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Utting, Muriel. "Astronomy in Western Australia." Thesis, Utting, Muriel (1993) Astronomy in Western Australia. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 1993. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51548/.

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This thesis is devoted to a study of the origins and achievements of astronomers in Western Australia from 1829 to 1912. It addresses the questions about the role of astronomy in WA society, the reasons for the establishment of the Perth Observatory, and its achievements between 1896 and 1912. More widely, the thesis addresses the general question of the role of astronomy in our society and the contributions which astronomers have made to the development of Western Australia. The first Premier of Western Australia, Sir John Forrest, persuaded his Government to build an Observatory, promisi

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Dawes, Walter J. C. "A history of Australia-Japan trade: A Western Australian perspective." Thesis, Dawes, Walter J. C. (1997) A history of Australia-Japan trade: A Western Australian perspective. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 1997. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51492/.

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This thesis is an intellectual and personal journey, written not so much to prove a particular point about the relationship between Australia and Japan, but so that I might understand changes which have taken place in my lifetime. As a schoolboy voluntary worker at a military hospital, my earliest impressions of Japan were coloured by meeting victims of the Japanese invasions of Indonesia and New Guinea and the bombing of Darwin. My heroes included members of Sparrow Force, which fought on behind the Japanese lines in Timor, and Julius Tahija, winner of the Orange Cross for a valiant rearg

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Robinson, Michael V. "Change and adjustment among the Bardi of Sunday Island, North-Western Australia." Master's thesis, University of Western Australia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/280368.

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McLoughlin, Nicola. "Earth's earliest biosphere : Western Australia." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.433368.

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Jewell, Trevor. "Martu tjitji pakani : Martu child rearing and its implications for the child welfare system." University of Western Australia. Social Work and Social Policy Discipline Group, 2009. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2009.0147.

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In this research, I explore my belief that one the reasons for the continuing poor outcomes for Indigenous people was that State-wide and national programs ignored unique local Indigenous culture and did not actively involve local Indigenous people in the development of programs for their area. I chose to examine this perception through investigation of the tension between Indigenous culture and worldview and the dominant White values of the child welfare system (broadly defined), through description of Martu child rearing practices and beliefs in the remote Western Australian town of Wiluna.

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Edmonds, Leigh. "Western air ways: Making aviation in Western Australia 1919-1941." Thesis, Edmonds, Leigh (1991) Western air ways: Making aviation in Western Australia 1919-1941. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1991. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51496/.

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This thesis is about the development of aviation in Western Australia from 1919 to 1941. It includes a detailed description of the major events which took place in the state during that period and of many related events in other places which combined to create the direction which the development of aviation took in this state. The thesis concludes that Western Australia’s isolation from the rest of Australia, politically and geographically, and its even greater isolation from the centre of the British Empire, meant that Western Australians had almost no control over the aviation services which

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Buchanan, David. "Contextual thesis Part I & Part II : Book of poems, "Looking off the Southern Edge" ; Stage play (full-length): Ecstasis." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2001. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1015.

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This thesis, which accompanies my book of poems Looking Off the Southern Edge and my full-length stage play Ecstasis, is submitted in two parts: Part-I and Part-II. Part-l contextualises the writing practice of the above poems in considering the epistemological, autobiographical and landscape contexts of my poetry. Part-I then discusses how the poetry is involved in the process of decentring subjectivity within the southern India/Pacific arena. It should be pointed out that Part-I was submitted and marked last year, as the first year component of the Master of Arts (Writing) course. It is incl

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Brooks, David William. "Dreamings and connections to country : among the Ngaanyatjarra and Pintupi of the Australian western desert." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/146666.

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In broad terms, this thesis has a two-fold aim. Firstly, it is a study of Aboriginal connectedness to country over a large area of the Australian Western Desert, sufficiently large that it embraces the main country of two recognised desert peoples, the Ngaanyatjarra and the Pintupi. This breadth of coverage enables me to undertake a comparison in respect to certain aspects of culture, social organisation and the relationship to land. There have previously been few detailed studies of these matters in the desert, and none in which two large scale groupings have been able to be compared in this

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Ferris, David Glen. "Evolutionary differentation in Lolium L. (Ryegrass) in response to the Mediterranean-type climate and changing farming systems of Western Australia." University of Western Australia. School of Plant Biologyd%695 Electronic theses, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0040.

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Adaptation of exotic species to the Australian landscape poses a serious threat to the integrity of natural ecosystems and profitability of current farming systems. Ryegrass, an outcrossing species complex (Lolium spp.) and an intractable weed of cropping systems, was used as a candidate to further investigate adaptation within Mediterranean-type environments. Evolutionary differentiation in naturalised populations and their adaptive potential were examined in common gardens by characterising the genetic variability within and between 80 populations collected across 8 cropping regions, and 30

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McKenna, Tarquam. "Heteronormativity and rituals of difference for gay and lesbian educators." University of Western Australia. Graduate School of Education, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0129.

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This research provides an ethnographic and phenomenological study of how lesbian and gay educators in Western Australia employed adaptive rituals of conformity and nonconformity within their educational culture. This thesis depended on these educators telling their own story and it became a more complex study of their perception of and adaptation to homophobic distancing and repression. Through private interviews and collaboration with the co-participants in the research the study makes sense of the roles lesbian and gay educators enact in the educational culture in Western Australia around th

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Arthur, William Stewart. "Between two worlds: Aboriginal cultural autonomy and economic assimilation in remote Western Australia in the 1980s." Master's thesis, University of Western Australia, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/269914.

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This thesis explores the possibility that in remote regions of Australia there may be some contradiction between the aim of economic assimilation as reflected in the policy of self management, and the aim of cultural autonomy as reflected in the policy of self-determination. This is done by analysing the way the work performed by Aboriginal people was organised in the industries of a region of the west Kimberley of Western Australia during 1985 and 1986. The thesis concludes that cultural factors did appear to influence the way that Aboriginal people were involved in the economy, and

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Kala, Jatin. "Land-atmosphere interactions in Southwest Western Australia." Thesis, Kala, Jatin ORCID: 0000-0001-9338-2965 (2011) Land-atmosphere interactions in Southwest Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2011. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/10624/.

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The Southwest of Western Australia (SWWA) is a region of extensive land cover change with an estimated 13 million hectares of native vegetation cleared since European settlement. Whilst previous studies have suggested meteorological and climatological implications of this change in land use, no studies have explicitly focussed on the detailed mechanisms behind the impacts of land-cover change on individual meteorological phenomena. This thesis seeks to identify the physical mechanisms inducing changes within the atmosphere by using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS V6.0) to simula

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Savini, Giovanni. "The epidemiology of Sarcocystis in Western Australia." Thesis, Savini, Giovanni (1994) The epidemiology of Sarcocystis in Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1994. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/53233/.

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This work was designed to determine the prevalence of infection with Sarcocystis in a variety of domestic and non-domestic animals in Western Australia (WA), identify factors associated with infection, examine new diagnostic methods and to investigate the effect of experimental infection in animals which had naturally been exposed to the parasite. Climate and management practices were found to significantly affect the prevalence of infection with Sarcocystis. The dry climatic conditions of WA, in particular the fluctuations in daily ambient temperature were found to be the major climatic f

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Mhoma, Jumanne R. L. "Studies on swine dysentery in Western Australia." Thesis, Mhoma, Jumanne R.L. (1992) Studies on swine dysentery in Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1992. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/53597/.

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This work was conducted with the primary aim of determining the prevalence of swine dysentery (SD) amongst piggeries in Western Australia. Accordingly a serological survey to detect evidence of infection with the causative bacterium, Treponema hyodysenteriae, was conducted. The lipopolysaccharide of T. hyodysenteriae of serogroups A, B and E were used as antigen in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests that were developed. Cut off litres for seropositivity were determined by testing 400 sera from herds known to be free of SD, and sera from immunised or experimentally infected pig

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Gunawardene, Nihara. "Arid zone ant communities of Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1178.

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This thesis is prepared in three parts; the first part is a study of the ant species of the southern Carnarvon Basin, which was undertaken in order to determine the patterns of ant species distribution in this arid zone area. The distribution patterns were looked at in terms of biogeographical regions and they demonstrated the transitional nature of this particular area. Recommendations to alter the border between the South-west Province and the Eremaean Province were supported. The next chapter of this thesis analysed ant species from long unburnt and burnt areas of three main vegetation type

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Gunawardene, Nihara. "Arid zone ant communities of Western Australia." Curtin University of Technology, Department of Environmental Biology, 2003. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=16212.

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This thesis is prepared in three parts; the first part is a study of the ant species of the southern Carnarvon Basin, which was undertaken in order to determine the patterns of ant species distribution in this arid zone area. The distribution patterns were looked at in terms of biogeographical regions and they demonstrated the transitional nature of this particular area. Recommendations to alter the border between the South-west Province and the Eremaean Province were supported. The next chapter of this thesis analysed ant species from long unburnt and burnt areas of three main vegetation type

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Westphal, Darren W. "Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases in Western Australia." Master's thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/135771.

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I commenced the Master of Philosophy in Applied Epidemiology (MAE) in February 2015. My field placements were shared between the Communicable Diseases Control Directorate, Public Health Division at the Western Australia Department of Health (CDCD) and the Telethon Kids Institute (TKI), both located in Perth. Two of the three projects that I completed at the CDCD involved a statewide protracted mumps outbreak that went on for the duration of my MAE and reached almost 900 cases. The epidemiology of this outbreak including a discussion about vaccination is

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Dall, Natalie. "Perceptions of financial counselling in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1996. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/934.

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The development of financial counselling in Australia during the past decade has been complex and fragmented. Financial counselling and rural counselling services within Western Australia are funded from a range of government, non-government and church based groups. This has contributed to problems in the identification of basic definitions of the need for services, the role of the financial counsellor and service models or functions. The failure to define the role of the financial counsellor and the needs to be addressed by financial counselling services, "appears to be the most important his

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Ujma, Susan. "A comparative study of indigenous people's and early European settlers' usage of three Perth wetlands, Western Australia, 1829-1939." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2012. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/547.

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This study takes as its focus the contrasting manner in which the Nyoongar indigenous people and the early European settlers utilised three wetland environments in southwest Australia over the century between 1829 and 1939. The thesis offers both an ecological and a landscape perspective to changes in the wetlands of Herdsman Lake, Lake Joondalup and Loch McNess. The chain of interconnecting linear lakes provides some of the largest permanent sources of fresh water masses on the Swan Coastal Plain. This thesis acknowledges the importance of the wetland system to the Nyoongar indigenous people.

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Henningsgaard, Per Hansa. "Outside traditional book publishing centres : the production of a regional literature in Western Australia." University of Western Australia. English and Cultural Studies Discipline Group, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0255.

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This thesis provides a study of book publishing as it contributes to the production of a regional literature, using Western Australian publishing and literature as illustrative examples of this dynamic. 'Regional literature' is defined in this thesis as writing possessing cultural value that is specific to a region, although the writing may also have national and international value. An awareness of geographically and culturally diverse regions within the framework of the nation is shown to be derived from representations of these regions and their associated regional characteristics in the mo

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Kickett-Tucker, Cheryl S. "Urban Aboriginal children in sport: Experiences, perceptions and sense of self." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1999. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1258.

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The purpose of this study was to describe the sense of self for a group of urban Western Australian Aboriginal children through analysing their perspectives and experiences in school sport and physical education. A symbolic interaction inquiry paradigm complemented with qualitative data collection methods was utilised. Informal conversational interviews and nonparticipant observations were employed. Interviews were conducted with participants and those whom they reported as their significant others. Participants were also observed in the school sport setting during physical education classes a

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Doole, Graeme John. "Value of perennial pasture phases in dryland agricultural systems of the eastern-central wheat belt of Western Australia." University of Western Australia. School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 2007. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2007.0213.

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Over the past thirty years, price relativities and technological development have motivated an increase in the area of land allocated to cropping, as opposed to pasture production, throughout the central wheat belt of Western Australia. Nevertheless, reducing the proportion of pasture in these rotations has challenged the future productivity of farming systems in this area. First, the frequent application of selective herbicides for weed control in extended cropping rotations has promoted the development of herbicide resistance in a number of major agricultural weeds. Second, the primary use o

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Swarts, Nigel. "Integrated conservation of the rare and endangered terrestrial orchid Caladenia huegelii H.G. Reichb." University of Western Australia. School of Earth and Geographical Sciences, 2008. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2008.0044.

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The Orchidaceae is characterized by a remarkably diverse range of life forms and some of the most highly specialized interactions with soil fungi and insect pollinators found in the flowering plants. Many species are rare or threatened with extinction either directly through loss of habitat or over-collection or, indirectly through debilitation or loss of mycorrhizal association or pollinator capacity. Australian temperate terrestrial orchids represent one of the most threatened groups in the Australian flora with many taxa clinging to existence in urban and rural bushland remnants, road verge

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Cowan, Sean. "Cracking the code: Why Western Australia abandoned rugby for Australian rules football in 1885." Thesis, Cowan, Sean (2015) Cracking the code: Why Western Australia abandoned rugby for Australian rules football in 1885. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 2015. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/29624/.

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This study of the early years of football in Western Australia investigates the reasons for the abandonment of the Rugby Union rules and the adoption of the new Victorian rules in 1885. Through an examination of the newspapers of the day – which are the only known primary material concerning those events – it will be established that the people of Western Australia were not wedded to a particular code before the 1880s. This changed in 1882 when the first clubs were formed and the Rugby Union rules were adopted. Advocates for the Victorian rules were immediately active, claiming the British

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Smith, Michelle. "The role of Lorikeet Clubhouse in psychiatric rehabilitation." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2001. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1063.

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Previous studies have suggested that participation in psychosocial support groups such as the Foundation House (Clubhouse) model have psychological benefits for patients with major mental disorders. In this research, 47 members of the Lorikeet Clubhouse in Shenton Park, WA completed the Brief Symptom Inventory, the Level of Expressed Emotion Scale and the Coping Scale for Adults to investigate whether differences existed between active and inactive Clubhouse members. Analyses of variance found no group differences on these measures, although trends in the data suggest that Clubhouse participat

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Eid, Mahmoud M. "Public schools or Islamic colleges? : factors impacting on parental choice of schooling for Muslim children." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2008. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/192.

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This portfolio focuses on issues associated with the education of Muslim children in Western Australia, within the broader national context. Based on ABS 1996 Census, Clyne (2001) states "there is a considerable potential demand for education within the Muslim community with at least 60 000 children within the compulsory years of schooling (5-15 years)" (pp. 118-119). However, according to the Islamic schools' principals, "approximately 10 percent of these children are enrolled in Islamic schools" (p 119). This means 90% of Muslim school children are enrolled in non-Islamic schools despite the

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Xie, Shaohua. "Links between devolution and changes in curriculum policy : a case study of year 8-10 social studies curriculum in Western Australia since 1987." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 1998. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/975.

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This study investigates the links between devolution and Year 8-10 Society and Environment (SAE) curriculum policy in Western Australia (WA) since 1987. It explores whether changes to the structure within which SAE resides, the process through which curriculum decision making occurs, and the content of SAE are consistent with the principles and practice of devolution. An attempt is made in the study to determine whether these changes would have occurred anyway, even if devolution had not been introduced. The investigation is based on a radical humanist model of social inquiry, As such, it uses

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Howe, Margaret L. "The bio-sociological relationship between Western Australian Aboriginals and their dogs." Murdoch University, 1993. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20060815.151043.

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The hypothesis central to this study is that distinctly Aboriginal patterns of relationship between humans and dogs are still evident in contemporary Aboriginal groups. The relationship's sociological characteristics in traditional and contemporary settings and its implications for canine and human health are also investigated. Field research employing survey, quantitative observation and specimen analysis techniques was conducted in 9 Western Australian Aboriginal groups of various backgrounds and settings. Results were compared to historic-traditional accounts and dog ownership studies in no

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Port, Katrina. "A profile of consanguineous couples in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2007. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/277.

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The present study investigated consanguineous unions in Western Australia, irrespective of ethnic background, with attention paid to associated demographic variables. Despite its vast area, Western Australia was an excellent setting for a study of this nature, as virtually all cases of inherited diseases are referred and investigated via Genetic Services of Western Australia based in Perth. Four data sources were used to identify and investigate consanguineous marriages: Genetic Services of Western Australia, the Registrar General's Office of Births Deaths and Marriage, the Disability Services

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Storer, Timothy. "Ethology and production of freshwater crayfish in aquatic polysystems in Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/2442.

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Aquatic polyculture has been recognised as a potential way of increasing the costeffectiveness of farming marron (Cherax tenuimanus), as it can lower average costs of production, increase system yields, and reduce economic risks associated with monoculture operations. Polyculture also increases ecological stability and assists recycling processes, which can result in synergistic benefits to participating species. In aquaculture, this synergism can result in increased profitability through advanced growth rates and/or reduced feed input. However, many of the inherent advantages of aquatic polyc

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Brestovac, Brian. "Human papillomavirus and cervical cancer in Western Australia." University of Western Australia. School of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, 2005. http://theses.library.uwa.edu.au/adt-WU2006.0037.

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au, h. owen@uq edu, and Helen Clare Owen. "Detection and Characterization of Rickettsiae in Western Australia." Murdoch University, 2007. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20071204.92921.

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The aim of this study was to address the shortfall in current, in-depth knowledge of Western Australian rickettsiae investigating in particular, the role of native and feral animals as reservoir hosts. Two novel species of rickettsiae were detected in ticks collected from native and feral animals and humans, these were characterised using molecular methods. A preliminary investigation into the pathogenic potential of one of the isolates was also undertaken. To facilitate investigation, ectoparasites (principally ticks) were opportunistically collected from across the State, with an emphasis

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au, C. Bath@murdoch edu, and Caroline Jacobson. "Scouring and Dag in Sheep in Western Australia." Murdoch University, 2006. http://wwwlib.murdoch.edu.au/adt/browse/view/adt-MU20070831.155237.

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Diarrhoea (scouring) in sheep increases the risk of faecal soiling of the breech (dag) that in turn causes significant production losses for sheep producers and increases susceptibility of sheep to breech blowfly strike. The common causes of scouring in sheep of post-weaning age in Western Australia have not been well described. In a written questionnaire sent to sheep producers in the south west of Western Australia, about half of the respondents reported lamb, hogget and ewe flocks with moderate or severe dag. Flocks with moderate or severe dag were reported more commonly in the winter

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Owen, Helen Clare. "Detection and characterization of rickettsiae in Western Australia." Thesis, Owen, Helen Clare (2007) Detection and characterization of rickettsiae in Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/240/.

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The aim of this study was to address the shortfall in current, in-depth knowledge of Western Australian rickettsiae investigating in particular, the role of native and feral animals as reservoir hosts. Two novel species of rickettsiae were detected in ticks collected from native and feral animals and humans, these were characterised using molecular methods. A preliminary investigation into the pathogenic potential of one of the isolates was also undertaken. To facilitate investigation, ectoparasites (principally ticks) were opportunistically collected from across the State, with an emphas

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Owen, Helen Clare. "Detection and characterization of rickettsiae in Western Australia." Owen, Helen Clare (2007) Detection and characterization of rickettsiae in Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2007. http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/240/.

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The aim of this study was to address the shortfall in current, in-depth knowledge of Western Australian rickettsiae investigating in particular, the role of native and feral animals as reservoir hosts. Two novel species of rickettsiae were detected in ticks collected from native and feral animals and humans, these were characterised using molecular methods. A preliminary investigation into the pathogenic potential of one of the isolates was also undertaken. To facilitate investigation, ectoparasites (principally ticks) were opportunistically collected from across the State, with an emphas

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Order, Simon. "Community radio in Western Australia: Notions of value." Thesis, Order, Simon (2013) Community radio in Western Australia: Notions of value. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2013. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/17050/.

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Although community radio in Australia is now well established and considered an important part of the radio sector, in today’s economically driven world it is at the bottom of the media money pile. In order to argue for its continuing existence, funding and development in an ever-changing media landscape, some means of capturing its value is essential. This thesis develops a theoretical framework of value for community radio from existing literature and through the testing of the framework at three community radio stations in Perth, Western Australia. Through a combination of interviews with s

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Fogliani, Cory. "Unjust enrichment and employee overpayments in Western Australia." Thesis, Fogliani, Cory (2017) Unjust enrichment and employee overpayments in Western Australia. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 2017. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/39345/.

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Overpaid remuneration is an ordinary aspect of the employment relationship. From time to time, it happens. What is extraordinary is the lack of attention that this issue has received from the legislature, and from legal scholars. The resolution of overpayment disputes between employers and employees has been left almost entirely to the common law. This thesis looks at how employers and employees in Western Australia can use the law to resolve an overpayment dispute. It does so through the lens of unjust enrichment law. In particular, this study examines how the truck provisions in the Mini

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Williams, Allyson. "Climate change in the Southwest of Western Australia." Thesis, Williams, Allyson (1991) Climate change in the Southwest of Western Australia. Honours thesis, Murdoch University, 1991. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/41550/.

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Previous studies in the southwest of Western Australia suggest a trend of decreasing rainfall in both a spatial and temporal sense. What are the primary influences of this climatic change? This analysis is a four step process involving examining the spatial distribution of rainfall, determining the major influences of the climate, determining what spatial and temporal changes have occurred, and explain possible causes of these changes. Climatic data for winter and summer seasons and,.over four time periods (1900-45, 1946-90, 1946-68, 1968-90) is examined at thirtyfive stations in the s

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Fialho, Malcolm. "Acculturative stress among Iranians in Perth Western Australia." Thesis, Fialho, Malcolm (1992) Acculturative stress among Iranians in Perth Western Australia. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 1992. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/50603/.

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The present study investigated the experience of acculturative stress through the adoption of a holistic experiential approach. It was premised on the notion that refugees are a distinct cultural group owing to the involuntary nature of their decision to settle in Australia, the status conferred on them in accordance with United Nations High Commission on Refugees (UNHCR) conventions and Australian Governmental initiatives. The major aim of the study was to further understanding of the relationship between the process of migration and resettlement on an individual's mental health through a

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Colic-Peisker, Val. "Croatians in Western Australia: Migration, values and identity." Thesis, Colic-Peisker, Val (2000) Croatians in Western Australia: Migration, values and identity. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2000. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/50691/.

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This thesis explores the process of integration of two post-war waves of voluntary Croatian migrants to Australia. The study is focused on changes in migrants’ values and the feeling of identity. The research starts from the proposition that differences in the socio-economic background (class) of the two waves of migrants, largely coinciding with their rural versus urban origin, will be significant factors in determining their migration experience. The first group of Croatians migrated to Australia in the 1960s - early 1970s. This is the largest wave of Croatians that reached Australia. Th

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Taylor, Noela. "Adult franchise in local government in Western Australia." Thesis, Taylor, Noela (1998) Adult franchise in local government in Western Australia. Masters by Research thesis, Murdoch University, 1998. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/50895/.

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Adult franchise was introduced to local government elections in Western Australia in 1984 by the then Burke Labor Government to predictions of disaster and local government mismanagement by the then conservative Opposition. After nine previously unsuccessful attempts, Western Australia became the last State in Australia to accord this right to vote to all its citizens. This tenth attempt was successful because the Government manipulated urban/rural council interests by offering differential rating power as a trade off for adult franchise. The intention of this thesis is to demonstrate

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Stephanson, Jillian Marianne. "Biology and immunobiology of Spirometra in Western Australia." Thesis, Stephanson, Jillian Marianne (1985) Biology and immunobiology of Spirometra in Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 1985. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/51745/.

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Parasites of the genus Spirometra collected in Western Australia, were classified as s. erinacei on the basis of their host range (natural and experimental), developmental rate, morphology and host-parasite relationships. Experimental results, in particular those from an inbred isolate, indicated that earlier workers had underestimated this species phenotypic plasticity. Variation was associated with experimental (infection, collection, processing and examination procedures), environmental (temperature, pH and salinity), host (species, strain, age, size, sex, diet and immune status) and

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Thorogood, Carol. "Politics and the professions: Homebirth in Western Australia." Thesis, Thorogood, Carol (2000) Politics and the professions: Homebirth in Western Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University, 2000. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/52312/.

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This thesis explores the historical, social, political and economic influences on the politics of Australian homebirth, specifically the processes whereby the state enables or restricts independent midwifery practice. By using documentary sources of letters, official correspondence, literature reviews, interviews with key stakeholders and case studies the thesis provides an historical overview and interpretative critique of the cultural, political and bureaucratic processes surrounding the provision of midwife-managed homebirth services. It shows how authoritative knowledge about birthing

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Twomey, Luke J. "The phytoplankton ecology of Wilson Inlet, Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/770.

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Twomey, Luke J. "The phytoplankton ecology of Wilson Inlet, Western Australia." Curtin University of Technology, School of Environmental Biology, 2000. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=9801.

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Wibisono, Gunawan. "Laboratory stiffness characterization of Western Australia asphalt mixtures." Thesis, Curtin University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1955.

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Stiffness is an important input in mechanistic-empirical pavement design method. The present study investigates asphalt performance and stiffness of Western Australian mixtures, namely creep, resilient modulus, beam fatigue and dynamic modulus. The Witczak and Hirsch predictive models were used in this research. Results show that WA asphalt mixtures have acceptable creep, flexural stiffness, resilient and dynamic modulus. There is a good correlation between the predicted and laboratory measured dynamic modulus values.

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Jahn, Inalee C. "Crustal evolution of the Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia." Thesis, Curtin University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/75146.

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The Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia records the Palaeoproterozoic convergence and collision of the Archaean Yilgarn and Pilbara Cratons during the formation of the West Australian Craton, and over one billion years of subsequent intracontinental crustal reworking. This study uses an integrated analytical study of the isotopic and geochemical systematics in zircon from Capricorn Orogen granites in order to identify the magmatic sources and the fundamental geodynamic processes that have contributed to its crustal evolution.

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O'Beirne, Cameron. "Online Strategies for Sport Organisations in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2003. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1741.

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The globalisation of communications has brought with it the ability to increase the efficiency of various business aspects of sport organisations. Although the use of the Internet may be seen as a promotional and strategic eBusiness tool, there is little empirical evidence or analysis of the influence of organisational strategy on Internet initiatives within sport organisations. Little is known about the nature and effects of eBusiness developments in voluntary sport organisations and the extent that various sport management constructs influence organisational strategy to deliver sport busines

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Gwakuba, Umile. "Police engagement with African communities in Western Australia." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2022. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/2565.

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Utilising a qualitative, grounded theory methodology, this research investigated police engagement with the African communities, especially youth in Western Australia. Voices of African youth, police officers and African leaders’ perspectives and experiences were captured through in-depth interviews and focus groups in relation to the nature of their relationship. Factors contributing to the relationship and considerations for effective engagement between the multiple parties were explored. Overall, the study found that the relationship between African youth and police in Western Australia was

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Murray, Kaye. "Irene Greenwood: A voice for peace." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2002. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/722.

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The thesis establishes the contribution to feminism and the peace of Western Australian broadcaster, (Dr.) Irene Greenwood (AM). In spite of efforts by organised peace groups to persuade governments of the social, political and environmental consequences of violence and warfare, ours is still a violent and war-torn world. Feminism has made significant contributions to peace and justice and Greenwood’s social activism provides the opportunity to explore these links. The media are a powerful tool for social change. In a global climate where violence and warfare are the media’s currency, Irene Gr

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