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Karskens, Grace. "The Rocks and Sydney society, culture and material life 1788-c1830 /." Connect to full text, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/405.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 1995.Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 15, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of History, Faculty of Arts. Includes tables. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.
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Chant, Jennifer Jane, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, of Science Technology and Agriculture Faculty, and Centre for Farming Systems Research. "Land subdivision and agriculture." THESIS_FSTA_FSR_Chant_J.xml, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/575.
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This report outlines research into the impact of subdivision on agriculture, and agricultural land resources, and its regional socio-economic importance. The research was centred on three NSW Local Government Areas(LGAs), two in the western peri-urban fringe of Sydney (Hawkesbury City and Wollondilly Shire), and one in Central Western NSW (Mudgee Shire), where small farms development during the 1970s resulted in considerable subdivision in some Shire areas. Determination of current agricultural land use was central to the research, and was accomplished by a combination of Landsat TM satellite image interpretation for each shire using FarmImage software, validated by extensive ground analysis. 1996 land use was mapped for each LGA in a Geographical Information System(GIS)(MapInfo),and area of each land use category calculated by export of resultant MapInfo files to a spreadsheet (MSExcel).The implications of the research for the future of Agriculture in each LGA are discussed in the context of recent changes in State government policy, urban encroachment and specific industry outlook.Master of Science (Hons)
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Spriggs, Shelley, of Western Sydney Hawkesbury University, and Faculty of Environmental Management and Agriculture. "Participatory decision making : new democracy or new delirium?" THESIS_FEMA_xxx_Spriggs_S.xml, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/109.
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Ever since the laborious consultation process to set the National Greenhouse Response Strategy (1991-1992), stakeholder 'consultation' has been something Australian governments do. Or attempt to do. A recent trend in NSW in particular has been to expand the concept and practice of consultation to multi-party, collaborative decision-making, also referred to as participatory democracy. One such initiative officially begun in August 1997 is the River Management Committee (RMC) exercise. For this tremendous outlay of financial and human resources, the government is taking a punt that the committee will deliver better decisions, and more timely actions, on river flows and water quality in each of the major regulated river valleys in the state. The set up and first year of operation of the RMC exercise is the subject of this thesis. Specifically it examines the design of the process and its appropriateness to the task at hand; the reality of consensus decision-making amongst people with opposing views; the democratic ideal of participants learning to be 'other directed' in terms of putting aside their own positions to work for the common good; and affordability of such exercises from both the government and non-government participants' points of view. The themes emerging from this thesis have become the focus for further research.Master of Science (Hons)
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Eklund, Erik. ""Putting into port" society, identity and politics at Port Kembla, 1900 to 1940 /." Connect to full text, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5460.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 1995.Title from title screen (viewed October 21, 2009) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of History, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 1995; thesis submitted 1994. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.
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Spriggs, Shelley. "Participatory decision making : new democracy or new delirium?" Thesis, [Richmond, N.S.W.] : Faculty of Environmental Management & Agriculture, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1999. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/109.
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Ever since the laborious consultation process to set the National Greenhouse Response Strategy (1991-1992), stakeholder 'consultation' has been something Australian governments do. Or attempt to do. A recent trend in NSW in particular has been to expand the concept and practice of consultation to multi-party, collaborative decision-making, also referred to as participatory democracy. One such initiative officially begun in August 1997 is the River Management Committee (RMC) exercise. For this tremendous outlay of financial and human resources, the government is taking a punt that the committee will deliver better decisions, and more timely actions, on river flows and water quality in each of the major regulated river valleys in the state. The set up and first year of operation of the RMC exercise is the subject of this thesis. Specifically it examines the design of the process and its appropriateness to the task at hand; the reality of consensus decision-making amongst people with opposing views; the democratic ideal of participants learning to be 'other directed' in terms of putting aside their own positions to work for the common good; and affordability of such exercises from both the government and non-government participants' points of view. The themes emerging from this thesis have become the focus for further research.
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Jayawickrema, Jacintha, University of Western Sydney, of Science Technology and Environment College, and School of Environment and Agriculture. "A reconstruction of the ecological history of Longneck Lagoon New South Wales, Australia." THESIS_CSTE_EAG_Jayawickrema_J.xml, 2000. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/702.
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The environmental history of Longneck Lagoon was reconstructed by analysing 15 sediment cores collected between 22 April, 1992 and 29 August, 1995. Longneck Lagoon is a shallow, man-modified lake situated in the north-western part of Sydney in New South Wales, Australia, in the Hawkesbury River floodplain. It has undergone a considerable change over recent years and at the end of the study was reported to have turbid water and no floating leaved plants or submerged aquatic plants. The hypothesis of this study was that vertical patterns in sediment characteristics can be related to biological, physical or chemical changes that have taken place within Longneck Lagoon and its catchment area. Assessment of inter-core variation within one area of the lagoon and between different areas was carried out and is highly recommended to others who may wish to conduct similar studies elsewhere. Restoration/regeneration of the previous diverse aquatic plant flora, associated with variable water depth in the pre-weir condition, would require the removal/modification of the weir, possibly reduction in the nutrient income to the lake, and, potentially, addressing mobilisation and internal cycling of accumulated nutrients which have accreted within the system.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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McQueen, Kelvin, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Humanities. "The state aid struggle and the New South Wales Teachers Federation 1995 to 1999." THESIS_CAESS_HUM_McQueen_K.xml, 2003. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/619.
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This thesis examines from an historical perspective the series of events between 1995 and 1999 in which the public school teachers’ union, the New South Wales Teachers federation, challenged the NSW and Australian government’s provision of funding to private schools. Such funding is known colloquially as state aid. The state aid struggle is conceived in this thesis as an industrial relations contest that went beyond issues simply of state aid. The state aid struggle was a centrepiece of the Teachers Federation’s broader challenge to government’s intensification of efforts to reduce the federation’s effectiveness in shaping the public school system’s priorities. This thesis contends that the decisive importance of the state aid struggle arose from the fundamental strategy used by governments to lower the cost of schooling over time. To achieve this they undertook the state aid strategy – cost reductions would flow from residualising public schools, de-unionising teachers and deregulating wages and conditions. The state aid strategy was implemented through those areas of policy and funding over which the Federation had negligible control or where the Federation’s membership was disunited. The Federation was undermined by governments using policy initiatives to fragment teacher unity. By the end of 1999, governments’ prosecution of the state aid strategy did not seem to have been diverted from the main thrust of its course by the federation’s struggle.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Spriggs, Shelley. "Participatory decision making : new democracy or new delirium? /." [Richmond, N.S.W.] : Faculty of Environmental Management & Agriculture, University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, 1999. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030505.110740/index.html.
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Bai, Guo Ping. "Petrology, diagenesis amd reservoir potential of Narrabeen group sandstones, Sydney Basin, N.S.W." Phd thesis, Department of Geology and Geophysics, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/6429.
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Kirby, Jason K., and n/a. "Trace metal and metalloid accumulation, distribution, and, speciation in Lake Macquarie, N.S.W., Australia." University of Canberra. Resource, Environmental & Heritage Sciences, 2005. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20051129.124508.
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THESIS ORGANISATION
This thesis is organised into nine chapters that include seven international and
national publications (six accepted and one submitted for publication). The initial
overview chapter outlines the justification and direction for this thesis. With the
exception of chapter 8 (accepted for publication on the 1st May 2005); all chapters are
exact duplicates of published articles in international and national refereed journals
(chapters 2 to 7). The initial chapters (2 and 3) presents research findings using a
marine fish species, mullet (Mugil cephalus), to measure trace metal bioavailability in
Lake Macquarie, NSW Australia. While subsequent chapters (4 to 8) are presenting
research under taken to improve the understanding of arsenic cycling in marine and
estuarine environments. The final chapter (chapter 9) is a synopsis of the major
findings presented in this thesis. Due to the publication nature of this thesis, an
unavoidable degree of replication exists within chapters (publications).
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Ryan, Steven J. "The geology and genesis of the polymetallic Wagga Tank Prospect, Mount Hope, N.S.W /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1987. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09S.B/09s.br9897.pdf.
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Minhas, Gurjeet S. "Complementary therapies : familiarity and use by midwives and women." Thesis, View thesis, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/513.
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This study is an exploratory study, descriptive in nature and investigates the familiarity and practices of midwives and women with regard to complementary therapies during pregnancy and labour. The study was conducted in four major hospitals in Western Sydney, namely Nepean, Jamieson, Blue Mountains Anzac Memorial and Hawkesbury hospitals. The findings showed that in the main the midwives and women were familiar and made use of four therapies, ie. aromatherapy, massage, music and hydrotherapy. The midwives practiced without any significant training in these therapies. Hospital policies were almost non existant in relation to the practice of complementary therapies and nurses often felt frustrated at not being able to implement complementary therapies. The main issues that emerged from the study were the need for education for the midwives related to specific complementary therapies, hospital policies conducive to the practice of complementary therapies and research into the efficacy of the different complementary therapies. The women need further exposure to complementary therapies and education in the respective therapies if they are to feel empowered in dealing with the stress of their daily lives
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Tilleard, John. "River channel adjustment to hydrologic change /." Connect to thesis, 2001. http://eprints.unimelb.edu.au/archive/00000241.
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Eklund, Erik (Erik Carl). "Putting into port : society, identity and politics at Port Kembla, 1900 to 1940." Phd thesis, Department of History, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5460.
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Elvy, Shane Brett, University of Western Sydney, Faculty of Science and Technology, and School of Science. "Geochemical studies of base and noble metal compounds." THESIS_FST_SS_Elvy_S.xml, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/821.
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The research in this study consisted of two strands. The first consists of noble metal geochemical studies and the second involves base metal supergene processes. The precious metal geochemistry carried out in the scope of this thesis involves palladium and tellurium geochemistry, surface chemistry studies of palladium-bismuth- and tellarium-bearing synthetic minerals, and electrochemical determinations of the inactivity of a variety of primary telluride minerals and alloys. Two new minerals have been found in deposits near Broken Hill, N.S.W. The second section of the research concerns itself with supergene processes in two copper-bearing orebodies. This was carried out by designing a method utilising solution equilibria to predict whether secondary mineral species are precipitating or dissolving in the supergene zones of the Girilambone, N.S.W. and North Mungana, Qld. orebodies. Results found could be used to develop new geochemical prospecting methods in the regions discussed.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Carroll, Brett Ian. "Microbial and Geochemical aspects of Selenium cycling in an Estuarine system: Lake Macquarie N.S.W." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/378.
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ABSTRACT This work examined the role of micro-organisms in the biogeochemical cycling of selenium within the benthic ecosystem of Lake Macquarie, a coastal lake in New South Wales with a history of anthropogenic heavy metal contamination. Certain micro-organisms possess the ability to oxidise or reduce selenium (Fleming and Alexander, 1973; Doran and Alexander, 1977), and microbial volatilisation of selenium from contaminated sediments and soils utilising naturally-occurring microflora has been shown in overseas research (Thompson-Eagle and Frankenberger, 1992) to be a potentially effective remediation strategy. In examining the impact of micro-organisms upon the oxidation state of selenium in Lake Macquarie sediments, this work also investigated and characterised selenium (and heavy metal) concentrations, speciation and geochemical phase associations (an indicator of potential bioavailability) in the sediments. Seven distinct bacterial species indigenous to Lake Macquarie were identified in this work with the ability to reduce selenium as selenite to elemental selenium, and selenium as selenate to organic forms of selenium, including volatile methylated selenium compounds. Metabolic parameters calculated for these organisms compared favourably with those reported in the literature by other researchers. Mixed populations of sediment micro-organisms were also isolated and studied in this work for their selenite and selenate reduction abilities. Total reduction of added selenite at levels up to 100 mg/L was recorded for a number of the organisms studied in this work. A maximum specific uptake rate for selenite of 3040 mgSe(IV).(gcells)-1.(h)-1 for one isolate (Shewanella putrefaciens) was determined, exceeding rates reported in the literature by other authors. Use of the indigenous micro-organisms from Lake Macquarie for the bioremediation of selenium containing waste streams was also examined in this work and selenium reduction in an immobilised cell reactor was demonstrated with such organisms. Concentrations, speciation, sediment core profiles and geochemical phase associations for selenium were determined for sediment samples collected at a variety of sites throughout Lake Macquarie and from Wyee Creek, a selenium-impacted fluvial input to the lake. The maximum concentration of selenium obtained in this work for the lake proper was 4.04 mg/kg, considerably lower than values reported over a decade ago (Batley, 1987) but consistent with reported reductions of selenium input into the lake from the lead-zinc smelter. Selective extraction methodology (Tessier et al. and BCR methods) studied geochemical phase association of selenium in Lake Macquarie sediments and found up to 44% of selenium was in bioavailable forms. Of interest and environmental concern was levels of selenium found in sediments of Wyee Creek, which previously received overflows from the ash dam associated with the Vales Point Power Station. Sediment selenium levels of up to 300 mg/kg were determined for this creek. These were an order of magnitude or more greater than those recorded for the lake itself and are of concern as to the potential impact on benthic organisms and those animals, including humans, who consume them. While this work can only provide a 'snapshot' of conditions within Lake Macquarie at the time of the sampling events recorded herein, it does make several important contributions to the understanding of selenium biogeochemistry in Lake Macquarie. These include: presentation of the hypothesis that selenium levels in surficial sediments being deposited in the north of the lake have decreased in recent years as a result of selenium reduction measures undertaken by the lead-zinc smelter; determination that up to 44% of selenium in surficial sediments from the lake is associated with sediment phases in which selenium has the potential to become remobilized and hence possibly bioavailable; and documentation of selenium concentrations in Wyee Creek, identifying the area as having selenium concentrations an order of magnitude or more greater than the lake itself. Concerning the role played by microorganisms in the biogeochemical cycling of selenium in Lake Macquarie, this work has: identified individual isolated and mixed cultures of bacteria that can reduce selenium as selenite to lower oxidation states; identified individual isolated and mixed cultures of bacteria that can reduce selenium as selenate to lower oxidation states; identified volatile methylated selenium compounds in the headspace gases of microorganisms reducing selenate; determined Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations for selenate and selenite for organisms isolated from Lake Macquarie; identified casein hydrolysate as a preferred carbon source for selenium reducing microorganisms from Lake Macquarie; and demonstrated that bioremediation of selenium contaminated waste streams using indigenous organisms from Lake Macquarie is feasible on the laboratory scale. Further research areas suggested by this work include: additional investigations of elevated selenium levels in Wyee Creek sediments; determination of the role of microbes in in-situ selenium reduction; and optimisation of selenium biotreatment/bioremediation of selenium-containing waste streams and sediments. In summary, this work, in rejecting the null hypothesis that the oxidation states of selenium in sediments from Lake Macquarie, NSW, are independent of microbial activity and accepting the alternate hypothesis that these oxidation states are not independent of microbial activity, contributes to the understanding of the role of microorganisms in the biogeochemical cycling of selenium, having applicability to both the specific ecosystem of Lake Macquarie, NSW, and also to selenium cycling in the environment in general. In addition, this work has identified selenium contamination in Wyee Creek, one of the fluvial inputs to Lake Macquarie, which was previously been undocumented in the literature and which may pose significant potential risk to humans and the ecosystem due to sediment selenium levels one or more orders of magnitude higher than those recorded in the lake itself. Finally, this work has also identified a number of microorganisms indigenous to Lake Macquarie with the ability to reduce selenium from toxic, mobile forms to less toxic, immobile or volatile forms, and these organisms have been shown to have the potential for use in treatment of selenium contaminated waste streams and also in the bioremediation of selenium-contaminated sediments.
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Carroll, Brett Ian. "Microbial and Geochemical aspects of Selenium cycling in an Estuarine system: Lake Macquarie N.S.W." University of Sydney, Chemical Engineering, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/378.
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ABSTRACT This work examined the role of micro-organisms in the biogeochemical cycling of selenium within the benthic ecosystem of Lake Macquarie, a coastal lake in New South Wales with a history of anthropogenic heavy metal contamination. Certain micro-organisms possess the ability to oxidise or reduce selenium (Fleming and Alexander, 1973; Doran and Alexander, 1977), and microbial volatilisation of selenium from contaminated sediments and soils utilising naturally-occurring microflora has been shown in overseas research (Thompson-Eagle and Frankenberger, 1992) to be a potentially effective remediation strategy. In examining the impact of micro-organisms upon the oxidation state of selenium in Lake Macquarie sediments, this work also investigated and characterised selenium (and heavy metal) concentrations, speciation and geochemical phase associations (an indicator of potential bioavailability) in the sediments. Seven distinct bacterial species indigenous to Lake Macquarie were identified in this work with the ability to reduce selenium as selenite to elemental selenium, and selenium as selenate to organic forms of selenium, including volatile methylated selenium compounds. Metabolic parameters calculated for these organisms compared favourably with those reported in the literature by other researchers. Mixed populations of sediment micro-organisms were also isolated and studied in this work for their selenite and selenate reduction abilities. Total reduction of added selenite at levels up to 100 mg/L was recorded for a number of the organisms studied in this work. A maximum specific uptake rate for selenite of 3040 mgSe(IV).(gcells)-1.(h)-1 for one isolate (Shewanella putrefaciens) was determined, exceeding rates reported in the literature by other authors. Use of the indigenous micro-organisms from Lake Macquarie for the bioremediation of selenium containing waste streams was also examined in this work and selenium reduction in an immobilised cell reactor was demonstrated with such organisms. Concentrations, speciation, sediment core profiles and geochemical phase associations for selenium were determined for sediment samples collected at a variety of sites throughout Lake Macquarie and from Wyee Creek, a selenium-impacted fluvial input to the lake. The maximum concentration of selenium obtained in this work for the lake proper was 4.04 mg/kg, considerably lower than values reported over a decade ago (Batley, 1987) but consistent with reported reductions of selenium input into the lake from the lead-zinc smelter. Selective extraction methodology (Tessier et al. and BCR methods) studied geochemical phase association of selenium in Lake Macquarie sediments and found up to 44% of selenium was in bioavailable forms. Of interest and environmental concern was levels of selenium found in sediments of Wyee Creek, which previously received overflows from the ash dam associated with the Vales Point Power Station. Sediment selenium levels of up to 300 mg/kg were determined for this creek. These were an order of magnitude or more greater than those recorded for the lake itself and are of concern as to the potential impact on benthic organisms and those animals, including humans, who consume them. While this work can only provide a 'snapshot' of conditions within Lake Macquarie at the time of the sampling events recorded herein, it does make several important contributions to the understanding of selenium biogeochemistry in Lake Macquarie. These include: presentation of the hypothesis that selenium levels in surficial sediments being deposited in the north of the lake have decreased in recent years as a result of selenium reduction measures undertaken by the lead-zinc smelter; determination that up to 44% of selenium in surficial sediments from the lake is associated with sediment phases in which selenium has the potential to become remobilized and hence possibly bioavailable; and documentation of selenium concentrations in Wyee Creek, identifying the area as having selenium concentrations an order of magnitude or more greater than the lake itself. Concerning the role played by microorganisms in the biogeochemical cycling of selenium in Lake Macquarie, this work has: identified individual isolated and mixed cultures of bacteria that can reduce selenium as selenite to lower oxidation states; identified individual isolated and mixed cultures of bacteria that can reduce selenium as selenate to lower oxidation states; identified volatile methylated selenium compounds in the headspace gases of microorganisms reducing selenate; determined Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations for selenate and selenite for organisms isolated from Lake Macquarie; identified casein hydrolysate as a preferred carbon source for selenium reducing microorganisms from Lake Macquarie; and demonstrated that bioremediation of selenium contaminated waste streams using indigenous organisms from Lake Macquarie is feasible on the laboratory scale. Further research areas suggested by this work include: additional investigations of elevated selenium levels in Wyee Creek sediments; determination of the role of microbes in in-situ selenium reduction; and optimisation of selenium biotreatment/bioremediation of selenium-containing waste streams and sediments. In summary, this work, in rejecting the null hypothesis that the oxidation states of selenium in sediments from Lake Macquarie, NSW, are independent of microbial activity and accepting the alternate hypothesis that these oxidation states are not independent of microbial activity, contributes to the understanding of the role of microorganisms in the biogeochemical cycling of selenium, having applicability to both the specific ecosystem of Lake Macquarie, NSW, and also to selenium cycling in the environment in general. In addition, this work has identified selenium contamination in Wyee Creek, one of the fluvial inputs to Lake Macquarie, which was previously been undocumented in the literature and which may pose significant potential risk to humans and the ecosystem due to sediment selenium levels one or more orders of magnitude higher than those recorded in the lake itself. Finally, this work has also identified a number of microorganisms indigenous to Lake Macquarie with the ability to reduce selenium from toxic, mobile forms to less toxic, immobile or volatile forms, and these organisms have been shown to have the potential for use in treatment of selenium contaminated waste streams and also in the bioremediation of selenium-contaminated sediments.
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Clements, Annemarie. "Vegetation patterns on quaternary sands of the Fens Embayment, mid-north coast of N.S.W." Phd thesis, School of Biological Sciences, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/5011.
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Blanch, Stuart James. "Influence of water regime on growth and resource allocation in aquatic macrophytes of the lower River Murray, Australia /." Title page, summary and contents only, 1997. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phb639.pdf.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Depts. of Zoology and Botany, 1998?Addendum inserted. Includes copies of author's previously published papers. Includes bibliographical references (p. 390-414).
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Sharpe, Samantha A. "Regional dimensions of innovative activity in outer Western Sydney." Thesis, View thesis, 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/36077.
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The aim of this research is to understand the socio-economic development of a metropolitan region in Sydney through an analysis of regional innovative activity. South
West Sydney, a major growth region within Sydney, includes the Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Liverpool, Campbelltown, Camden and Wollondilly. This region has absorbed 25% of Sydney’s population growth in the period from 1991-2001. Although South West Sydney has experienced rapid population growth, this has not been matched by associated employment growth. In some sectors such as business services employment growth has been minimal in the previous decade, this is particularly the case in Liverpool, the regional centre of South West Sydney. Population growth is estimated to continue at the current rate (in excess of 5% per annum) for at least the next fifteen years. In this environment, local government authorities in the region are seeking ways in which to develop the regional economy of South West Sydney and increase the amount of sustainable employment commensurably with current population and labour force increases. The role of innovative activity has a central place in economic development. This thesis uses a ‘systems of innovation’ (SI) approach to examine innovative activity in the South West Sydney region. SI understands innovation as a socially embedded process of transforming ideas and knowledge into novel products, processes and services through the processes of learning and searching. The approach recognises that innovative activity is determined by various actors (firms and institutions) and the interactivity between these actors and the cumulative base of knowledge in which they operate. The Regional Innovations Systems (RIS) framework develops from an acknowledgement that innovation is primarily a geographically bounded phenomenon. The RIS approach sees that specific local resources are important in determining and encouraging the innovative activities carried out by local firms and hence, the competitiveness of these areas. The RIS literature provides two fields of understanding of what constitutes a regional innovation system. The first takes the global examples of highly innovative regions such as Silicon Valley and Route 128 in the United States of America (Saxenian 1994), South West England (Cooke and Morgan 1998), Baden Wurttemberg in Germany (Cooke 2001; Braczyk, Cooke et al. 2004), Northern Italy (Piore and Sabel 1984) and in Australia, the North Ryde corridor (Searle and Pritchard 2005). These regions represent ‘ideal’ or ‘star’ RIS, with highly specialised and networked clusters of firms, many forms of supporting regional infrastructure, and high levels of interactivity. The second and emerging field understands RIS to be in existence in all regions and individual RIS are identified on a scale from weak to strong (Wiig and Wood 1995; Cooke and Morgan 1998; Cooke 2001). This second stream includes the analysis of regions seeking to encourage innovative activity by using the RIS approach to examine their local resources and connectedness. It seeks to determine how not only local resources but also their connectedness could be enhanced to increase firm competitiveness.
The innovation systems represented in the ����ideal���� regions are largely a world away from what is available and what is necessary in the encouragement of RIS in most other regions. However, the conceptual framework for examining and interpreting RIS is derived from the analysis of these ‘ideal’ regions. This framework does not provide for measurement and effective interpretation of a range of activities that may be present in less exceptional regions.
This research contributes to this endeavour by providing a method that allows for interpretation of a wider range of innovation activities through the analysis of knowledge intensive services activities (KISA). The focus on knowledge gathering, particularly through the KISA analysis, provides an examination of the relationship between innovation, learning and knowledge, much more so than more traditional measures of innovative activity e.g. patents and research and development (RandD) expenditure. KISA analysis is an emerging field of innovation research. KISA are closely linked to firm innovative activity (OECD 2006) and through an analysis of regional KISA usage, an understanding of innovation and knowledge activities within the region can be constructed. This analysis applies equally across various regions and provides an opportunity to guide regional economic development policy intervention at the local government level in South West Sydney.
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Garaty, Janice Royaline, and res cand@acu edu au. "Holy Cross College Woollahra 1908-2001: A micro-study of Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Sydney in the twentieth century." Australian Catholic University. School of Arts and Sciences, 2008. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp223.15102009.
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Holy Cross College, Woollahra, was established in the newly formed parish of Holy Cross by Cardinal Moran and the Parramatta Sisters of Mercy in 1908 as a select high school for middle class Catholic girls in the northern section of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. Moran made it clear, and it was obvious that the sisters agreed, that the primary purpose of the College was the imparting of the Catholic Faith integrated with a suitable middle class education equal to, but preferably excelling, that provided by the secular state schools. This thesis is informed by two questions: Why did Holy Cross College close in 2001? Did the College achieve the objectives of the founding pioneers of the school, including Cardinal Moran? This strongly contextualised thesis demonstrates that for almost a century Holy Cross College was a microcosm of a complex world, one which was influenced by many factors, at local, state, federal and international levels. These factors, in the early days, included the rapid response of Catholic educators to Peter Board’s ‘New Syllabus’, the first wave women’s movement; and the dubious rationalising argument of Cardinal Moran to extract aid for Catholic schools from the state, which remains an ongoing problem for Catholic education in Australia. While the College in the 1920s was enjoying a growing reputation for highly successful music and academic tuition, it was challenged, through to the 1950s, by such factors as: Pope Pius XI’s call to Catholic Action as interpreted for the Archdiocese of Sydney by Archbishop Kelly; participation in the various public displays of Catholic faith; the rigours of the Great Depression; and the dangers of being in an especially vulnerable location during World War Two. The community of the College which inhabited this complex ‘mini’ world was strongly bonded by common goals and values for the first fifty years of the school’s existence. This was a community which aspired to the fullest possible development of the spiritual, intellectual, cultural and physical attributes of girls through a Catholic education inspired by the Mercy Vision, but always constrained by the reality of finances, staffing, physical resources, and imposed authority. The somewhat idyllic existence of the College with its relatively small numbers and homely atmosphere was disrupted in the 1960s when Holy Cross was selected by the Sydney archdiocesan educational authorities to be a regional school. This study reveals the increasing complexity of the various levels at which authority was exerted over Holy Cross College as a regional school. Regionalisation was a central element in the Sydney Archdiocese’s wide ranging plan to cope with the enormous strains on the Catholic educational system caused by such post-war challenges as the influx of Catholic migrants and the implementation of the Wyndham comprehensive secondary education scheme. There followed the success of the state aid campaigns and the challenges of Vatican II Council, movements which impacted upon the personal and communal lives of the women religious who staffed the College, as well as their students. Also impacting upon the College was the cultural revolution and the second wave women’s movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Throughout this study the geographical setting of the school in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs and the region’s socio-economic characteristics are explored and emerge as significant factors in both the creation and maintenance of a unique school culture and the decline of Holy Cross College in the 1990s. Finally this decline is mapped in terms of the erosion of the College’s unique identity, which was forged by religious, cultural, geographical, political and pedagogical forces, and eroded by a complex of factors including demography, centralised authority, class, and international economic downturns. It is concluded that the founding sisters and Moran would have mixed and nuanced responses to the question: Did the College achieve the objectives of the founding pioneers?
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Pietsch, Timothy J. "Fluvial geomorphology and late quaternary geochronology of the Gwydir fan-plain." Access electronically, 2005. http://www.library.uow.edu.au/adt-NWU/public/adt-NWU20060720.153247/index.html.
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Mikkelson, Nicole. "The hydrogeochemistry of an unconfined coastal aquifer - Merimbula, New South Wales, Australia : implications for the migration of treated effluent." Phd thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/156139.
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The subterranean estuary underlying the Merimbula-Pambula peninsula in southeast New South Wales sustains fragile coastal ecosystems. Recharge to the shallow unconfined system occurs via infiltration of meteoric waters through sand-dominated sediments within a coastal forest/sand dune habitat hosting both permanent and seasonal wetlands. Solute proportions in rainwater differ from groundwater indicating processes other than evapotranspiration play an important role in the chemical evolution of groundwater recharge. High-resolution soil water solute profiles completed through the unsaturated zone illustrate the importance of both abiotic and biotic processes. Aerosol dissolution and carbonate weathering are the dominant abiotic processes and account for higher proportions of Ca, Mg and SO42- in groundwater recharge. Nutrient cycling and soil biogeochemical cycling account for the lower proportions of K, NO3-, and in some locations Ca and SO42-. Solute additions from aerosol dissolution and solute retention by biochemical cycling have little net-effect on overall salinity, but exhibits a large effect on the relative solute proportions in recharge waters. The small net effect on salinity indicates that biotic solute retention and abiotic solute addition have similar relative influences on the chemical evolution of groundwater. Within the subterranean estuary, groundwater geochemical conditions vary considerably over a very small area. Approximately 500 metres inland from the coast, geochemical conditions are characterised by low dissolved oxygen (< 0.5 mg/l), elevated CO2 partial pressure, low pH (< 5) and an abundance of electron donors (principally Fe2+). The aquifer in this area is characterised by organic rich sediments and is seasonally saturated forming temporary wetlands. These anoxic and acidic conditions result in a lower abundance of SO42- (reduced to HS-) and HCO3- (converted to H2CO3 and CO2) and increased silicate weathering as evidenced from elevated Al3+ concentrations. Down gradient from this area (toward the coast) groundwater geochemical conditions become progressively more oxic and are characterised by higher pH values (> 7). As the acidic and reduced water flow toward the coast through low organic sands, the pH is buffered by carbonate mineral weathering and incorporation of dissolved oxygen result in a large pH-redox front ~250 metres from the coast. The hydrogeology and hydrochemistry of this subterranean estuary has been highly modified by anthropogenic recharge of treated effluent waters and over-extraction for domestic use. Recharge of treated effluent increases the water table, increases evapotranspiration and leads to both vegetation die-back and discharge of nutrients rich waters (NO3- > 10 mg/l and PO43- > 2 mg/l) into the Southern Pacific Ocean. Geochemical modelling indicates that installation of exfiltration ponds within the anoxic portion of the system would lead to substantially greater nutrient attenuation. In the distal portion of the peninsula, over-extraction of groundwater has resulted in seawater intrusion. Time-series chemical data collected over 12 hour pumping periods indicate the rate of seawater intrusion has increased over the period of this study (3yrs). Findings from this research have revealed the vulnerability of coastal groundwater systems to anthropogenic modification and highlight how greater planning, research and regulation could prevent/minimize these impacts in the future.
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Kinsela, Andrew Stephen School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences UNSW. "Volatile sulfur compounds in coastal acid sulfate soils, northern N.S.W." 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/40889.
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The cycling of biogenic volatile sulfur compounds (VSCs) within marine and terrestrial ecosystems has been shown to play an integral role in atmospheric chemistry; by influencing global climate change through the creation of cloud condensation nuclei and controlling acid-base chemistry; as well as influencing sediment chemistry including the interactions with trace metals, particularly regarding iron sulfide formation. Despite this, the examination of VSCs within Australian coastal acid sulfate soils (ASS) is an unexplored area of research. As ASS in Australia occupy an area in excess of 9 M ha, there is a clear need for a greater understanding of the cycling of these compounds within such systems. This thesis looks at the concentrations of several VSCs within agricultural and undisturbed ASS on the east coast of Australia. Initial measurements of sulfur dioxide (SO2) were made using passive diffusion samplers, which were followed by two detailed field-based studies looking at the concentrations and fluxes of both SO2 and hydrogen sulfide (H2S) using flux-gradient micrometeorological techniques. These novel results indicated that this agricultural ASS was a substantial source of atmospheric H2S (0.036-0.056 gSm-2yr-1), and SO2 (0.095-0.31 gSm-2yr-1), with flux values equating to many other salt- and freshwater marshes and swamps. The flux data also suggested that the ASS could be a continual source of H2S which is photo-oxidised during the daytime to SO2. Measurements of both compounds showed separate, inverse correlations to temperature and moisture meteorological parameters indicating possible contributing and / or causal release factors. Further identification of these and other VSCs within ASS samplers was undertaken in the laboratory using gas chromatography in combination with solid-phase microextraction. Although SO2 and H2S were not discovered within the headspace samples, two other VSCs important in atmospheric sulfur cycling and trace metal geochemistry were quantified; dimethylsulfide (DMS; > 300??g/L) and ethanethiol (ESH > 4??g/L). The measurements of H2S, DMS and ESH are the first quantifications with Australian ASS, and they may be important for refining regional or local atmospheric sulfur budgets, as well as interpreting previous SO2 emissions from ASS. Ultimately this thesis further enhances our understanding of the cycling of VSCs within acid sulfate systems.
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Buskas, Arvid J. "Taxonomy and significance lower devonian silicified fenestrates from Taemas, N.S.W." Master's thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/140913.
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Boot, Philip Gerard. "Graman revisited : an analysis of stone artefact and site function at Graman sites GB1 and GB4." Master's thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/116316.
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This thesis is an analysis of function based on four levels of
interpretation. Those of individual artefact use, relationships between
artefacts within a functional assemblage, assemblages as p a rt of a
functioning site, and changing artefact and site function over time.
Well over 2000 stone artefacts from two rockshelters in the
Ottley’s Creek Valley n ear Graman were examined for the presence of use
wear and residues. One hundred and twenty-nine experiments were
conducted in order to replicate likely stone tool functions at Graman.
Previous ethnohistorical and archaelogical research at Graman was
reviewed.
The resultant data produced from this research has led to
interpretations of tool and site use a t Graman which indicate substantial
change in function over time.
The sites appear to have been base camps in which stone tools
were manufactured, used (predominantly for plant working), and
discarded in distinct activity areas. These activity areas and the ways in
which stone tools were used appear to have changed, a t both sites, over
time (although not simultaneously). However the general subsistence
strategies appear to have remained relatively unchanged.
Several methodological problems have also been addressed,
particularly those dealing with variations in fracture damage rates and
transverse snapping. Both of these areas of research require further
investigation b u t it appears that edge fracture rates are linked both to
intensity and duration of use and to the mechanical properties of the stone
raw materials used. Transverse snapping can result from a number of
factors, b u t certain forms of transverse snaps appear to be indicators of
barbing functions among backed blades. Generally, the results of the research lend support to previous
research, conducted by McBryde, which indicated that substantial
functional change has occured a t Graman over a relatively short period.
The research has allowed an examination of such change in great detail
and has shown that functional analysis is an ideal method by which the
minutiae of prehistory can be observed.
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Soerjohardjo, Wardiningsih. "Aspects of life in Gundagai, 1840-1860." Master's thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109814.
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Historians tend to give more emphasis to explanation than to
description. Description, however, is central to understanding. It
is perhaps because I am foreign to Australia that description seems
especially important for me. I cannot help but be aware of the gulf
between my own culture and that of mid-nineteenth century Australia.
Westerners who have studied my country have found it helpful to
delineate certain cultural values which characterize social life in
Indonesia and help to explain events occurring there. In this thesis,
which examines one small community in nineteenth century Australia, I
attempt to analyse some aspects of the culture of a European
community.
Although the approach of this thesis is grounded in my
foreignness I do not believe that this sort of exercise should be of
interest only to non-Australians. It may be unwise for historians to
assume that to be an Australian in 1986 gives one an immediate insight
into the social life of rural Australia in the 18SO's. As scholars
continue to explore the social values and cultural categories of
nineteenth century Australia, they may well become increasingly
cautious about basing judgements about the nineteenth century on their
experience of modern Australia.
One of my supervisors, Dr A.C. Milner, has in his own work
investigated cultural attitudes in the nineteenth century Malay
world .1 He was influenced by the exercises in "thick description"
- description which takes account of the cultural context in which
human action takes place - of the American anthropologist, Clifford Geertz. In my thesis, too, some of the questions of Anthropology
are being applied not to a living community but to a body of
historical documents. Like others in this field of History, I have
also gained confidence from reading Emmanuelle Le Roy Ladurie's
anthropological description of a fourteenth century town,
Mountaillou.
Being interested in this type of cultural examination I sought
advice from my principal supervisor, Professor J.N. Molony. He
recommended that I look at the town of Gundagai, particularly the
source materials related to the great flood which was central to the
history of the township in the nineteenth century. Because of this
suggestion I chose to write my thesis on aspects of life in Gundagai
between 1840-1860. I owe much to Professor Molony for talking with me
about the primary and secondary sources of Australian history and
encouraging and guiding me in examining mid-nineteenth century
Gundagai.
The most disastrous flood in the history of Gundagai occurred in
1852. This was a catastrophe for the town and the death toll and
damage to property and buildings were recorded. What is important
for historians is that as a consequence of the flood itself the
documents of a special inquiry made by the Colonial Government were
published in the Parliamentary Papers.4 The documents do not merely
provide us with records of the 1852 flood and its consequences, but
also with a range of information on other aspects of Gundagai's social
and economic life.
The use of some other source materials, such as "The Bench Book
and Letter Book of Magistrates of Gundagai" and also several
newspapers provided me with much help in reconstructing aspects of the
social life of the town. Finally, I found a helpful introduction to
Gundagai in the writings of two local historians, A. Gaunt and R.T.
Kennedy. A. Gaunt's book is concerned with the development of the
town from the earliest times to the twentieth century, while Kennedy's
work deals with some leading citizens of Gundagai and the disputes
that occurred amongst them.
The first two introductory chapters are 'A Brief History of
Gundagai', which describes Gundagai from the earliest time to the end
of the nineteenth century; and an 'Introduction to Mid-Nineteenth
Century Gundagai', which provides basic information about the
inhabitants - about their economic life, communication arrangements,
education, legal processes, and so forth. In this chapter I also
discuss the great flood in some detail. Chapter three, 'Leadership
and Social Hierarchy' deals with the question of how Gundagai society
was structured and where did the authority lie. This chapter,
furthermore, attempts to describe the rivalries occurring amongst the
inhabitants. The next five chapters explore some prominent values,
mores, and attitudes. I examine the concept of 'Agreement',
attitudes to alcohol and language, 'Relation Between Sexes',
'Attitudes to Religion' and 'Racial Attitudes'.
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McKay, William James. "A study of the geological setting, nature and genesis of the Woodlawn base metal deposit, New South Wales, Australia." Phd thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/140155.
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Heithersay, Paul Sinclair. "The shoshonite-associated Endeavour 26 North porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Goonumbla, New South Wales." Phd thesis, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148522.
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Gray, Ian. "Local politics in Cowra Shire : structure, ideology and resources." Phd thesis, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/129545.
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The thesis offers explanation for the maintenance of local power relations in a rural
community in terms of ideologies and the ways in which they are reflected,
responded to and reconstructed in and around a local political system. It does so
by developing concepts useful to the study of power processes and using them in
analysis of observation of local politics and the ideological climate in which
politics are enacted. A history of the locality and discussion of institutional
apparatuses of local government move analysis towards political processes, in
particular those processes in which the content of politics becomes constrained.
That constraint is accounted for in terms of the values and beliefs of local people
and their politicians, rather than conscious and intentional individual action. The
thesis concludes that beliefs about the nature of local politics and the locality itself
structure local politics in such a way that they favour farmers and business people
over other identifiable groups.
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Fry, Ken. "Class formation in a pastoral society : Bathurst, 1818-1848." Phd thesis, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/126444.
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The title of this thesis implies that to re-visit Bathurst as
a project of historical research is to seek out something which
the researcher believes is lacking in the existing written
history of Bathurst; in this case, a focus on the role of class.
The thesis of this work is that questions of class, i.e. class
values, class conflict, class structure and class transformation,
Made up a major component of the amalgam of forces involved in
the process of social change in the first three decades of the
early history of Bathurst.
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House, MJ. "Gold distribution at the E26 porphyry copper-gold deposit, Goonumbla N.S.W." Thesis, 1994. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20154/7/whole_HouseMichaelJohn1995.pdf.
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The E26 porphyry copper-gold deposit is the largest of several copper-gold deposits
discovered to date in the Goonumbla region of central west N.S.W. Cu and Au
mineralisation occurs in areas of strong pervasive potassic alteration and quartz veining,
associated with a small pipe-like quartz monzonite porphyry (QMP1). The mineralisation
occurs both within the porphyry and the covolcanic late Ordovician trachyte-latite lavas
and volcanic breccias that it has intruded. The deposit is bounded at depth and to the east
by a biotite quartz monzonite, while to the immediate north, is another younger QMP
(QMP2) which has stoped out the Cu-Au mineralisation. Several other QMP's occur to
the northwest and at deeper levels in the E26 deposit.
Copper mineralisation occurs principally as bornite with lesser chalcopyrite and chalcocitedigentite.
Two bornite phases have been identified based on colour and mineral
associations. Gold occurs principally as fine inclusions in bornite. The sulphides are
zoned from a bornite-rich core, through a chalcopyrite zone to an outer pyrite halo
associated with propylitic alteration. A weak base metal/gold association occurs in thin
structurally controlled zones of quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration, away from the main E26
mineralisation. Within E26 itself, the bulk of the Au is confined to the central and deeper
parts of the system and immediately around QMP 1. Cu however, continues to shallower
depths and laterally further away from QMP 1 . This pattern is reflected in the Cu/Au
ratios, and has led to the definition of two distinct vertical domains within the higher
grade areas of E26. The upper domain is characterised by high copper grades but low
gold grades; the lower domain contains similar copper grades but much higher gold
grades.
Sulphide composition, timing and alteration are similar within the Cu/Au domains defined.
A geochemical model developed shows that the Cu/Au relationships observed at E26 can
be explained by coprecipitation of Cu and Au, but at different rates due to differing
changes in saturation levels between the two metals. Deposition of both metals from
chloride complexes in high temperature, saline fluids was in response to a decrease in T,
and changes in f02nand pH associated with hematisation of secondary magnetite associated
with earlier biotite (potassic) alteration. The deposits at E22, E27 and E31N do not show
the same degree of magnetite destruction as E26 and E48, are more deeply eroded, and
therefore not as enriched in copper.
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Carson, Leesa J. "Tectonic evolution of the Cullarin and Canberra blocks, near Queanbeyan, N.S.W." Master's thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/140543.
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McKinnon, Adam R., University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, and School of Natural Sciences. "A geochemical exploration model for ore deposits in the Cobar Basin." 2007. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/14967.
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The supergene mineralogy and geochemistry of numerous deposits in the Cobar region have been systematically explored in this study, with a particular focus on the oxidised zones of the Endeavour, Mineral Hill and New Cobar orebodies. A recurring pattern was identified in the oxidised mineral assemblages of the region, characterised by a multiple-stage paragenesis. Comprehensive geochemical modelling based on equilibrium processes was undertaken to elucidate the geochemical conditions under which the various assemblages formed. The exercise was extended in a series of experiments concerning the interaction of ground and vadose waters with secondary mineral species. This has led to a self-consistent geochemical exploration model for deposits in the Cobar basin. The model promises to be very useful for exploration in highly weathered terrains, particularly where the deposits lack significant surface expression. A similar approach may be relevant to exploration in other areas around Australia and world-wide.Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
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Cocke, Elizabeth A. "Gentrification and resident action in inner Sydney: 1961-1980." Phd thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/130832.
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Urban areas are constantly undergoing change in response to broader developments in society and the economy, but the relationship of property ownership to political action and the interest of homeowners in amenity and property value remains strong. Sydney experienced many of the major postwar changes in social and physical makeup seen throughout Australia, and by the mid to late sixties demand had increased for inner city dwellings by middle-class purchasers. Because of the dilapidated condition of the nineteenth century dwellings, many purchasers renovated the dwellings, with more renovations by middle-class than working- class owners and more money spent on the renovations.
Owners could not "renovate" their immediate environment however, for improving local amenity was the responsibility of municipal councils. In the past, the working-class residents had relied on their Labor councils and Labor State governments to protect their interests as residents. The new middle-class owners were interested in different aspects of amenity, and some which directly went against Labor policy and local tradition. As a minority the new residents could only rely on political pressure to persuade municipal council. They could use the traditional tools of all homeowners, such as letters and petitions, or the more protest-oriented ones used more often elsewhere, and residents chose to use both.
One particular tool of middle-class residents was resident action groups, which formed in the six areas from 1965 to 1970. Resident groups were particularly useful for building group membership, gathering political skills for integrative action and sufficient participation in large scale protests, such as expressways or industrial development, but were less successful when dealing with more singular problems of traffic and parking.
During the time that more middle-class residents moved into the inner areas, residential amenity and urban living became more desirable and resident groups more accepted as political actors. By 1980 there were enough middle-class residents in certain areas to form an electoral majority. While gentrification originally increased the incentive for middle-class residents to act on property matters, it also increased their electoral strength such that they eventually moved from the political margins to the centre of the political arena.
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Millsteed, Paul Wayne. "The role of halogens with sulfide melting at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia." Phd thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/156321.
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This study reports the discovery of a suite of primary lead bromine-substituted chlorides and bromine-iodine substituted oxy-hydroxychlorides which have subsequently exsolved from a sulfogen melt. The implications are that halogens have substituted into sulfide ores at peak metamorphic conditions, during partial melting and exsolved.They provide a direct view of the chemical evolution of the Broken Hill partially melted ore system and may be used as an indicator of coeval melting. The presence of halogens and low melting point chalcophile elements (LMCEs) in these ores suggest that they were introduced together and are a protolith feature. It appears that halogens in the Broken Hill ore deposit were associated with the ores from the outset. Partial melting, melt residue fractionation, enrichment and subsequent mobilisation is predicted. Lead halide compounds have been found in other styles of mineralisation such as Cannington Pb-Zn-Ag ore deposit in NW Queensland and the magmatic Merensky Reef, Bushveld layered complex, South Africa. The highest halogen concentrations recorded in the Broken Hill ore deposit are also confined to the coarse-textured pegmatitic galena. This suggests, that the galena host and a suite of lead halides, represent a bulk composition or final fractionate of a sulfide melt preserved in the post-metamorphic ore deposit at Broken Hill. The halogens have affectively lowered the melting point of the ores at Broken Hill, allowing exsolution of lead halide exsolution lamellae and halide-bearing compounds. A high halogen solubility in galena at regional metamorphic temperatures of ~800{u00B0}C, is a prerequisite for a lowered eutectic. Observed eutectic intergrowth textures, globular textures and low dihedral angle relationships in the ores provide cogent evidence of melting and likely coexisted with an immiscible silicate melt at Broken Hill. Halogen fractionation and partitioning between silicates and sulfides is modeled. Remobilization of massive sulfide orebodies may result from the process of in situ partial melting and liquidus undercooling. Indeed, the lode pegmatite and sulfide ore lithologies at Broken Hill are considered coeval. Halogens are also recorded in the ores of the regional Thackaringa-type deposits of the Consols and Junction Mine lodes. This style of mineralisation is modelled as melt derived. Geochemical and isotopic links are made between the Broken Hill ore deposit and the Thackaringa-type deposits through mobilisation of (LMCEs) and halogens, via F{u2084} fault conduits. The economic implications for partial melting of both styles of mineralisation are profound. Previous experimental work by Mavrogenes et al. (200I), Frost et at. (2002), Kalinowski (2002), Sparks and Mavrogenes (2005) and Wykes and Mavrogenes (2005) provide evidence that partial melting of sulfides occurred. Experimental work in this thesis demonstrates that the solubility of galena in a lead sulfide-halide melt ' sulfogen melt' increases with temperature at a constant pressure of 5 kbar. The behaviour of PbCI{u2082}-PbI{u2082}-PbBr{u2082}-PbS mixtures under high Pressure Temperature define an identifiable eutectic, cotectic relationships as low as 200{u00B0}C, which are well below peak metamorphism conditions of 800{u00B0}C and 5 kbar at Broken Hill. This demonstrates that it is possible for halogen-bearing ore to partially melt and to persist to temperatures well below peak metamorphic conditions. One single experiment performed herein has determined significant melting point depression of pure galena. A general relationship between temperature increase and dissolution of galena into melt above the solidus is established. Melting the PbCl{u2082}-PbI{u2082}-PbBr{u2082}-PbS mixture experimentally suggests a general increase in grain size and in increase in halogen concentration within coarse-grained pegmatitic galena at Broken Hill. The coarse-grained pegmatitic galena is modeled as a product of fractionated and evolved high temperature melts. Thus sulfide melts will accumulate in areas of highest temperatures. A correlation between morphology, temperature and halogen content is established. The Pressure Temperature conditions which formed solid solutions of lead halide and galena phenocrysts in both natural and experimental systems are equivalent. Therefore metamorphic sulfide melting at Broken Hill is fundamentally and theoretically proven to have taken place.
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Thompson, Stephanie Lindsay. "Museums connecting cultures : the representation of indigenous histories and cultures in small museums of Western Sydney." Master's thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148519.
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Sharp, M. P. "Sporting spectacles : cricket and football in Sydney 1890-1912." Phd thesis, 1986. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117320.
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Between 1890 and 1912 cricket and football became mass
spectacles in Sydney. Cricket had been popular since
the 1850s but an over-abundance of international tours
in the 1880s almost killed the game as a spectacle. In
the same decade rugby and Australian rules competed with
each other to become Sydney's main football code. From
the early 1890s public interest in cricket revived, partly
because of a break in international tours and partly
through the introduction of a local club competition based
on Sydney's rapidly expanding suburbs. At the same time
rugby eclipsed Australian rules and quickly emerged as
a major participant and spectator sport.
Cricket and rugby attracted officials, players and
spectators from all sections of the community. At club
level the social composition of clubs and teams varied
according to the character of the suburb. Broadly, at all
levels cricketers were about four-fifths middle class and
one-fifth working class, rugby officials and players were
half middle class and half working class and rugby league
officials and players were about three-quarters working
class and one quarter middle class. Cricket matches
attracted more women and middle class spectators than did
rugby matches but at both rugby and rugby league matches
crowds were roughly equally divided between middle class
and working class patrons. The development of cricket and rugby as mass spectacles
generated large amounts of money. Once established both
sports had to compete in the quickly expanding leisure
market for paying customers. Throughout the period a
major issue was whether officials or players should
control the sports. The major private schools nurtured,
and the daily and weekly press expressed the notion that
cricket and rugby were more than just amusements - they
were moral metaphors. Officials, many of whom also
came from private schools, believed that only they
could be trusted to maintain the purity of both sports
through the exclusion of professionalism. Players believed
that they deserved a share of the profits that their
labours produced, especially when playing left them
financially disadvantaged.
Many cricketers sought and received generous payments to
compensate them for loss of salary and wages while playing,
but footballers received little compensation for injury or
time off work until rugby league began in 1907. The
popularity of rugby league, which eclipsed rugby union as
a spectacle within three seasons, indicates that the
majority of Sydney-siders rejected the view of officials
and the press. For them the moral significance of sport
was secondary to its value as an amusement.
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Vertigan, Meg. "The Coliseum: storytelling, archetypes and place as icon." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/934705.
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Masters Research - Master of Philosophy (MPhil)The Coliseum (Mayfield) is about the life of local Newcastle eccentric Leo Maley. After Leo’s death in 2000 it was discovered that this man who lived like a pauper, was in fact a millionaire. This fictional biography explores some of the stories that surround Leo, where memories of him have come to possess almost mythical status. Within The Coliseum these myths are at times counterbalanced by other stories, making the truth about Leo Maley as intangible as his reclusive life. The Coliseum (Mayfield) also reveals some of the many faces of Mayfield, as it exists within Newcastle; a place with perhaps as much ambiguity as Leo Maley himself. A critical and reflective exegesis The Coliseum: Storytelling, archetypes and place as icon follows the creative component. This work investigates the challenges associated with collecting oral histories, how people fit stories of their lives around their personal notions of archetype-in particular, the eccentric-and how these stories in turn reflect upon and influence change in the place in which they are told.
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Swanton, Bruce. "Protecting Sydney, 1788-1862 : public security in a colonial environment." Master's thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/145954.
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Arundell, MC. "The geology and mineralisation of the E31 copper-gold prospect, Goonumbla, N.S.W." Thesis, 1998. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/12961/1/front.pdf.
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The E31 copper-gold prospect is one of several porphyry or porphyry related prospects that
occur adjacent to the Northparkes Mines site in the Goonumbla district of central N.S.W.
The prospect is hosted by trachyandesitic lavas, volcaniclastic breccias and volcaniclastic
sandstones which have been intruded by a biotite monzonite at depth. Intrusive breccias are
recognised associated with monzonite dykes intruding the volcanic sequence. A post
mineralisation low angle north dipping fault terminates occurs adjacent to the contact of the
monzonite with volcanics.
Three major stages of hydrothermal alteration and veining are recognised. Pre-mineralisation
biotite alteration was the first phase. Extensive K-feldspar flooding and vein style alteration
was associated with bornite and chalcopyrite mineralisation. Sericite-carbonate(± chlorite)
alteration with pyrite± chalcopyrite was associated with minor faults and shears. Regional low
grade metamorphism, localised albitisation, and late stage carbonate veinlet alteration have also
been recognised.
Detailed analysis of geochemical data indicates that Cu/Au mineralisation is associated with
Ag, Te, Hg, and Se. An asymmetric Zn and Mn "halo" anomaly occurs in the hanging wall of
the mineralisation which could be used as a vector to the mineralisation. Geochemical
discrimination of lithological units has identified subtle differences between the monzonite
above and below the low angle fault.
Analysis of sulphur isotopes of the E31 prospect indicates that the sulphur associated with the
mineralisation was derived from an oxidised magmatic .source. The range of the data for
bornite and chalcopyrite at the E31 prospect are broadly similar to the values from E26N and
E48 but overall the numbers are lower. Isotopic zonation may be present within the prospect
but given the small size of the prospect and the limited number of samples collected, zonation
has not been determined.
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Balme, Jane. "A Pleistocene tradition : Aboriginal fishery on the lower Darling River, Western N.S.W." Phd thesis, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/117080.
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The economic life of the early colonisers of semi-arid western New South Wales is represented by
many small open sites mainly preserved within sand dunes. Preservation of organic materials in
this environment has been dependent upon rapid deposition of overlying sediments to protect
them from erosion and degradation. Once uncovered, fragile material such as freshwater crustacea
carapace and fish bone rapidly decays, shell fragments and disperses, while other materials such as
fish otoliths and clay hearthstones survive much longer. An understanding of this problem has
allowed analysis to proceed to the following results:
1. The 232 recorded archaeological sites containing faunal remains and associated with the water
channels and lakes of the lower Darling River region in western New South Wales span a period of
27,000 years BP to the present. However preservation of materials within this time span is uneven
both spatially and temporally. The distribution pattern of these archaeological sites in time and
space is largely a reflection of past geomorphological processes rather than past cultural
preference of campsite positions.
2. By noting the condition of the site materials it is possible to determine their contemporaneity
to some extent. Typically a well- preserved Pleistocene site in the lower Darling River region
consists of a single concentration of bivalve remains but species other than shell fish dominate
some of the other Pleistocene sites. Sites dominated by other species, however, resemble the shell
middens in that they characteristically consist of a single cluster of faunal remains. Species
other than the dominant species are rare or absent. This suggests a foraging strategy in which
collectors targeted a single species for each foraging expedition.
3. The large numbers of individual animals in some of the sites which represent such single
expeditions indicate that the gathering of aquatic species was not incidental to basic survival
strategies. In addition, the large numbers of fish present in such sites coupled with the size
distribution of the fish represented in the sites suggests the use of nets to capture the fish.
Thus the Darling River material represents the oldest evidence in the world for systematic
exploitation of aquatic resources. This and the associated fibre technology may well be a
tradition seated deep in Pleistocene Asia.
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Ng, Nicholas Francis. "Celestial roots : the music of Sydney's Chinese, 1954-2004." Phd thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150469.
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Tubelis, Darius Pukenis. "Patch-matrix interactions and bird species conservation in a plantation-dominated landscape in Australia." Phd thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146521.
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Ditchfield, Ross. "The effects of waterponding on the reclamation of degraded scalds in the semi-arid rangelands of N.S.W." Phd thesis, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/212014.
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Soil erosion as a result of extensive overgrazing and the subsequent reduction in vegetation cover is seriously affecting the long term ecological and economic sustainability of the grazing industry. Where this occurs on saline-sodic soils, the loss of the Ai horizon and consequent exposure of the silty A2 horizon, results in the creation of an impervious crust over the clayey B horizon. The resultant scald is an extremely hostile environment for plants. Currently 10%, or the semi-arid rangelands of western NSW is affected by scalding. A lack of water in the soil profile is the primary factor restricting plant reestablishment on scalds. Although the A2 is thin, it reduces infiltration rates dramatically, so that water is quickly lost from the scald surface by runoff and evaporation. Waterponding, whereby U-shaped banks are formed on the scald surface to create shallow ponds approximately 0.5ha in area, is arguably the most effective method of scald reclamation. These ponds trap rain, allowing greater opportunity for infiltration and thus leaching of salts from the upper soil profile. The leaching reduces the structural stability of the upper soil profile and encourages shrink-swell processes to occur, with the subsequent formation of cracks. These cracks enable water to by pass the crust, thereby improving the water availability and likelihood of reestablishment of vegetation on the pond. This study was undertaken to investigate the role of spatial and temporal factors on the above soil processes and vegetation characteristics. The study area, covering approximately 1 800 km^, is located on the Bogan River/Marra Creek/Macquarie River flood plain, approximately 100 km north of Nyngan, NSW. Between September 1995 and March 1996, soil and vegetation data were collected at 9 sites from both ponds and their adjacent scalds. The ponds range in age from 6 months to 31 years. Changes in soil and vegetation properties after these different periods of waterponding were measured. The success of reclamation was assessed in terms of vegetation and soil response to ponding.
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Dabrowska, Zielinska Katarzyna. "Inferring evapotranspiration from remotely sensed thermal radiation data." Phd thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/138717.
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Toloo, Sheikhzadeh Yazd Abol-Ghasem. "Social support, health orientation and consultation behaviour amongst Lebanese in Sydney." Phd thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/145336.
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Wickham, Ross D. "Factors of prehistoric site location in selected zones of the Southern Tablelands NSW." Master's thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151218.
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Dorrough, Josh. "The impact of grazing and exotic invasion on the persistence of native grassland." Phd thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148807.
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Davis, Kristen Lisa. "The Gay Gang murders : illegitimate victims, disposable bodies." Phd thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109577.
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This thesis undertakes a discourse analysis of the mainstream and gay media,
legal and popular narratives pertaining to a set of gay bashings, murders and
disappearances of gay men from the Bondi-Tamarama region in Sydney, New
South Wales, Australia, during the 1980s and early 1990s. With the exception of
one murder, these events - dubbed the 'gay gang murders' - were not properly
investigated until more than a decade had passed when a detective noted a
number of similarities between the cases. A task force named 'Operation
Taradale' was established to examine links between the suspicious deaths -
originally dismissed as suicides, accidents or one-off attacks - and Sydney gay
hate gangs which existed at the time. Following this investigation a Coronial
Inquest was staged and numerous findings and recommendations proposed. A number of key institutions, namely, the law, the judiciary and the media,
failed to respond appropriately to these crimes at the time they were committed.
This suggested to me that the victims were not held in very high regard by wider
social bodies nor were their losses publicly acknowledged. Yet, by the turn of
the 21st Century, this situation had shifted dramatically with the New South
Wales Police Service and the New South Wales State Coroner's Court
investigating these crimes and mainstream and gay media sites providing
regular and serious coverage. As a case study of a series of gay hate- crimes,
which charts three decades of social and institutional changes, this thesis
operates as an example of how gay victims of violent crimes are discursively
constructed and institutionally recognized within Australian culture. The shifts in
institutional responses and public consciousness towards the victims of the 'gay
gang murders' can also be applied, on a more general level and in varying
degrees, to other Australian victims of anti-gay violence. Thus, by bringing this
particular set of events to prominence, I exemplify wider social trends involving
the status and position of gay men in Australian culture from the 1980s to the
current day, 2009. This analysis demonstrates how discursive knowledges - the
law and the media - and cultural understandings of sexuality and masculinity
produce different ways to read and make sense of these crimes.