in what is believed to be the largest, most sustained and expansive reforestation project of its type in australia the forests commission victoria (fcv) began purchasing farming properties in the early 1930s, and increasingly through the 1940s and into the 1950s, reaching a peak between 1944 and 1951. however, it seemed not all the community was pleased about the acquisition of farmland. the project ran for over 60 years with fluctuations of investment but essentially ended with the creation of the victorian plantations corporation in 1993.