VPRS 14701 Maps and Plan Collection

The collection comprises a representative sample of mapping information held by the Victorian Plantations Corporation as at 1998 immediately prior to the Corporation's sale. In 1998, the Government of the day tendered the Corporation's business (operating predominately pine plantations within Victoria ) and assets.The Corporation's assets at the time comprised inter alia the contractual rights to plant and grow trees for future harvesting, and the actual trees planted at the time of sale. The Collection is the State's copy of plans made available to all parties interested in buying the Corporation's assets (i.e. information made available in the "sale data room").The collection of maps includes:- hardcopy prints of all the land in the Corporations control at the time ("certified plans" - CP's certified as correct by the Surveyor-General - of Crown Land allotments showing Torrens title descriptions, location, plot boundaries and dimensions);- A sample of "Topographic Maps" that show physical features of plantation land and surrounding areas, including plantation boundaries, contour lines, roads, etc. ("LEGL plans);- A sample of "Resource maps" that reference "CP" maps showing the relative location of a particular plantation and, within that plantation, information relating to the (planted) resources (eg. species type, year of planting, approximate area of internal management "blocks", approximate relative location of internal roads and tracks, streams, "net" planted areas, non-planted areas, remnant native vegetation, etc.).- The Resource maps are hardcopy prints of electronic data captured and stored in the Corporation's GIS ("geographic information system") database at the time of the sale.The Schedules within the Victorian Plantations Corporation (Amendment) Act 1998 provide a cross-reference between plantation names, certified plans (CP numbers) and topographic maps (LEGL numbers).