forests Commission, sawmillers, and the community against the Lands Department trying to alienate (sell) more forest in the western Otways.
The foresters eventually won, but there were casualties. The newly appointed Chairman of the Commission, Owen Jones, quit in disgust and went to new Zealand.
The land eventually became the Otways National Park.
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VPRS 14883/P0002, Forests Commission of Victoria – Otway Forest Reserve [Photographs]
Victoria’s Forests & Bushfire Heritage 