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Exploring The Houtman Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Department Of Fisheries

Fisheries occasional publications

This booklet is designed to assist you in exploring and appreciating the Houtman Abrolhos Islands. It provides a general overview on the attributes of the Abrolhos that make it so unique. A place rich in ecological, historical, economic and cultural significance for Western Australia.

Apart from being an introduction to the Abrolhos, the booklet also provides background and context for the various management plans and strategies developed and implemented to sustainably manage these Islands and their surrounding waters.

Progress Rural Western Australia 2000 Conference Proceedings, 18 And 19 August 2000, Fairbridge Farm, Pinjarra, Western Australia., Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia, Progress Rural Western Australia.

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Conference Aims and Objectives

Aim

To assist in the creation of an excellent life for people in rural. WA

Objectives

• To provide an opportunity for people from right across rural Western Australia to share ideas, learn from each other, energise and develop new skills and knowledge
• To allow conference participants to develop an understanding/about the cutting edge of regional branding and marketing
• To showcase, explore and celebrate successes in agricultural innovations and entrepreneurship
• To motivate people to be pro-active at the planning and implementation level in rural communities.
• To facilitate the development of cohesive, inclusive rural communities that work together …

Report On The Agriculture & Nature Based Tourism Study Tour : United States Of America, United Kingdom & Germany, 28th August 99 To 17th September 99, Theo Nabben, Adriana Svenson

Research Reports

The focus of the study tour to United States, United Kingdom and Germany was agricultural and nature based. Six recurring themes were identified on tour as keys to a vibrant economy in the south west of Western Australia. This report is divided into each of these themes and provides an insight into lessons learnt while overseas, and how these might be adapted to Australia. The themes identified were:

• Agri-tourism,
• Marketing
• Restructuring rural Communities - Building on natural resource management
• Land use planning
• Developing improved linkages with higher education
• Leadership

Making The Most Of What We've Got ! : Featuring Real Life Examples Of "How To" Develop Rural Tourism Opportunities, Connie Coley Loden, Ariana Svenson

Research Reports

In late August 1999, 18 people from the South West of Western Australia travelled to the United states, United Kingdom and Germany to study outstanding and innovative examples of agriculture and nature based tourism. The tour particularly focused on areas where tourism had developed due to a change in land use, or collapse of major industries. (i.e. mining or forestry)

Avondale Research Station : Representing 150 Years Of Western Australian Farming, D A C Johnson

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Avondale Research Station is open to the public as a 1979 Anniversary Year contribution by the Department of Agriculture in cooperation with the Primary Industries Committee of W.A.Y. 1979