Application and file management cards replaced Registers of Applications created by the Occupation Branch in Melbourne in content and partly in function. Details given are the application number either as a single number or as the fraction where the denominator indicates the Section of the Act (the Land Acts of 1901, 1911, 1915 and 1928 were the main Acts) and the numerator is the file number, the name and address of the applicant, the area and location of the land (section, allotment, parish) and relevant dates. Other details are notations regarding file movements and management and the receipt and sending of correspondence. If a change was made in the Section of a Land Act under which a lease or a license to occupy had been issued, the new file number might be recorded on this card.

From about 1901 there was a steady decline in new applications being made under the Land Acts. In mid-1907 a circular was sent to District Land Officers notifying them that from that time onwards, all applications regardless of Act and Section of the Act, were to be recorded in a single register kept at the District Land Office and allocated an annual single number. Once applications had been ruled upon by the Local Land Board, details of those which had been successful were to be entered in the register to be kept at the District Land Office for specific Sections of an Act and allocated a running number which became the file number.

Successful applications had this card and a rent payment card made up at the Occupation Branch of the Department of Crown Lands and Survey (VA 538). Details of active files which were initially registered in the volume registers of applications were gradually transferred onto the cards with an annotation being made on the registers either by the word 'Card' or a tick beside the entry. Unsuccessful applications, after 1907, did not have a card made up. These were listed at the Department and papers were filed there in case of appeal against the decision of the Local Land Board.

The system of District Land Offices parallelled by similar 'District Offices' in the Occupation Branch continued, with a smaller number of physically separate offices outside Melbourne. Within the Occupation Branch itself, officers dealt with the business of a number of District Offices with the number of Divisions within the Branch fluctuating in number relative to the amount of business to be transacted, this in turn being affected by legislative enactments.

Sections 44 (Licensing) and 46 (Lease and Grant) of the Land Act 1898 divided lands into three classes for the purpose of the licensing or leasing of agricultural allotments. No more than 200 acres of first-class lands were to be licensed at the rent of one shilling per acre per annum; no more than three hundred and twenty acres of second-class land at the annual rental of ninepence per acre. Both types of land were to be licensed for no more than six years.

In the 1898 Act, Sections 58 and 59 provided for the extension of the licensing and leasing provisions for agricultural allotments to grazing allotments. Sections 59 and 61 of the Land Act 1898 allowed for the issue of residential or non-residential licenses for grazing allotments on third-class land. A license to occupy could initially be issued for up to six years for 640 acres. If conditions relating to the provision of fencing and the destruction of vermin were met, a lease for 14 years could be obtained at a cost of sixpence per acre. Rent payments could be used to defray the cost of purchase at ten shillings per acre.

Under the consolidated Land Act of 1901, agricultural allotments were dealt with under Sections 47 (licensing) and 49 (leasing) and grazing allotments by Sections 54 (licensing) and 56 (leasing).

The Land Act 1911 (Section 6) brought these provisions to an end. As an alternative, the option of taking out a selection purchase lease was offered with a period of twenty years being offered to fulfil the payment conditions for either a residential selection purchase lease (Section 8) or a non-residential selection purchase lease (Section 13). Conditions and covenants of these leases were laid down in Section 11.

Section 65 of the Land Act 1884 (later Section 103, Land Act 1901 and Section 86, Land Act 1915) provided for the annual licensing of the occupation of auriferous (gold bearing) lands. Areas licensed were to be of no more than 20 acres with only one license being allowed for each individual. There was to be no sale of these lands. This section was amended by Section 90 of the Land Act 1898 providing for the appraisal of these lands. If the value of the land was appraised to be more than the rent already paid on them, the subsequent rental was to be no more than two shillings and sixpence per annum with no annual license fee.

The Residence Areas Act 1884 amended earlier Acts to allow the purchase of land in auriferous areas. If persons had been resident upon land for two and one half years, had made substantial improvements and the land was not required for mining or public purposes, holders of registered Miners Rights might purchase that area at a price to be fixed by appraisement. This clause was reinforced by Section 36 of the Mines Act 1890 and Section 45, Mines Act 1915. Section 12 of the Land (Residence Areas) Act 1935 gave the holder of a residence area the right to purchase the land if a habitable dwelling had been erected, the holder had been in possession for two and one half years and there were no objections.

Researchers should note that further research is required into the actual end date of this card recordkeeping system. Some evidence suggests that the card system continued into the 1970s, although some series may have ended previously. For some series of cards it is possible that these were the cards for files for which active life had ceased. It may also have been that all cards are included as details of all files were transferred to a subsequent system.

Identifies undeveloped land for residential development generally on the fringe of the metropolitan area. Each record in the database details the subdivision and planning status of the land, the area of the site in hectares and the potential lot yield. Other details are also records against each site. Several key centres have been identified for analysis to be incorporated in the Regional Urban Development Program: Drouin, Warragul, Morwell, Churchill, Moe/Newborough,Traralgon, Mildura, Horsham, Gisborne, Kyneton, Winchelsea, Ballarat, Geelong, Bendigo

This information maps land areas for both the supply and recent subdivision -Unzoned englobo land -Zoned englobo land -Recent subdivision into residential lots -Proposed lots -Lots with a title

Urban Development Program (UDP).

Identifies all industrial land and the development status and size of each land parcel in hectares.

Note: The industrial data now covers all of the State of Victoria where considered in the Regional UDP program with UDP Melbourne. Regional UDP work will provide the mechanism to update these areas on an ongoing basis.

This information maps all industrial zoned land and land of industrial nature, ie. includes land within Special use zones, Airport Business Park, Business 3 Zones and Comprehensive Development Zone. Other zone types have been included in regional areas.

Each land parcel is assessed as being either Unavaillable or Supply for industrial land and colour coded by a combination of zoning ans availability.

In addition to Metropolitan Melbourne (2010). This data covers the following LGAs 1. Wodonga (2009) 2. Ballarat (2009) 3. Bendigo (2009) 4. Latrobe (2009) 5. Greater Shepparton (2011) 6. Wangaratta (2011) 7. Mildura (2011) 8. Horsham (2011) 9. Warnambool (2011) 10. Greater Geelong (2012) 11. Golden Plains (2012) 12. Surf Coast (2012) 13. Colac Otway (2012)

The Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Knowledge Base is part of an interoperable web-GIS maintained by Federation University Australia. The site provides an extensive collection of publications and technical reports on all aspects of the catchment. The collection focuses on information written specifically for the Corangamite Region. The database has been indexed by subject and locality for information retrieval and analysis. Federation University Australia's Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation is hosting the site on behalf of the CCMA.

The Federation University Australia Corangamite Catchment Management Authority Knowledge Base was established to ensure the protection and sustainable development of land, vegetation and water resources within a boundary stretching from Geelong to Ballarat and along the coast to Peterborough.

About 380,000 people live in the catchment’s 13,340 square kilometres of south-western Victoria and 175 kilometres of coastal fringe. The region is defined by four river basins – the Moorabool, Barwon, Lake Corangamite and Otway Coast. It includes all or part of the cities of Ballarat and Greater Geelong, the Borough of Queenscliff and the shires of Moorabool, Surf Coast, Corangamite, Golden Plains, Colac Otway and Moyne.

Related initiatives include Soil Health, an online repository of soil health information and knowledge: including reports, research papers, maps and descriptions related to current and past soil series mapping, land capability and suitability assessments, agricultural trials, and soil research and investigations; and, NRM Planning, a pilot project testing how online mapping can be used to match local and regional priorities for catchment management in the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority region.