Soils and Land Use in the Ovens and Buffalo River Valleys, Victoria

Soil and Land Use in the Ovens and Buffalo River Valleys, Victoria (1970) - Technical Bulletin No. 21. The soil survey was requested in June 1962, by the Tobacco Branch of the former Department of Agriculture, with the primary objective of delineating those areas which consistently produced tobacco leaf of poor quality. Additional reasons for the survey included its use as a guide to the selection of new areas for growing good quality tobacco, as an aid to advisory work, and as a basis for research into tobacco-growing within the surveyed area. Because of the then likelihood of substantially increased supplies of irrigation water, the soil survey was also regarded as being important for assisting in the assessment of the suitability of the soils for crops other than tobacco. The survey was commenced in late 1962 and was completed in 1964. The report was published in 1970, by the former Department of Agriculture, Victoria.

	Front Page and Table of Contents (PDF 658KB)
	Acknowledgments (PDF 81KB)
	Purpose and Use (PDF 163KB)
	General Information about the Area (PDF 777KB)
	Explanation of Mapping Symbols (PDF 120KB)
	Description of Soil Types (PDF 445KB)
	Chemical and Physical Properties (PDF 304KB)
	Soil Classification (PDF 117KB)
	References (PDF 80KB)
	Map Corrections (PDF 120KB)
	Appendix I - Analytical Data for Representative Profiles (PDF 962KB)
	Appendix II - Analytical Methods (PDF 110KB)
	Appendix III - Explanation of Soil and other Terms (PDF 145KB)
	Appendix IV - Soil Survey Methods (PDF 84KB)
	Appendix V - Factors for Converting Imperial to Metric Units (PDF 139KB)

Soils and Land Use in the Ovens and Buffalo River Valleys - Maps