Historical timeline
Introduction
The following timeline presents various events and data collection periods that have occurred at or near the study site. Post 2000 events also show when the results of various research were presented at conferences around the world.
As more information becomes available, we hope to provide more detail of the historical changes that have occurred in the area. This will improve our understanding of landscape dynamics and response to human land management.
Timeline
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Year |
Month |
Data Collection |
Event |
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1846 |
May-Oct |
European explorer Thomas Mitchell is the first European to travel through the study area, recording the landscape in his journal and with sketches (for more information <history page link>) |
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1870’s |
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First railway near area |
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1890’s |
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Severe drought forces
early landholders off properties |
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1903 |
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Forestry department
reserves timber and land for wood production |
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1920’s |
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Prickly pear cactus
infestation |
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1940-50’s |
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Commercial timber
harvesting of Callitris & Ironbark |
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1948 |
Sept-Oct |
First
air photos flown |
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1960’s |
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First of the current
landholders arrives |
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1960-70’s |
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High productivity sites around
Hillside station logged (poss p111) |
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1962 |
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Air
photos p131 |
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1965 |
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Air
photos p138, p148 |
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1967 |
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Air
photos p59, p81, p111, p114, p124, p142, p144 |
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1968 |
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Air
photos p58, p83 |
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1970 |
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1971 |
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1972 |
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Landsat
MSS imagery (AGO) |
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1973 |
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1974 |
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1975 |
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1976 |
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1977 |
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Air
photos p23, p58, p59 |
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1978 |
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1979 |
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Air
photos p81, p83, p111, p114, p124, p131, p142, p144 p148 |
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P81 area logged |
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1980 |
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Landsat
MSS imagery (AGO) |
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1981 |
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1982 |
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P124 area logged (1982-84) |
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1983 |
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1984 |
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1985 |
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Landsat
MSS imagery (AGO) |
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1986 |
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Air
photos p23, p58 |
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1987 |
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Air
photos p83, p114, p138 |
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1988 |
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Air
photos p81, p111, p124, p142, p144, p148 Landsat
TM5 imagery (SLATS/AGO) |
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1989 |
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Landsat
TM5 imagery (AGO) |
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1990 |
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1991 |
Sept |
Landsat
TM5 imagery (SLATS/AGO) |
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1992 |
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Landsat
TM5 imagery (AGO) |
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1993 |
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P114 area logged (1993-99) |
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1994 |
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Air
photos p23, p58 |
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1995 |
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Air
photos p81, p83, P111, p114, p131, p138, p142, p144, p148 |
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July |
Landsat
TM5 imagery (SLATS/AGO) |
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1996 |
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1997 |
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Landsat
TM5 imagery (SLATS) |
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1998 |
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Landsat
TM5 imagery (AGO) |
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1999 |
Dec |
Landsat
7 ETM+ imagery (SLATS) |
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2000 |
July |
Landsat
7 ETM+ imagery (SLATS/AGO) |
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Aug |
1st
field trip – field data collection, primary remote sensing data acquisition |
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2001 |
May |
2nd
field trip – get 1m GPS coords for plot corners to improve co-location of
field data with lidar. Plot photos |
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July |
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Present range of results at
international remote sensing conference in Australia |
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Dec |
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Present lidar results at
international modelling conference in Australia |
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2002 |
May |
3rd
field trip – soil, litter and CWD sampling, tree re-measurement, more photos |
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Aug |
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Present lidar and land
cover change results at international remote sensing conference in Canada |
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Sept |
Landsat
7 ETM+ imagery (SLATS) |
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2003 |
April |
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Present Injune sampling
strategy at Forestry conference in New Zealand |
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July |
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Present radar results at
international remote sensing conference in France |
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2004 |
June |
4th
Field trip for 2 weeks– landscape soil texture sampling, plot view and
hemispherical digital photos, land cover change validation, bird survey |
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July |
SLATS
Foliage Projective Cover layer using 2000 imagery |
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Oct |
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Present Injune lidar
modelling at International laser conference in Germany |
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A
list of the data sets can also be found on the data
page
For
a glossary of the terms used in this table, go to the Glossary
page