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Desert Graduates

Eight Desert Knowledge CRC PhD candidates have currently submitted their thesis and five of these have had their awards conferred. A further 15 students are due to submit in 2009, five of these are Aboriginal students. One Masters candidate has her award conferred with a further two still to complete. Five Honours candidates have had their awards conferred. Thesis of completed students can be accessed from this page or from the Publications page on the Desert Knowledge CRC website.

Since completing their studies, two students are undertaking post-doctoral research within a university whilst one is undertaking post-doctoral research within a national research organization. Two students are employed as researchers in a national research organisation and another within a university. One student is undertaking higher level studies and two are working for State/Territory government departments. Four students have secured senior employment positions within Aboriginal organisations.

Further information about the students and their research can be found at http://www.desertknowledgecrc.com.au/education/students.html.

PhD Graduate Theses

DateAuthorDetailsCitation
2007Maclean KCreating spaces for negotiation at the environmental management and community development interface in Australia_Front matter Abstract Ch 1 [pdf 1.4 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:
2006Palisetty REffects of sheep, kangaroos and rabbits on the regeneration of trees and shrubs in the Chenopod shrublands, South Australia [pdf 1.2 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:
2009Turner DFire in arid and semi-arid Australia 1998–2004 [pdf 18.1 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:
2008Clarke KLandscape scale measurement and monitoring of biodiversity in the Australian rangelands [pdf 5.9 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:
2008Webb NPModelling Land Susceptibility to Wind Erosion in Western Queensland, Australia [pdf 29.7 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:
2008Leavesley AThe response of birds to the fire regimes of mulga woodlands in central Australia [pdf 2.4 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:
2009Walsh FTo hunt and to hold Martu Aboriginal people’s uses and knowledge of their country [pdf 12.4 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:

Masters Graduate Theses

DateAuthorDetailsCitation
2007Nicholas ACharacteristics and dynamics of the mulga-spinifex boundaries at Mt Denison Station in Central Australia [pdf 3.2 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:

Honours Graduate Theses

DateAuthorDetailsCitation
2006Severtson DBioconversion of waste paper by termites: a landfill of opportunity [pdf 1.1 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:
2008Anderson Smith BExploring engagement between Indigenous communities and government: lessons for Country management [pdf 629.0 kb] [Abstract]view citation:
2006Hueneke HTo climb or not to climb? The sacred deed done at Australia's mighty heart [pdf 3.1 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:
2006Dennett AUnderground structures and mycorrhizal associations of Solanum centrale (the Australian bush tomato) [pdf 2.2 Mb] [Abstract]view citation:

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