Dissertations / Theses: 'Central Queensland'

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Vishvakarman, Devasenapathy. "Occupational exposure to ultraviolet radiation in Central Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.

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Blake, Paul Raymond. "The Devonian corals of the Yarrol province, Eastern-central Queensland /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18944.pdf.

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Skae, Andrew. "The petrology of the Buckland volcanic province, Central Queensland, Australia." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:e2a73f94-5e7b-4c3e-98e5-bd052dbf3205.

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Adie, Lenore Ellen, and l. adie@optusnet com au. "Operationalizing Queenslands Smart State policy through teachers work: An analysis of discourses in a Central Queensland school." Central Queensland University, 2007. http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au./thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20070525.085011.

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The notion of Queensland as a Smart State is the Queensland Beattie Governments response to global conditions that require a new type of worker and citizen for a new knowledge economy. The role of education in the success of the Smart State is clearly outlined in the Queensland Governments vision statements and policies, identifying teachers as a key factor in the production of this new type of worker and citizen. In this study I explore the relationship between Queenslands Smart State policy and the daily practices of teachers as they are implicated in the building of a Smart State. The study takes place during what is unquestionably the largest and most comprehensive reform effort to be imposed on Queensland schools and teachers, under the auspices of a Smart State. The research includes policy analysis of two key Smart State documents, and fieldwork involving semi-structured interviews, observations and artefact collection of the work of two primary school teachers. Using Faircloughs theories regarding the relationship between discourse and social change, it is possible to show how changes occurring in contemporary organisations are related to changes in discourse, in particular, those surrounding the discourses of a knowledge economy or globalisation. The Smart State is conceptualised in this study as regimes of discourses that may produce new practices and new ways of acting and being (Fairclough, 2001a). The interdiscursive, linguistic and semiotic strategies used in Smart State policy are analysed to show how this discourse is emerging into a hegemonic position, while identifying the dominant discourses reiterated in the policy as necessary skills for a new type of worker. These discourses are mapped onto those identified through the fieldwork of teachers daily work practices to determine if Smart State discourses are becoming apparent in teachers work. This study is significant because it makes visible the current relationship between the discourses of the Smart State and teachers daily work. In this current climate of rapid change and economic survival it is important that the operationalization of a Smart State can be attributed to teachers work as new ways of acting and interacting become a part of their daily practices.

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Johansen, Grace, and w. johansen@cqu edu au. "WOMEN IN CENTRAL QUEENSLAND: A STUDY OF THREE COASTAL CENTRES 1940-1965." Central Queensland University. Communications, 2002. http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au./thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20060921.120038.

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While in agreement with the perceived wisdom that events during World War Two were responsible for many social changes for women in Australia, the thesis disagrees with the implication in existent Queensland womens historiography that these changes affected women equally in all parts of the State. Research undertaken in Central Queensland provides evidence that, although some similarities existed, the conservative forces in this region restricted the liberating effect of such changes. It also addresses the subject of Queensland difference, and argues that the rural patriarchal economy sustained the notion of rigid gender and class differences in Central Queensland. It maintains that this affected women in regional Queensland to a far greater extent than those in the Brisbane metropolitan area because of the lack of secondary wartime industry and the masculine nature of rural industry. Additionally , in opposition to the widely held belief there was universal post-war financial security the thesis argues that poverty did exist. In particular it addresses the subjects of rising inflation and what has been termed the Social Security Poverty Group, basing conclusions on statistical evidence, oral evidence, and secondary and documentary sources.

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Jackson, Joanne M. "Hydrogeology and groundwater flow model, central catchment of Bribie Island, Southeast Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2007. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/18347/1/Joanne_M._Jackson_Thesis.pdf.

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Bribie Island is a large, heterogeneous, sand barrier island that contains groundwater aquifers of commercial and environmental significance. Population growth has resulted in expanding residential developments and consequently increased demand for water. Caboolture Shire Council (CSC) has proposed to increase groundwater extraction by a new borefield. Two aquifers exist within the Quaternary sandmass which are separated by an indurated sand layer that is ubiquitous in the area. A shallow aquifer occurs in the surficial, clean sands and is perched on the indurated sands. Water levels in the shallow water table aquifer follow the topography and groundwater occurs under unconfined conditions in this system. A basal aquifer occurs beneath the indurated sands, which act as a semi-confining layer in the island system. The potentiometric surface of the basal aquifer occurs as a gentle groundwater mound. The shallow groundwater system supports water-dependent ecosystems including wetlands, native woodlands and commercial pine plantations. Excessive groundwater extraction could lower the water table in the shallow aquifer to below the root depth of vegetation on the island. Groundwater discharge along the coastline is essential to maintain the position of the saline water - fresh groundwater boundary in this island aquifer system. Any activity that changes the volume of fresh water discharge or lowers the water table or potentiometric surface below sea level will result in a consequent change in the saline water – freshwater interface and could lead to saline water intrusion. Groundwater level data was compared with the residual rainfall mass curve (RRMC) on hydrographs, which revealed that the major trends in groundwater levels are related to rainfall. Bribie Island has a sub-tropical climate, with a mean annual rainfall of around 1358mm/year (Bongaree station). Mean annual pan evaporation is around 1679mm/year and estimates of the potential evapotranspiration rates range from 1003 to 1293mm/year. Flows from creeks, the central swale and groundwater discharged from the area have the potential to affect water quality within the tidal estuary, Pumicestone Passage. Groundwater within the island aquifer system is fresh with electrical conductivity ranging from 61 to 1018ìS/cm while water near the coast, canals or tidal creeks is brackish to saline (1596 to 34800ìS/cm). Measurements of pH show that all groundwater is acidic to slightly acidic (3.3-6.6), the lower values are attributed to the breakdown of plant material into organic acids. Groundwater is dominated by Na-Cl type water, which is expected in a coastal island environment with Na-Cl rainfall. Some groundwater samples possess higher concentrations of calcium and bicarbonate ions, which could be due to chemical interactions with buried shell beds while water is infiltrating to depth and due to the longer residence times of groundwater in the basal aquifer. A steady-state, sub-regional groundwater flow model was developed using the Visual MODFLOW computer package. The 4 layer, flow model simulated the existing hydrogeological system and the dominant groundwater processes controlling groundwater flow. The numerical model was calibrated against existing data and returned reasonable estimates of groundwater levels and hydraulic parameters. The model illustrated that: .. The primary source of groundwater recharge is infiltration of rainfall for the upper, perched aquifer (Layer 1). Recharge for the lower sand layers is via vertical leakage from the upper, perched aquifer, through the indurated sands (Layers 2 and 3) to the semi-confined, basal aquifer (Layer 4). .. The dominant drainage processes on Bribie Island are evapotranspiration (15070m3/day) and groundwater seepage from the coast, canals and tidal creeks (9512m3/day). Analytical calculations using Darcy’s Law estimated that approximately 8000m3/day of groundwater discharges from central Bribie Island, approximately 16% less than the model. .. As groundwater flows preferentially toward the steepest hydraulic gradient, the main direction of horizontal groundwater flow is expected to be along an eastwest axis, towards either the central swale or the coastline. The central swale was found to act as a groundwater sink in the project area.

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Jackson, Joanne M. "Hydrogeology and groundwater flow model, central catchment of Bribie Island, Southeast Queensland." Queensland University of Technology, 2007. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/18347/.

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Bribie Island is a large, heterogeneous, sand barrier island that contains groundwater aquifers of commercial and environmental significance. Population growth has resulted in expanding residential developments and consequently increased demand for water. Caboolture Shire Council (CSC) has proposed to increase groundwater extraction by a new borefield. Two aquifers exist within the Quaternary sandmass which are separated by an indurated sand layer that is ubiquitous in the area. A shallow aquifer occurs in the surficial, clean sands and is perched on the indurated sands. Water levels in the shallow water table aquifer follow the topography and groundwater occurs under unconfined conditions in this system. A basal aquifer occurs beneath the indurated sands, which act as a semi-confining layer in the island system. The potentiometric surface of the basal aquifer occurs as a gentle groundwater mound. The shallow groundwater system supports water-dependent ecosystems including wetlands, native woodlands and commercial pine plantations. Excessive groundwater extraction could lower the water table in the shallow aquifer to below the root depth of vegetation on the island. Groundwater discharge along the coastline is essential to maintain the position of the saline water - fresh groundwater boundary in this island aquifer system. Any activity that changes the volume of fresh water discharge or lowers the water table or potentiometric surface below sea level will result in a consequent change in the saline water – freshwater interface and could lead to saline water intrusion. Groundwater level data was compared with the residual rainfall mass curve (RRMC) on hydrographs, which revealed that the major trends in groundwater levels are related to rainfall. Bribie Island has a sub-tropical climate, with a mean annual rainfall of around 1358mm/year (Bongaree station). Mean annual pan evaporation is around 1679mm/year and estimates of the potential evapotranspiration rates range from 1003 to 1293mm/year. Flows from creeks, the central swale and groundwater discharged from the area have the potential to affect water quality within the tidal estuary, Pumicestone Passage. Groundwater within the island aquifer system is fresh with electrical conductivity ranging from 61 to 1018ìS/cm while water near the coast, canals or tidal creeks is brackish to saline (1596 to 34800ìS/cm). Measurements of pH show that all groundwater is acidic to slightly acidic (3.3-6.6), the lower values are attributed to the breakdown of plant material into organic acids. Groundwater is dominated by Na-Cl type water, which is expected in a coastal island environment with Na-Cl rainfall. Some groundwater samples possess higher concentrations of calcium and bicarbonate ions, which could be due to chemical interactions with buried shell beds while water is infiltrating to depth and due to the longer residence times of groundwater in the basal aquifer. A steady-state, sub-regional groundwater flow model was developed using the Visual MODFLOW computer package. The 4 layer, flow model simulated the existing hydrogeological system and the dominant groundwater processes controlling groundwater flow. The numerical model was calibrated against existing data and returned reasonable estimates of groundwater levels and hydraulic parameters. The model illustrated that: .. The primary source of groundwater recharge is infiltration of rainfall for the upper, perched aquifer (Layer 1). Recharge for the lower sand layers is via vertical leakage from the upper, perched aquifer, through the indurated sands (Layers 2 and 3) to the semi-confined, basal aquifer (Layer 4). .. The dominant drainage processes on Bribie Island are evapotranspiration (15070m3/day) and groundwater seepage from the coast, canals and tidal creeks (9512m3/day). Analytical calculations using Darcy’s Law estimated that approximately 8000m3/day of groundwater discharges from central Bribie Island, approximately 16% less than the model. .. As groundwater flows preferentially toward the steepest hydraulic gradient, the main direction of horizontal groundwater flow is expected to be along an eastwest axis, towards either the central swale or the coastline. The central swale was found to act as a groundwater sink in the project area.

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Biggs, Mark Steven. "The distribution and significance of iron minerals in the Callide coal measures, East Central Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1996. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36930/1/36930_Biggs_1996.pdf.

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The Late Triassic Callide Coal Measures are preserved in a small (22.5 by 8 km), shallow, partly fault-bounded basin remnant (the Callide Basin) near the town of Biloela in east-central Queensland. The largely undeformed basin-fill unconformably overlies a variety of Palaeozoic rocks which were strongly folded and thrusted during the Hunter-Bowen Orogeny. The Callide seam Member is the thickest and most economic of four seam members within the coal measure sequence. The coal is characteristically sub-bituminous and is dull, sub-hydrous, and sold unwashed. Its most striking feature is a high mineral matter content and significant concentrations of iron minerals exist, comprising up to 8% of the coal, or 50% of the coal ash. Thin layers of elastic rocks (up to 0.4m in thickness) which are interbedded with the coal or are immediately underlying coal seams, can contain up to 56% iron minerals (76% in ash). The spatial variability of the iron.minerals is high, which impacts upon coal quality parameters during coal utilisation. Of particular concern is the variable and unpredicted performance of the coal during combustion. Although high iron in ash generally relates to deleterious slagging behaviour during combustion, other factors also impact upon performance. Previous studies by several workers have focussed on the coal product and end-use problems with less than successful results. This study differs by seeking to determine geological and geochemical controls on the distribution of high iron zones in Callide coals and the effect of mineral composition on coal combustion. The study is interdisciplinary, and investigates iron distribution and mineralogy at progressively smaller scales, starting at the basin-wide level and progressing through to coal deposit and then to individual seam distributions. At the basin-wide level, modelling of total iron within the Callide seam Member has shown that iron concentrations are higher along the western margin of the basin, where the entire sequence is thicker. Furthermore, iron mineralisation also seems to be highest on either flank of the synclinal axis of the basin, which trends north-west, parallel to the regional structural grain. At the deposit level, iron distributions are not so easily characterised, being manifest as a complex mosaic of narrow, elongated zones containing between 20-50% iron in coal ash surrounded by more subdued zones of moderate iron mineral concentrations, whose location varies for each seam. Some of the iron mineralisation is clearly discordant to bedding attitudes. Vertical variability in iron content within a profile also is not consistent across the basin, but iron minerals habitate generally at the base of seams, in soft, moist, "sooty" fusainous layers, in intra-seam claystone partings or "hardpan", and near structural discontinuities. The application of detailed coal characterisation techniques has determined that upwards of 90% of the iron minerals in the Callide seam Memter are siderite, goethite and pyrite. The remainder are primary iron oxides, such as haematite, and trace amounts of hydrated iron sulphates. Some of the iron oxides are weakly magnetic. There are at least two phases of siderite present, one as spherules or nodules that apparently formed at low temperatures and shallow depths, early in coal diagenesis, from meteoric waters in a formative peat swamp. Both siderites are very pure, with negligible substitution of Mn, Mg and Ca cations into the lattice. The other occurs as cleat and/or vein infillings formed after coalification. Possibly a third phase, with similar morphology, has formed from recent oxidation. These latter two siderites, except at Boundary Hill Mine, form only a small percentage of the total siderite present. The vertical variability measured generally corresponds to the scale of bounding surfaces in dulling upward coal cycles. These surfaces, which may relate to flooding events, could have provided an environment for primary siderite formation, or provided discontinuities, and/or porous conduits for secondary fluid migration and iron mineralisation. Nonetheless, the fundamental control on the high and variable iron distribution along the western margin of the basin appears to be structural (ie. related to jointing, faulting and igneous intrusions). Stable carbon and oxygen isotope analyses combined with petrographic evidence suggests that the siderite and its host peat show characteristics consistent with repeated in-situ oxidation. Such indicators include lack of calcite, a subdued pyrite presence, high inertinite,(and particularly micrinite) contents, and weathering of the siderite to goethite. Sufficient similarities exist to characterise the Callide seam Member as a very low-grade fossil bog iron ore deposit. In the second half of this study, the influence that high iron mineral concentrations have upon the physical, geochemical, and geophysical properties of the coal are examined. Apart from affecting the visual appearance of the coal, the high and variable mineral matter contents affect interpretation of certain downhole geophysical logs. Furthermore, the calculation of the apparent relative density, volatile, and mineral matter of the coal is affected, and subsequently impacts upon the correct classification of the coal. High concentrations of iron minerals in the coal increases the coals' carbon char reactivity, but impinges upon combustion behaviour. It is within this framework that the interaction of these iron minerals with other minerals in the coal was further investigated to explain the variable performance of the coal upon combustion. Identification of coal attributes causing adverse boiler slagging, ahead of mining, was most successful when the author modelled ratios of the most significant minerals present: kaolinite, siderite, and quartz.

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Hughes, Andrew Owen Physical Environmental &amp Mathematical Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "An assessment of recent changes in catchment sediment sources and sinks, central Queensland, Australia." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. Physical, Environmental & Mathematical Sciences, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43622.

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Spatial and temporal information on catchment sediment sources and sinks can provide an improved understanding of catchment response to human-induced disturbances. This is essential for the implementation of well-targeted catchment-management decisions. This thesis investigates the nature and timing of catchment response to human activities by examining changes in sediment sources and sinks in a dry-tropical subcatchment of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchment area, in northeastern Australia. Changes in catchment sediment sources, both in terms of spatial provenance and erosion type, are determined using sediment tracing techniques. Results indicate that changes in sediment source contributions over the last 250 years can be linked directly to changes in catchment land use. Sheetwash and rill erosion from cultivated land (40-60%) and channel erosion from grazed areas (30-80%) currently contribute most sediment to the river system. Channel erosion, on a basin-wide scale, appears to be more important than previously considered in this region of Australia. Optically stimulated luminescence and 137Cs dating are used to determine pre-and post- European settlement (ca. 1850) alluvial sedimentation rates. The limitations of using 137Cs as a floodplain sediment dating tool in a low fallout environment, dominated by sediment derived from channel and cultivation sources, are identified. Low magnitude increases in post-disturbance floodplain sedimentation rates (3 to 4 times) are attributed to the naturally high sediment loads in the dry-tropics. These low increases suggest that previous predictions which reflect order of magnitude increases in post-disturbance sediment yields are likely to be overestimates. In-channel bench deposits, formed since European settlement, are common features that appear to be important stores of recently eroded material. The spatially distributed erosion/sediment yield model SedNet is applied, both with generic input parameters and locally-derived data. Outputs are evaluated against available empirically-derived data. The results suggest that previous model estimates using generic input parameters overestimate post-disturbance and underestimate predisturbance sediment yields, exaggerating the impact of European catchment disturbance. This is likely to have important implications for both local-scale and catchment-wide management scenarios in the GBR region. Suggestions for future study and the collection of important empirical data to enable more accurate model performance are made.

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Kopittke, Gillian Ruth. "Long-term ecosystem development on an open-cut coal mine in central Queensland /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19408.pdf.

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Ma, KeYang. "Hydrocarbon source and depositional environments in the central Papual Basin, Papua New Guinea /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18901.pdf.

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Grubb, Kenneth Benjamin. "Engineering geology of the central business district of Brisbane." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1989. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35961/1/35961_Grubb_1989.pdf.

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The Central Business District (CBD) of Brisbane is bounded on two sides by the Brisbane River. The Botanic Gardens form the eastern boundary between the CBD and the Brisbane River and low hills extend beyond the western boundary. The engineering geology here is complicated by the occurrence of structurally complex metamorphic rocks which are overlain by residual, colluvial and Quaternary alluvial soil deposits. Space limitations imposed by the Brisbane River and the Botanic Gardens, and the dramatically increased demand for real estate since the late 1970's, has resulted in the construction of many multi~storey structures. This building boom has created a demand for geotechnical information which is not available from regular sources, including the Brisbane City Council and the Geological Survey of Queensland. The main database essentially one of problem confronted in this inadequate land survey data. work has been A pre-European settlement contour map showing topographic features and some early structures such as dams had to be constructed by the author as a pre 1900 contour map has apparently never been compiled for the centre of Brisbane. This map has been used as the base map for the compilation of the seven overlay maps. The basement rocks of the CBD are of the Palaeozoic Neranleigh Fernvale beds only. The study area falls within the South D'Aguilar Block. Rock types include phyll ite, metagreywacke, quartzite and a lenticular body of carbonate rock (chloritic marble or intensely sheared, carbonate replaced, metabasalt). Neranleigh Fernvale metabasalt occurs to the immediate north west of the study area. Triassic Brisbane tuff occurs to the immediate south of the study area. Rock structures comprise a penetrative foliation and three major resolved joint planes. Normal faults and localised folding have been recorded. Soil deposits of residual, colluvial and alluvial origin exist in the study area. The residual and colluvial deposits have derived from the Neranleigh Fernvale beds and have developed since post palaeozoic times. The alluvial deposits locally overly the residual and colluvial deposits and are of Holocene and probable Pleistocene age. The Holocene deposits are typified by poorly consolidated organic clays, sand and gravel which are located in and along three major and nineteen minor internal drainage lines and the Brisbane River. The deposits of probable Pleistocene age are typified mainly by consolidated and in places cemented clayey sand, also inorganic clays. Montmorillonite and kaolinite are the main clay minerals. Filling, up to 8.0 metres thick, covers approximately 25 percent of the study area vvhereas cutting, excluding building basements, has been carried out over approximately 5 percent of the surface area. Engineering Characteristics of the rock and soil deposits have been described in Chapter 3. Indicative test values have been assigned and these can be related to the Engineering Practice described in Chapter 4. Maps, 5, 6, 7 and 8 show the basement geology, areas of primary cut and fi 11, surface geology with contours to the base of alluvial soils and structural contours to the top of highly weathered or better bedrock respectively. These maps, particularly Map 8, are important predictive tools for multistorey development investigations. Map 9 shows the study area divided into 9 Engineering Geology Zones. Maps 5 to 9 are discussed in the text. In conclusion, this study presents the first composite and systematic approach to the prediction of the geology, summarizes the engineering characteristics of the soils and rocks and discusses the engineering methods practised in the Central Business District. Nine maps each to a reduced sea 1 e of 1: 4000 have been compiled and the Central Business District is divided into nine engineering geology zones.

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Weld, Mary-Jane. "Landscape planning for rural nature conservation : maintenance of remnant vegetation and sustainable agriculture in the brigalow belt of Central Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1994.

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Cheng, Zhuo. "Effect of land use change on hydrology for large catchments in Central Queensland, Australia." Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/406058.

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Land-use change and its impacts on catchment hydrology has been for a long time one of the most important environmental issues around the world. The conversion between forest to other land-use types, i.e. deforestation and afforestation, is one of the most dramatic examples of land use change. Our enhanced understanding of the interaction between water and forest is of strategic importance to decision-making in effective land-use and water-resource management, especially for dry regions where water supply is limited. While extensive research has been undertaken to determine how catchment hydrology responds to forest cover change around the world, no consistent conclusion has been drawn, especially for relatively large catchments (>1,000 km2). For small catchments, experimental methodologies, such as paired catchment studies, were favoured, leading to a general conclusion that deforestation would increase the flow volume and afforestation would decrease the flow. For large catchments, however, diverse and even contradictory conclusions tended to be reached, and hydrological models were probably the most widely used tools for impact assessment compared to other methods including statistical techniques and elasticity analysis. The inconclusive results with respect to the impacts of forest cover change on flow were also obtained for a large catchment in Central Queensland, Australia. Central Queensland of Australia, having a dry sub-tropical climate, witnessed dramatic land clearing from the 1960s to the 1980s resulting from a government sponsored development scheme, known as the Brigalow Development Scheme. More than half of the region (around 79,800 km2) was cleared between 1960 and 1972, with the annual clearing rate of over 6,600 km2/yr. There have been a number of investigations into the effect of land use change on basin water balance at a range of spatial scales, while discrepant conclusions were drawn by two previous studies with respect to hydrological response to land clearing for catchments at a large scale. One of the studies suggested an increase of 40% in streamflow due to land clearing and the other attributed changes in streamflow mostly to climate variability. To determine the impact of large-scale land clearing on catchment hydrology in Central Queensland, two large catchments, namely the Comet and Upper Dawson (area> 15,500 km2), were selected for investigation. For each of the two catchments, three distinct periods, i.e. pre-clearing (1920-1949), transitional (1960-1989) and post-clearing (1989-2018) periods, were identified according to land clearing rates and remanent forest cover. Overall, four research objectives were proposed: (1) to determine the direction and magnitude of the impact; (2) to quantify the impact using suited hydrological models; (3) to interpret the impacts with meaningful land-use-related parameter values and (4) to improve the modelling performance by taking into account of the spatial variability of climate, land use and vegetation cover. To address the first objective, a series of methods, i.e. the Budyko framework, Tanh function, flow duration curve, double mass curve and SimHyd, were applied to provide multiple lines of evidence for determining the impacts. It was concluded that (1) the effect of land clearing on water yield of large basins in Central Queensland are unmistakably detectable; (2) the impact of land clearing manifested itself mostly during wetter years or for wetter basins; (3) for a given basin, the greater the extent of land clearing the larger the effect on water yield. The second objective was addressed by assessing and comparing three hydrological models, i.e. AWBM, Sacramento and SimHyd, in terms of their ability in capturing rainfall-streamflow relationship for the two catchments under change, i.e. pre- and post- land clearing. It was concluded that AWBM outperformed the other two models and can be further simplified as AWBM_Ca. The model parameter, i.e. the average storage capacity (Ca), could be related to land use/cover. The Ca value was decreased by 21- 30% for post-clearing period, indicating the same degree of decrease water amount potentially available for transpiration due to deforestation. While considering the spatial variability of climate and land use/cover, performance of AWBM_Ca was improved, and different Ca values were assumed for differing land use types including cropping, grazing and forest. It was found that the Ca value for forest was higher than those for cropping and grazing by 35-53%, indicating a higher capacity for runoff generation from the catchment when forests were cleared. The distributed AWBM_Ca calibrated for the Comet catchment was validated by predicting flows for 4 nested catchments satisfactorily with the Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient of efficiency ranging from 0.69 to 0.98. For different scenarios of afforestation sequences, the relationship between forest cover change and flow was nonlinear and exhibited a “lily leaf” shaped envelope curve, which was driven by the combined effect of the spatial variability of climate and the “uncertainty” of where afforestation occurs. The “lily leaf” shaped envelope curve led to the conclusion that flow reduction was more sensitive to tree plantation in wetter areas of the catchment and that 10% of afforestation would cause on average a decrease of 5.8% in flow. Overall, this study highlights the need of a better understanding of the relationship between forest cover and water yield for large catchments, with the main findings as follows: (1) an increase in flow due to land clearing has certainly occurred for large catchments in Central Queensland supported with multiple lines of evidence; (2) hydrological models such as AWBM performed well in capturing rainfall-flow relationship to represent the hydrological response to forest cover change; (3) model parameter for AWBM_Ca, i.e. the average storage capacity (Ca), was found to be capable of representing the increased evapotranspiration from the forested area comparing the cropping and grazing areas; and (4) hydrological response to forest cover change is enhanced in relatively wetter areas, and thus the spatial variability of climate and land use need to be taken into consideration for impact assessment.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
School of Eng & Built Env
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Philp, Robert Henry Haldon, and randj@cqnet com au. "Steel all Through The Church of England in Central Queensland Transplantation and Adaptation 1892-1942." Central Queensland University. School of Humanities, 2002. http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au./thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20031117.164918.

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The thesis is concerned with the establishment of the Anglican presence in Central Queensland and the history of the first fifty years of the Diocese of Rockhampton. The historical method employed examined the attitudes and mentalities of the Anglicans during that fifty years and attempted to determine how the process of transplantation and adaptation of the English social institution was, or was not, achieved in the new physical and social environment. Various aspects of Anglican Diocesan administration such as recruitment of clergy, financial shortages, cultural isolation, racial issues, episcopal appointments and ecumenical relationships, are taken as units and analysed in the overall context of transplantation and adaptation. It is argued that Australianisation came gradually and without conscious manipulation. Where change from the English model was attempted, it was often initiated by the English clergy rather than the Australian laity.

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Karunaratne, Asanka. "Molecular genetics of cell-type specification in the vertebrate spinal cord /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2002. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17059.pdf.

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Haughton, David Lindsay. "The development and distribution of sedimentary rocks in the Rangal Coal Measures, South Blackwater, Central Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1986. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35984/1/35984_Haughton_1986.pdf.

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An investigation of the elastic interseam sedimentary rocks has elucidated the depositional and contemporaneous tectonic history of the Upper Permian Rangal Coal Measures at the C.S.R. South Blackwater Mine, Central Queensland, The studied section is stratigraphically bound by the Orion and Aries coal seams. The approximately 84 square km study area is located on the eastern flank of the Comet Ridge, within the Bowen Basin. The geological data used in this study consists of Qorehole information, approximately derived 2800 from bores, a geological and detailed database, containing examination of representative core material. The interseam sedimentary rocks indicate that deposition occurred within an upper mixed-load channels, delta plain environment, incorporating lacustrine (interchannel/interdistributary lakes), fluvio-lacustrine (crevasse splay/minor suspended-load channels. deltas), and Normal faults occurred contemporaneously with the accumulation of the Castor Seam. These faults displaced the sequence underlying the Castor Seam and modified subsequent deposition. The faults also show brittle deformation due to post-lithification tectonism. Split and/or absent coal in the Castor Seam displays a close association with faults, which disrupt the Pollux Seam. Such locations can be used as primary drilling targets during the delineation of faults and the definition of fault-free mining blocks.

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Philp, Robert Henry Haldon. ""Steel all through" the Church of England in central Queensland : transplantation and adaptation, 1892-1942 /." Connect to this title online, 2002. http://elvis.cqu.edu.au/thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20031117.164918/index.html.

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Ford, Andrew J. H. "Tectonic influence on permian sedimentation, central portion, Pepita-Wackett-Nockatunga Trend, Cooper Basin, Southwest Queensland /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1986. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09S.B/09s.bf699.pdf.

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Liebrecht, Tanya Louise. "Inter-government Collaboration and the Policy Process: An assessment of Inter-government Collaboration in Central Queensland 2004 - 2006." Thesis, Griffith University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/367941.

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In recent times, collaboration has remerged to become popular internationally under ‘Third Way’ politics. In Australia, governments have increasingly used it to redevelop linkages within the public sector, and to improve the policy process. Governments assume that the use of intra-governmental (e.g. between departments) and inter-governmental (e.g. between State and Local government) collaboration is highly beneficial for resolving policy problems. In Queensland, the Beattie Government embraced the idea in the late 1990s; however, there is little evidence to suggest collaboration can deliver the assumed benefits. This thesis presents a study of how intra-governmental and inter-governmental collaboration affected the policy process in Central Queensland from 2004 to 2006. Four case studies are used: the Airlie Beach/Whitsunday Integrated Development Planning Project; the Gladstone Area Infrastructure Planning Project; Central Queensland: A New Millennium; and the Yeppoon Bypass/Capricorn Integrated Development Proposal. It is argued that, although good collaboration may enhance the policy process, poor collaboration can inhibit the process and in some cases may even prevent the achievement of policy goals. In such circumstances, it may be better not to attempt to collaborate at all. This research found that the ability of collaboration to improve or inhibit policy development depended upon a number of factors: the attitudes of participants; the personal history between the participants; the prevailing institutional culture; the broader public policy approach; the structures of government institutions; and the history of regional policy development. Evidence from the case studies indicates that under some circumstances collaboration can complicate policy development by causing the process to slow as the number of participants is increased. This may be exacerbated further by the absence of crucial decision-makers and a lack of technical capacity in the regions, which are needed to make collaboration work effectively. Conversely, the research found that collaboration can enhance the policy process, albeit under certain economic, political and institutional conditions. The choice of participants, staffing, good policy design and good process are also critical to successful collaboration. Overall, this thesis shows that, in practice, collaboration does not necessarily deliver the benefits assumed. As a consequence, governments need to consider carefully the use of collaboration to improve the policy process because it is not a panacea that can be applied to all situations.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith Business School
Griffith Business School
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Roberts, Gerard Michael O'Brien, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture, and School of Agriculture and Rural Development. "Action researching my practice as a facilitator of experiential learning with pastoralist farmers in central west Queensland." THESIS_FEMA_ARD_Roberts_G.xml, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/203.

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My thesis document is contextualised as a three year study of my practice as a facilitator of experiential learning with pastoralist farmers in my role as an agricultural extension officer. In the study I used an action research methodology to provide change and understanding in situations in which it was too difficult to control variables. In my use of the methodology, action provided change and research provided understanding. The action research methodology also provided rigour through the spiral of its cyclic process. Within the agricultural extension context, my learning outcomes about my role in working participatively and collaboratively with pastoralists, prompted significant change in my practice of facilitation. The change enabled us as an experiential learning group facilitated by an agricultural extension officer, to provide for pastoralist participants to increasingly direct their own learning. From reflection on the project observations that led to my working more collaboratively and participatively, I theorise that improved facilitation practice can derive from personal and collaborative reflection as a part of action researching. My reflection, during the process of thesis writing allowed me to use action science to demonstrate that my improved facilitiation practice came about from enhanced congruency of theories of action of participation and collaboration. Personally, I developed a more congruent practice of participation and collaboration through action researching my practice of facilitating experiential learning with pastoralists, and by reflecting on the emergent outcomes for me as the facilitator. This thesis concludes with my consideration of whether or not my specific learning outcomes may provide a foundation for some cautious expansion of the emergent outcomes of the action research such that they may be of interest to others in extension.
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Bisrat, Simon Abai. "Primary productivity and grazing capacity of rehabilitated pastures on the open-cut coal mines in central Queensland /." [St. Lucia, Qld. : s.n.], 2001. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe16208.pdf.

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Morrison, Christopher S. "A regional investigation of the thermal and fluid flow history of the Drummond Basin, Central Queensland, Australia /." St. Lucia, Qld, 2002. http://adt.library.uq.edu.au/public/adt-QU20030526.073825/index.html.

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Roberts, Gerard Michael O'Brien. "Action researching my practice as a facilitator of experiential learning with pastoralist farmers in central west Queensland." Thesis, Richmond, N.S.W. : School of Agriculture and Rural Development, 1997. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/203.

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My thesis document is contextualised as a three year study of my practice as a facilitator of experiential learning with pastoralist farmers in my role as an agricultural extension officer. In the study I used an action research methodology to provide change and understanding in situations in which it was too difficult to control variables. In my use of the methodology, action provided change and research provided understanding. The action research methodology also provided rigour through the spiral of its cyclic process. Within the agricultural extension context, my learning outcomes about my role in working participatively and collaboratively with pastoralists, prompted significant change in my practice of facilitation. The change enabled us as an experiential learning group facilitated by an agricultural extension officer, to provide for pastoralist participants to increasingly direct their own learning. From reflection on the project observations that led to my working more collaboratively and participatively, I theorise that improved facilitation practice can derive from personal and collaborative reflection as a part of action researching. My reflection, during the process of thesis writing allowed me to use action science to demonstrate that my improved facilitiation practice came about from enhanced congruency of theories of action of participation and collaboration. Personally, I developed a more congruent practice of participation and collaboration through action researching my practice of facilitating experiential learning with pastoralists, and by reflecting on the emergent outcomes for me as the facilitator. This thesis concludes with my consideration of whether or not my specific learning outcomes may provide a foundation for some cautious expansion of the emergent outcomes of the action research such that they may be of interest to others in extension.

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Roberts, Gerard Michael O'Brien. "Action researching my practice as a facilitator of experiential learning with pastoralist farmers in central west Queensland /." Richmond, N.S.W. : School of Agriculture and Rural Development, 1997. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030509.115304/index.html.

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Khalifa, Aly Ashraf Mohammed. "MINErosion 4: A user-friendly catchment/landscape erosion prediction model for post mining sites in Central Queensland." Thesis, Griffith University, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/366197.

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Soil erosion from post mining landscapes subjected to significant rainstorm events is believed to have adverse effects on the surrounding environment, as well as the mining processes. The research project reported in this thesis was encouraged by the fact that, to the best of the author’s knowledge, there is a lack of catchment/landscape scale erosion/deposition model, to deal with the special conditions of post-mining rehabilitation sites. Previous research has produced the hillslope erosion model MINErosion 3.01 which was useful to determine the parameters (slope gradient, length and vegetation cover) required to design a postmining landscape that meets the criteria of acceptable erosion rates (<40 t/ha/y). However, MINErosion 3.01 was not suitable to determine the erosion rates from whole catchments or whole of mine landscapes and a model is needed to provide the environmental officers with a tool to allow them to manage the whole of mine landscape, specifically in relation to offsite and onsite discharges of water and sediment. MINErosion 3.01 was found to be a suitable for upscaling to produce a new user-friendly catchment scale model named MINErosion 4. As an initial stage, MINErosion 3.01 was revised to fix some of its errors and add some new features and a new version MINErosion 3.1 was developed and validated against plot data from a previous project (Postmining Landscape Parameters for Erosion and Water Quality Control, 1992-1998). The agreement between predicted (Y1) and measured (X1) annual average soil loss is good with a regression equation of Y1 = 0.8 X1 + 0.005 and an R2 = 0.70; while predicted (Y2) and measured (X2) rainstorm erosion events have a regression of Y2 = 0.867 X2 with an R2 of 0.68. As the new model should be a spatial distribution model, the variability of media properties of Central Queensland coal mines need to be determined. Ninety three soil and spoil samples were collected from six selected coalmines. They were analyzed and represented in both MINErosion 4 model database and as a standalone database file for Central Queensland coalmines media properties. These properties were used to derive the rill and interrill erodibilities of soil and spoil. These values are generally in agreement with the values in the embedded MINErosion 3.1 database as determined by Sheridan (2001). This work shows large variability in soil and spoil erodibilities which should result in large variability in erosion rates across a minesite. A knowledge of the hotspots in advance will assist the mine to manage and allocate suitable resources across the postmining landscape.
Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Griffith School of Engineering
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Deer, Linda Nicole. "Limestone and speleothem trace element geochemistry as tools for palaeoclimatic reconstruction, Mount Etna region, central-coastal Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2011. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/49797/1/Linda_Deer_Thesis.pdf.

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This study investigated potential palaeoclimate proxies provided by rare earth element (REE) geochemistry in speleothems and in clay mineralogy of cave sediments. Speleothem and sediment samples were collected from a series of cave fill deposits that occurred with rich vertebrate fossil assemblages in and around Mount Etna National Park, Rockhampton (central coastal Queensland). The fossil deposits range from Plio- Pleistocene to Holocene in age (based on uranium/thorium dating) and appear to represent depositional environments ranging from enclosed rainforest to semi-arid grasslands. Therefore, the Mount Etna cave deposits offer the perfect opportunity to test new palaeoclimate tools as they include deposits that span a known significant climate shift on the basis of independent faunal data. The first section of this study investigates the REE distribution of the host limestone to provide baseline geochemistry for subsequent speleothem investigations. The Devonian Mount Etna Beds were found to be more complex than previous literature had documented. The studied limestone massif is overturned, highly recrystallised in parts and consists of numerous allochthonous blocks with different spatial orientations. Despite the complex geologic history of the Mount Etna Beds, Devonian seawater-like REE patterns were recovered in some parts of the limestone and baseline geochemistry was determined for the bulk limestone for comparison with speleothem REE patterns. The second part of the study focused on REE distribution in the karst system and the palaeoclimatic implications of such records. It was found that REEs have a high affinity for calcite surfaces and that REE distributions in speleothems vary between growth bands much more than along growth bands, thus providing a temporal record that may relate to environmental changes. The morphology of different speleothems (i.e., stalactites, stalagmites, and flowstones) has little bearing on REE distributions provided they are not contaminated with particulate fines. Thus, baseline knowledge developed in the study suggested that speleothems were basically comparable for assessing palaeoclimatically controlled variations in REE distributions. Speleothems from rainforest and semi-arid phases were compared and it was found that there are definable differences in REE distribution that can be attributed to climate. In particular during semiarid phases, total REE concentration decreased, LREE became more depleted, Y/Ho increased, La anomalies were more positive and Ce anomalies were more negative. This may reflect more soil development during rainforest phases and more organic particles and colloids, which are known to transport REEs, in karst waters. However, on a finer temporal scale (i.e. growth bands) within speleothems from the same climate regime, no difference was seen. It is suggested that this may be due to inadequate time for soil development changes on the time frames represented by differences in growth band density. The third part of the study was a reconnaissance investigation focused on mineralogy of clay cave sediments, illite/kaolinite ratios in particular, and the potential palaeoclimatic implications of such records. Although the sample distribution was not optimal, the preliminary results suggest that the illite/kaolinite ratio increased during cold and dry intervals, consistent with decreased chemical weathering during those times. The study provides a basic framework for future studies at differing latitudes to further constrain the parameters of the proxy. The identification of such a proxy recorded in cave sediment has broad implications as clay ratios could potentially provide a basic local climate proxy in the absence of fossil faunas and speleothem material. This study suggests that REEs distributed in speleothems may provide information about water throughput and soil formation, thus providing a potential palaeoclimate proxy. It highlights the importance of understanding the host limestone geochemistry and broadens the distribution and potential number of cave field sites as palaeoclimate information no longer relies solely on the presence of fossil faunas and or speleothems. However, additional research is required to better understand the temporal scales required for the proxies to be recognised.

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Thornton, Craig Matthew. "Effects of Land Development on Peak Runoff Rate and its Prediction for Brigalow Catchments in Central Queensland, Australia." Thesis, Griffith University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/365709.

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The estimation of runoff volume and peak runoff rate has been the focus of significant hydrological research worldwide. The results of these studies, usually in the form of empirical relationships or models, are intrinsically linked to the environment in which the study was conducted. This often limits the applicability and accuracy of the method of runoff estimation at alternative and ungauged locations. Within the brigalow belt of central Queensland, Australia, a scarcity of stream gauging stations to measure runoff volume and peak runoff rate has impeded research on the surface water hydrology of the region. Intermittent failure of these stations and consequently, multiple periods of missing data, have added further complexity and challenge to the understanding of catchment hydrology in the region. Commencing in 1965 and continuing today, the Brigalow Catchment Study in central Queensland has measured both runoff volume and peak runoff rate from three small catchments which initially contained native brigalow scrub. The natural hydrology of the three catchments was characterised during a 17-year calibration period from 1965 to 1981. In 1982, two of the three catchments were cleared, with one developed for cropping and one developed for improved pasture, while the third was retained as an uncleared control catchment. Study of the effect of land development on surface hydrology commenced in 1984. Twenty-one years of record was used to quantify the changes in peak runoff rate associated with land development. Results however, were confounded by missing data. To allow for robust analysis, estimates of missing data were generated via three different methods: (1) multiple variable regression analyses; (2) Soil Conservation Service curve number and graphical peak discharge methodologies; and (3) a simple variable infiltration rate model. The suitability of each technique for the estimation of peak runoff rate was assessed using both graphical and numerical evaluation.
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Master of Philosophy (MPhil)
Griffith School of Engineering
Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology
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Moya, Claudio Enrique. "Hydrostratigraphic and hydrochemical characterisation of aquifers, aquitards and coal seams in the Galilee and Eromanga basins, Central Queensland, Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2015. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/84153/14/84153%20Claudio%20Moya%20Thesis.pdf.

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Inter-aquifer mixing studies are usually made carrying out hydrochemical and isotopic techniques only. In this thesis these techniques have been integrated with three-dimensional geological modelling proving to be a better approach for inter—aquifer mixing assessment in regional areas, and also highlighting the influence of faulting in the understanding of groundwater and gas migration, which could not be possible using the two fist techniques alone. The results are of particular interest for coal seam gas basins and can even be used as exploration tools as areas of higher permeability and gas migration were identified.

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Van, Issum Hendrick Jan. "Woppaburra: Past and present." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2016. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/3f961888d709bd53b685b52aa74a8d248406892dd0c042b557ed102afe57f469/6020405/Van_Issum_2016_Woppaburra_past_and_present.pdf.

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Foucault (1996) argued that modern Western history was an invention of nineteenth century Europe and based on linearity, teleology and historicity. Hence the written history and culture of Aboriginal people in Australian has largely been seen through a similar principle as detailed in Chakrabarty’s (2007) ‘provincialising Europe,’ which is through master narratives. My dissertation addresses the question of who the Woppaburra of the Central Queensland region were culturally and historically. The pre-existing Western narrative tells a story of a submissive people studied, described and analysed with a strong colonial discursive approach. In contrast, I have used the ‘counter-narrative’ that Freeman (2004) considered to be the “culturally rooted aspects of one’s history” that are yet to be uncovered (p.298). The lens through which I viewed the counter narrative was through Indigenous research methodology considered part of Indigenous Standpoint Theory (IST). The history and culture of the Woppaburra have been exhumed through the data collected as described in Yins (2009) case study method. I have used Yin’s (2009) multiple data sources as evidence for this study. These data are Western documentation and archival records alongside the voices of Elders in interviews, direct observation at ‘on-country’ meetings and festivals, and physical artefacts which show a cultural representation of totems. A significant artefact is a length of plaited Woppaburra hair which is a biological remnant of the people under study. The Woppaburra believe it holds the memories of ancestors, story lines and healing properties. These data sources have shown that the Western text does not indicate personal stories of traditional practices, attachment to country and the centrality of totems to the Woppaburra. These data have been collectively analysed and findings presented through photographs, artwork and text. The findings from a plethora of documents demonstrate that in government archival records, public newspapers and anthropological photographs, the Woppaburra were used as items of interest, targets of punitive shooting parties, objects of slave labour and a people to be relocated at the whim of protectors. Interviews with Elders and limited anthropological papers give an alternate perspective of a people strongly connected to their natural homelands. The conclusions indicated that although the Woppaburra have been treated harshly, dispossessed of their homeland and denigrated culturally, they retained strong connections with their traditional homeland. In one sense they continue caring for their homeland through partnerships with local, state and national agencies set up by the surrounding culture but in a deeper sense, today they maintain their dreamings and cycle of life through stories and cultural traditions. The connection to country across time for the Woppaburra is that, traditionally and today, they see their world through totems, ancestors and intergenerational narratives.

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Svendsen, Mark. "Tears of Glass A fin de siecle soap opera in three acts or a musical idea in process." Queensland University of Technology, 2003. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/15818/.

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This work takes as its central "conceit" a specific cultural site, namely a small town choir-- The Emu Park and District Amateur Choral Society Inc., which operates in Central Queensland, circa 1965. A discontinuous narrative of interconnected short stories of one chapter each, highlight significant and often highly traumatic aspects of the interconnected lives of selected choir members. The narrative lampoons the English choral tradition against the setting of a society which does not deal with the political and social negativities of Queensland in the sixties. It is a culture in denial. The comedy deals with the often banal, though always good natured, behaviours of the choir members in dealing with often black-edged lives. An Overture introduces all characters, while Acts I, II & III deal with individual's stories. The Finale deals with the outcome of rehearsals in a culminating performance of the Emu Park and District Amateur Choral Society Incorporated. The short stories, one to a chapter, concern individual choir member's life stories and form discreet, fully finished pieces of work in their own right. Background action throughout the stories involves a series of rehearsals which structurally tie all the narratives to the final chapter. Lyrics of popular songs of the 1900's through to early 1960's are mentioned within the text. For copyright reasons the texts are not reproduced in full. However, these lyrics do comment tangentially on some aspect of the character's story.

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Roe, Brett, and b. roe@cqu edu au. "Ecologically Engineered Primary Production in Central Queensland, Australia - Integrated Fish and Crayfish Culture, Constructed Wetlands, Floral Hydroponics, and Industrial Wastewater." Central Queensland University. Sciences, 2005. http://library-resources.cqu.edu.au./thesis/adt-QCQU/public/adt-QCQU20080717.092551.

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The issue of sustainability has greatest significance in the midst of unilateral bio-socioeconomic degradation resulting from intense and increasing societal pressures placed on the unified global ecology. In such an environment, sustainable development seeks to manage natural resources within a free market economy, aiming to meet the needs of today's population, and to protect and enhance current resource quality and abundance. In this light, techniques of integrated sustainable primary production and wastewater management are the subject matters of this applied research. There are many researchable issues which could be addressed within the subject matter. The first focus in the research scope was driven by the most severe sustainability issue facing Central Queensland (Australia) in 2000: the depletion and degradation of freshwater supplies. Central Queensland (CQ) is an arid sub-tropical region that has suffered from a marked reduction in rainfall and increase in temperature over the last 100 years, {Miles, 2004 #172}, and by the year 2000, conditions had been exacerbated by eight years of severe drought and warmer than average temperatures and resulted in widespread animal and crop failures due to freshwater shortages. Such a problem required a multi-faceted ecological, social, and economic approach. Hence, research centred on investigating the science of integrating regional water-related industries and agribusiness, and biodiverse ecosystems to achieve water and wastewater reuse applications, and associated eco-socioeconomic benefits. Specifically, this research investigates the integration of (a) electrical power station wastewater (b) barramundi culture, (c) red claw culture, (d) constructed wetlands (for water quality management and habitat creation), and (e) hydroponic flower culture. This research produced outcomes of integrated water and wastewater reuse and recycling, marketable agriproducts production (fish, crayfish, and flowers), water and wastewater reuse and conservation, wetland primary production, carbon dioxide sequestration, aquatic pollution control, and biodiversity creation and support. Successful design and management, experimental trialing and evaluation of system components and subjects, and the development of a knowledge base including static and dynamic system models, represent advances in respective research areas, and underpin the emerging discipline of integrated systems approaches to eco-socioeconomic development. Additionally, several gaps in the current body of knowledge regarding integrated systems were filled, and interactive management tools were developed. Apart from this study, the integration of technologies (as described above) has not, to this author's knowledge, been accomplished.

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McLaren, Sandra. "The role of internal heat production during metamorphism of the Eastern Arunta Complex, central Australia, and the Mount Isa Inlier, Queensland /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1996. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09SB/09sbm161.pdf.

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Thesis (B. Sc.(Hons.))--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, 1997?
National Grid reference SF53-14 (Alice Springs), SF54-1 (Mount Isa) (1:250 000). Includes bibliographical references (leaves [32-36]).

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(12804793), Richard James Lord. "Cutaneous lava migrans in Central Queensland." Thesis, 1997. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Cutaneous_lava_migrans_in_Central_Queensland/20010650.

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Previous studies of an intermittent migratory oedema occurring in people living in the Central Queensland coastal areas of Woodbury, supported by skin testing and subsequent serology tests established that this problem was

possibly a gnathostomiasis. The problem was previously reported as occurring in an area north of the coastal town of Yeppoon in Central Queensland. It was described as a rapidly moving intermittent oedema lasting for periods between one week and six months.

A study of 96 people living in the Central Queensland area was carried out from 1992 to 1995, showing that the 'Woodbury Bug' is a migrating oedema occurring at irregular intervals over all areas of the body. The phenomenon

was not confined to people living in areas north of Yeppoon, but occurred in all areas of Central Queensland, mostly in the summer months with urticaria lasting from days to several weeks. Reoccurrence of the urticaria occurred

again in the summer months of January to April, every year or every second year, often lasting several years.

The physical findings in the study were remarkably consistent with those found in cases of gnathostomiasis. In contrast to previous serology testing, however, all gnathostome serology tests were negative. The lack of a history of eating raw meats or fish also contradicted the previous suggestion that this was gnathostomiasis. Serology testing for Strongyloides species was also

negative, and the physical findings eliminated Ancylostoma species as a possibility.

During the study it was established that many patients had contact with nest material of the brush turkey, Alectura lathami, a leafy material used as garden mulch. A Heterakid, found as a parasite in the brush turkey is suggested as a

cause of the 'Woodbury Bug'. This parasite could be treated using an anthelminthic, albendazole, or the condition known as the 'Woodbury Bug' could be controlled by avoiding any accidental ingestion of parasites when working with brush turkey nest material.

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Walker, Jacina. "Applied Epidemiology in Central Queensland, Australia." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/237383.

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The Central Queensland Public Health Unit (CQPHU) is one of 10 strategically located Public Health Units (PHU) across Queensland and provides services to both the Central Queensland and Central West Hospital and Health Service (CWHHS). CQPHU is responsible for the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable diseases in the Central and Central West Queensland region and has been the location of my MAE field placement since February 2019. It has also been my place of employment as a senior Public Health Nurse (PHN) for the past 5 years. The role of a public health unit is distinguished from other roles within a health system by its focus on the health and well-being of populations, rather than individuals. Given my MAE has been part of my role as a PHN, my projects had specific goals to align with the objectives of CQPHU: undertake health surveillance and disease control initiatives including response to disease outbreaks; support public health programs for priority health issues of national, state-wide and local significance; surveillance and analysis of routinely collected data on the distribution, determinants and control of disease in the local community to inform planning and delivery of health care and community programs; and translational research utilising routinely collected data to inform public health actions and policies both locally and regionally. This thesis presents the projects undertaken during this field placement and consists of: the first reported locally acquired dengue virus outbreak in Central Queensland in over 30 years; a combined data analysis and epidemiological investigation of 3 mumps outbreaks within the Central Queensland area; and the establishment of a new syndromic surveillance system for COVID-19 close contacts in quarantine for the Central Queensland public health unit. The combined use of all mandatory MAE core competencies have been further demonstrated in a chapter dedicated to 'field epidemiology in practice', reporting the first COVID-19 outbreak in a residential aged care facility in Queensland. This thesis also describes a teaching experience to first year MAEs; a lesson from the field delivered to MAE colleagues; and other experiences such as the first Queensland reported COVID-19 outbreak in an aged care facility, detailing the public health response and my role in this outbreak. These projects and experiences demonstrate the core requirements of the Master of Philosophy (Applied Epidemiology) program by Australian National University.

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(12804776), Stephen Barry Johnson. "Nitrogen fixation by potential ley pasture legumes for Central Queensland." Thesis, 1997. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Nitrogen_fixation_by_potential_ley_pasture_legumes_for_Central_Queensland/20010641.

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Yield decline following continuous cropping cycles in Central Queensland has been attributed to the declining soil nitrogen status. In this study an assessment of the level of nitrogen fixation was made to assist in the selection of potential ley pasture legumes for use in rotational systems to achieve sustainable cropping yields.

Twenty one winter and summer growing legumes were evaluated for nitrogen fixation in glasshouse trials in two seasons. Nitrogen fixation was determined using the hydrogen evolution technique (an instantaneous measure of fixation rate) in an artificial media trial and the 15N natural abundance technique (an integral measure of fixation) in a soil based trial.

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(9817391), Mitchell Mcclanachan. "Investigation of extreme wagon dynamics in Central Queensland coal trains." Thesis, 1999. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Investigation_of_extreme_wagon_dynamics_in_Central_Queensland_coal_trains/13457270.

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(9776186), Lenore Adie. "Operationalizing Queensland's Smart State policy through teachers' work: An analysis of discourses in a Central Queensland school." Thesis, 2006. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Operationalizing_Queensland_s_Smart_State_policy_through_teachers_work_An_analysis_of_discourses_in_a_Central_Queensland_school/13416698.

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The notion of Queensland as a Smart State is the Queensland Beattie Governments response to global conditions that require a new type of worker and citizen for a new knowledge economy. The role of education in the success of the Smart State is clearly outlined in the Queensland Governments vision statements and policies, identifying teachers as a key factor in the production of this new type of worker and citizen. In this study I explore the relationship between Queenslands Smart State policy and the daily practices of teachers as they are implicated in the building of a Smart State. The study takes place during what is unquestionably the largest and most comprehensive reform effort to be imposed on Queensland schools and teachers, under the auspices of a Smart State. The research includes policy analysis of two key Smart State documents, and fieldwork involving semi-structured interviews, observations and artefact collection of the work of two primary school teachers. Using Faircloughs theories regarding the relationship between discourse and social change, it is possible to show how changes occurring in contemporary organisations are related to changes in discourse, in particular, those surrounding the discourses of a knowledge economy or globalisation. The Smart State is conceptualised in this study as regimes of discourses that may produce new practices and new ways of acting and being (Fairclough, 2001a). The interdiscursive, linguistic and semiotic strategies used in Smart State policy are analysed to show how this discourse is emerging into a hegemonic position, while identifying the dominant discourses reiterated in the policy as necessary skills for a new type of worker. These discourses are mapped onto those identified through the fieldwork of teachers daily work practices to determine if Smart State discourses are becoming apparent in teachers work. This study is significant because it makes visible the current relationship between the discourses of the Smart State and teachers daily work. In this current climate of rapid change and economic survival it is important that the operationalization of a Smart State can be attributed to teachers work as new ways of acting and interacting become a part of their daily practices.

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(9725532), Acquire Admin. "Phytoplankton ecology in the Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, Central Queensland, Australia." Thesis, 1999. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Phytoplankton_ecology_in_the_Fitzroy_River_at_Rockhampton_Central_Queensland_Australia/21397656.

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The seasonal periodicity of hydrology, physical and chemical water quality parameters and phytoplanktonic assemblages was studied at two sites in a large tropical Australian riverine impoundment. This study, the first in the lower Fitzroy River at Rockhampton, occurred between August 1990 and November 1993. It covered extremes in riverine flow conditions including major flooding and drought.

The annual flow regime was characterized by major flows in the "wet" season (summer and autumn) and greatly reduced or no flow in the "dry" season of winter, spring and sometimes early summer. Consequently, the thermal regime at both of the study sites was divided into two phases. The first was a phase of water column heating in the late winter to early summer. Features of this heating phase were long term stratification with progressive epilimnetic deepening, high pH, regular occurrence of epilimnetic oxygen supersaturation and decreased or undetectable levels of oxidized nitrogen in the surface layer. Hypolimnetic anoxia was recorded late in this phase. The second, between substantial wet season inflows and late winter was characterized by nutrient rich inflows and water column cooling and mixing.

Distinct interannual differences occurred in the volume, source and timing of inflows and subsequent water chemistry. In 1991, conductivity, water clarity, filterable reactive phosphorus (FRP) and pH increased markedly following major flooding from northern tributaries, while oxidized nitrogen decreased. This was in marked contrast to the drier years of 1992 and 1993 where turbidity and oxidized nitrogen were higher during the initial post-flood period and conductivity and FRP were lower. Extremes of mostly abiogenic turbidity (range 1.6 to 159 NTU) were a feature of the light climate. Ratios of euphotic depth/mixing depth below 0.3 occurred in early 1992 and 1993.

Steep gradients in the physical and chemical environment were paralleled by variations in the phytoplankton. Algal biomass (as chlorophyll a) at Site 1, midstream opposite the water intake for the city of Rockhampton, ranged from 1.5 to 56.6 ug L-1. The vertical water column distribution of chlorophyll was variable with assemblages normally dominated by phytoflagellates and various species of cyanoprokaryotes. There was also higher relative abundance of chlorophyll a (reflecting increasing dominance of cyanoprokaryotes) in the latter half of the year and at the lower end of light availability. The specific vertical water column positioning with respect to light and temperature is shown for assemblages dominated by the genera Anabaena, Aphanizomenon and Cylindrospermopsis.

The most striking aspect of the phytoplankton was the long term dominance of cyanoprokaryotes and the species richness (particularly that of cyanoprokaryotes) when compared with the dearth of information to date on other tropical rivers. Seasonal successions were varied. Regularly occurring assemblages were cyanoprokaryotes (Oscillatoriales), euglenophytes or non-flagellated chlorophytes during flows followed by flagellated chlorophytes and then cyanoprokaryotes (Nostocales) during the dry season. Genera present indicated highly eutrophic conditions. Hierarchical agglomerative clustering of phytoplankton data and comparison with a principal components analysis of corresponding environmental data were used to demonstrate the linkage between steep environmental gradients and variation in the phytoplankton assemblage. The specific environmental conditions associated with the success of various species were also analysed and presented. Using the above information, a two-part model was proposed which predicts the most likely genera of phytoplankton with respect to multidimensional environmental gradients. This model covers a wide gamut of conditions varying from highly variable lotic to lentic environments.

As Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii was considered a most important species in relation to the quality of the water supply for Rockhampton, the physical, chemical and biotic conditions prior to and during a bloom of this species are described. A number of possible grazers of C. raciborskii were identified with a view to future biomanipulation. One of these, the large ciliate, Paramecium cf. caudatum was found to be an effective grazer of toxic straight C. raciborskii in the laboratory.

This study is unique in that it analyses the impact of episodic events (eg. major flooding) on the subsequent phytoplankton in the lower Fitzroy River. The model relating phytoplankton to multidimensional environmental gradients provides great information for use in management, particularly in relation to the prediction of toxic algal blooms.

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(9237167), A. Garrett. "The pollination biology of Papaw (Carica papaya L.) in Central Queensland." Thesis, 1995. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_pollination_biology_of_Papaw_Carica_papaya_L_in_Central_Queensland/13416722.

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Project aims to evaluate the pollination biology of C. papaya in regards to anemophily, entomophily and agamospermy. The variation in seasonal fruit set typical of subtropical climates is also investigated. The research aims to improve crop management strategies.. Papaws are one of the most significant fruits in central Queensland, yet there are specific problems associated with consistent fruit production in this subtropical region. This is the first time that a comprehensive analysis into the pollination mechanism of papaw has been conducted, in a country other than that of its origin. Additionally, research into factors influencing fruit set and seed set under subtropical climates has been performed. Earlier studies on the pollination biology of C. papaya have suggested that pollen transfer is wind and/or insect mediated. Whilst papaws grown in Australia are believed to be wind-pollinated, a diverse number of insect species have been proposed to fulfil pollinator function in other areas of cultivation, which reflects that the pollination mechanism in papaw is unknown. Contrary to all previously published research in the area, pollination of C. papaya is carried out by hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Seven pollinator species and a further four suspected pollinator species have been identified for the central Queensland region. All species belong to the same subfamily, the Macroglossinae. Contrary to anecdotes from growers, neither native or European bees, nor wind was of significance in the pollination of dioecious papaw cultivars and incidences of apomictic and parthenocarpic fruit set occurred though were rare. Sphingid pollinators showed marked patterns of seasonal occurrence. Weekly observations and light trap results conducted over two years in the vicinity of Rockhampton, indicated that adult sphingids were absent from the central Queensland region during winter from the middle of June until the middle of August. Their absence correlated with relatively low average weekly minimum temperatures of 10.4 °C and below. Overwintering of sphingids in the pupa stage in order to overcome adverse climatic effects7 was observed for two species. Seasonally occurring fruit set and periods of low seed set of C. papaya, under the subtropical central Queensland climate were due to three key factors - the availability and viability of pollen and the absence of sphingid pollinators. The overall stagnation of tree growth including a decrease in open flower numbers during winter also played a role. Individual papaw lines (particularly Hybrid 29) showed better adaptations to heat and cold stress in respect to pollen quantity and viability. Seed set, irrespective of viability status, increaSea fruit size by an average of 0.89 g/seed. The pollination mechanism by which nectarless pistillate flowers attract pollinator visitation has been identified and involves a multitude of stimuli, including those of olfaction, gustation, tactility and vision. Petals of both flower types show the same visual properties, of absorbing wavelengths of the UV-spectrum (<405 nm), selectively reflecting only those of longer wavelengths. Additionally, pattern fanning trichomes attached to scent glands are present on both pistillate and staminate C. papaya flowers. Mechanosensory receptors on the sphingids probosces exactly match trichome patterns and the presence of contact chemoreceptors suggests their involvement for foodsource recognition.. The results of this study provide an information base which can now be integrated into new horticultural practices with regard to pollination requirements of papaw grown under subtropical climates. In particular seasonal trends of pollinator abundance, pollen quantity and pollen viability could translate directly into strategies for improving fruit yield. Plantings of larval host plants in vicinity to papaw orchards could provide the frrst step towards the management of hawkmoth pollinators. The existence of apomictic seed formation in papaw establishes a basis for further studies concerning sex determination prior to anthesis (as it is only possible at this point of time), making use of the effects of heterosis yet circumventing the constant breeding programmes providing the Fl-crosses.. Further investigations into varietal differences of pollen quality and quantity during the subtropical growing season as well as the influence of seedlike structures on fruit set and flesh thickness may also prove useful in the selection of more suitable papaw cultivars grown under subtropical climates. Apart from objectives focusing on the fruit production of papaw, results obtained on the mechanisms of pollinator constancy, in particular the sensory recognition of floral parts by hawkmoth pollinators, offer a far more universal approach into plant-pollinator relationships, which presently are known to function by 'deceit'.

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(9815696), Sandrine Makiela. "Studies on dieback of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in Central Queensland." Thesis, 2008. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Studies_on_dieback_of_buffel_grass_Cenchrus_ciliaris_in_Central_Queensland/13426124.

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Buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) is an introduced, summer growing, perennial tufted tussock grass which is used extensively in improved pastures in the grazing industry. Since 1993 there has been an increasing level of dieback in buffel grass in districts of Central Queensland districts, involving red leaf symptoms and occurring in roughly circular patches. There is a potential for this condition to destroy large areas, ultimately resulting in loss of production for beef, dairy and sheep farmers who use this grass in improved pastures. This is the first multifaceted study of buffel grass dieback (BGD). Areas showing signs of dieback have previously been the subject of extensive testing for soil fertility factors, soil chemistry, nematodes and phytoplasmas, with few conclusive results. Therefore, one of the aims of this project was to find the cause of buffel grass dieback. Specific objectives included describing the plant and field symptoms, determining factors responsible for plant death, and determining the method of spread. A complete description of the symptoms was made at plant, patch and paddock levels. Symptoms of Buffel Grass Dieback (BGD) presented as a reddening of the leaves starting from the tip and progressively moving towards the ligule. The red symptoms range from bright red, to dark red, to bronze (RHSPCC red group 45: A, B; 46: A, B; greyed-orange group 166: A; 177; A) (The Royal Horticultural Society, 2001). Symptoms first appeared on the tips of the older leaves and progressively moved down the leaf. The next oldest leaf then showed symptoms, and so on, with the youngest leaf showing symptoms last. Any tillers followed the same pattern, regardless of whether symptoms on the primary shoot had progressed past the point at which the tiller was produced. The amount of time from new growth to the appearance of the red symptoms seemed to be directly proportional to the amount of rainfall. That is, the more rain, the longer it took for symptoms to develop. The amount of subsequent rainfall seemed to influence the time it took for plants to succumb to the condition. That is, when there was adequate water and lush growth plants grew faster than the spread of the condition. When plants became water stressed, the condition overtook growth and the plants succumbed. Symptomatic leaves did not always have a clear red-green boundary. Occasionally, BGD symptoms progressed faster down one half of the leaf. Red symptoms were invariably more vivid on the adaxial surface of the leaves than on the abaxial surface. Roots of affected plants appeared stunted compared to roots of unaffected plants. Roots of affected plants often displayed soft, darker, ovoid sunken regions, which were possibly lesions. The BGD condition appeared to become dormant as buffel grass became dormant. That is, if the dieback condition killed the plant before the onset of dormancy, no new shoots were produced subsequent to a rainfall event. However, if dormancy occurred before the plant succumbed to the condition, new shoots were produced after rain, and the cycle repeated with symptoms first appearing in the oldest leaf. Patches were roughly circular and ranged from 2 m diameter to over 60 m diameter. Adjacent patches often coalesced and further enlarged. Symptoms first appeared on the periphery of an existing patch, where during the last cycle the plants had become dormant before succumbing to the condition. Symptoms progressively moved outwards from the periphery of the patch, at a rate of approximately 5 cm per week. Patch spread was irregular and did not correspond with soil compaction or land slope, though the condition may spread more rapidly downhill due to runoff. BGD affected plants weighed approximately two thirds that of unaffected plants. They were noticeably shorter and had shorter leaves and internodes, with the difference in height attributed to internodes rather than leaf length. BGD affected plants also had fewer tillers than unaffected plants of the same age. Although the numbers of leaves per tiller were the same as un-affected plants, the overall result was a decreased amount of foliage available for grazing, thereby decreasing productivity of livestock. In fact, the loss of productivity was twofold, since cattle had been observed to selectively graze unaffected plants. BGD affected plants had fewer seed heads, shorter seed fascicles, and a higher proportion of non-viable embryos compared to unaffected plants. Therefore, not only did BGD affected plants succumb and die, but there were fewer seedlings to replace them. This could have detrimental consequences for the sustainability of an improved pasture. At the cellular level, there was no discernable difference in cell size between BGD affected plants and unaffected plants in either roots or leaves. However, the roots of BGD affected plants were more damaged at the cellular level, with the cortex mostly sloughed off and the mesophyll cells disrupted. The bulliform and mesophyll cells of BGD affected leaves were more irregular in shape. The bundle sheath cells of BGD affected leaves appeared disrupted, with chloroplasts not in their usual alignment. There also seemed to be a breakdown of chloroplasts. The leaf pigment data concurred with the premise of a breakdown of chloroplasts. Red symptomatic leaves had lower concentrations of chlorophylls a and b compared to green leaves on the same plant. Red symptomatic leaves also had higher concentrations of anthocyanins and carotenoids. It appears that, in red symptomatic leaves, chlorophylls were being destroyed and anthocyanins were being excessively produced. There was no discernible difference in the phloem vessels of BGD affected and unaffected plants, both in the roots and the leaves. However, the xylem of both roots and leaves was partially occluded by structures tentatively identified as tyloses. These structures could also have been local accumulations of phenols or polyphenols, or in some cases the remnants of partially decomposed cells. These occlusions seemed more severe in the roots than in the leaves. Possible inclusion bodies were also found in the mesophyll cells of BGD affected leaves. Inclusion bodies are usually a sign of pathogen infection. However, there were no pathogens detected in the histology work. Chemical analyses were made of BGD affected plants, as well as of the soil in which they were growing, concluding that both plants and soil in the BGD affected paddock surveyed were deficient in nitrogen, phosphorus, sulfur and zinc. A survey was made of other plant species present in the vicinity of the dieback condition, with particular attention given to those species which have reported allelopathic effects. In addition, a study was made on other plant species which also appear to be affected by the dieback condition. Microbial isolations were regularly made from both plant and soil material. The isolates obtained were tested for proof of pathogenicity using Kochs Postulates, but none proved to be the causal agent of BGD. The mode of transmission of the condition was studied, and BGD was found to be soilborne. Whether root contact is necessary for successful transmission was not established. Possible methods of controlling the condition were investigated. While none of the treatments successfully controlled the condition, one of the treatments investigated, Amistar (a systemic fungicide), greatly reduced symptom severity. Although the cause of BGD was not found, several important discoveries were made concerning its effect and spread, and many possible causes of the condition were eliminated. It is likely that BGD is caused by a disease complex, with potential pathogens including soilborne fungi and/or viruses. Several abiotic factors such as water and nutritional stress may be contributing causal agents, weakening the plants and making them more susceptible to a pathogen. . More work is needed to conclusively identify the primary causal agent of this potentially costly condition.

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Asmussen, Brit. "Dangerous harvest revisited : taphonomy, methodology and intensification in the Central Queensland Highlands, Australia." Phd thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/149777.

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(13967333), Linhua Wu. "Techniques of risk management in the Central Queensland mining manufacturing supply chains." Thesis, 2009. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Techniques_of_risk_management_in_the_Central_Queensland_mining_manufacturing_supply_chains/21345000.

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The focus of this thesis is to examine the use of techniques of risk management employed by companies in Central Queensland's mining manufacturing supply chain. This is a rapidly growing industry sector supporting one of Queensland's major export industries. The specific objective of this research is to examine how companies in the supply chain employ techniques to identify, assess, and manage supply risks.

The research methodology entailed the use of in-depth interviews of companies in Rockhampton, Mackay and Yeppoon in Central Queensland. This method has been selected because of limited empirical data relating to supply chain issues in this field. Quantitative questions have been incorporated into an interview questionnaire to gain more information in the limited time available. A total of 21 interviews were conducted, and methods of qualitative description and descriptive statistics have been used to analyse the subsequent data.

The results show that Supply Unavailable, Supply Price Increase, and Unpredictable Lead Times are three main sources of supply risks perceived by respondents. For risk identification and assessment, specific techniques have been adopted widely, especially Communication with Suppliers. For risk mitigation, Alternative Suppliers when Supply Interrupted is perceived as the most important technique to reduce the impact of risk occurrence, while Close Working Relationship with Suppliers and Localised Sourcing are broadly used as the techniques to reduce the likelihood of risk occurrence. However, traditional buffer-oriented techniques, such as Multiple Sourcing, and Increased Stockpiling and Buffer Inventory, are not as popular in this industry as would be expected from published literature.

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(9829565), Julie Reis. "From "paddock to plate": Quality and beef commodity chains in Central Queensland." Thesis, 2008. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/From_paddock_to_plate_Quality_and_beef_commodity_chains_in_Central_Queensland/13425188.

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"This thesis is concerned with the ways in which quality is used to condition processes of beef production, distribution and consumption. Utilising a framework that integrates Dixon's (1999) cultural economy model, with a phenomenological methodology and an actor network theory inspired line of inquiry, it explores conceptualisations of quality along beef commodity chains in Central Queensland, Australia..." -- abstract.

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(9807884), Winifred Johansen. "Women in central Queensland: A study of three coastal centres, 1940-1965." Thesis, 2002. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Women_in_central_Queensland_A_study_of_three_coastal_centres_1940-1965/13417091.

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While in agreement with the perceived wisdom that events during World War Two were responsible for many social changes for women in Australia, the thesis disagrees with the implication in existent Queensland womens historiography that these changes affected women equally in all parts of the State. Research undertaken in Central Queensland provides evidence that, although some similarities existed, the conservative forces in this region restricted the liberating effect of such changes. It also addresses the subject of Queensland difference, and argues that the rural patriarchal economy sustained the notion of rigid gender and class differences in Central Queensland. It maintains that this affected women in regional Queensland to a far greater extent than those in the Brisbane metropolitan area because of the lack of secondary wartime industry and the masculine nature of rural industry. Additionally , in opposition to the widely held belief there was universal post-war financial security the thesis argues that poverty did exist. In particular it addresses the subjects of rising inflation and what has been termed the Social Security Poverty Group, basing conclusions on statistical evidence, oral evidence, and secondary and documentary sources.

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(9847013), Linhua Wu. "Techniques of risk management in the Central Queensland mining manufacturing supply chains." Thesis, 2010. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Techniques_of_risk_management_in_the_Central_Queensland_mining_manufacturing_supply_chains/13455962.

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The focus of this thesis is to examine the use of techniques of risk management employed by companies in Central Queensland’s mining manufacturing supply chain. This is a rapidly growing industry sector supporting one of Queensland’s major export industries. The specific objective of this research is to examine how companies in the supply chain employ techniques to identify, assess, and manage supply risks. The research methodology entailed the use of in-depth interviews of companies in Rockhampton, Mackay and Yeppoon in Central Queensland. This method has been selected because of limited empirical data relating to supply chain issues in this field. Quantitative questions have been incorporated into an interview questionnaire to gain more information in the limited time available. A total of 21 interviews were conducted, and methods of qualitative description and descriptive statistics have been used to analyse the subsequent data. The results show that Supply Unavailable, Supply Price Increase, and Unpredictable Lead Times are three main sources of supply risks perceived by respondents. For risk identification and assessment, specific techniques have been adopted widely, especially Communication with Suppliers. For risk mitigation, Alternative Suppliers when Supply Interrupted is perceived as the most important technique to reduce the impact of risk occurrence, while Close Working Relationship with Suppliers and Localised Sourcing are broadly used as the techniques to reduce the likelihood of risk occurrence. However, traditional buffer-oriented techniques, such as Multiple Sourcing, and Increased Stockpiling and Buffer Inventory, are not as popular in this industry as would be expected from published literature. -- Abstract

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Schneider, Kathryn Erica. "Response of ant communities to vegetation clearing and habitat fragmentation in Central Queensland." 2004. http://arrow.unisa.edu.au:8081/1959.8/24953.

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Habitat fragmentation involves the break-up of continuous native vegetation into remnant patches that are set in a matrix of altered habitat. The consequences of habitat fragmentation include the loss of original habitat which is followed by reductions in remnant size that increase edge effects and reduce habitat quality, and also increase the isolation of remnants from one another. Habitat fragmentation is an international environmental concern that also effects Australia. Over the last ten years Queensland has been responsible for some ninety percent of the clearing occurring in Australia, and as a result recorded some of the highest vegetation clearing rates in the world.
thesis (PhDEnvironmentalManagement)--University of South Australia, 2004.

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(9829109), Donna Rayner. "Spiders in central Queensland mango orchards: Diversity, diel activity and impact of pesticides." Thesis, 2000. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Spiders_in_central_Queensland_mango_orchards_Diversity_diel_activity_and_impact_of_pesticides/13424552.

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Spiders are naturally occurring predators of insects in agroecosystems. The use of broad spectrum pesticides in agriculture is likely to disrupted spider communities and have a negative impact on their role as biocontrollers. The overall abundance, the species richness, diversity and guild structure of spiders in tropical mango orchards in central Queensland were investigated in this study. Experiments were performed to assess the potential of spiders as natural predators to pest insects in mango orchards. The effects of pesticides on the spider communities were assessed to establish the extent to which the communities were disrupted and the extent of recovery from this type of disturbance. The short term (acute) and long term (chronic) effects were investigated. The spiders in unsprayed mango orchards were relatively high in abundance, species richness and species diversity. Spiders were present in significant numbers at all sampling times,both day and at night, and during all seasons. The results suggest that spiders do not capture large numbers of prey. However spider exhibit a diversity of capturing techniques so that they capture a variety of insects. The most common guild was the orb-weavers. The spider abundance and diversity four days after spraying with methidathion suggested that recovery of spider after disruption such as the use of pesticides' occurs quickly. Presumably this recovery occurs due to spiders moving into the orchard from surrounding bush land. The long term use of pesticide does appear to disrupt the community and as evidenced by decreases in the abundance, species richness and diversity of spiders. While it is unlikely that pesticide usage will be eliminated in most commercial mango orchards, this study demonstrates that spiders are potentially important biocontrollers and that they are adversely affected by pesticide use. In the longer term, it will be desirable to develop IPM strategies to minimise pesticide use and maximise the role of spiders as biocontrollers. Such strategies will depend on studies such as this one and extensions of it.

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(9822656), Margaret Newton. "Experiences of adoptive parents in Central Queensland: Infertility, grief and the adoption journey." Thesis, 2010. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Experiences_of_adoptive_parents_in_Central_Queensland_Infertility_grief_and_the_adoption_journey/13458938.

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"This dissertation explores the relationship between infertility, grief and the adoption experiences of parents in Central Queensland ... what form grief takes during the adoptive parenting journey, if and how grief visited during parenting the adopted child, and what assisted or obstructed their management of that grief"--Abstract.

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(13114611), Wesley James Foi Nichols. "Surface and borehole geophysical analysis of structures within the Callide Basin, eastern Central Queensland." Thesis, 2001. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Surface_and_borehole_geophysical_analysis_of_structures_within_the_Callide_Basin_eastern_Central_Queensland/20334999.

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Traditional geophysical techniques, such as electrical, magnetic, seismic and gamma spectroscopic methods, have been deployed across the Callide Basin, Eastern Central Queensland, intent on delineating basin -wide structures. Further, innovative surface and borehole geophysical techniques have been applied for coal mine -scale exploration and production with the intention of reducing global geological ambiguity and optimising exploration resources at Callide Coalfields.

A very low frequency electromagnetic surface impedance mapping method, the SIROLOG downhole technique, acoustic scanning, electromagnetic tomography and

full wave -form sonic borehole logging have been trialed for geological hazard and mine design applications at Callide Coalfields as the precursor to their wider

application and acceptance in the Australian coal industry.

In this thesis, the theoretical basis for these techniques is provided. However, more importantly, the case studies presented demonstrate the role that these geophysical

techniques have played in identifying geological structures critical to mining.

Reverse faults that daylight in highwalls and intrusions constitute geological hazards that affect safety, costs and scheduling in mining operations. Identification of the limit

of oxidation of coal seams (coal subcrop) is critical in mine design. During the course of this thesis, the application of geophysical techniques resulted in:

a) a major structure (the "Trap Gully Monocline") being redefined from its original

interpretation as a normal fault to a monocline that is stress -relieved by minor scale thrust faulting;

b) two previously unidentified intrusions (the Kilburnie "Homestead" plug and The Hut "Crater" plug) that impinge on mining have been discovered;

c) the delineation of two coal subcrop lines has resulted in the discovery of an additional 1.5 million tonnes of coal reserve at Boundary Hill mine and the successful redesign of mining strips at The Hut Central Valley and Eastern

Hillside brownfield sites; and

d) the first ever attempt to petrophysically characterise the lithotypes within the Callide Basin.

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