Cumberland State Forest, NSW, Regrowth of Compartments 8b, 9a and 9b. VAST- 2: Tracking Vegetation Transformation in Australian Vegetated Landscapes

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Created 20/10/2024

Updated 21/01/2025

The aim of this project is to compile land use and management practices and their observed and measured impacts and effects on vegetation condition. The results provide land managers and researchers with a tool for reporting and monitoring spatial and temporal transformations of Australia’s native vegetated landscapes due to changes in land use and management practices. Following are the details about the Cumberland State Forest, compartments 8b, 9a and 9b, NSW, Australia.

Pre-European reference-analogue vegetation: the site was originally a wet sclerophyll forest found on Wianamatta group Ashfield Shale.

Brief chronology of changes in land use and management: 1788: Area managed by indigenous Darug people 1788-1824: Region explored - un-modified native forest blue gum/ironbark on shale 1825: Parcel selected by shepherd 1826-1907: Grazing cattle on native pastures 1860: Tree cover likely to have been thinned - selective logging 1908: Commenced clearing patches of trees for improved pasture, chooks, orchards 1909-1937: Managed as improved pasture for grazing 1937-38: Purchased by NSW Forestry Commission 1941-42: Area cleared of remaining native forest trees 1946-73: Area managed for education and demonstration - regenerating native forest 1974-84: Area increasing managed for recreation - regenerating native forest 1985-2012: Area managed for recreation - regenerating native forest.

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Title Cumberland State Forest, NSW, Regrowth of Compartments 8b, 9a and 9b. VAST- 2: Tracking Vegetation Transformation in Australian Vegetated Landscapes
Language eng
Licence notspecified
Landing Page https://devweb.dga.links.com.au/data/dataset/e98912d0-d821-4386-9ccc-4a658b6a0523
Contact Point
Environment Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria
rthackway@netspeed.com.au
Reference Period 01/01/1788 - 31/12/2012
Geospatial Coverage {"type": "Point", "coordinates": [151.039486, -33.7431]}
Data Portal data.gov.au