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Davies, Hilary Joan. "The Hume family of Toowoomba and Brisbane : a case study of middle-class social mobility in colonial Queensland /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18979.pdf.
Full textMarks, Alan Stephen. "Remote sensing of the regolith, Shoalwater Bay area, Queensland." Thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/140068.
Full textHatherell, William. "A cultural history of Brisbane 1940-1970 /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17644.pdf.
Full textSharpe, James Leslie, University of Western Sydney, and Faculty of Science and Technology. "Chemical mineralogy of supergene copper deposits of the Cloncurry district, north west Queensland." THESIS_FST_XXX_Sharpe_J.xml, 1998. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/822.
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Clements, Helen Gail, and n/a. "Science and Colonial Culture: Scientific Interests and Institutions in Brisbane, 1859-1900." Griffith University. School of Humanities, 1999. http://www4.gu.edu.au:8080/adt-root/public/adt-QGU20050914.155807.
Full textChristodoulou, Nicholas. "Learning to develop participative processes to improve farming systems in the Balonne Shire, Queensland /." View thesis View thesis, 2000. http://library.uws.edu.au/adt-NUWS/public/adt-NUWS20030507.130624/index.html.
Full text"A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science (Honours)". Bibliography : leaves 123-130.
Robson, Alistair. "Evaluating regional economic development initiatives with special reference to the case of Ipswich /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18617.pdf.
Full textHaselwood, Richard Franklin. "Aspects of the hydrocarbon potential of the Lockrose to Tamrookun section of the Clarence-Moreton Basin, Queensland." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2003.
Find full textGoodwin, Kathleen M. "Streetscapes of Manly on Moreton Bay : 1890s-1950s /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18291.pdf.
Full textCubitt, Chris. "Controls on reservoir development and quality in a glacial sequence; a study of the late palaeozoic, Cooper Basin South Australia and Queensland, Australia : thesis submitted to the University of Adelaide in fullfillment [sic] of the requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, July 2000." Title page, contents and abstract only, 2000. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phc962.pdf.
Full textTotten, Christopher Lee. "To be FRANK : Austral-Asian Performance Ensemble /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2003. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe17845.pdf.
Full textLy, Cuong. "Reliability study of the Callide power station electrical system." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1997. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36023/1/36023_Ly_1997.pdf.
Full textMuller, Vivienne. "Imagining Brisbane : narratives of the city 1975-1995 / by Vivienne Muller." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18488.pdf.
Full textRowlings-Jensen, Emma. "Nuts, mountains and islands : a cultural landscapes approach to managing the Bunya Mountains /." [St. Lucia, Qld], 2004. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18222.pdf.
Full textBabidge, Sally. "Family affairs an historical anthropology of state practice and Aboriginal agency in a rural town, North Queensland /." Click here for electronic access to document: http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/942, 2004. http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/942.
Full textThesis submitted by Sally Marie Babidge, BA (Hons) UWA June 2004, for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Anthropology, Archaeology and Sociology, James Cook University. Bibliography: leaves 283-303.
Le, Couteur Howard Philip. "Brisbane Anglicans: 1842-1875." Australia : Macquarie University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/19809.
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Introduction -- Founding a colonial settler society with 'the blessing of nobleman and parson' -- Exporting gentry values: Brisbane's first Anglican bishop -- A clerical caste? A different kind of gentleman? Clergy and their wives -- In their place: being English and being Anglican in early Queensland -- Brisbane Anglicans: a socio-economic profile -- Women's business: domesticity and upholding the faith -- Men's business: the public face of the Church -- Beyond one man's power: Anglican parish life -- Establishing a synod for the diocese -- Conclusion.
The mid-nineteenth century was marked by a rapid expansion of the Church of England throughout the British Empire, much of the impetus coming from missionary societies and ecclesiastical and political elites in England. In particular, High Churchmen promoted the extension of the episcopate to provide the colonies with a complete Anglican polity, and in an effort to transmit to the colony something of the Anglican/English culture they valued. The means used were the Colonial Bishoprics Fund (CBF) and the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel (SPG), both of which were supported by a Tory paternalist elite in England. This study concerns the foundation of the Diocese of Brisbane in 1859, which was a part of this expansion, and which was effected during the brief Tory administration of Lord Derby. It is unsurprising then, that the first Bishop of Brisbane, the Right Reverend E.W. Tufnell, came from the Tory High Church tradition. The clergy he took to the diocese were of a similar theological and social outlook.--The period from the proclamation of free settlement in the Moreton Bay District in 1842 to the departure of the bishop for retirement in England in 1874, was a period of rapid population growth, immigrants arriving mainly from Britain and Ireland. The policy of the imperial government was to try to balance the emigration from Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales in proportion to their population and religious denomination. This meant that Anglicans were not as strongly represented in the colonial population as in England; emigrants from the other three countries being much less likely to be Anglicans. The bulk of those arriving in Queensland were working class or petit bourgeois, so consequently the socio-economic structure of Anglicanism in Queensland did not reflect that in England. Moreover, by the time the first Anglican bishop arrived in Brisbane, all state support for religious purposes was withdrawn. The Church of England in Queensland had to adapt to these significant differences of context.--Drawing on parish and diocesan records, the records of SPG, CBF and other organisations in England, personal documents (diaries and letters) and newspapers, this survey of Anglicanism in Brisbane diocese in the early colonial period, charts some of the ways Anglicans devised to create a distinctively Anglican community. The gendered roles of Anglican men and women; the various ways in which parishes came into being, were administered and financed; and the creation of a diocesan synod all bear testimony to the adaptability of Anglicans to their colonial context. Though the framework of this study is provided by the institutional church, diocesan records are sparse, and much of the content concerns the Anglican laity. This has provided an opportunity to explore heretofore neglected aspects of Anglicanism. It is a small beginning in the writing of a 'bottom-up' history of the Anglican Church in Australia.
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Lymburner, Leo. "Mapping riparian vegetation functions using remote sensing and terrain analysis." Connect to thesis, 2005. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/2821.
Full textVan, Noord Kenrick A. A. "Deep-marine sedimentation and volcanism in the Silverwood Group, New England Fold Belt, Australia." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999.
Find full textKehoe, Josephine Ann. "The making and implementation of environmental laws in Queensland : the Vegetation Management Act 1999 (Qld) and the Land Act 1994 (Qld)." Phd thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109352.
Full textTilley, David Brenton. "Models of bauxitic pisolith genesis : data from Weipa, Queensland." Phd thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/138602.
Full textAnderson, Sallie S. "The Aboriginal art industry in Cairns, Queensland : an ethnographic study." Phd thesis, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146110.
Full textAspandiar, Mehrooz F. "Regolith and landscape evolution of the Charters Towers Area, North Queensland." Phd thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/147189.
Full textRichardson, Norma. "Conjoin sets, stratigraphic integrity and chronological resolution at Kenniff cave, Queensland." Master's thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151168.
Full textCeglar, Nathan. "Sequence stratigraphy and reservoir characterisation of Permian fluvial-lacustrine successions, Baryulah area, southwest Queensland, Australia." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/112672.
Full textThesis (M.Sc.) -- University of Adelaide, National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, 2002
David, Bruno. "Chillagoe : from archaeology to prehistory - contributions to a late holocene prehistory of the Chillagoe region, north Queensland." Master's thesis, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/116888.
Full textStolte, Gretchen Marie. "That's deadly! An Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts studio in Cairns, Queensland." Phd thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/155872.
Full textVisser, Fleur. "Sediment budget for cane land on the Lower Herbert River floodplain, North Queensland, Australia." Phd thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/148567.
Full textNeil, David Trevor. "The sediment yield response to land use intensification in a humid tropical catchment : the Tully River catchment, Northeast Queensland, Australia." Phd thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/143539.
Full textAwad, Ramsey. "Investigation into the effectiveness of construction interventions on the performance of emergency departments within NSW and QLD Health." Thesis, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1388224.
Full textIntroduction: Investment in new hospital infrastructure is one of the most costly investments that governments make in Australia, yet construction responses often fail to take into account the need for close collaboration with key stakeholders to achieve the intended outcomes. Given the projected demands on Emergency Departments (EDs) and health care into the future, it is important that the efficiency and effectiveness of these investments are maximised. Research is required to provide evidence-based recommendations for future policy and practice. Aim: To identify whether upgrades/expansions of Emergency Department facilities through capital expenditure result in increases in throughput and/or efficiency in Emergency Departments. Method: This study critically examines the construction of new Emergency Department facilities in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland (QLD). Quantitative analysis is used to test the effects of various strategies to address improved performance against Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), with a particular focus on construction as a high-cost strategy with long-term implications and resource impacts.
Apak, Sukru N. "Structural development and control on stratigraphy and sedimentation in the Cooper Basin, northeastern South Australia and southwestern Queensland / by Sukru N. Apak." 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21506.
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Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, 1995?
Apak, Sukru N. "Structural development and control on stratigraphy and sedimentation in the Cooper Basin, northeastern South Australia and southwestern Queensland / by Sukru N. Apak." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21506.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, 1995?
Young, Nigel Gordon Ryan. "Biophysical impacts and psychosocial experiences associated with use of selected long-distance walking tracks within the Wet Tropics region of North Queensland, Australia." Thesis, 2006. https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/1630/1/01front.pdf.
Full textYoung, Nigel Gordon Ryan. "Biophysical impacts and psychosocial experiences associated with use of selected long-distance walking tracks within the Wet Tropics region of North Queensland, Australia /." 2006. http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/1630.
Full text(13980739), Terry William Clark. "Developing a peak body for lifelong learning in Queensland." Thesis, 2004. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Developing_a_peak_body_for_lifelong_learning_in_Queensland/21359670.
Full textThis project was about assisting the Lifelong Learning Council Queensland Inc (LLCQ) to establish itself as a state-wide peak body for Adult and Community Education (ACE). It investigated the conditions, forces and influences that impacted on the establishment of the LLCQ and developed strategies to overcome problems and to maximise the effectiveness of available resources. Contextual influences investigated as part of the study included social, political, economic and technological dimensions.
The project reviewed the underpinning concepts and related literature and gathered data from ACE practitioners using an Appreciative Inquiry approach. Members of the LLCQ Advisory Committee validated the data in an Action Foresight Learning Circle. From this information, the researcher developed alternative organisational models, future scenarios and enabling strategies that were presented to the LLCQ for consideration at its 2004 Strategic Planning Workshop.
Projects aims
The broad aims for establishing the peak body were as follows.
- Promote the importance of ACE as an integral part of lifelong learning at a time of major social and economic change, and increase participation in lifelong learning in all its forms.
- Develop an advocacy mechanism for ACE and lifelong learning in Queensland to assist in developing a collective voice for learners and providers.
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- Decentralise the LLCQ and develop state-wide decision making processes.
- Help identify and assess the needs of ACE learners and providers in their local communities.
- Provide feedback about ACE and lifelong learning from the communities to appropriate agencies at the state level and via formal advisory structures such as the Training and Employment Board.
- Assist with organising professional development for providers.
- Secure an on-going funding base.
- Promote the integration and coordination of ACE activities already happening in local environments to develop the notion of a learning community.
Project outcomes
At the end of the project LLCQ will have achieved the following outcomes.
- Grown from an organisation with the majority of its membership based in Brisbane to a networked organisation linking members and communities of practice in all parts of the state.
- Established between five and ten branches across the state.
- Launched its own website.
- Developed an on-line directory of ACE providers.
- Secured an on -going income stream to fund its operations.
(9895040), ME Amiet. "Converts to the cause: Community support and the establishment of the Mackay CQU campus 1987-1997." Thesis, 1998. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Converts_to_the_cause_Community_support_and_the_establishment_of_the_Mackay_CQU_campus_1987-1997/13456757.
Full text(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.
Full textThe 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.
(14244747), Ricki Jeffery. "The efficacy of a Queensland based purchasing training course: Views of participants." Thesis, 2004. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_efficacy_of_a_Queensland_based_purchasing_training_course_Views_of_participants/21708302.
Full textThis study addresses the degree of satisfaction of participants who have completed purchasing training courses within a Certification System and the extent that the objectives of these courses align with participants' work needs. This research is relevant by contributing to two organisations. It also provides future application to the specific industry in which the research is situated as purchasing processes are similar across private sector, public sector and non profit sector.
The development of the research strategy for this study was an iterative process as research questions were developed and refined as part of routine work practices. The choice of methodology was driven by the researcher's desire to meet managers' and business researchers' expectations that problem solving efforts should relate in clear statements of research questions and research objectives. This was important as this research is focused on an investigation where the outcomes provide information concerning a specific training intervention for those in the workforce with purchasing responsibilities.
The results from the research provided evidence that people who have completed the courses have recognised that there is both a learning and a career pathway for those with purchasing responsibilities. This recognition is desirable if purchasing, as a function in organisations is to be more strategic in its focus. The training courses of the Certification System meet the needs of purchasing staff and the training has begun to impact on the culture in the public sector.
A tangible outcome of this research has been the development of a questionnaire to collect data about courses and the System. This questionnaire has been used in the field and is now available for future use to conduct further studies that can add to the sample selection and further articulate the level of sophistication of the role of purchasing as a strategic function in organisations.
The trans disciplinary perspective of this research has offered the prospect of generating relevant knowledge and skills and new ways of solving problems for the purchasing field (CQU 2002). The application of the findings and use of the questionnaire developed as part of the research begin to link the worlds of business, work and education. Whilst the findings from this research are specific to the actual context, they may be used to inform considerations of potential stakeholders.
Cubitt, Chris, and National Centre for Petroleum Geology & Geophysics (Australia). "Controls on reservoir development and quality in a glacial sequence; a study of the late palaeozoic, Cooper Basin South Australia and Queensland, Australia : thesis submitted to the University of Adelaide in fullfillment [sic] of the requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, July 2000 / Chris Cubitt." 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21707.
Full textCD-ROM contains Appendices (1-10) in PDF.
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Includes bibliographical references (leaves [471]-499 in vol. 2)
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Studies the provenance and diagenesis of the Merrimelia Formation in South Australia and Queensland; a complex mosaic of glacial facies in which the Tirrawarra Sandstone and Merrimelia Formation exhibit an interfingering relationship, and defines the relationship further. Indicates that the Tirrawarra Sandstone should be included in the Merrimelia Formation as a "facies type" as both the Merrimelia and Tirrawarra sediments form an integrated suite of sediments.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geology, 2000?
Cubitt, Chris, and National Centre for Petroleum Geology & Geophysics (Australia). "Controls on reservoir development and quality in a glacial sequence; a study of the late palaeozoic, Cooper Basin South Australia and Queensland, Australia : thesis submitted to the University of Adelaide in fullfillment [sic] of the requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, July 2000 / Chris Cubitt." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21707.
Full textCD-ROM contains Appendices (1-10) in PDF.
Includes copies of papers co-authored by the author.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves [471]-499 in vol. 2)
System requirements for accompanying CD-ROM: Macintosh or IBM compatible computer with Windows NT. Other requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.
2 v. (various pagings) : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 30 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Studies the provenance and diagenesis of the Merrimelia Formation in South Australia and Queensland; a complex mosaic of glacial facies in which the Tirrawarra Sandstone and Merrimelia Formation exhibit an interfingering relationship, and defines the relationship further. Indicates that the Tirrawarra Sandstone should be included in the Merrimelia Formation as a "facies type" as both the Merrimelia and Tirrawarra sediments form an integrated suite of sediments.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Geology, 2000?
(9783902), Barry Bryant. "Apprenticeship to degree: The co-evolution of twentieth-century pharmacy practice and education from a Queensland and regional perspective." Thesis, 2012. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Apprenticeship_to_degree_The_co-evolution_of_twentieth-century_pharmacy_practice_and_education_from_a_Queensland_and_regional_perspective/13430729.
Full text(14037472), Kylie J. Harris. "A collective metamorphosis: Mapping the multiple differences between, among and within six women principals in Queensland secondary schools." Thesis, 2003. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/A_collective_metamorphosis_Mapping_the_multiple_differences_between_among_and_within_six_women_principals_in_Queensland_secondary_schools/21443013.
Full textThe 'lack' of women in higher-level administrative positions within the Australian schooling system has long been a subject of debate and concern. Although women comprise over seventy percent of the teaching population in Queensland schools, they are generally represented in twenty five percent of principal positions. Attempts to address this 'problem' have met with little success. In many cases these theories and solutions proposed (based on phallocentric binaries which positions women as the same as complementary to or different from), do little to recognise differences within and among individual women educational leaders.
Drawing on a theoretical framework known as nomadic feminism provided by Rosi Braidotti, this thesis moves away from these traditions by working to identify three levels of difference within a particular group of six women principals in Queensland Australia: differences between women and men within similar positions; differences among the women and differences within individual women.
To begin, I conceptualise and present this thesis as a collective metamorphosis because it highlights a commitment to working at the political or collective level of moving beyond restrictive definitions of women and because it is fundamentally a mapping of change:
- change within the lives of these six women
- change within the concept of the principalship
- change within social attitudes to women principals
- change within me as a feminist nomadic researcher
- changes in the way the subject position Woman-principal is understood.
This charting is mapped out across seven chapters. The first chapter outlines the significance of focusing on difference and employing a feminist nomadic framework. Chapter two establishes the context of this research by laying out an analysis of feminist theory and educational leadership research and substantiates the need for research that focuses specifically on women principals and difference. Chapter three is divided into two sections. Section one provides a map for this research in the form of a feminist nomadic methodology and for this I draw heavily on the work of feminist theorists such as Braidotti, Grosz, Hekman, Irigaray and Haraway. Section two outlines the design of the research and discusses the research methods used-making vital links between theory and practice.
The data analysis is carried out over the next three chapters. Chapter four explores the differences between men and women in the principalship and establishes the need to connect this research to the bodily experiences of individual women and to the political project of feminism. Chapter five charts the differences among these six women and in the process it establishes the political significance of the recognition of signs of difference such as age, race, sexuality, class, religion and other more personal differences. The last data analysis chapter maps the differences within individual women of this research and argues for the fluidity rather than fixity of the identities of women principals.
This thesis ends by looking forward, suggesting questions to be addressed in the future, as well as providing an overview of the benefits such a nomadic reading can provide. Highlighting the differences between women and men, among women and within individual women principals' challenges entrenched myths/scripts of the principalship by drawing attention to the complexity of these six women and moves to encourage a diversity of teachers to consider the possibility of becoming principals.
(14010143), Vanessa C. Ghea. "Motives for the adoption of protective health behaviours for men and women: A social psychological model versus the ordered protection motivation model." Thesis, 2002. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Motives_for_the_adoption_of_protective_health_behaviours_for_men_and_women_A_social_psychological_model_versus_the_ordered_protection_motivation_model/21397740.
Full textThe aims of the present study were to (a) evaluate and to compare the adequacy of a social psychological model and a cognitive appraisal model in predicting intention and action with respect to the adoption of protective health behaviours, (b) investigate the direction and strength of the path coefficients linking the predictor and criterion variables in each model in order to determine which predictor variables played a significant role in the (non)adoption of protective health behaviours, and (c) investigate the direct and indirect roles that gender role and SES play in determining the decision to adopt or not to adopt protective health behaviours. Existing knowledge about disease and illness makes it imperative for health researchers to understand the factors involved in reducing exposure to these endemic threats. Whilst extensive research has been carried out to investigate health beliefs and health threats, most of the results that have been obtained have been descriptive in nature. They say very little about how males and females internalise and conceptualise the identified social psychological and cognitive appraisal variables or how these variables influence the health decision-making process. Two theoretical models were developed to represent the decision-making process regarding the adoption of good health behaviours. A total of 550 males and 759 females (total n = 1,309) from Rockhampton and Gladstone in the State of Queensland, Australia, participated in the study by responding to one of three questionnaires designed to measure the study's critical variables. Whilst the overall findings generally supported the decision-making process represented by both models, the results indicated that the social psychological model represented a better predictor of the health decision-making process than the cognitive appraisal model. The findings also indicated that high masculinity combined with low femininity and a low SES directly decreased the motivation of males and females to adopt protective health behaviours when confronted by a health threat. Finally, for both models, the results indicated that the exogenous variables of gender role and SES had both direct and indirect influences on behavioural intention and action for males and females across the three disease dimensions. The implications of the findings with regards to differences in male and female health status are discussed.
Heikkila, Karina Elizabeth. "Could s 17 of the Animal Care and Protection Act 2001 (Qld) represent a Derridean justice-based approach to animal protections?" Thesis, 2018. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/36758/.
Full text(14010029), Lyall R. Ford. "Role of the road network in the development of Far North Queensland: 1860s to 1960s." Thesis, 2012. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Role_of_the_road_network_in_the_development_of_Far_North_Queensland_1860s_to_1960s/21397683.
Full textFar North Queensland covers an area in the tropics that extends roughly from Cardwell on Australia's east coast to the tip of Cape York Peninsula. The city of Cairns is its administrative centre. Europeans first began moving into the inland parts of this reeion in the 1860s but the mountains and tablelands along the eastern hinterland were clothed in thick, tropical rainforest that defied efforts to develop transport routes between inland settlements and potential ports along the east coast. Colonisation could not have occurred without the provision of roads, and colonial and state governments played a leading role in this, driven by the demands of settlers who were both road builders and users.
This thesis demonstrates the significance of roads in the development of Far North Queensland from the 1860s to the 1960s. Within the context of the overall pioneer project of which road construction was a key part, it examines the leading role played by government, the technological advances that influenced the development of a road network, the contribution of people who worked on road construction, and the demands of road users that influenced their location and the rate of construction. It posits that the process of developing a road network contributed to the formation of a 'pioneer legend' in Far North Queensland, which had its origins in geographical remoteness and a challenging physical environment.
(14239030), Lindy F. Isdale. "Instituting a new work order: A socio-technical analysis of the introduction of the ‘school management system’ in two Queensland schools." Thesis, 2002. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Instituting_a_new_work_order_A_socio-technical_analysis_of_the_introduction_of_the_school_management_system_in_two_Queensland_schools/21700364.
Full textThe introduction of a new computerised School Management System (SMS) into Queensland school offices in 1996 is linked to broad shifts in public sector workplace reform under the rhetoric of flexibility and efficiency through new information technologies. This study provides a socio-technical exploration of how the globalising interests of the capitalist state materialise as work practices through the institution of a new, computerised management system, with a focus on the 'engineering' work efforts of the female administration workers in specific school sites.
The study takes place during the initial phase of the introduction of SMS into two school offices in regional Queensland, taking advantage of the rare opportunity to see the innovation before it becomes normalised practice. The research was conducted first as policy analysis and then in two school offices with the researcher working as participant/observer during the initial phase-in of SMS. The data is presented as ten 'stories' which are analysed in three data chapters whose foci are state networks, the work of innovation and gendered work. Using the framework of Actor Network Theory (e.g.Callon 1986; Latour 1991; Law 1986,1997), it is possible to see the early policy phase of SMS as globalising networks of the state working to stabilise sociotechnical relations that promote initiatives for Information Management Systems in public sector administrations, including schools. By following the actors, the work of the government-led initiative at this early stage is visible as translations taking place through multiple 'nested networks' of the state including supra-national organisations, government policies, Prime Minister's speeches and school policy. Once SMS is introduced into school offices, the study shows how workers become enrolled in the state agenda for administrative work reform, enabling SMS to establish itself as an Obligatory Passage Point for school administrative work. The 'articulation' work of the female school office workers is seen as central to the success of SMS in schools as their work relationships with SMS produces 'well-drilled bodies' in the service of the state. A feminist post-structuralist analysis of the female SMS workers, as historically constituted, specifically sexed 'bodies', is then employed to take into account the politics of the gendered, embodied, cyborg worker and her role in the formation and normalisation of a 'new work order' in school administrations.
In this study, the new technology is made visible as socio-technical relations shaping work in ways that have to do with the exercise of power between the representative body/technology networks. The study's significance lies in the way it makes visible the processes of the politics of the state becoming embodied in SMS in local sites or networks of humans and computers, a cyborg entity whose relations are developed and maintained by the female administrative workers in schools. SMS is thus explained not as a neutral 'tool' to achieve state policy, nor as technologically determined; nor is a human-centric approach taken to explain the emergence of the specific forms of work at the local site. The 'new work order' in schools has emerged out of the socio-technical relations performed by specific body/technology networks of humans and machines in multiple local work sites. Through IT, globalising local networks employ women's working bodies to institute a new reform agenda for school administrative work that facilitates closer regulation and steerage from a distance.
(9875051), BR Weeden. "The commercial potential of sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) for sugar production in the Mareeba-Dimbulah Irrigation Area of North Queensland, Australia." Thesis, 2002. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_commercial_potential_of_sugar_beet_Beta_vulgaris_for_sugar_production_in_the_Mareeba-Dimbulah_Irrigation_Area_of_North_Queensland_Australia/13424945.
Full text(14569562), Brett Kuskopf. "Performance of key legumes under deteriorating soil water conditions: Effect of drought on the contribution by legumes to soil N fertility in Central Queensland." Thesis, 2005. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Performance_of_key_legumes_under_deteriorating_soil_water_conditions_Effect_of_drought_on_the_contribution_by_legumes_to_soil_N_fertility_in_Central_Queensland/22013315.
Full textThe incorporation of legumes into crop rotations has been suggested as a strategy to address declining soil fertility, especially of nitrogen (N), in Central Queensland cropping systems. However, traditional methods to determine the contribution made by legumes to soil N are flawed in that usually only the above ground biomass (AGB) or at best macro root tissues are assessed. Furthermore crops regularly experience soil water deficits in this environment, but the impact this has on the contribution made to soil fertility by legumes is poorly documented.
A published 15N foliar labelling methodology that accurately estimates legume below ground biomass N (BGB-N), was adapted under polyhouse conditions and verified in the field for lab lab, lucerne and siratro. For the legumes investigated, labelled macro root tissue at a depth of 10-20 cm was representative of recoverable root tissue (all > 500 um) throughout a 60 cm soil profile. A protocol was established that reliably estimated the 15N content of soil enriched by the labelled root system to within a 95% confidence interval.
N2 fixation in symbioses which translocate fixed N as amides from their nodules are reported to have a greater tolerance to water stress than that in symbioses which export ureides. The impact of water stress on N2 fixation and the distribution of biomass and N between above and below ground compartments was therefore studied for two commercially important legumes: mungbean (a ureide exporter) and peanut (an amide exporter). Under glasshouse conditions, drought had no effect on mungbean BGB-N as a proportion of legume N (AGB-N + BGB-N) (35%) whereas the proportion of peanut N as BGB-N increased from 33 % under optimal conditions to 44% (P<0.05) under terminal drought. Legume N and N derived from atmospheric N2 (Ndfa), including BGB-N and BGB Ndfa was significantly greater than estimates based on AGB-N alone. Under drought, whole plant Ndfa was twice that of values based on AGB-N alone. The proportion of cereal crop N derived from legume BGB-N (27%) was significantly greater than that derived from AGB-N (20%). The proportion of mungbean N derived from atmospheric N2 (%Ndfa) was 51% under optimal soil water conditions but declined to 20 and 12% under the moderate and terminal droughts, respectively. Severe drought produced a small but significant reduction in N2 fixation activity compared to optimally watered plants (%Ndfa decreased to 67 from 78%; P<0.05). Moderate drought had not significant effect on %Ndfa compared to optimally watered plants (78 and 75%Ndfa, respectively).
Similar trends to those reported in the glasshouse trial were observed under field conditions, with significantly greater contributions by mungbean and peanut to soil N fertility and cereal crops documented than reported previously for a range of grain and pasture legumes used in Central Queensland cropping systems. Droughted legumes increased the proportion of BGB-N at depth (20-60 cm), with greater increases by peanut. Despite drought induced decreases in mungbean and peanut %Ndfa (at 59 and 32%, respectively, of irrigated plants), droughted mungbean and peanut %Ndfa was still substantial (30 and 53%, respectively). Droughted whole mungbean and peanut Ndfa was estimated at 10 and 21 kg N/ha, respectively. However, net N balance was nevertheless neutral to negative for mungbean when N exported in harvested grain was considered. The estimates of Ndfa were three fold higher than that based on AGB-N only, and were consistent with the thesis that legumes possessing an amide exporting symbiosis offer significantly greater potential to improve soil N fertility in the region. The drought survival mechanisms exhibited by legumes is also a factor determining whether or not accumulated N and N2 fixation were maintained under increased soil water deficit and when a net contribution to soil N stores was likely.
(14145925), John M. Hills. "The journey between the poles: The social realities of families of consumers with bipolar disorder." Thesis, 2000. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_journey_between_the_poles_The_social_realities_of_families_of_consumers_with_bipolar_disorder/21590190.
Full textThis thesis presents a study of carers who journey between the poles of family members with bipolar disorder. The quiescent periods between these storms represents, for carers, an almost unbearable quiet as they await the next change.
The issue of living with bipolar disorder, whether as a consumer or carer, acknowledges no geographic, chronological or socio-economic boundaries. With this in view, a section of this thesis examines these factors in discussion of the responses received in the interviews as well as the available statistical data. The research centred on a group of families from the Central region of Queensland. In line with previous research, this study also presents an examination of the development of interest in the lives of those family members caring for a consumer with a serious mental illness.
The creativity, energy and artistic outpth of consumers with bipolar sat well with the author's belief in a PhD being an opportunity to creatively explore with respondents their lived experiences. The excitement of the consumers infused an excitement, which the author hopes has translated into the thesis. The reciprocal effects of family environment and consumer behaviour, and the dependence of one upon the other, is presented in the study. Mental illness is, indeed, a family issue and, in this author's opinion, the phenomenon of mental illness underscores the need for the family's influence on the consumer's life and a need for recognition by the mental health professionals that there is a partnership required if the consumer is to best be cared for.
(13992118), Jennifer L. Elsden. "The transformative potential of art education: Inviting subjectivities into the classroom." Thesis, 2004. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_transformative_potential_of_art_education_Inviting_subjectivities_into_the_classroom/21377850.
Full textThis thesis explores the transformative potential of art education. In particular, it argues that art education can be a productive site to explore the multiplicities of subjectivities and to adopt the transformative principles of feminist poststructuralism. To illustrate this notion, I researched a number of key spaces and texts related to art education. Firstly, I documented the art that was created by senior art students in three Queensland secondary schools. In addition to students' art, I documented their visual journals as a way of constructing meanings around their art. Secondly, I conducted interviews with three senior art teachers, which were aimed at exploring their personal philosophies to teaching and art education and their attitudes towards subjectivity in art. Finally, as a means of providing a context for these texts, I also undertook observations of the school and classroom spaces. From these data, I used the poststructuralist tool of discourse analysis to explore how schools, teachers and students take up, mobilise and occupy transformative spaces and discourses.
In adopting a feminist poststructuralist framework, this thesis opens by stressing the importance of writing from my body, subjectivity and lived experiences. I do so by exploring my own art and how I have used this space to explore my lived experiences and subjectivity. I also situate my methodology, research sites and participants. From this discussion, in Chapter Two, I discursively position my research within the literature. As such, in Chapter Two I focus on three key texts that allow my review to move between educational discourses, the gendering of art education and the transformative potential of art education. In Chapter Three, I explore in more detail poststructuralism's notion of subjectivity and the politics of transformation. As I argue, this perspective enables my research to adopt a productive way of seeing and understanding subjectivity and provides strategies of transformation. In Chapter Four, I outline how this lens has influenced the way I have constructed, designed and approached my research. After establishing the theoretical premise and design of my research, the next four chapters focus on the analysis of my research data. In Chapter Five, I analyse how students create art that resonates with the transformative principles of feminist poststructuralism. In doing so, I highlight how students use the potential of art education to explore their multiple subjectivities, embodiment and lived experiences. However, I believe this tells only part of the transgressive story, as the transformative potential of art education is a multi-layered and complex issue. Therefore, in the following three data analysis chapters, I explore some of the complexity surrounding art education and outline some of the possible factors or reasons that may contribute to students creating transformative art. In Chapter Six, I argue that the curriculum documents that relate to art education (such as the Visual Art Senior Syllabus and the teachers' work programs) provide spaces for students to explore their subjectivity and equip them with strategies of transformation. In Chapter Seven, I outline some of the differences that art education embodies and, by doing so, I suggest that these differences may contribute to the transformative possibilities of art education. In Chapter Eight, I discuss how art education can provide a space for students to explore and express emotions that have been traditionally edited out of the school environment. In the final chapter, I summarise my findings and suggest spaces for further research. Through this process this thesis advocates for art's importance in education. As such, it contributes to the ways in which teachers and schools recognise, accommodate and celebrate the role art has in the ongoing construction and negotiation of subjectivity.
(14031008), David C. Grasby. "The adoption and diffusion of environmental innovations in the Australian sugar industry: A sociological analysis." Thesis, 2004. https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/The_adoption_and_diffusion_of_environmental_innovations_in_the_Australian_sugar_industry_A_sociological_analysis/21433938.
Full textThe relative importance of demographic or 'grower characteristics' as variables that influence adoption of environmentally innovative canegrowing practices is questioned in this thesis. Research, which involved a quantitative study of over 1000 sugarcane producers from Queensland, New South Wales and Western Australia, indicates that 'socio-cultural' factors are equally, and in some cases more, significant predictors of the adoption of environmentally innovative canegrowing practices than growers' personal attributes. The research indicates that the social, cultural and economic contexts that growers operate within considerably influence the extent to which knowledge is acquired and environmentally innovative canegrowing practices adopted. Analysis of the data utilises a range of demographic and property characteristics variables, and socio-cultural variables (such as group involvement, gendered division of labour and on-farm knowledge production) to determine their relationship to the adoption of environmentally innovative canegrowing practices.
Research and development into new and environmentally innovative canegrowing practices, as well as the transfer of such innovations, has primarily occurred through the medium of science and technology. Established methods of 'extension', which have previously been used to transfer knowledge in relation to new cane varieties and more productive means of producing sugarcane, are now being turned towards encouraging producers towards environmentally innovative agricultural practices. The degree to which scientific research and development, coupled with traditional methods of 'technology transfer' has been successful in promoting the adoption of environmental innovations is a topic that members of the sugar industry and the wider community have increasingly called into question. The adoption of environmental innovations has not been readily discernible at a ground level and has led to a belief that the extent of take-up of environmentally innovative canegrowing practices has been quite limited.
Scientific organisations involved with the sugar industry had expected that the adoption of new technology would relate in some way to the producer's age, level of education, years of experience or other 'personal' or demographic characteristics. Furthermore, the perceived low rate of adoption led industry personnel to believe that established methods of research and extension no longer had the support or confidence of sugarcane growers. To the contrary, the research for this thesis has found that growers do hold traditional methods of extension in high regard. This is particularly so in the case of advice received from the Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations (BSES), the oldest and most established research, development and extension agency in the sugar industry.
This thesis is substantially based upon a 'materialist' premise and argues that knowledge in relation to innovative canegrowing practices is both produced and diffused through social relationships and social practices. A sociological approach, which brings the 'materiality' of human existence to the forefront of analysis, is used to argue that scientific and lay forms of knowledge are produced through the actions of and interactions between human subjects.
The research indicates that the adoption of environmentally innovative canegrowing practices is quite widespread but in the main does not bear sufficiently strong significant relationships to grower's personal (demographic) characteristics or socio-economic variables such as the size, productivity or profitability of the canegrowing enterprise. Moreover, while significant relationships have been found between adoption and various 'socio-cultural' variables such as 'group involvement', 'sources of information', 'attitudes to chemical usage' and 'attitudes to the current state of the industry', the relationships are also trivial in accounting for variance in the adoption variables.
Furthermore, while practices are assumed to be applicable across the sugar industry, adoption is found to be influenced by factors peculiar to local canegrowing areas. The research undertaken highlights the fact that activities, which occur at the farm level are imbued with a cultural complexity that goes beyond - the mere production of agricultural commodities for the sake of accumulation of an economic surplus.
It is apparent that a range of factors influence the extent to which environmentally innovative agricultural practices are adopted in the sugar industry. While demographic and farm characteristics go some way towards accounting for the adoption of environmental innovations in the sugar industry, the social and socio-cultural conditions under which growers operate must also be taken into consideration.