Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook

Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook

Author: National Committee on Soil and Terrain

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2009-03-31

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0643098615

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The Australian Soil and Land Survey Field Handbook specifies methods and terminology for soil and land surveys. It has been widely used throughout Australia, providing one reference set of definitions for the characterisation of landform, vegetation, land surface, soil and substrate. The book advocates that a comprehensive suite of land and soil attributes be recorded in a uniform manner. This approach is more useful than the allocation of land or soil to preconceived types or classes. The third edition includes revised chapters on location and vegetation as well as some new landform elements. These updates have been guided by the National Committee on Soil and Terrain, a steering committee comprising representatives from key federal, state and territory land resource assessment agencies. Essential reading for all professionals involved in land resource surveys, this book will also be of value to students and educators in soil science, geography, ecology, agriculture, forestry, resource management, planning, landscape architecture and engineering.


Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia

Author: Philip Parker King

Publisher:

Published: 1827

Total Pages: 524

ISBN-13:

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Boongaree accompanied King on his first voyage, 21 December 1817; Bundell accompanied King on 26 May 1821 voyage; mentions of both Aboriginal men throughout; intermittent encounters with natives throughout journeys, main references - v.1, p.4; Twofold Bay natives sighted, woman covered with kangaroo skin; p.38+ Native taken on board near Enderby Island, physical description of Aborigines, logs of wood used for transporting families across river; p.88+ Attack by natives at Port Essington, description of canoe used and taken by Capt. King; p.110+ Melville Island, natives timid, exchanges food & water for axes; p.159+ Outer Bay (Tas.) Physical appearance, clothing, small vocab. (parts of body, names of plants, obtained by Mr. Cunningham); p.175. Port Macquarie - sheets of bark used for water transport, types of huts; p.197. Palm Island - huts and canoes examined; p.200+ Goode Is. Fishbooks and lines exchange for baskets and turtle pegs, males had noses pierced, bracelet of plaited hair only ornament worn; Types of ovens used, natives very friendly; p.212. Intercourse with natives at Endeavour River; p.366. Endeavour R. small vocab. collected by Mr. Cunningham; v.2, p.27+ Description of rock carvings & paintings on Clack Island; p.61+ Hanover Bay natives spear Surgeon, natives hostile, description of catamarans, description of weapons and implements, physical appearance; p.120+ Intercourse with natives at Oyster Harbour, firesticks, eating of seal; Full description of weapons, clothing, small vocab., names of natives; p.139. Pt. Essington - open hostilities; Appendix D; comparative table of languages of natives of Caledon Bay (Flinders), Endeavour R. (Capt. Cook & Forster), King George the Third Sound, Port Jackson, Burrah Burrah tribe (Scott), Limestone Creek (Oxley), Port Macquarie (Hunter), Van Diemens Land.


Legal Australia-wide Survey

Legal Australia-wide Survey

Author: Christine Coumarelos

Publisher: Law and Justice Foundation

Published: 2012-08-01

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 0909136963

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"The Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey) provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an extensive range of legal needs on a representative sample of the population. It examines the nature of legal problems, the pathways to their resolution, and the demographic groups that struggle with the weight of their legal problems." -- Law and Justice Foundation of N.S.W. website.


Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources

Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources

Author: NJ McKenzie

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2008-04-07

Total Pages: 576

ISBN-13: 0643099050

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Guidelines for Surveying Soil and Land Resources promotes the development and implementation of consistent methods and standards for conducting soil and land resource surveys in Australia. These surveys are primarily field operations that aim to identify, describe, map and evaluate the various kinds of soil or land resources in specific areas. The advent of geographic information systems, global positioning systems, airborne gamma radiometric remote sensing, digital terrain analysis, simulation modelling, efficient statistical analysis and internet-based delivery of information has dramatically changed the scene in the past two decades. As successor to the Australian Soil and Land Survey Handbook: Guidelines for Conducting Surveys, this authoritative guide incorporates these new methods and techniques for supporting natural resource management. Soil and land resource surveyors, engineering and environmental consultants, commissioners of surveys and funding agencies will benefit from the practical information provided on how best to use the new technologies that have been developed, as will professionals in the spatial sciences such as geomorphology, ecology and hydrology.


Survey Analysis for Indigenous Policy in Australia

Survey Analysis for Indigenous Policy in Australia

Author: Boyd Hunter

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2012-11-01

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1922144193

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This monograph presents the refereed, and peer-reviewed, edited proceedings of a conference organised by Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research (CAEPR) and the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS): ‘Social Science Perspectives on the 2008 National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey’. The conference was held in Haydon Allen Tank at The Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra over two days on Monday 11 and Tuesday 12 April 2011.


The Active Australia Survey

The Active Australia Survey

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2003-01-01

Total Pages: 49

ISBN-13: 9781740242585

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This manual is designed to provide an overview of a survey that could be used to measure participation in leisure-time physical activity and assess the response to information extolling the benefits of increased activity for good health. Contains copy of survey and instructions for interviewing and implementation and more.


Australia's food & nutrition 2012

Australia's food & nutrition 2012

Author: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Publisher: AIHW

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1742493238

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"Australia's food & nutrition 2012 highlights the key components of the food and nutrition system. It describes the system from 'paddock to plate' and how food choices affect our health and the environment."--Publisher website.


Survey Research

Survey Research

Author: Keith F Punch

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2003-04-04

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 1446234924

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Survey Research can be used as an independent guide or as a workbook to accompany Keith F Punch′s bestselling Introduction to Social Research (SAGE, 1998). It represents a short, practical `how-to′ book on a central methodology technique aimed at the beginning researcher. The focus of this book is on small-scale quantitative surveys studying the relationships between variables. After showing the central place of the quantitative survey in social science research methodology, it then takes a simple model of the survey, describes its elements and gives a set of steps and guidelines for implementing each element. The book then shows how the simple model of the quantitative survey generalizes easily to more complex models. It includes a detailed example of both simple and complex models, which readers should find very helpful. It is directed primarily at beginning researchers - upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in any area of social science, who often have to do small scale surveys in projects and dissertations. Beyond this, it will be of interest to anybody interested in learning about survey research. It is written in non-technical language, aiming to be as accessible as possible to a wide audience.


Australian Social Attitudes

Australian Social Attitudes

Author: David Denemark

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780868408613

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A fascinating insight into what Australians think about contemporary political and social issues using data collected from the inaugural Australian Survey of Social Attitudes on the expressed opinions of some 4300 Australian adults.


Soil Chemical Methods

Soil Chemical Methods

Author: G. E. Rayment

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 517

ISBN-13: 064306768X

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Describes over 200 laboratory and field chemical tests relevant to Australasia and beyond.