Preliminary Land Capability Study in the Shire of Talbot and Clunes

The former Shire of Talbot & Clunes was located between Maryborough & Ballarat. This study was commisssioned in 1981 as part of the Rural Mapping Program initiated by the former Ministry of Planning and was prepared by R T Costello, Research Officer, Land Capability Assessment Section of the former Soil Conservation Authority. The purpose of the study was to provide an assessment of land capability to be used by planners as an aid to developing a planning scheme. The mapping was provided at 1:25 000 - a scale considered useful in assessing subdivision and other land use proposals at the time. The report covers:

• erosion risk assessment
• other land use constraints
• land management guidelines

		Front page and Table of Contents
		Preface
		Introduction
		Summary of land assessment
		How the ratings can be used
		Rural subdivision
		Land Capability Rating classes (rural subdivision)
		Management guidelines (as associated with the five erosion risk capability classes)
		Map unit descriptions and detailed assessment (see list below)

Alluvial plains	Basgrey drainage depressions	Basgrey plain	Basgrey gentle slopes	Basgrey moderate slopes
Basgrey swamps	Basgrey wet areas	Grockworth plains	Grockworth gentle slopes	Grockworth moderate slopes
Grockworth hills	Grockworth rugged steep hills	Grockworth very rugged steep hills	Grockworth drainage depressions	Oreef low hills
Oreef steep hills	Oreef very steep hills	Oreef narrow valleys	Seddor flat valley floors	Seddor plain
Seddor very gentle slopes	Seddor gentle slopes	Seddor hills	Seddor dainage depressions	Tull valley flats
Tull valley gentle slopes	Tull valley moderate slopes	Tull shallow valley	Tull valley	Map Symbol TD
Volcone plain	Volcone gentle to moderate slopes	Volcone hills	Volcone steep hills