Correspondence [Division of Animal Industry]

Full description

These files containing medical reports, inquiries, correspondence on the condition of stock at Bathurst and Trangie Experiment Farms, Hawkesbury Agricultural College, and Taronga Park Zoo. The Taronga Park Zoo file also contains newscuttings, quarantine regulations and importer's bonds relating to the zoo. Also included is a special bundle on fur farming in New South Wales, March 1928-November 1929. The bundle consists of various reports and correspondence about the viability of establishing a fur farming industry in New South Wales, with particular reference to the desirability of the importation of fur-bearing rabbits. It also contains the report of a Fur Farming Committee set up in 1928, and papers and newscuttings relating to the question of farming and/or protecting native fauna. (8/1956-59, 8/2018-19). 6 boxes. Note: This description is extracted from Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd Edition 2000.