VPRS 14123 Circulars

This series consists of circulars created by VA 1376 Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board to communicate procedures and other relevant information to the Inspectors located in regional areas. The local Inspectors liaised with the various members of the public, the local District Advisory Committee, the Extension Unit, and others in the course of their duties. The Circulars provide information on what those duties were, and how they were to be carried out. They also demonstrate the level of involvement of other elements of the Division of Inspection (later known as the Division of Inspection of Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction) of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey with the functions of the Board.Subjects covered by the circulars include:Public Promotions - Extension Staff, leaflets and pamphlets, mobile caravan exhibits, weed identification talks, film and slide nights, and lectures;Rabbit control - myxomatosis, poisons, baits, amendments to Acts, monitoring centres, inoculation, and European Rabbit Flee;Wombats - Bonuses Act 1970, removal of Bonuses, and Wombat Fumigation results;Bees - Registration of Bee-Keepers, and the Bees Act;Soil - Removal of soil and sand;Staff - work transfer opportunities, staff development and training, salaries, hours, and living quarters/accommodation;Administration - typewriters, seminars, procedures, and vehicle and equipment rules and maintenance;Lands - burning and grazing, wire netting, and management of crown and private lands;Weeds - blackberry, skeleton weed, thistles, whitehorse nettle, Hawthorn weed, ox tongue thistle, ragwort, St John's Wort, and Paterson's curse;Bait - carrots, oats, pellets, fruit, and alternative baits;Permits - poisons, and to keep rabbits or other pest animals;Foxes - collection of fox specimens, fox and dingo research project, and bonuses;Poisons, herbicides and weed killers - strychnine, poison 1080, monofluoro acetate, fluoroacetate, and Poisons Act 1962.In 1977 the Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board letterhead changed to reflect its place within the Department of Crown Land and Survey, Division of Inspection and Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction. This alteration of letterhead reflected a decentralisation process that focused on the regional level of activity which was noticeable at this time. Circulars from this period demonstrate this by their focus on providing regional Inspectors and offices with information on formal classification of the inter-relationship of the various divisions in the administration of the laws relating to Crown Land. They also provide an insight into the creation of the District and Regional Advisory Committees, which would be developed under the Vermin and Noxious Weeds (Re-organisation) Act 1983 (No. 9950) - an Act which abolished the Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board.

本数据集汇编了VA 1376害虫与有毒杂草防治委员会（Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board）为向区域巡查员传达工作流程及相关信息而编制的通告文件。当地巡查员在履职过程中，需与各类公众群体、地方区域咨询委员会、推广工作组及其他相关方开展联络协调工作。本系列通告详细说明了巡查员的工作职责与履职规范，同时展现了王室土地与测量部（Department of Crown Lands and Survey）巡查局（后更名为害虫与有毒杂草防治巡查局）各部门参与该委员会相关工作的参与程度。
通告涵盖的主题包括：
1. 公众宣传推广——推广人员、传单与小册子、移动房车展、杂草识别讲座、胶片与幻灯放映会及专题演讲；
2. 兔害防治——兔黏液瘤病、毒药、诱饵、法案修订、监测中心、接种工作及欧洲兔绒；
3. 袋熊管理——1970年袋熊赏金法案、赏金申领与发放、袋熊熏蒸防控效果；
4. 养蜂业管理——养蜂人登记制度及养蜂法案；
5. 土壤管理——土壤与砂石转运规定；
6. 人事管理——工作调动渠道、员工发展与培训、薪酬标准、工时安排及住宿条件；
7. 行政事务——打字机使用规范、研讨会安排、工作流程、车辆与设备管理及维护规则；
8. 土地管理——焚烧与放牧管控、铁丝网设置、官地与私有土地管理；
9. 杂草防控——黑莓草、裸茎杂草、蓟类、白马荨麻、山楂杂草、牛舌蓟、狗舌草、贯叶连翘及帕特森氏毒草；
10. 诱饵配制——胡萝卜、燕麦、颗粒剂、水果及其他替代诱饵；
11. 许可管理——毒药使用许可、兔类及其他有害动物饲养许可；
12. 狐类防控——狐狸标本采集、狐与澳洲野犬研究项目及赏金机制；
13. 毒物与除草剂管理——士的宁、1080毒药（poison 1080）、一氟乙酸酯、氟乙酸盐及1962年毒物管制法案。
1977年，害虫与有毒杂草防治委员会（Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction Board）的信头格式进行了调整，以体现其在王室土地与测量部害虫与有毒杂草防治巡查局中的隶属关系。此次信头调整，反映了当时愈发显著的区域化分权管理趋势。此时期的通告均围绕向区域巡查员及办公机构传递王室土地相关法律的各部门行政关联正式分类信息展开，直观体现了这一改革趋势。此外，这批通告还揭示了区域与地方咨询委员会的设立背景，该委员会依据1983年《害虫与有毒杂草（重组）法案》（Vermin and Noxious Weeds (Re-organisation) Act 1983，第9950号）组建，而该法案正式废止了害虫与有毒杂草防治委员会。