Acknowledgments

Rural Law Online is a project of the Victoria Law Foundation.

Establishment of this service would not have been possible without the contribution of the following people and organisations:

Thanks goes to the Legal Services Commissioner for providing a seeding grant to build the website and funding maintenance of the website through the Victoria Law Foundation.

The contribution of Deakin University - School of Law in updating website content and Learning Services in testing site design and editorial services, is greatly appreciated.

The services of website builders, University of Ballarat - Centre for Electronic Commerce and Communications have been provided with a high degree of professionalism, competence and enthusiasm.

Organisations represented on the websites advisory committee include:

The Victoria Law Foundation
The Victorian Farmers Federation
Deakin University - School of Law
Rural Financial Counsellors Association of Victoria 

Content of the Law Topics component of the website is based on material developed for the Rural Law Handbook - Victoria Law Foundation (2002). Authors of the original Handbook include Frank Golding, Tony Smith, Jan Bowen and Nan McNab. Their initial work in authoring content is greatly appreciated.

A number of other people and organisations contributed their expertise to content on Rural Law Online. Contributions have been provided free of charge - without the assistance of these organisations the website could not exist. Acknowledgment for their assistance with updating content includes:

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Barwon Community Legal Service
Brugman Mellas Solicitors
Charles Sturt University
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Dawes Solicitors
Deakin University
Department of Primary Industry
Environmental Defenders Office
Freehills Solicitors
Harwood Andrews Solicitors
Holding and Redlich
Office of the Public Advocate
La Trobe University
Victoria Legal Aid
Welfare Rights Unit

A number of additional law firms, community legal services and other organisations also assist on a pro-bono basis in maintaining the forums run by Rural Law Online. View the acknowledgement pages on these Forums for a list of organisations and individuals assisting.