Victorian Soils on Private Land

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Across Victoria’s grazing regions there is a great diversity of soil types that reflect differences in parent material, topography, climate, biological activity and age (e.g. degree of weathering). These different soil types have a range of physical and chemical characteristics (e.g. structure, drainage, depth, pH, sodicity) that impact on management. The map of Victorian Soils on Private Land presented here is a statewide overview that displays the dominant Soil Orders using the Australian Soil Classification (Isbell, 2002).

VictorianSoilsPrivateLand.pdf

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Loddon Mallee	Hume
Grampians	Gippsland
Barwon South West	Port Phillip

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Relevant information elsewhere on VRO website

Trace Elements for Pastures and Animals in Victoria was prepared by W.J Hosking, I.W Caple, C.G Halpin, A.J Brown, D.I Paynter, D.N Conley and P.L North-Coombes of the former Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 1986. This publication provides a review of the then state of knowledge about the role of trace elements in Victorian grazing enterprises.

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