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 | | A series of government reports, and regional public meetings, together with constant newspaper agitation, had led first to the creation of a number of local forest boards and then, on 6 March 1874, to the establishment of a Central Forest Board to oversee the entire system. |
 | | This board originally comprised Robert Brough Smyth, Clement Hodgkinson and Ivey as secretary, but five days after his appointment Hodgkinson retired and was replaced by Wallis and the new Secretary for Lands, W. Archer. |
 | | This Board operated from within the Department of Agriculture and through a network of local caretakers and the regional boards strove to bring a semblance of order to the disorganised forest system of Victoria. |
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