VPRS 14739 Subject Index to VPRS 14740 Photographs and to VPRS 14743 Photo Negatives

This subject index was created to provide access by subject heading to photographs located in VPRS14740 Photographs. This Index is arranged alphabetically according to broad headings or subjects. The series comprises three volumes. The volumes are A-F; G-Q; R-Z.The headings are as followsBuildingsBanksContour FurrowsContour CroppingConcrete StructuresChannel WaterConcrete Drop StructuresConcrete Drop InletsConcrete Verandah StructuresDams DrainsDelver ChannelEquipmentField DaysFallowFarms & EnvironsFodderForests incl. TimberField Layouts & FencesGulliesGravel Stripped AreasGrassed ChutesHillsHigh PlainsIrrigationLivestockLucerne & Lupin FodderLand UseLandslidesOrchardsPasturePhalaris TuberosaRyeRillingRoadside ErosionRabbit DamageReservoirs & WeirsStubbleSheet ErosionStream ErosionSiltationScours & ScouringScalded CountrySalted CountryShow Exhibits & NoticesSandStructures other than ConcreteTunnelsTerracesTreesTopsoilWaterwaysWindWithin each heading photos are described according to entries handwritten within columns. The columns are headed:- Folder number, (located in VPRS 14740)- Print number,- Negative number, (located in VPRS 14743)and Caption.Not all of the folders cited in the Index are available in VPRS 14740. They may no longer be extant.Indexing was based on the prime reason for the takinng of a particular photograph. Cross indexing was not employed because of the time involved in relation to the demand for photographs and the general appreciation that one subject would suggest other conditions or a structure. This policy was documented in a memorandum dated 26 June 1957. Soil Conservation Authority file SC/P/8 Photographs and Negatives - Publications and Information Section refers. The same memorandum stated that no record would be kept of destroyed negatives for two reasons. The first was the identification and time involved. The second reason was that such a record could not be absolute proof unless every photograph taken by every officer was received.