Twenty Forests Commission employees are known to have enlisted in the Great War including the famous hero at both Gallipoli and the Western Front - Albert Jacka, VC.

Servicemen returning from the First World War renewed pressure on forest clearing with the expansion of various soldier settlement schemes.
Between 1903 and 1928 the Crown estate was significantly reduced down to about one third of the State or 8.6 million hectares.
Twenty Forests Commission employees are known to have enlisted in the Great War including the famous hero at both Gallipoli and the Western Front - Albert Jacka, VC.
Servicemen returning from the First World War renewed pressure on forest clearing with the expansion of various soldier settlement schemes. Between 1903 and 1928 the Crown estate was significantly reduced down to about one third of the State or 8.6 million hectares.
Forests Commission Victoria