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Initial Development Plans For New Land, D J. Carder

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Senate Standing Committee On National Resources, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia

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The Terms of Reference for this particular enquiry by the Senate Standing Committee on National Resources, list specifically the Commonwealth's role in rural research and extension. The status of the Australian rural research scene has been investigated and re-investigated several times in recent years and there has been some interest also in extension. Some of the more pertinent research enquiries were as follows:-

• OECDD Examiners Report on Science and Technology in Australia - 1974.
• Green Paper - Rural Policy in Australia - 1974.
• Industries Assistance Commission Report - Financing Rural Research - 1976.
• Committee of Inquiry into CSIRO - 1977. …

The Distribution And Properties Of Lateritic Gravels At Yalanbee And Their Interactions With Soil Phosphorus, David Weaver

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This study aimed at investigating the distributive patterns and properties of lateritic gravels at "Yalanbee" (C.S.I.R.O. research station) and how these properties and patterns e ffect the adsorption of phosphorus onto the lateritic gravels. It also aimed partly at investigating the effect of the presence of lateritic gravels on the adsorption of phosphate by "whole soils". Gravels in the Yalanbee soil had migrated since their formation as was shown by their abundance and large size at the top of a slope which graded to less abundant, smaller and more rounded gravels further down the s lope. The distribution of gravels …