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Petty, Simon. "Tasmanian Jazz Identity: A History of Jazz in Tasmania 1917-1989". Thesis, Griffith University, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/404860.
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The Tasmanian Jazz Identity theme is used as the overarching framework for this research, which identifies unique factors in Tasmania’s jazz history compared with other Australian states. Identity, in its broad sense, is a product of geography and history. Australia has a continent-wide jazz regionalism and identity separate from the US; however, there is also much that is distinctive about Australia’s regional jazz scenes. Regional jazz scenes have not been extensively examined in the written histories of Australian jazz. Tasmania is one of the most unique as its isolation has resulted in differences from other jazz sites on Australia’s mainland. Therefore, Tasmania’s jazz scene needs to be understood in its own context; nowhere else in Australia are boundaries so formidable and fixed as Tasmania’s, with the Bass Strait and the Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Despite its small population Tasmania has a high degree of autonomy. The individualism of Tasmania’s jazz scene and identities therein are linked to the broader Australian jazz style, but because of the conditions, geography and circumstances in which they evolved, Tasmania developed a distinct, localised, Australian jazz vernacular.
The importance of this research is in bridging the gap in the existing literature on Australian jazz history by presenting a sequential, chronological account of Tasmania’s jazz scene from 1917 to 1989, and the musicians who created it. Accordingly, this research focuses on seminal musicians, bands, and identities who contributed to establishing and maintaining jazz activity in Tasmania. This is presented as detailed biographical accounts of individuals or ensembles and their principal contributions, together with a comprehensive investigation into the main musicians, bands, major events, locations, and organisations that developed the jazz scene.
This primary research contributes to, and builds upon, the current knowledge and understanding of jazz developments in Australia. It moves beyond the standardised ideas of the Australian jazz identity, by focusing on the broader cultural landscape in order to better understand the role of jazz in the social history of Australia. It provides this information as a foundation for education and a better understanding of Australia’s rich jazz culture and presents a case for the acknowledgment of Tasmania’s important and unique contribution to Australian jazz.Thesis (PhD Doctorate)
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Queensland Conservatorium
Arts, Education and Law
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Wilson, Rohan David. "The roving party & extinction discourse in the literature of Tasmania /". Connect to thesis, 2009. http://repository.unimelb.edu.au/10187/6811.
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The nineteenth century discourse of extinction – a consensus of thought primarily based upon the assumption that ‘savage’ races would be displaced by the arrival of European civilisation – provided the intellectual foundation for policies which resulted in Aboriginal dispossession, internment, and death in Tasmania. For a long time, the Aboriginal Tasmanians were thought to have been annihilated. However, this claim is now understood to be fanciful. Aboriginality is no longer defined as a racial category but rather as an identity that has its basis in community. Nevertheless, extinction discourse continues to shape the features of modern literature about Tasmania. The first chapter of this dissertation will examine how extinction discourse was imagined in the nineteenth century and will trace the parallels that contemporary fiction about contact history shares with it. The novels examined include Doctor Wooreddy’s Prescription for Enduring the Ending of the World by Mudrooroo, The Savage Crows by Robert Drewe, Manganinnie by Beth Roberts, and Wanting by Richard Flanagan. The extinctionist elements in these novels include a tendency to euglogise about the ‘lost race’ and a reliance on the trope of the last man or woman. The second chapter of the dissertation will examine novels that attempt to construct a representation of Aboriginality without reference to extinction. These texts subvert and ironise extinction discourse as a way of breaking the discursive continuities with colonialism and establishing a more nuanced view of Aboriginal identity in a post-colonial context. Novels analysed here include Drift by Brian Castro, Elysium by Robert Edric, and English Passengers by Matthew Kneale.However, in attempting to arrive at new understandings about Aboriginality, non-Aboriginal authors are hindered by the epistemological difficulties of knowing and representing the Other. In particular, they seem unable to extricate themselves from the binaries of colonialism.
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Burnham, Richard M. "Self-help housing and ecology : Tasmania". Thesis, University of Liverpool, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.240796.
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Do, Anna Anh Chi. "Genetic improvement of Atlantic salmon in Tasmania". Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/10419.
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Genetic improvement of Atlantic salmon in Tasmania by Anna Do Within the Tasmanian salmon industry, there remains potential for more efficient production of high quality Atlantic salmon. Fat can be stored throughout the body and, when stored excessively in the viscera, in the muscle, under the skin or in other fat depots, can contribute to production waste. The thesis aims to: (i) determine whether the deposition of fat in various depots are under genetic control and explore if these fat depots are genetically correlated with muscle fat and other production traits; (ii) investigate the use of non-invasive and less destructive methods for measuring muscle fat and compare their cost-effectiveness against a reference method; and (iii) explore the possibility of testing animals early (24 vs 30 months) to shorten the average generation interval. Fat was measured using a number of methods involving visible/near-infrared spectroscopy (VNIRS), a Distell Fish Fatmeter, image analysis and subjective scoring of visceral fat. Genetic parameters were estimated using residual maximum likelihood methods using animal models. Fat stored in various body depots were all heritable (h2 = 0.11 – 0.57) but had limited genetic correlations with each other. Less destructive and non-invasive measures of fat were moderately heritable (h2 = 0.36 – 0.56), with genetic correlations with the reference method ranging from 0.67 to 0.88 and the Distell meter found to be relatively cost-effective. Genetic correlations between biometric and flesh quality measures on fish of 24 and 30 months of age were moderately strong to perfect (rg = 0.65 – 1.00). The thesis shows that, by employing various strategies, Tasmanian Atlantic salmon can be produced more efficiently by lowering production waste, allowing recovery of product after performance testing and increasing the rate of genetic gain in economically-important traits.
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Mo, Yimei. "Self-perception of the Chinese in Tasmania". Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/11017.
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Despite worlds of literature on ethnic relations and overseas Chinese
history, little has been systematically written about how the Chinese
outside China see themselves in both the inter- and intra- ethnic
contexts. This thesis seeks to remedy this omission by providing a
combination of empirical research and theoretical analysis with its
setting in Tasmania, an island state off the southern coast of mainland Australia.
Sparsely dispersed amongst the Australians, the Tasmanian Chinese at
present largely originated from five geographical areas: Hong Kong,
Malaysia and Singapore, China, Tasmania and Laos. The thesis first
stresses the heterogeneity in terms of their self-perception in both
inter- and intra- ethnic contexts. Towards an understanding of this, the
study provides an insight into how self-perception is shaped, from an
interdisciplinary approach involving history, sociology, social
psychology and psychological anthropology.
Theoretical study and empirical research indicate two attributes are
essential in the constitution of self-perception: the individual self's
interaction with the other in the inter- and the intra-ethnic contexts;
and all kinds of symbols which enable such interaction to make sense.
The author accordingly proposes that self-perception consists of three
components: the actual self (the person himself), the ideal self (the one
he wants to become), and the denied self (the one he avoids to become);
and that the standard of ideal self is the core of self-perception.
With rich empirical evidence, the study supports the theory of
psychological anthropologists that the self is closely related to the
cultural pattern which an individual belongs to; and that the essential
difference between different cultures lies in the relation between the
self and the other. From this perspective, the shaping of selfperception
of the Chinese in Tasmania is, in essence, the process in which a.n individual re-formulates his relation with the other in
different contexts of ethnic interaction.
This re-formulation of the relation between the self and the other takes
the form of continuity and/ or change of the standard of ideal self. To
those who directly immigrated from China, three sources of stimuli
under which such continuity and change takes place are identified, i.e.,
China, Tasmania and media, and, to those who immigrated indirectly,
one more source of stimuli is added, i.e., the transitional region such as
Hong Kong, Malaysia and Laos.
The study concludes that the heterogeneity of self-perception stems
from the variation of the standard of ideal self throughout the phase of
post-emigration from China. It differs with individuals at the outset of
emigration from China; it undergoes continuity and change after
emigration, under the three or four sources of stimuli. All kinds of
individuals' daily activities, including the relation between the self and
the other, education, race relation, religion and attachment to China,
may contribute to this variation. The study also indicates the
importance of regional backgrounds for providing similar stimuli to
residents within them and the limited power of self-perception in
influencing the individual's cognitive and behavioural activities.
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Brady, Josephine Margaret. "Sisters of St Joseph: The Tasmanian experience: The foundation of the Sisters of St Joseph in Tasmania 1887-1937". Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2004. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/fd1b93c5be669e5b5175791f8fadc28add40a65d40d0f75e8ad1ae42fb7079eb/2907348/64802_downloaded_stream_27.pdf.
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This thesis reports on and analyses the first fifty years, 1887-1937, of the Sisters of Saint Joseph's ministry in Tasmania. The design of the study is qualitative in nature, employing ethnographic techniques with a thematic approach to the narrative. Through a multifaceted approach the main figures of the Josephite story of the first fifty years are examined. The thesis attempts to redress the imbalance of the representation of women in Australian history and the Catholic Church in particular. The thesis is that as a uniquely Australian congregation the Tasmanian Sisters of St Joseph were focused on the preservation of the original spirit and tradition articulated at their foundation rather than on the development of a unique Tasmanian identity. The thesis argues that it was the formative period that impacted on their future development and the emerging myths contributed to their search for identity. Isolated from their foundations through separation and misunderstanding, they sought security and authenticity through their conservation of the original Rule. The intervention of cofounder Father Tenison Woods in the early months of their foundation served to consolidate a distinctive loyalty to him to the exclusion of Mary MacKillop. Coupled with the influence of Woods were the Irish and intercolonial influences of significant Sisters from other foundations which militated against the emergence of a distinctive Tasmanian leadership. As a Diocesan Congregation the Tasmanian Josephites achieved status as authentic religious within Tasmania and yet were constrained by their Diocesan character. The study identifies the factors that contributed to their development as a teaching Congregation through the impact of the Teacher and Schools' Registration Act 1906, influence of government regulations on the Woods-MacKillop style of education, and the commitment of the Church to provide Catholic education in the remote areas of Tasmania.;The thesis identifies two major formative periods as occurring at the instigation of Archbishops Delany and Simonds at both the foundation and then more significantly after the consolidation phase at the end of the period under examination.
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Boas, Erika. "Leading Dual Lives, Lithuanian Displaced Persons in Tasmania". Thesis, Honours thesis, University of Tasmania, 1999. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/7913/1/01_FrontMatterBoas.pdf.
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Lazenby, Billie Theresa. "Do feral cats affect small animals? : a case study from the forests of southern Tasmania". Phd thesis, School of Biological Sciences, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/9990.
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Ralph, J. "Chemical treatment of backsawn Tasmanian Oak with Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) prior to drying". Thesis, University of Tasmania Library, Special & Rare Materials Collections, 2006. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/1222/1/JRalphthesis_front.pdf.
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A series of experiments was conducted with the view of obtaining baseline information
on the use of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on Tasmanian Oak for the purpose of improving
the quality of the seasoned structural timber product. Tasmanian Oak is the marketing
name for a triad of Tasmanian-grown eucalypt species (E. delegatensis, E. obliqua, and E.
regnans). Incubation of freshly-milled timber in aqueous PEG solutions prior to
seasoning follows on from investigations in northern hemispheric timber species such as
hoop pine and spruce in the middle of the 20th Century.
PEG penetrates freshly sawn Tasmanian Oak in a manner which is considerate of
incubation time, temperature, PEG molecular weight/size and timber density.
Histological examination indicated that PEG penetrated completely throughout the
structure of the wood substance in three orientations (transverse, radial and tangential).
During air-drying of PEG soaked timber, further migration of PEG into Tasmanian Oak is
negligible. The rate of moisture content loss in Tasmanian Oak was shown to be retarded
by PEG pre-treatment although the ability to prevent moisture loss was not concomitant
with dimensional stability. An investigation to explain the change in rate of moisture loss
examined effects on the thermodynamic property, water activity. Results indicated that a
change in solution water activity could partly expain changes in the rate of moisture
content loss, but more research is required to better divine this relationship.
Shrinkage in Tasmanian Oak was reduced after treatment with aqueous PEG 400
solutions at or above 30% (v/v), with a greater percentage reduction in tangential
shrinkage compared to reduction in radial shrinkage. This is significant as backsawn (a.k.a. flatsawn) timber, with its broader tangential face, was in particular focus. The
reduction in shrinkage was consistent with PEG concentration in the incubating medium.
A decrease in the formation of drying defect, such as surface and internal checking
accompanied the improvement in keeping sawn dimensions.
Backsawn Tasmanian Oak obtained from young trees (less than 20 years) from plantation
resource presents a challenging profile for commercial timber drying and will become
more prevalent as the logging of old-growth forests is phased out. Timber seasoners may
be faced with options of longer drying times or lower yields due to drying defect unless a
method can be developed to provide added protection to the sawn timber product during
drying. At this stage, pre-treatment of Tasmanian Oak with PEG shows the hallmarks of
providing a solution to this emerging dilemma.
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Cave, EC. "Flora Tasmaniae: Tasmanian naturalists and imperial botany, 1829-1860". Thesis, 2012. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/14747/1/front-cave-thesis.pdf.
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This thesis examines the practices of botanical collectors in nineteenthcentury
Van Diemen’s Land, their involvement in the Flora Tasmaniae and their
contribution to broader scientific debates. When Joseph Hooker wrote his
introductory essay on the Australian flora for Flora Tasmaniae in 1859, it was the
first published case study supporting Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection.
Much of Hooker’s evidence for his essay was based on plant material collected by
self-trained resident naturalists of Van Diemen's Land, including Robert
Lawrence, Ronald Gunn and William Archer. In recent years Darwin, Hooker and
their contemporaries have been thoroughly examined, but as yet there has been
little concentration upon the colonial collectors who contributed to their research.
Instead of a centre-periphery study, this thesis provides a periphery-centre
focus, exploring the role of the colonial naturalists, their contribution to the
development of scientific knowledge, and the realities of operating as naturalists
in the Antipodes. This thesis argues that resident colonial collectors in Van
Diemen's Land made a significant contribution to botanical science during a time
of taxonomic and classificatory flux.
By using correspondence, journals, plant specimens and collecting notes
this thesis examines one facet of a larger imperial movement. Analysis of these
sources demonstrates the nuances of the colonial scientific experience, how
knowledge was gained, how contacts and friendships were made and sustained,
and what sort of work self-trained enthusiasts undertook. Numerous men and
women contributed to a broad discussion on the native flora and fauna, including landed gentlemen, medical men, public servants and convicted criminals. As the
Flora grew from their efforts, colonists questioned the source of power in the
scientific world. This thesis discusses these changing tensions, and how those
with a deeper local understanding balanced their colonial knowledge with the
views of those in the metropole.
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McFarlane, I. "Aboriginal society in North West Tasmania : dispossession and genocide". Thesis, 2002. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/220/2/02Whole.pdf.
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As the title indicates this study is restricted to those Aboriginal tribes located in the North West region of Tasmania. This approach enables the regional character and diversity of Aboriginal communities to be brought into focus; it also facilitates an examination of the unique process of dispossession that took place in the North West region, an area totally under the control of the Van Diemen's Land Company (VDL Co). Issues dealing with entitlement to ownership and sovereignty will be established by an examination of the structure and function of traditional Aboriginal Societies in the region, as well as the occupation and use they made of their lands. Early contact history with the Europeans is examined to demonstrate that there was a real possibility of developing productive relationships with the indigenous inhabitants at the time the VDL Co. took up their land grants.
The character of the VDL Co manager Edward Curr, his role in the development of the VDL Co and his harsh treatment of those under his authority, including the Aborigines is also an important area of study. While Company Directors were prepared to countenance the dispossession of the Aborigines and consequent destruction of their culture, Curr was content to preside over their physical destruction. This thesis will demonstrate that Edward Curr persistently ignored instructions from his Directors to the contrary and created, fostered and supported an ethos that encouraged the systematic eradication of the Aboriginal population on allocated Company lands. In 1834, after only eight years under the care of Curr's administration, less than one sixth of the original Aboriginal inhabitants had survived to be taken into exile by the Friendly Mission.
Robinson's Friendly Mission provided the main physical contact between the North West Aborigines and Arthur's administration. Thus the activities of the Friendly Mission and its role in removing many of the Aborigines, by force in many cases, is detailed, as is their treatment and condition at the Wybalenna Establishment.
The history of the North West Aboriginal tribes will continue by tracing the events and experiences that followed the exile to Flinders Island and Oyster Cove, concluding with the death in 1857 of the last survivor of the North West population. It will be established that the genocide perpetrated against these tribes, was initiated as part of local VDL Co policy, a process exacerbated through colonial administrative expediency and brought to completion by neglect.
Finally, there is a brief review of the popular ideologies concerning race, current during the period under study and the extent to which these ideas moulded attitudes and policies relating to Aborigines both in the North West and in general.
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O'Brien, E. "Tasmania transformed or transportation revisited? immigration to Tasmania, 1945-1955". Thesis, 1992. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15844/1/O%27Brien_front_matter.pdf.
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The first decade after World War II saw Tasmania embark upon a
quarter of a century of change and development, a period which
would witness a transformation in the state's economy and social
character. In the immediate postwar period Tasmania was
experiencing an economic slump, with the winding down of war
manufacturing, a decreased demand for goods, and severe shortage
of materials. The light on the horizon was Tasmania's potential
industrial revolution, an expansion of secondary industry, the key
to which would be the exploitation of Tasmania's abundant water
supply. Tasmania's industrial boom would be led by a relatively
small number of firms, such as the Electrolytic Zinc Company and
Associated Pulp and Paper Mills, supplied with cheap, bulk power
through the state's hydro-electric scheme.
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Bird, DS. "A sense of Tasmania: Post-war Tasmanian writers - their sense of place and analysis of the Tasmanian condition". Thesis, 1993. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15753/1/Bird_Front_Matter.pdf.
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Considering the size of its population and cultural isolation, Tasmania has
produced a singular number of talented writers, both of fiction and nonfiction.
No generation of writers has been more prominent in the field of
Tasmanian letters than that of the post-war generation, that is , those either
born around 1945, or those born in the thirties, reaching their maturity in the
post-war world of the fifties.
This generation was the best educated and the most widely travelled since
European settlement of the island in 1803. For these reasons, amongst
others, no earlier generation had so plied itself with questions over
Tasmanian identity and the Tasmanian condition. No earlier generation had
so distanced itself from its formative childhood and from the island itself in
order to undergo the catharsis of self-examination.
This generation was perhaps the first to be concerned about its colonial
status. Their parents had revelled in the Empire; it caused this generation
only angst. They felt that they were victims of a colonial frame of mind and
they knew that their role as artists was to create their own country and
landscapes in their mind's eye; formidable and daunting tasks.
For writers such as Koch and Conrad, the two most important of the group,
the island had set the terms of their lives and despite their periods of "exile",
they had carried off inside them the home they could not return to Their role was to examine their society and its past and to rework it with
new insights. thus to "cast shadows into the future". Tasmania's past was
grim, but not inescapable. Their artistic hope and optimism survived, as,
"Though the ghosts of Tasmania's past have not been laid to rest, it is
possible to go forward with hope." The task that this generation set itself was thus one of exorcism. This
dissertation seeks to examine their attitudes to the -Tasmanian sense of
difference; their reactions to the burden of Tasmanian history; their response
to the Tasmanian sense of isolation and finally their varying responses to the
Tasmanian environment.
Despite their diversity, there is a unifying theme. This generation of writers
accepts Tasmanian difference and recognises that Tasmanians, whatever
the cost and pain, must come to terms with themselves without the use of
outside references. They must achieve some sort of spiritual autonomy. They
must accept the challenge postulated by the Rev. John West in the last
century and attempt to create a new society based on a new spirit of place.
The selection of Tasmanian writers in this dissertation is by no means
exhaustive. Limitations of space have demanded ruthless selection and for
that reason, the field has been limited to native-born Tasmanians with the
single exception of Helen Hodgman. Her inclusion was initially in error, but
she remains as an interesting contrast to the sympathies of the native born.
For the native-born, even the highly critical, the island retains a certain
charm, but Hodgman quite obviously detested the place. For although the
island is no longer the principal place of residence for most of these writers,
it is clearly an ineradicable part of their psyche, for,
"We are like birds, we human beings; in the end we fly back to where we
come from."
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Bradbury, R. "Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Tasmania". Thesis, 2009. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11430/1/front-Bradbury_%28PhD%29_2010.pdf.
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an organism commonly found in the environment, and one of the most common causes of infectious disease in humans. Infections caused by P. aeruginosa may present in many forms, reflective of the great versatility of this organism. P. aeruginosa infection occurs more commonly in patients with some form of immunocompromisation, and this is particularly significant in the nosocomial setting and as a cause of chronic infection in the cystic fibrosis (CF) lung.
Tasmania is an island state in the southernmost portion of Australia. It has a relatively small, isolated population with a greater balance of the population living in rural and regional areas than any other state in Australia. The state has a single tertiary care referral hospital in the capital city, Hobart and amongst the highest number of CF births per capita of anywhere in the world. Until 2003, CF patients in Tasmania did not attend any centralised clinics, and had little social or other contact with each other. These factors provided a unique opportunity to study the epidemiology of P. aeruginosa infections in a whole population sample.
In addition, a large number (n=184) of P. aeruginosa isolates from diverse clinical and environmental sources, including isolates from adult CF patients, were obtained from both within the major tertiary referral hospital in Tasmania and the wider community. Antimicrobial resistance testing was performed on all isolates by four separate methods and the results of these compared. A sub group of CF and hospital environment strains appeared to present with an increased propensity towards antimicrobial resistance and frank multi-drug resistance. Molecular epidemiological analysis of the CF strains revealed a single genotype of P. aeruginosa to be infecting over a quarter of the adult CF patients in the state. Isolates of the genotype concerned showed a greater propensity towards multi-drug resistance than any other cohort of P. aeruginosa strains included in the study, and were shown to cause poorer clinical outcomes in infected patients. The strain was determined to be a new CF clonal complex, described as Australian Epidemic Strain 3 (AES3). The source of this strain appears to a CF summer camp which occurred more than ten years prior to this study. A further common genotype (infecting 11% of adult Tasmanian CF patients) was identified. This strain was described as the “Tasmanian CF cluster strain”.
Further molecular epidemiological analysis of P. aeruginosa strains from infected patients within the major tertiary referral hospital and the wider community, as well as environmental isolates from these and other sites showed that the AES3 and Tasmanian CF cluster strains are not common in non-CF patients, and do not have an obvious environmental source either in the hospital or the wider community.
A survey of the virulence factor genes associated with all isolates in this study was performed. This represented one of the most comprehensive studies of virulence genes over a wide range of P. aeruginosa isolates ever performed. The study found no specific difference in the prevalence of these genes between AES3 strains and other CF strains. CF strains were less likely to carry the low prevalence, horizontally transferred, exoU virulence gene. Conversely, isolates recovered from environmental sampling in the hospital intensive care and neurosurgical wards showed an increased propensity towards both antimicrobial resistance and exoU+ genotype.
A selected group of CF, non-CF clinical and environmental isolates were subjected to an assay of global cellular virulence in a novel modification of the Dictyostelium discoideum eukaryotic virulence assay employing two D. discoideum mutants. The majority of clinical CF isolates supported the growth of D. discoideum. D. discoideum was unable to grow on any other isolates of P. aeruginosa, except one environmental isolate which supported the growth of only one of the two D. discoideum mutants tested. No difference in the capacity of clonal complex strains and unique CF strains to support D. discoideum growth and development was identified. Variations in the capacity of D. discoideum to develop beyond the amoeboid stage were noted within the CF isolates. No significant differences were noted between assays performed in the presence or absence of azithromycin, ceftazidime or tobramycin.
This was the first study of which we are aware to demonstrate the capacity of wild-type CF P. aeruginosa strains to support the growth of D. discoideum, and has provided significant findings with regard to “whole cell” virulence of this organism, and its down-regulation in the CF lung. Differences in the degree of development of D. discoideum on CF isolates may also lead to new insights into the mechanisms of virulence in such strains in the human disease setting.
The work presented in this thesis has found new information regarding the epidemiology of P. aeruginosa infections. It has also provided new information regarding the distribution of the exoU gene in hospital environmental isolates, and the association of this genotype with hospital intensive therapy wards. Finally, in describing a novel modification of the D. discoideum virulence model, and applying this model to multiple clinical and environmental isolates of P. aeruginosa, this work has added to the body of scientific knowledge regarding the expression of virulence by P. aeruginosa isolates from different clinical and environmental sources.
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Pridmore, S. "Huntington's disease in Tasmania". Thesis, 1991. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21276/7/Pridmore_whole_thesis_ex_pub_mat.pdf.
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This compilation of papers is the product of five years of research and clinical involvement in Huntington' s Disease (HD) in Tasmania.
In 1949, Dr Charles Brothers published some details of a large, Tasmanian HD pedigree. Others performed calculations on his figures and stated that the region had one of the highest per capita rates in the world. Later, the Department of Psychiatry, of the University of Melbourne, took an interest in Tasmanian HD families. However, no further information was published until that which appears herein.
In 1986, the author commenced research and clinical practice in HD.
First, the functions of HD Registers (HDRs) were examined. This led to the establishment and maintained of an HDR. This, in turn called for the establishment of an HD Advisory Committee. These events have been described.
Pure research was subsequently conducted on the prevalence of HD in Tasmania, the age of onset, the age of death and the duration of the disease, the fertility of affected individuals and their unaffected siblings, and sundry features of the total HD population and of the large HD family earlier described by Dr Brothers.
The above findings were used as authorative data in a review of the social justice issues of HD in Tasmania. This review
favourably influenced government policy and funding.
Concurrently, a study of early detection techniques using neuropsychological testing, neurological examination and Quantitative (Q)EEG has been running for two years. Final data is not yet available and thus results can not be presented, but a single case study of an individual examined with QEEG before and after the clinical onset of HD is described.
The appendix contains two sets of data. The first is details of the large Tasmanian which at January 1, 1990, extended over 43 meters of paper. The second is complete details of the neurophysiological results of the single case mentioned above.
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Walker, PF. "The United Tasmania Group". Thesis, 1987. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22626/2/Pamela%20Walker%20whole%20thesis.pdf.
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This thesis argues that the impact of the United Tasmania Group (UTG) on Tasmanian
politics cannot be measured by its limited electoral success; rather its achievement is
properly measured by the party's contribution to the growth of the environmental
movement in Tasmania. The argument presented here demonstrates that the UTG has to be
credited with making a major contribution to the development of "one of the most highly
skilled and politically advanced environmental movements in the world."
The UTG was the first political party based on an environmental platform to contest
elections within any parliamentary system in the world and was formed to contest the
Tasmanian House of Assembly election during the Lake Fedder controversy. The party
marked an important milestone in Tasmania's political history in that it challenged for the
first time the traditional orthodoxy of successive governments and the ossified policy of
hydro-industrialisation. However, concerned citizens who formed the membership of the
party were politically inexperienced and were reluctantly forced to directly challenge the
Government's decision to flood Lake Fedder in the political arena. This unprecedented
action was a direct result of conservationists' experience with the decision-making
processes which they claimed excluded any form of public participation and represented
only one set of values- namely the technocratic and economic values entrenched in
hydro-industrialisation. For the first time the UTG exposed the close relationship between
the Hydro-Electric Commission (HEC) and the governing parties in Tasmania.
The thesis will establish that the UTG was a political party inextricably linked to an
emerging environmental movement which, simply by virtue of its size and growth, can be
classified as a social movement. Similar to most social movements, the environmental
movement arose from discontent with many of the customary values of society. The UTG,
like other environmental groups, represented a concerted effort to institutionalise alternative
values. The UTG will be analysed from a perspective which relates the party to the
political system, accounts for its political efficacy and assesses it impact on the
environmental movement and the political system in Tasmania.
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Lodo, Kerryn. "Applied epidemiology in tasmania". Master's thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/156163.
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I completed my placement as a Masters of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology scholar at the Department of Health and Human Services in Tasmania. I was attached to the Communicable Diseases Prevention Unit which sits in the Population and Environmental Health Services Branch. Tasmania is a small jurisdiction, both in size and population. This allowed my involvement in projects both in communicable diseases and environmental health. I describe the placement, my participation in the day to day activities of the Unit, my applied epidemiology projects to demonstrate a range of applied epidemiological skills. I evaluated the Tasmanian hepatitis C virus (HCV) surveillance system. This system has been operational since 1995 without review or development of objectives. This evaluation was focused on the usefulness of the system and its ability to achieve objectives proposed by an internal working group. The system was found to be stable, flexible and useful. The major recommendation to increase the usefulness of the system is to improve reporting of data to stakeholders for use in program development, evaluation and advocacy. In my epidemiological project I completed a data linkage study of rates of hospital admission and death in a cohort of Tasmanians with HCV. HCV notifications from the Tasmanian Notifiable Diseases Database were linked with statewide hospital admissions and death data. This project was the first time data linkage had been used on Tasmanian notification data and an objective of the study was to determine if this methodology was suitable. It was found to be useful with potential uses to explore co-infections among Tasmanians. I found the most common causes of admissions in this cohort were mental and behavioral conditions and injuries and poisoning. In completing my data analysis, I participated in an investigation into water tanks in Tasmania that had high water lead concentrations. We found the manufacturer had been using non-compliant construction materials. I coordinated the follow up of children with elevated blood lead concentrations. Water lead concentrations found in the water tanks were extremely high compared with findings from other Australian studies. A moderate association was found between water lead and blood lead concentrations. All children re-tested after they stopped drinking the contaminated water had a reduction in blood lead concentrations. I presented the preliminary findings from this investigation to the 2013 Annual OzFoodNet Meeting and final analysis to the 2014 National Environmental Health Association Conference. I participated in the investigation of a norovirus outbreak in Tasmania that was associated with locally grown oysters. Precautionary action was taken early in the investigation but the outbreak progressed rapidly and resulted in significant morbidity. I presented the investigative methods and findings from this outbreak to the 2014 Tasmanian Environmental Health Association Annual Conference. To fulfill the requirements of the program I prepared two teaching sessions. The "lessons from the field" case study was an introduction to data linkage for other MAE scholars in my cohort. I also prepared and taught a session on risk assessment in the context of outbreak investigation to the 2014 MAE scholars.
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Clark, E. E. (Edward Eugene) 1948. "The Tasmanian Small Claims Court : an empirical study". Thesis, 1993. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18877/1/whole_ClarkEdwardEugene1993_thesis.pdf.
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This dissertation presents the results of an empirical study of the Tasmanian
Small Claims Court, established in 1985. The major purpose of the study was
to evaluate the extent to which the Court is effective in achieving the purpose for
which it was designed--the informal, speedy and inexpensive resolution of
minor civil disputes.
In conducting the evaluation a multiple evaluation methodology was adopted
which sought to illuminate the diverse perceptions of various groups--
disputants, community organisations, Magistrates, and court officials--all of
whom are involved with the Small Claims Court. The individual components
of the methodology incorporated: (1) a detailed literature survey of Small
Claims Courts within the wider context of dispute resolution; (2) a historical
sketch of the establishment of a Small Claims Court in Tasmania; (3) a file
survey of Small Claims Court records for the fiscal year 1989; (4) a survey of
disputants who utilised the Small Claims Court over the period from 1 July
1988 through 30 June 1989; (5) interviews with disputants, court staff,
administrators, magistrates and community organisations such as the Hobart
Community Legal Service, Legal Aid, and Consumer Affairs; (6) personal
observation of approximately thirty cases; and (7) participant observation in
conducting my own case before the Small Claims Court. The empirical data present a detailed account of how Tasmanian Small Claims
disputants perceive and utilise the Small Claims Court. Included in this account
are the types of claims filed and by whom; the amount claimed; the role played
by lawyers and insurance companies in giving advice; the perceived helpfulness
of court staff; the disposition of cases; the nature of settlements; the perceived
degree of formality and privacy, disputant satisfaction with the Court and their
perceptions of the Court's strengths and weaknesses; problems of enforcement;
and a description of the demographic characteristics of those who utilise the
Small Claims procedure. The study further analyses the Court from the
perspective of magistrates, court officials and community groups who all have
various degrees of involvement with the Small Claims Court.
The principal finding of the study is that the Tasmanian Small Claims Court is,
to a large extent, achieving the goals for which it was established. More civil
cases are tried in Small Claims than any other court; the vast majority of disputants are satisfied with the system and would use it again; the court staff
are considered helpful; and for most litigants there is the appropriate degree of
privacy and informality. The major factor influencing disputants' attitudes of
fairness, impartiality and general satisfaction with the Court was whether or not
disputants felt there was an adequate opportunity to present their side of the
case.
However, it was found that some areas of the Court's operation could be
improved, the major recommendations being: 1) the need for greater public
awareness about Small Claims; 2) more education regarding the primary
mediation function of the Court; 3) closer working relationships between the
Small Claims Court and other less formal dispute resolution agencies; 4)
specialised training for Small Claims staff and Magistrates; 5) court forms and
brochures written in plain English; and 6) improved physical facilities more
conducive to the informal atmosphere required of small claims actions.
Finally, the study highlights the need for systematic, ongoing evaluation of the
Small Claims Court with the aim of making further refinements to ensure that,
in pursuing the goal of providing a speedy, inexpensive and informal method of
resolving minor civil disputes, the rhetoric of Small Claims Court dispute
resolution matches the reality.
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Vivian, H. "Tasmania's Chinese heritage : an historical record of Chinese sites in North East Tasmania". Thesis, 1986. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17370/2/vivian-whole-thesis.pdf.
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The Chinese came to Tasmania ( 1875 - 1890) to work the alluvial tin fields of the North East. They came as sojourners to make quick fortunes before returning to China. They comprised the largest non-European ethnic community in 19th Century Tasmania.
The number of Chinese was never great, reaching a peak of approximately 1000 - 1500 in 1887, but they played a very important role in the settlement and development of the North East. Tin mining was the main industry in the region and accounted for 1/4 of the colony's export earnings during the 1880s. The Chinese were brought in as cheap labour for the mines in the late 1870s and early 1880s, but, by a combination of circumstances and perserverance, they quickly established themselves in their own right. By 1882, Chinese were more numerous than Europeans in the alluvial tin mines and they remained in the majority until about 1897 (by which time alluvial mining had diminished in importance). After the introduction of restrictive immigration laws in 1887 and a recession in tin mining in 1888, the number of Chinese gradually declined. Those that remained form the roots of the Tasmanian population of the 1980s.
Very little has been recorded of the history of the Chinese in Tasmania, and this survey of historical Chinese sites can only be regarded as a preliminary step towards understanding a period of history which has all but vanished today. The project located and recorded 41 sites and includes 15 oral history recordings; this forms the most comprehensive collection or primary source material available on the Chinese to date.
The archaelogical record is currently an untapped source of information on the Chinese. However, these sites are currently under threat from forestry, fossicking, and small-scale mining. It is important to preserve the sites as sources of culturally significant information and vital to protect them as culturally significant fabric, since very few structures have survived from this era of Tasmanian history.
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Hall, S. "The Koonya Prospect, Rosebery, Tasmania". Thesis, 1990. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/11464/2/whole-Hall%2C_S.G.%2C_Grad_Dip_Sc__%28Hons%29_1990.pdf.
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Koonya is a small lead-zinc prospect located approximately three kilometres south of Rosebery and about one kilometre east of the Rosebery fault. It lies within the basal sequence of the Cambrian Central Volcanic Complex on the western side of the Mount Read Volcanic belt The Koonya prospect occurs in the same stratigraphic sequence that hosts the Rosebery and Hercules ore deposits.
The geology of the Koonya area is dominated by variable altered, rhyolitic feldspar-phyric volcanics. These units have flow(?) banding and shard like textures throughout the groundmass and may be either unusual lavas or pyroclastics. Grading observed in several areas suggests an upright facing for the sequence.
Three mineralized horizons were recognised at Koonya. The major horizon contains a thin massive sulphide lens and its vein style down dip continuation (zone B). In three dimensions the massive sulphide and zone B are part of a more complex horizon of mineralization. This horizon shows a distinct mineralogical zonation from a chalcopyrite-pyrite-arsenopyrite-tetrahedrite- aikinite-native bismuth assemblage in the south (similar to the copper-rich assemblage seen at Rosebery), to a galena-sphalerite-pyrite-chalcopyrite-pyrrhotite assemblage which dominates the massive sulphide to the north.
The mineralization pre-dates the Devonian regional deformation and thus pre-dates the Devonian granite intrusion in the area. Temperatures for deposition of the mineralization, based on the mineral assemblages, ranged from greater than 270°C for the copper rich zone to less than 250°C for the massive sulphide. Zinc ratio distributions indicate that the massive sulphide was formed from lead saturated fluids, but the other types of mineralization were deposited from either lead undersaturated fluids, or formed at temperatures below 200°C. Lead isotope studies indicate the lead in the mineralization is Cambrian in age and sulphur isotopes suggest the sulphur was dominantly derived from seawater.
Two major alteration events occurred at Koonya; alteration associated with mineralization and a later stage alteration, often associated with post-cleavage veining. The alteration associated with the main lead-zinc mineralized zone has a very distinctive arrangement directly related to the position of the mineralization. Above the mineralization the alteration is dominated by a quartzsericite- pyrite assemblage but below the mineralization the alteration is dominated by a sericite assemblage.
Geochemical studies of the alteration have shown that originally the altered rocks were very similar. The alteration has produced mass and/or volume changes in excess of ±30% of the original mass/volume. Major element changes during alteration included depletion of sodium, calcium and silica and enrichment of potassium, iron, magnesium and manganese.
Oxygen isotope studies suggest that the main mineralizing fluid was dominated by heated seawater, supporting the previous conclusion reached from sulphur isotope studies, that seawater was the major component of the mineralizing fluid.
Studies of chlorites formed during alteration revealed that the chlorite has been re-equilibrated during later metamorphism. The metamorphic temperature recorded by the chlorites is approximately 310°C to 340°C. The very different composition of chlorites from the quartzsericite- pyrite altered zone and the sericite altered zone suggest that they were formed under different conditions. An unusual feature of the chlorites at Koonya is their very high manganese values, with MnO in excess of 5% in some samples.
A three stage model is proposed to explain the genesis of the major mineralized horizon at Koonya. Initially the host rhyolitic sequence was extensively sericitized. The second stage involved deposition of the sulphide mineralization as veins, fracture fillings(?) and disseminations, and co-incident quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration of the hanging wall. In the third stage the host rock sequence is folded and deformed, causing re-orientation of the mineralization.
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Menadue, Y. "Taxonomy of ranunculus in Tasmania". Thesis, 1987. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20194/1/whole_MenadueYvonne1987_thesis.pdf.
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A taxonomic treatment has been made of Ranunculus in Tasmania. Mainland species have been included in some aspects of the work especially where they have particular bearing on the Tasmanian species.
The approach was multifaceted and included traditional taxonomic methods of examination and description, and experimental investigations.
Three new species have been described. Two species, R. decurvus and R. concinnus showed such close morphological similarity that multivariate morphometric analyses were employed to try to separate them. These analyses, principal components analysis, discriminant function analysis and a clustering technique, resulted in R. concinnus being considered a synonym under R. decurvus. An updated key for Tasmanian Ranunculus has been produced.
Chromosome counts were made of 35 species. Intraspecific polyploid complexes were shown to occur in two native species, R. glabrifolius and R. amphitrichus. Transplant and controlled-environment growth experiments were conducted to investigate the polymorphism in R. nanus. Aspects of variation examined included leaf area, dentateness, petiole length and hairiness. These characters were shown to be phenotypically plastic. Different fixed genotypes of R. nanus occur in different habitats.
A preliminary survey of the occurence of flavonoids was conducted. This line of research shows great potential as a method of elucidating the relationships between the species. One compound was identified as rutin and three other compounds were partially identified.
'Recent' evolution is indicated for many of the species and the processes of speciation are apparent. The alpine species show a high level of endemism. Inter-continental relationships are few. This study concludes with some general comments on the possible causes and evidence for these statements.
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Hermanto, MR. "Underground conductivity structure in Tasmania". Thesis, 1985. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20207/1/whole_HermantoMemetRachmat1985_thesis.pdf.
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Geomagnetic variations were measured at 35 temporary stations in the
north, north-east and centre of Tasmania. The surveys were carried out
from early in 1983 to the middle of 1984. The surveys were designed to
map the southern extension of the anomaly discovered by Buyung (1980) and
revealed two types of anomalies, i.e. inland and coast effect. The inland
anomaly is characterized by oppositely directed in-phase induction arrows
at close locations for periods from 4 to 20 minutes, indicating the
presence of a concentration of current in a highly conductive zone. This
anomaly is coincident with the Tamar Fracture Zone. Meanwhile, the
gradual change in the direction of induction arrows with increasing period
from various directions to almost south-east illustrates the significant
effect of the coast. This is probably due either to current induced in
the conducting ocean water or to high conductivity contrasts between the
resistive block in the eastern part of Tasmania and the conducting ocean
floor.
The finite difference method of Jones and Pascoe (1971) and Pascoe
and Jones (1972) was used to calculate the induction response of twodimensional
models and to interpret the observations. Modelling reveals
that a highly conductive zone, responsible for the inland anomaly, is
located at a depth, of about 2 km from the surface. This zone, which is
bounded by resistive blocks to the east and west, has a resistivity of 0.5.SL
m and thickness of 2 to 3 km. This model agrees with magneto-telluric
observations of previous workers. The most likely cause of this highly
conductive zone is a large quantity of saline water or conducting liquid in
porous or cracked rocks.
Analogue modelling of the coast effect around Tasmania by Dosso et
al. (in press) has been used in an attempt to isolate the effect of inland
structures. This was only partly successful, probably because the
analogue models assume that the island is a perfect insulator.
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Paull, Rosemary. "Cenozoic cupressaceae macrofossils from Southeastern Australia: comparisons with extant genera/species". 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/57421.
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Title page, abstract and table of contents only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library.Tasmanian fossil sites are rich in Cupressaceae genera and species and yet only three genera (Artrotaxis, Diselma, Callitris) survive there today. The aim of this study is the identification of some new and previously undescribed Cupressacea-related Tasmanian fossils. This is achieved by comprehensive morphological reviews of the foliage and cones (ovulate and pollen) of six extant Southern Hemisphere Cupressaceae genera.
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Price, Kathleen Alice. "Trouwerner : the forced forgetting : education and how it has affected/disaffected Aboriginal people of Tasmania". Phd thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/149988.
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Chmielowski, RM. "The Cambrian metamorphic history of Tasmania". Thesis, 2009. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9833/2/02Whole.pdf.
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The Tyennan Orogeny produced low to medium-grade metamorphic rocks distributed across the western third of Tasmania. Chemical U-Th-Pb monazite dating reveals that the peak episode of metamorphism took place in the Cambrian, with a weighted mean age for all units analysed of 505 ± 1 Ma. However, variations in the results by region range from ~ 511 to ~ 497 Ma. The pelitic schists of the Franklin Metamorphic Complex contain garnet porphyroblasts which record a rapid, nearly isothermal, pressure increase; the garnet cores formed at ~ 600o C, 6,000 bars and the rims at ~ 700o C, 14,000 bars at 511 ± 3 Ma. Likewise, the eclogite from the same region records a change from ~ 550o C, 6,250 bars to ~ 650o C, 19,000 bars. The whiteschist, which was obtained from the opposite side of a major local fault, formed garnet cores at ~ 545o C, 19,600 bars; its garnet rims and matrix minerals formed at 506 ± 5 Ma after an increase in temperature of at least 30-90o C. All of these units show evidence of very rapid isothermal exhumation. Other Franklin Metamorphic Complex fault blocks record P/T for peak conditions at ~ 570o C, 8,600 bars (Mt. Mary), and ~ 700o C, 11,400 bars (Raglan Range). The Forth Metamorphic Complex achieved peak metamorphism at 509 ± 7 Ma, at conditions of 670o C, 16,900 bars, and the nearby Settlers Schist gives results of 513 ± 8 Ma. The garnet porphyroblasts of the Port Davey Metamorphic Complex record a single episode of metamorphism which took place at 505 ± 2 Ma at ~ 550 to 570o C and ~ 6,000 bars during which a dehydration event resulted in both a change of garnet composition and texture. The regional geology indicates metamorphism predated post-collisional extension and associated eruption of the Mount Read volcanics at 506 to 500 Ma. Most of the monazite dating is consistent with this observation. However, the Mersey River Metamorphic Complex gives very consistent results of 497 ± 3 Ma. This is problematical, as it would have been at depth undergoing metamorphism after that extension took place. This could be the result of an unknown analytical problem, but the Mersey River monazite grains are indistinguishable chemically from monazite in the other units, and this sample has undergone repeated analysis. Alternatively, this sample reflects a different metamorphic event than that recorded in all other samples studied.
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Polack, FM. "Littoral fictions: Writing Tasmania and newfoundland". Thesis, 2002. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17427/1/Polack-whole-thesis.pdf.
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This thesis examines contemporary literary fiction which takes either
the Canadian island of Newfoundland or the Australian island of
Tasmania as its imaginative terrain. Utilising a comparative
framework, it juxtaposes narratives which have helped construct these
regional spaces during the last twenty-five years of the twentieth
century.
Informed by post-modern spatial theory, 'Littoral Fictions' is premised
on the argument that places are produced, rather than simply reflected,
in literary and other modes of cultural expression. Particularly
important to the thesis are Michel de Certeau's assertion that 'every
story is a travel story - a spatial practice' (The Practice of Everyday Life
115), and Fredric Jameson's contention that cultural and economic
production are inextricably intertwined. Consequently, the thesis seeks
to determine how and why Tasmania and Newfoundland figure
within recent fiction, and to consider the ramifications of their
constructions.
'Littoral Fictions' examines writing about leaving, walking around,
and coming home to regional spaces. In the process, it addresses the
work of Christopher Koch, Dennis Altman, Paul Bowdring, Wayne
Johnston, Patrick Kavanagh, Robert Drewe, Mudrooroo, Bernice
Morgan, Richard Flanagan and E. Annie Proulx, in particular detail.
The thesis finds that Newfoundland and Tasmania play comparable,
instigative roles within narratives hinging on the alternate spatial
trajectories it identifies. Only rarely do these islands serve as sketchy
or neutral backgrounds. Instead, their landscapes and histories are
presented in detail, and important shifts in narrative action are
associated with movements to, from, or within their boundaries. Paradoxically, the more insistently the islands are evoked as
geographically, culturally and/or economically marginal, the more
significant their role in the narrative - even to the point of their
serving as representative spaces within national imaginaries. Literary
constructions of Tasmania and Newfoundland diverge and converge
in more specific ways, too. Stories about leaving the two islands are
quite different, for instance, whilst the resemblance between narratives
of homecoming is remarkable .
. 'Littoral Fictions' does identify signs of a shift in the ways Tasmania
and Newfoundland are spatialised in some recent writing. The thesis
concludes by speculating that moves to figure the islands as more fully
integrated with the world beyond their shores portend an important
re-conceptualisation. In identifying parallels in typical figurations of
Tasmania and Newfoundland, 'Littoral Fictions' seeks to participate in
the project of constructing new connections between the respective
islands and places elsewhere.
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Carpenter, Raymond John. "Palaeovegetation and environment at Cethana, Tasmania". Thesis, 1991. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18972/1/whole_CarpenterRaymondJohn1991_thesis.pdf.
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The Oligocene (ca 35 Ma) Cethana fossil deposit in northern Tasmania is
investigated, with the aim of reconstructing the vegetation and environment. Aspects
of the geology, palynology and particularly the macrofossil component of the flora are
considered. The flora is discussed in the context of the development of the
Australasian vegetation.
The sediments are believed to have been deposited in a lake situated in a
topographically diverse region. In particular, perturbations to the facies by siliceous
debris suggests the lake was proximal to a steep slope. The macrofossils are
represented by impressions or carbonised compressions from which fragments of
cuticle can be recovered. Scanning electron microscopy is an important technique used
to examine and compare fossil and extant cuticles. Pteridophyte macrofossils
identified include specimens of Hymenophyllaceae, Lygodium (Schizaeaceae) and
Sticherus and Gleichenia (Gleicheniaceae). Gymnosperm macrofossils identified are
the extinct cycad Pterostoma, Macrozamia (Zamiaceae), Acmopyle, Dacrycamus,
Dacrydium, Phyllocladus, Lagarostrobos and Podocarpus (Podocatpaceae), Agathis
and Araucaria (Araucariaceae) and Libocedrus and Papuacedrus (Cupressaceae).
Angiosperm macrofossils have affinity to three of the four subgenera of Nothofagus
(Fagaceae), Gymnostoma (Casuarinaceae), Lomatia, Banksia/Dryandra and other
genera (Proteaceae), Callicoma, Vesselowskya and Weinmannia/Cunonia
(Cunoniaceae), Brachychiton (Sterculiaceae), Elaeocarpaceae, Lauraceae and
Myrtaceae. Detailed taxonomic descriptions are provided for some of the
macrofossils.
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Clarke, AK. "Cavernicole diversity and ecology in Tasmania". Thesis, 2006. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19218/1/whole_ClarkeArthurKenneth2006_thesis.pdf.
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The five cave zone regions, ten macro-habitats and 44 micro-habitats for invertebrate species recorded from caves in two adjoining karst areas of southern Tasmania (Hastings and Ida Bay) are described. The information for these two karst areas is a sub-set of the 7,861 cave or karst area invertebrate occurrence records listed in six relationally linked tables together with 309 database queries or tabulations (contained in a Microsoft Access database) that documents collections and observations of 1,292 species from 749 occurrence sites in karst and non-karst cave areas of Tasmania. The cave related data and its content including a comprehensive micro-habitat site analysis and species taxonomy detail in a relational database is unique, making it the only cave fauna database of its kind in the world.
The database provides a historical account dating back to the early 1840s when glowworms were first reported from caves in Tasmania; these are recorded along with accounts of the first cave spider and cave beetle species described in Australia. Together with anecdotal accounts from some of the early entomologists and naturalists who studied Tasmania's cave fauna, the significant role of modem day cave biologists is commended along with their contributions that have vastly expanded our knowledge base. The history of the study of cave biology is discussed, together with the development of cave fauna related ecological terms and theories or explanations for the colonisation of caves and evolution of troglomorphic characters in aquatic and terrestrial hypogean obligates. Following a brief introduction of geomorphic processes, the term "karst bio-space" is introduced to encompass the total living space for all hypogean species in the saturated or unsaturated karst and karst-like cavities, crevices and voids including caves. The concept of cave ecology is expanded to describe the five cave zone regions, ten macro-habitats and the 44 micro-habitats deployed in the detailed analysis of habitat data for species in the Hastings and Ida Bay karst areas. A comprehensive explanation of the database fields is provided, along with guidelines for operating the database and constructing queries to answer questions related to the diversity and ecology of Tasmanian cave species.
Incorporating the most up to date and current taxonomy for cave species in Tasmania, this thesis provides a detailed overview of the diversity of the most common groups of cave dwelling invertebrates and the first records of new species not previously recorded in the speleological or cave biology literature. The major species groups discussed include glowworms, cave crickets, land snails, springtails, multipedes (centipedes, millipedes, symphylans, pauropods and onychophorans), aquatic and terrestrial amphipods and isopods, bathynellacean and anaspidacean syncarids, aquatic snails, cave beetles and the arachnids (ticks, mites, pseudoscorpions, harvestmen and spiders).
In addition to factors related to cave morphology and hydrological influences (stream recharge or input etc.), the two predominant factors influencing the distribution of invertebrate species are the intensity of karst bio-space development and the input of organic matter, its re-distribution and dilution as it is transported further into the subterranean domain. In most of the wild caves at Ida Bay, this organic material is naturally derived, but at Hastings where tourist caves have been developed, much of the organic matter has been introduced to the cave. The source of organic input in tourist caves is varied and includes the artificial introduction of exotics in the form of tree trunks, rough sawn timber and other plant matter used in the construction of stairs and fern log pathways, plus the litter "inadvertently" placed in caves by natural processes, carried in by humans or dumped as refuse in the course of the continuing development of caves for tourism.
Aside from organic input, the survival and distribution of cave species is dependent on a range of factors including the presence/ or absence of surface disturbance and the impacts of human use of caves or other components of the karst bio-space, including groundwater. Within the karst bio-space itself, there are the complexities of inter-relationships of species and predator-prey relationships within the subterranean food chain, together with the presence of cave bacteria and other micro-organisms found deep within the dark zone of caves; the dependence of cave species on these micro-organisms has not been studied here in Tasmania. A proportion of the cave species are obligates, totally dependent on the cave for survival and some of these species are cave adapted (troglobites or stygobites). The number of cave adapted species in Tasmanian caves generally exceeds the numbers found in most areas of mainland Australia and five caves in the study area at Hastings and Ida Bay are rated as being at world standard in the number of obligate species.
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Hunt, A. L. C(Alfred Leslie Clive). "A study of shigellosis in Tasmania". Thesis, 1989. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20181/1/whole_HuntAlfredLeslieClive1989_thesis.pdf.
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In a recent publication, Tasmania was designated as an area of
moderate or unknown status in regard to the overall problem of
diarrhoea (DuPont and Pickering, 1980). This impression seems
to be at least partly the fault of Tasmania itself. For example,
between the years 1976 to 1983, only eleven cases of Shigella
infection were reported, an average of 1.6 cases per year. This
not only made it appear that Tasmania had a very low incidence
of this infection in comparison with the rest of Australia, but
also in fact, with most of the rest of the world.
Considering that Tasmania is no longer isolated from the mainland
or the rest of the world, and also the fact that there is a
large movement of people in both directions, including many
tourists from countries with high incidence of diarrhoeal infections,
it would seem very unusual to have so few cases of Shigella
infections on record.
There could be a number of reasons for this situation, the main
ones being:
(a) that dysentery (including Shigella infections) are not
all being investigated and notified;
(b) that it is true there is a very low incidence which in
itself is interesting, and should be investigated further in
order to establish, if possible, the reasons for such a fortunate
situation;
(c) infections do occur but for reasons unknown, are not
detected, e.g. specimens are not being sent to the laboratories
for investigation, or the organisms are not being isolated by the
laboratories. This may involve the culture media presently
available or those being used by diagnostic laboratories not always recovering or isolating the organisms.
(d) The distance between the areas of collecting and the
diagnostic laboratory may cause delay in the investigation. This
could be significant as it is a well known fact that the Shigellae
need to be plated onto culture media almost immediately; even a
short delay can reduce considerably the chance of isolating the
organism.
Finally, there is a need to examine the possible introduction of
a more rapid method to overcome the problem of delay in isolating
Shigella infections combined with a more reliable method of
detecting positive cases than the recovery of the organisms on
culture media.
It was decided to combine the investigation of the alleged lack
of Shigella infections in Tasmania with an overall research project
as follows:
1. Research Protocol
To investigate the accuracy of presently available culture media
to detect Shigella organisms using known strains and stock cultures
of local strains to determine to what extent they can be recovered
on available culture media, both directly and in dilution.
2. Due to the close relationship between Escherichia coil (A - D)
(Alkalescens dlspar) and Shigella, this former group of organisms will
also be tested against the media as for Shigella.
3. To establish if Shigella infections are being missed, due to
the fact that patients with diarrhoea are not being investigated
by the laboratories, the cooperation of local doctors was obtained
to submit specimens from any diarrhoeal patient, even if only
having mild symptoms, and provided it was suspected the diarrhoea
was due to infection. Further, the co-operation of laboratories was obtained to submit
diarrhoeal specimens they had found to be either positive or
negative for microorganisms known to cause diarrhoea.
4. Having isolated suspected Shigella colonies, to establish
which biochemical methods are most satisfactory for their rapid
confirmation.
5. Due to the close relationship between Escherichiacoli and
Shigella, to investigate the frequency of toxigenic E. coil and
invasive E. coil by gene probe analysis in those specimens from
patients with diarrhoea in which no other possible pathogens
had been isolated. This has never been investigated in Tasmania.
6. To investigate the possibility of developing a more rapid
and accurate technique for the identification of shigella
infections in stool specimens, e.g. E.L.I.S.A. technique.
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Mackirdy, Alison. "A community legal centre for Tasmania". Thesis, 1986. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20255/1/whole_MackirdyAlison1989_thesis.pdf.
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This thesis describes the options for setting up a Tasmanian Community Legal Centre.
One problem for a Tasmanian-based operation is that there is no definitive model that can be
followed. There are many community legal centres operating on the mainland but they are diverse
heterogeneous entities that differ markedly between states and often even within states. This thesis looks at
some of the problems inherent in defining what a Community Legal Centre (CLC) is, how it can relate both
philosophically and practically to its surrounding community, and how it sees it role, not only in terms of
delivery of legal services but also in terms of a philosophical commitment to changing the agenda for legal
service delivery, legal education and access to law.
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Smith, Margaret D. "Wasted away in drunkenness and neglect? : Clarence Plains and Cambridge land grants 1810-1820". Thesis, 2001. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/34776/1/Smith_whole_thesis.pdf.
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The early history of Van Diemen's Land has suffered from the perception that it was merely an outpost of New South Wales. While this may have been true in an administrative sense, there is an assumption that the lives of those in early Van Diemen's Land paralleled those of the inhabitants of early Port Jackson and that studies of that colony can be assumed to apply to Hobart Town. Most historians writing about the early settlements have lumped disparate groups together or have concentrated on noteworthy individuals, or on those who arrived on a particular ship. While much has been gained from these studies, less has been written on the detailed experience of the inhabitants as a community.
The concept that the Van Diemen's Land convicts comprised the worst of the secondary offenders is an attitude that has been difficult to overcome. Historians have written about the early settlement and tended to gloss over the next decades until the 1820s, seeing the Bigge Report as the major catalyst in bringing major adaptations to the economy. In 1852 West wrote of the early years:
The first annals of the settlement offer few events worthy of record. The transactions of a community, which in 1810 did not comprehend more than thirteen hundred and twenty one persons, - the greater part subject to penal control - could not, unassociated with the present, detain attention for a moment.
It is only recently that some historians have started to pay more attention to individuals and their contributions to the development of Van Diemen' s Land.
The decision to transplant a segment of British society into another new setting was one fraught with problems. This period of Australian settlement fell within the time covered by the Napoleonic wars, and immediately following the French and Industrial revolutions, all of which influenced the decisions made in the establishment and expansion of Britain's Australian colonial possessions. Many of the problems faced were similar to those that had been faced by Port Jackson earlier. Even in times of great need there appears to have been little, if any, attempt to utilize native plants as food except in the direst necessity, although kangaroo and swan were rapidly utilized in a move that quickly impacted upon the Aboriginal inhabitants. Later self-styled 'agricultural experts' added to the illusion of a ramshackle and haphazard settlement which depended upon slovenly and outmoded farming practices.
In order to consider whether the criticisms leveled against the early settlers were justified, this thesis makes a detailed study of the Clarence Plains and Cambridge areas of Van Diemen's Land during the period 1810 - 1820. This period covers the time from three months after the first land grants were made in the area through to the eve of the publication of the Bigge report, which changed Government policy on land grants. The land grantees in this area ranged from small emancipist farmers who were granted 30 acre blocks, through marines and free settlers, to large landowner businessmen and civil administrators who controlled land of up to several thousand acres spread across several districts. Only the grants made up to December 1820 have been included in the study, although there were people living and working land in the district who did not receive their grants until a later date. This investigation covers the use that grantees made of the land, and their wider economic and social relations.
As much of the work on early Australian history categorises people into distinct groups of free settler, ex-military, emancipist and colonial born, the settlers have been examined in these groups in order to discover if there was an overwhelming advantage given to any group. This is particularly important as there is a presumption within the existing literature that the ex-military and free settlers had a distinct advantage over the emancipist and colonial born segments of society. In examining the relationships between the different groups, and the reasons why grants may have been sold or given up, the work aims to show that a variety of factors contributed to colonial failure other than the oft decried laziness or lack of ability.
In order to explore these issues this thesis has made extensive use of the existing land grants and muster lists, which cover the study area. In the course of this research several problems were encountered. The major one has been the scarcity of evidence particularly in the period up until 1817. Many of the documents that do remain are government dispatches reproduced in the Historical Records of Australia series. These rarely mention small landholders by name. Records of land sales, differing land practice and evidence of other occupations is also scarce.
In order to fill the gap, an extensive examination was made of the Hobart Town Gazette and the few remaining copies of the Van Diemen 's Land Gazette and General Advertiser and The Derwent Star and Van Diemen 's Land Intelligencer for any mention of the settlers from the Clarence Plains and Cambridge area. A detailed analysis of the Register of Judgements in Civil Cases, 1817-1821 has been undertaken to discover the level of indebtedness within the community. It has also been necessary to study records of births, deaths and marriages in order to find the relationships and family ties amongst the settlers.
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Watson, Antony John. "Experiences in public health : epidemiology in Tasmania, 1991-1992". Master's thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/143821.
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White, Anthony Daryl. "The nature of Tasmanian residence". Thesis, 2009. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22240/1/whole_WhiteAnthonyDaryl2009_thesis.pdf.
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Since their original settlement, European Tasmanians have dramatically transformed the landscape. The British found, in an ancient environment largely unaltered since the division of Gondwana Land, the southernmost indigenous culture of the world. No man, plant or animal on the land was unaffected by the
colonial project. Sadly, this has meant the demise of many endemic species of flora and fauna and, most regrettably, the demise of the full-blooded Tasmanian Aboriginal. Alongside the Europeans' perceived entitlement to claim the discovered land was a conviction that European Tasmanians also had the right to
exploit the natural environment for individual purposes. My work contends that some of the colonial attitudes that validated the squander of natural resources and disrespect for human existence are still evident. There is
an antagonistic social relationship between Tasmanians who believe in the value of the conserved natural environment and those whose livelihood relies on the resource-based extractive industries in the State. To illustrate how modern social attitudes are connected to the early colonisation process these relationships will
be investigated within the visual work. In Tasmania, the environment is deeply associated with all aspects of the modern identity and the way of life. For this reason, the environment remains the paramount Tasmanian icon. My research project examines the Tasmanian environment as a subject with which to analyse, address and project a Tasmanian identity.
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Prichard, J. "Juvenile conferencing and restorative justice in Tasmania". Thesis, 2004. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/15876/1/Prichard_whole_thesis.pdf.
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This thesis concerns recent innovations in the way that criminal justice systems deal with young offenders, namely through a process that is sometimes generically referred to as 'juvenile conferencing'. Juvenile conferences have been instituted across Australia and in numerous other countries. Empirical research was conducted in Tasmania, a small island state of Australia with a population of less than half a million people. Australia is a federation of six States (Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia) and two territories (the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory). On European settlement of Tasmania (then Van Diemen's Land) the English common law was adopted and applied. It was later modified by the Governor on the advice of the Legislative Council and later the Parliament of Van Diemen's Land. With Federation in 1901 the Commonwealth was not granted an express power to legislate on criminal law matters. Consequently, the States retained
primary responsibility for their own criminal laws. The main sources of criminal law that concern this thesis are Tasmania's Criminal Code (established under the Criminal Code Act 1924 (Tas) and other State legislation, particularly the Youth Justice Act 1997 (Tas).
The timing of the beginning of the research was fortunate. It began in January 2000, one month before Tasmania's youth justice system was completely restructured with the proclamation of the Youth Justice Act 1997 (Tas). Previously the police had two options
when dealing with young offenders who had admitted to an offence: to caution the youth and not proceed with the matter, or to refer the matter to the children's court. The Act introduced a four-tiered system involving informal cautions, formal cautions, community conferences, and the children's court. The first two tiers, the informal and formal cautions, are processes conducted by the police. Formal cautions are held at police stations and usually include the offender's parents. Unlike any other Australian formal
cautioning system, victims can attend formal cautions in Tasmania. Formal cautions can result in the young offender agreeing to complete undertakings, including up to 35 hours community service and actions to repair the damage caused to the victim. Community conferences, the third tier, are based on a format developed in New Zealand called family group conferences. Both formal cautions and community conferences can deal with quite serious offences, such as sexual assault, wounding, and grievous bodily harm.
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Cazassus, F. "Coastal zooplankton communities of south eastern Tasmania". Thesis, 2004. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/17399/2/cazassus-whole-thesis.pdf.
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The spatial variations of zooplankton communities (i.e. dispersion and retention) between
an inshore embayment and an adjacent offshore coastal site were investigated. Water
enters the bay by its northern shore and circulates through it in a clockwise direction
during an outgoing tide and an anticlockwise direction during an incoming tide.
Distribution of some species, such as Calanus australis, Temora turbinata, Noctiluca
scintillans, Podon sp, Penilia sp., showed a retention time in the bay of around 4 to 6
weeks. Although there is clear evidence that mixing occurred between the bay and the
channel via a complex combination of winds and tides, and no barrier or gradient could
be identified, some species were found only in the bay: examples are Oikopleura sp.,
crustacean larvae, Clausocalanus ingens, and Oithona sp., which were retained in the bay
probably through a combination of behavioural strategies e.g. vertical migration or
selective predation. Some oceanic species even maintained their position outside the bay
(Labidocera cervi), and were not found inshore.
Temporal and spatial variations of the surface zooplanktonic and neustonic
communities of the south east coastal waters of Tasmania were studied. Data on the
neuston in Australia are scarce and distribution atld life history of most of these species
are poorly known. Pontella novaezelandiae (Pontellidae, Copepoda) (Farran 1929) was
recorded for the first time in Tasmanian waters. Fifteen specimens were encountered
during summer 2000-01, whereas the previous records in the region were mostly in
autumn-winter off the North Island, New Zealand. In vitro observations of another
neustonic species, Labidocera cervi (Pontellidae, Copepoda) (Kramer, 1895), revealed
some diel migration patterns. Adults live within the surface 10 em layer during daylight
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and spread throughout the water column just after dusk, and juveniles spend most of their
time at the surface, day or night. Some observations on the life history and ecology of
these two neustonic species are described.
The data obtained during 2000-01 sampling season were compared with earlier
data from 1971-73 sampled in nearby coastal waters. At the same site, using the same
methodology, two distinct communities were obtained in 1971-73 and 2000-01. The
importance of Antarctic and subantarctic species is greatly reduced compared to 1971-73
and the abundance of subtropical species has increased. These observations are supported
by changes in sea surface temperature and salinity off this coast during the last 45 years.
Changes in the zooplankton community cannot be explained by the ENSO cycle. These
changes are consistent with a regime shift that has been described in the North Pacific.
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Ball, A. "The epidemiology of Salmonella serovars in Tasmania". Thesis, 1991. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18763/1/whole_BallAndrew1992_thesis.pdf.
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The incidence of human salmonellosis and the distribution of Salmonella
serovars in Tasmania was investigated to provide epidemiological information on
Salmonella occurrence in Tasmania. This baseline data was not available
previously and could contribute information to Australia-wide surveys of
Salmonella and related enteric pathogens and, more specifically, aid in the
prevention of enteric diseases in Tasmania. In addition, the relationship
between Salmonella and indicator organisms in drinking water was investigated.
The incidence of human salmonellosis in Tasmania is 2% in patients with
diarrhoea and 0.13% of the general (asymptomatic) population. This is
comparable to rates on the Australian mainland and in other developed
countries. The disease is most prevalent in summer which is also similar to
seasonal distribution patterns elsewhere. However, the distribution of
salmonellae in Tasmania is unusual in the prevalence of Salmonella mississippi,
a serovar rarely encountered in mainland Australia. This serovar is not
particularly invasive and is unremarkable in the age and sex distribution of its
human hosts or its seasonal variation.
Epidemiological investigation of foods, domestic and wild animals, reticulated
and natural waters, sea water and effluent were undertaken. No particular food
type was implicated as a major source of Salmonella mississippi. Domestic
animals, while having many Salmonella serovars in common with those seen in
the human population, are not a significant source of S.mississippi. Human
infection is likely to be frequently water-borne as 1.6% of 500 reticulated
drinking waters and 8.2% of 250 natural fresh waters contained Salmonella of
which 53% were S.mississippi. The peak incidence of Salmonella in water
occurs in early summer and precedes the summer maximum of human cases.
Salmonella mississippi was isolated from several species of carnivorous and
insectivorous mammals and reptiles but not herbivores. Fifty percent of 120
native cats (Dasyurus viverrinus) sampled were infected with Salmonella and
S.mississippi comprised 97% of these. There was no apparent seasonal
variation of the presence of S.mississippi in native cats. This serovar persisted
in native cats for at least 2-3 months while on a Salmonella-free diet. During
this time no symptoms or ill effects were apparent.
To establish how native cats became infected, components of their diet were
tested. Salmonella mississippi was not isolated from the common pasture pests
which compose the bulk of their diet. However, it was isolated from 62% of 34
metallic skinks (Niveoscincus metallicus) sampled on which they sometimes
prey. This is the commonest of 16 Tasmanian skink species and is endemic to
Tasmania and south east Victoria.
The reservoir of Salmonella mississippi in Tasmania appears to be the native
animal population which contaminates water supplies leading to sporadic human infections.
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Cohn, Shelley. "Public participation in decisionmaking Sullivans Cove, Tasmania". Thesis, 1991. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18965/1/whole_CohnShelley1992_thesis.pdf.
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This thesis follows the progress of two controversial development projects in an
historic waterfront precinct in the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The thesis
examines the public participation processes in these developments and compares
the effectiveness of public involvement with that found in a review of literature on
public participation in planning. A brief outline of participation in the United States,
Great Britain and Australia and its evolution is included. The dilemmas of public
participation, including the lack of opportunities for 'real' participation and the
perceived benefits for those who actually participate, are highlighted. Some
recommendations are provided to guide authorities and participants in applying
participation principles to planning proposals.
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Buza, Wanda(Wanda Anne). "Residential tenancy law and practice in Tasmania". Thesis, 1990. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/18970/1/whole_BuzaWandaAnne1992_thesis.pdf.
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One of the major findings of the Australian Government Commission of Inquiry into
Poverty (1975) was, that in the area of residential tenancies, the body of landlord
tenant law throughout Australia afforded very little protection to the tenant.
During the late 1970's a number of Australian states commenced the process of
introducing reforms for the purpose of regulating the legal relationship between
landlord and tenant. As a result of that program, the last decade has seen all
Australian states (except Tasmania) introduce new residential tenancies legislation.
The variety of responses has included the introduction of new codes, which set out in
statutory form, the rights and duties of the parties during the tenancy agreement, and
the establishment (in some States) of new specialist tribunals to hear disputes between
parties to a tenancy contract.
The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the practical and legal effect of the current
body of landlord tenant law in Tasmania. The thesis considers the Residential
Tenancies Acts in other Australian states, and makes a number of recommendations
concerning desirable changes to the law in Tasmania.
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Finch, C. H. "Investment in local government roads in Tasmania". Thesis, 1986. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19520/1/whole_FinchCH1987_thesis.pdf.
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1.1 Introduction Since 1945, expenditure on roads has constituted the largest form of capital works expenditure in Australia. In 1980/81 road expenditure exceeded $2.1 billion, equivalent to about twenty five per cent of total
capital expenditure by all public authorities. Expenditure on roads was far in excess of capital spending in such areas as education, health, or power. Expenditure on local roads in Australia in 1980/81 amounted to $347 million.
Until the mid 1960's there was little attention paid to the
economic efficiency of this substantial investment. While Commonwealth monies for the road system were allocated on a number of different bases, none were predicated on a desire to ensure efficient allocation of resources. Following the establishment of the Commonwealth Bureau of Roads (C.B.R.) a more conscious attempt was made to impose a measure of economic rationality into expenditure on roads.
The C.B.R. were charged with advising the Commonwealth Government on the appropriate level of road investment consistent with the overall national interest. The reports of the C.B.R. and its successor, the Bureau of Transport Economics (BTE), have provided successive Commonwealth Governments with a basis upon which to allocate monies for expenditure on roads in Australia to this day.
A consistent feature of the pattern of expenditure on roads has been that local road expenditure has been at a level that is higher than that iustified by normative economic analyses using C.R.R. This dissertation will investigate the levels of expenditure on local roads and attempt to draw some conclusions on the way monies are allocated to this category of road by both State and Commonwealth Governments and also of the demand for local roads by the ratepayers of the municipalities.
The quantitative part of the investigation will be confined to Tasmania's local roads. In part, this is to make the problem more tractable, but it also allows the Author to use information supplied by the Department of Main Roads to assist in overcoming particular local anomalies.
1.2 Aim of this Dissertation
The economic analysis of the CBR relied on a cost benefit analysis.
A large scale survey of the Australian road network was undertaken to .
determine physical deficiencies in the road system. Some 80,000 road
construction projects were identified as being necessary for the improvement
of the system and some 50,000 of these were subjected to economic analysis.
While the emphasis of these studies conducted. in 1968, 1973, 1975
and 1979 were normative, there has been little examination of the behaviour of
States and local government on a positive basis, that is, examining what they
do rather than what they ought to do.
One of the limitations of cost benefit analysis is the acceptance
(at least in its normal application) of the income distribution and the lack
of evaluation of the distributive effects of the benefits. Clearly, the
large capital expenditures on roadworks have the potential to have significant
distributive effects and this is likely to be an influential factor in the
distribution of road funds.
The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the demand for local
government roads. There are a number of difficulties involved in this
investigation and these are common to measuring the demand for other outputs
of government. Conventional demand theory estimates the demand for a good
using a readily definable output measure in terms of relevant economic
variables such as the price of the goods and income of the purchaser.
The most difficult problem in measuring the demand for local government roads
Is that there is no readily defined market in which consumers may purchase the
output of government roads.
Accordingly, an attempt will be made to estimate the demand for
local roads by the ratepayers of that municipality through a model of the
political process. The model must take into account the effect on the local
government electorate of the intergovernment grants which are made to assist
the municipality. These grants will have the effect of expanding output
beyond the level which the electorate would demand if it were the sole source
of funding.
It is hoped that the model that will be developed will provide an
estimate of the demand for local roads in terms of the cost of their
provision. The author has been unable to find any work on this topic
undertaken in Australia using this form of model. Further, the model itself
breaks new ground in one aspect of its development in providing a means of
combining the different forms of grant provided by State and Commonwealth
Government.
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Jongaramruong, J. "Studies of marine natural products in Tasmania". Thesis, 2002. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20529/1/whole_JongaramruongJongkolnee2002_thesis.pdf.
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Isolation and structure elucidation of secondary metabolites from two red algae, Plocamium cartilagineum and Laurencia filiformis, together with the sea hare Aplysia parvula are discussed. In addition, chemical relationships between the sea hare Aplysia parvula and the red alga Laurencia filiformis were also investigated. Some details of studies from an ascidian Polyandrocarpa lapidosa, a bryozoan Watersipora lapidosa, a bryozoan Bugula dentata and its associated nudibranch Tambje verconis, as well as a bryozoan Cribricellina ruin and its associated pycnogonid Pseudopallene ambigua were included. More over, a study of brown algae, Bellotia eriophorum, Sporochnus species and Perithalia caudata was described.
Two new acyclic polyhalogenated monoterpenes, (3E,7E)-8-bromo-(2E)- chloromethylene-(5R*,6R*)-dichloro-6-methyloctadien- 1-al ( 1) and (1Z,3E,7E)-8,9- dibromo-(1Z,5R*,6R*,9)-tetrachloro-6-methyoctatriene (2), as well as two known acyclic polyhalogenated monoterpenes (3-4), were isolated and identified from the red alga Plocamium cartilagineum. The structures were established by spectroscopic techniques (\(^1\)H, \(^{13}\)C NMR, DEPT, HMQC, HMBC, COSY, NOESY experiments, and mass spectrometry).
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One new chamigrene, 5-acetoxy-2,10-dibromo-3-chloro-7,8-epoxy-α-chamigrene (5), the known chamigrene, 2,10-dibromo-3-chloro-7-chamigrene (6), deoxyprepacifenol (7), and pacifenol (8) were isolated from both the red alga Laurencia filiformis and the sea hare Aplysia parvula. On the other hand the known purple pigment, aplysioviolin (9) and the known fimbrolide (10) were isolated only from the sea hare Aplysia parvula. The fimbrolide was previously isolated from Delisea elegans and Delisea pulchra (a synonym for Delisea fimbriata). Pentadecanal (11) and its aldol product, namely (E)-2-tridecy1-2-heptadec-2-enal (12), were only separated from the red alga Laurencia filiformis. The structure of aplysioviolin has been revised in this study and pentadecanal was separated from the red seaweed Laurencia sp. for the first time.
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Homarine (13) was isolated from the ascidian Polyandrocarpa lapidosa. The structure of homarine was confirmed by synthesis.
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Two known metabolites, 1,8-dihydroxyanthraquinone (14) and 5,7-dihydroxy- I-methoxycarbony1-6-oxo-6H-anthra[1,9-bc]thiophene (15) were separated from the bryozoan Watersipora subtorquata.
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An investigation of the bryozoan Bugula dentata and its associated nudibranch Tambje verconis showed that eight known compounds, tamjamines A (16), B (17), C (18), D (19), E (20), G (21), H (22), and J (23) were found from both the bryozoan and the nudibranch.
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16 R=R'=R"=H
17 R=Br, R'=R"=H
18 R=H, R'=CH\(_2\)CH(CH\(_3\))\(_2\), R"=H
19 R=H, R'=CH\(_2\)CH(CH\(_3\))\(_{2'}\) R"=Br
20 R=H, R'=CH\(_2\)CH\(_{3'}\), R"=Br
21 R=Br, R'=CH\(_2\)CH\(_{3'}\), R"=H
22 R=Br, R'=CH\(_2\)CH\(_2\)CH\(_{3'}\), R"=H
23 R=Br, R'=CH\(_2\)CH(CH\(_3\))CH\(_2\)CH\(_{3'}\), R"=H
A study of brown algae, Bellotia eriophorum, Sporochnus comosus, Sporochnus species and Perithalia caudata showed a variable percentage content of two known compounds (24-25), which were previously isolated from Perithalia caudata.
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A preliminary study of secondary metabolites from the bryozoan Cribricellina rufa and its associated pycnogonid Pseudopallene ambigua revealed that 13—carboline metabolites were presented in the bryozoan Cribricellina rufa and the pycnogonid Pseudopallene ambigua by gas chromatography mass spectrometry.
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Moon, AT. "Investigation of Bovills landslip, near Devonport, Tasmania". Thesis, 1985. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/20942/1/whole_MoonAlanThomas1984_thesis.pdf.
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Bovills Slip occurs in weathered basalt colluvium at the base of a coastal scarp about 2 km east of Devonport on the north coast of Tasmania. The colluvium consists of red-brown fissured silty clay with rock fragments. Many landslips occur in colluvial soils on the coastal scarp and also in basalt-derived soils elsewhere. Thus a detailed investigation and stability analysis of Bovills Slip is relevant to the general slope failure problem in Tasmania.
Pore water pressures measured with open standpipe piezometers show a correlation with rainfall, with peak pressures occurring during wet winter months.
Effective shear strength parameters were determined by both multi-stage direct shear tests and consolidated undrained triaxial tests with pore pressure measurements. Different residual shearing mechanisms were recognised in the shear box tests. Significantly different values of residual strength were associated with these different mechanisms. The fully softened strength parameters appropriate for the analysis of first-time landslips were investigated by both triaxial and shear box tests. For the soil tested both the residual and fully softened effective friction angles showed a pattern of dependence on the plasticity.
Surface movements have been monitored by repeated surveys, and subsurface movements have been monitored by regularly checking piezometer tubes for deformation. After heavy rain, in August 1981, the landslip moved by 20 to 30 mm.
A two dimensional model of the August 1981 failure has been analysed by limit equilibrium methods. The factor of safety is most sensitive to variations in piezometric head and cohesion. Analysis has been used to assess the relative change in factor of safety (stability) caused by changes in the slope and by remedial measures. The stability was reduced when the slope was undercut by roadworks in 1973, and the first movements caused a decrease in shear strength of the soil. Downslope movements have produced shape changes which have tended to increase the factor of safety. Toe drainage, toe surcharge, 'and re-grading have already resulted in increased stability. Subsurface drainage, although effective, would be relatively expensive. Lime stabilisation and tree planting were also considered. In the long term well established trees may increase the factor of safety by as much as 50%.
Possible future research on landslips in Tasmania is discussed in order to demonstrate how the results of this detailed investigation may be used as a starting point for regional studies.
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Read, Peter Charles. "The organisation of electricity supply in Tasmania". Thesis, 1985. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21343/1/whole_ReadPeterCharles1986_thesis.pdf.
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In Australia there is only one electricity supply
authority that carries out all eight facets of public
electricity supply throughout a whole state. Tasmania's Hydro-
Electric Commission (H.E.C.) investigates, designs, arranges
finance, constructs, generates, transmits, distributes and
regulates. To the public the H.E.C. must look like a
monolithic technological bureaucracy; purposeful, effective
and reaching out into every corner of the state. To anyone
under 30 this has always seemed the case. However, it is
merely the present form of an industry that has changed and
continues to change.
There have been five phases in the organisation
of electricity supply in Tasmania. The H.E.C. and its
predecessor the Hydro-Electric Department (H.E.D.) have been
involved in four of them and have modified their policies
and organisation to fit the needs of the times. This
dissertation traces the evolution of one of Australia's better
known quangos, (1) documents its unplanned emergence from a
failed commercial venture and the fundamental events that
shaped the organisation of electricity supply in Tasmania
and eventually produced the H.E.C.
The overriding conclusion is that technology has
shaped the organisation. Not just the technology of
electricity supply, but the supporting technologies,
particularly communications and electro-metallurgy. There
are, however, other influences; personal, economic, social
and political, that have shaped various phases of the
organisation's evolution and remain in its present structure.
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Yuan, Zi Qing. "Stem canker diseases of eucalypts in Tasmania". Thesis, 1998. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/22010/1/whole_YuanZiQing1998_thesis.pdf.
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In order to evaluate the range of stem canker fungi in natural eucalypt forest and
plantations in Tasmania, a systematic survey was conducted. A total of 210 samples
representing 30 fungal species were collected. The three species most frequently
encountered were Endothia gyrosa, Cytospora eucalypticola and Valsa ceratosperma.
Ten of the fungal species detailed in this survey were newly published and five were
reported for the first time in Australia.
Pathogenicity studies were conducted with 11 fungal species collected from the
survey. Three species (E. gyrosa, Phoma sp. and Seiridium eucalypti) could cause
significant cankers on both E. nitens and E. globulus. Influences by host species,
provenance, age, vigour and bark type on canker development are discussed.
The incidence of canker is higher in rough-barked E. nitens compared to smooth-barked
trees. Longitudinal cracking in rough bark provides natural infection courts.
However, once infected artificially, smooth-barked E. nitens is more susceptible than
rough-barked. This susceptibility is attributed to the anatomical structure of smooth
bark facilitating post-infection penetration.
A high incidence of severe E. gyrosa cankers was observed in 1993 at Tewkesbury
(northwestem Tasmania) within a vigorously growing plantation of mixed (smooth or
rough barked) provenances of 16 yr old E. nitens. This observation initiated an in-depth
investigation of E. gyrosa.
Stem inoculations with isolates of E. gyrosa originating from different locations
across Australia showed that all can infect E. nitens and E. globulus. However,
isolates from Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia were generally more
aggressive than those from the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.
Endothia gyrosa isolates from Australia and overseas were compared. Four main
types of colony morphology were recognised among 133 isolates based on the colour
and density of the vegetative mycelium.
Vegetative incompatibility was detected using a pH amended medium. Sixteen
isolates from different origins in Australia, South Africa, North America and Europe
were grouped into 9 vegetative compatibility groups with this method.
There was correspondence between the grouping of these sixteen isolates as
determined by colony morphology and vegetative compatibility and those revealed by
DNA polymorphisms in RFLP and RAPD analyses. Overseas and Australian isolates
appear closely related. Within Australia isolates from as geographically distant
locations as Western Australia and Victoria were grouped together. The significance
of observed levels of intraspecific variation in E. gyrosa is discussed.
The potential threat of canker fungi, especially E. gyrosa, to the plantation forestry is
reviewed.
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Eshaghi, E. "Geophysical investigations of Tasmania at multiple scales". Thesis, 2017. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/23972/1/Eshaghi_whole_thesis.pdf.
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Tasmania, part of east Australia, is notable for its diverse geology. It contains rocks ranging in age from Mesoproterozoic to Cainozoic. Multiple orogenic events associated with granite intrusions have affected Tasmania during the Neoproterozoic, Cambrian and Devonian. Therefore, the tectonic structure of Tasmania is complex and many aspects of its evolution are the subject of current geological debate. The multiple orogenic and intrusive events have produced environments for mineralisation and Tasmania is prospective for a wide range of economic deposits.
In this study, geophysical data, geological information and an improved petrophysical database have been used to investigate Tasmania at multiple scales including a sub continental scale study, a regional scale study, a local scale investigation and a prospect scale study. Deep tectonic boundaries and major geological features have been investigated using modelling techniques (e.g. 2D and 3D inversions of potential field data) to facilitate a better understanding of the tectonic evolution and present day geological structures of Tasmania. Modelling of local and prospect scale studies was performed using 3D inversion of gravity and magnetic data upon a geologically constrained initial model. Petrophysical properties (i.e. density and magnetic susceptibility) of major subsurface units are characterised in this research and used to better constrain properties during modelling.
At the sub continental scale across east Australia, the Curie Point Depth (CPD) is estimated using spectral analysis of magnetic data with a low resolution of 100 × 100 km across east Australia and 50 × 50 km across Tasmania. The interpreted CPD is relatively deep across north of the Delamerian, Thomson and Lachlan Orogens and shallower throughout regions associated with Cainozoic volcanism and in the northern part of Queensland. While the CPD and Moho depth determined from seismic data generally correlate, the CPD is dominantly deeper than Moho across the Thomson Orogen and north of the Lachlan Orogen. Tasmania is characterised by CPDs ranging from ~25 km to ~40 km that correlate with seismic Moho depth reasonably well.
At the regional scale study, gravity derived Moho depth has been investigated throughout onshore and offshore Tasmania. At this scale, Moho depth determined from seismic data has been reinvestigated based on 3D modelling of well distributed onshore and offshore gravity Bouguer anomaly with a resolution of 1 km × 1 km. The modelled gravity Moho depth is inferred to be generally deeper than seismic Moho depth across onshore Tasmania. In addition, the gravity derived Moho depth map delineates ocean-ward crustal thinning and relatively shallow Moho depth across Bass Strait compatible with failed rifting in the Cretaceous.
At the local scale of investigation, the geometry of granites and major geological features is refined within West Tasmania, at a 500 m × 500 m resolution, with a focus on major subsurface units to improve previous models and identify new prospective regions. A new sub-surface granite body is inferred that underlies much of the eastern region of Rocky Cape Group outcrop. This interpreted intrusion may be either Neoproterozoic or Devonian. The subsurface geometry of the known Devonian Granites in western Tasmania was also refined using both geometry and property inversions.
At the prospect scale study, the Heazlewood-Luina-Waratah region, which hosts a series of significant deposits, is investigated, at 250 m × 250 m resolution, to provide a platform to facilitate further refinement and opportunities for discovery in future research. Using this model, the geometry of the Meredith Batholith and ultramafic complexes were refined, resulting in the identification of three regions prospective for mineralisation including: 1) northeast of the Waratah region associated with a newly identified granite cupolas, 2) above the Bells Syncline associated with high magnetic intensity, and lithologically prospective for skarn mineralisation, and 3) across the recently re-mapped ultramafic complexes linking the Heazlewood and Mt Stewart ultramafic complexes.
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Edwards, Laura. "Applied Primary Health Care Epidemiology in Tasmania". Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/160872.
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This thesis comprises four major projects completed for the Master of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology (MAE). All four of the projects are in primary health care epidemiology in Tasmania and comply with the key requirements of the MAE program, which are to: 1) analyse a dataset, 2) perform an epidemiological study, 3) investigate an urgent public health problem, 4) evaluate a surveillance system.
In the first chapter, I present the findings of a data analysis of all ambulance dispatches in Tasmania from 2009 to 2015. In this analysis I assessed the completeness of the dataset and analysed the temporal, demographic, clinical and spatial characteristics of ambulance dispatches in the study period. The completeness of the data was very high. The key finding was that there was a statistically significant increase in the age-standardised annual incidence rate of ambulance dispatches over the study period. Adults over 85 years had the highest rate of ambulance dispatches, 17-fold higher than the youngest age group of five to 14 years. There were also variations in the time of day, day of the week, month of the year, dispatch categories, paramedic diagnosis, transfer information and geospatial characteristics of the ambulance dispatches.
The second chapter is an epidemiological study that I performed to investigate the relationship between fine particulate matter generated by landscape fires and emergency ambulance dispatches in Tasmania using a case crossover design. We investigated the exposure to fine particulate matter at lag times of 1-48 hours prior to the event and the 24-hour average for the 24 hours prior to the event and 24-48 hours prior to the event. The main finding was that increased fine particulate matter was positively associated with the emergency ambulance dispatch categories of stroke, breathing problems and diabetic problems and the final paramedic assessment of asthma at different lag times.
The third chapter is a report of a public health investigation into an outbreak of gastroenteritis that occurred following a Mother's Day High Tea in Tasmania in 2016. I used a retrospective cohort design to investigate the outbreak in association with environmental and laboratory investigations. The findings of the investigations supported the initial hypothesis that undercooked chicken wontons were the most likely cause of the outbreak but that cross-contamination of another food source could not be ruled out.
In the fourth chapter I present the findings of my evaluation of the Tasmanian real-time prescription monitoring system (RTPMS), which is used to monitor controlled drug dispensing events in Tasmania. Tasmania is currently the only state in Australia to have a RTPMS. I performed a mixed methods evaluation using the United States Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Framework for Evaluating Surveillance Systems. Participation rates for use of the system were moderate among pharmacists and low among General Practitioners. Key informants and health practitioners that I interviewed reported that they found the system simple and easy to use and valued the contributions of the staff that operate the system. There were limited data available to assess the surveillance system attributes, such as sensitivity and positive predictive value, and no evidence to determine if its overall aim - to reduce opioid-related harms in Tasmania - had been achieved. In the evaluation I make a number of recommendations to improve participation rates and address the gaps in data collection, collation, analysis and dissemination.
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Breen, S. "Place, power & social law : a history of Tasmania's Central North, 1810-1900". Thesis, 1998. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19060/1/whole_BreenShayne1998_thesis.pdf.
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The thesis explores the linked themes of place, power and social law in
Tasmania's Central North during the colonial period. A solid attachment to place,
usually through land ownership restricted to small elites, was a necessary precondition
for meaningful engagement in social, economic and political decisionmaking;
social law, which focussed on power relations in specific local places,
worked to maintain this privileged relationship. This tripartite relationship, which
constitutes an underlying organisational framework for the thesis, is explored in
several contexts. In pre-invasion places, the control of tribal land, the practice of tribal
law, and the conception of nature as an active participant in daily life empowered
Aboriginal communities, encouraged individual participation in collective life, and
promoted social cohesion both within and between social units. In colonial society, a
solid attachment to place and hence full participation in the social process was the
privilege of a select few. Social law legitimated a class structure of prosperous
landlords, struggling tenant farmers and itinerant agricultural laborers. Conceiving
nature as an aggregation of passive commodities, farmers and their workers induced
radical transformation in ecological communities; social law was deployed in the
hope of limiting the damage. From the late 1850s, local landed elites assumed formal
political power in both local and central places. Most social law preserved elite
interests, and a system of local authority policed emancipated farm labourers in the
region's country towns.
Aggrieved groups contested elite power in local places. Using the threat of
force as their major weapon, Aborigines resisted an invasion characterised by the rule
of men. Some convicts engaged in organised insubordination, and many emancipists
asserted economic independence and social distinctiveness. Small farmers challenged
the power of colonial parliament to deny them a tariff for wheat and reform of the
1874 Landlord and Tenant Act. Few, if any indigenous ecological communities
survived intact, but nature demonstrated an ability for vigorous regeneration and
accommodation of exotic flora and fauna, as well as a capacity to frustrate farmers'
expectations of agricultural prosperity. Relations of power between the regional place
and its political centre in Hobart were often strained, especially with regard to the
eradication of noxious pests and diseases and police management, and did not always
conform to recognisable class distinctions. Local concern derived from perceived
violations of local authority and its attendant ideologies of individual liberty and the
rights of property. By century's end a new generation of colonial politicians hostile to
local authority had successfully promoted the rise of central authority and
parliamentary democracy; in the wake of this shift, the influence of individual liberty
and property rights as ruling ideologies waned. Social and political power was
henceforth more widely shared, as was property, opportunities for meaningful
attachment to place increased, and the focus of social law shifted from protecting
privilege to promoting the common good. Achieving a place of 'common good',
however, proved more difficult than its promoters imagined.
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Walpole, Catherine. "'High noon' for Tasmania's libraries : the Libraries Act, 1943". Thesis, 1996. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/21970/1/whole_WalpoleCatherine1997_thesis.pdf.
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Brady, Josephine Margaret. "Sisters of St. Joseph: the Tasmanian experience the foundation of the Sisters of St. Joseph in Tasmania 1887-1937 /". 2004. http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/digitaltheses/public/adt-acuvp73.09042006/index.html.
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Thesis (PhD) -- Australian Catholic University, 200?Submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Bibliography: p. 300-316. Also available in an electronic format via the internet.
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King, Karen Jane. "Simulating the effects of anthropogenic burning on patterns of biodiversity". Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/150934.
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Taylor, Rebe. "Island echoes : two Tasmanian Aboriginal histories". Phd thesis, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146229.
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