Chairman of department: Professor H. C. Brookfield Professor HAROLD CHILLING WORTH BROOKFIELD
Readers ERIC CHARLES FREDERICK BIRD THOMAS MELVILLE PERRY
JOHN ROBERT VICTOR PRESCOTT ARTHUR A L A N WILCOCK
Senior Lecturers JOHN SIRLES MASSEY GEOFFREY JAMES MISSEN
Lecturer ROBERT GORDON FREESTONE
RESEARCH TOPICS IN PROGRESS 1. Analysis of shoreline changes during thc past century - E. Bird.
2. Environmental problems on humid tropical coasts - E. Bird.
3. Population and environment studies in tropical islands - H. Brookfield.
4. Regional impact of land settlement in southeast Asia - H. Brookfield.
5. Review of Australian geographical bibliography — R. Freestone.
6. The Australian Garden City and Suburb - R. Freestone.
7. Quantitative methods of terrain classification — J. Massey.
8. Agricultural and pastoral land-use dynamics in Australia, c.1890 to present - J. Massey.
9. Automated production of colour animated movies showing computer-produced map - J. Massey.
10. Preparation of year-specific encoding forms for small-area agricultural and pastoral land use data — J. Massey.
11. Development of methods of data processing and display for an Australian small-urea agricultural and pastoral information system: 1900 to the present — J. Massey.
12. Formal and informal sectors in Kelantan, Malaysia - G. Missen.
13. Malay settlements in Kuantan, Malaysia - G. Missen.
14. Historical geography of Australia in thc late 18th and early 19th centuries with special reference to the work of Mathew Flinders — T. Perry.
15. Growth of Melbourne's inner suburbs — T. Perry.
16. International boundaries in Africa and maritime boundaries in the Pacific and South China Sea - J. Prescott.
17. International interaction in the early history of geographical thought — A. Wilcock.
PUBLISHED WORK Books
I. BIRD, E. C. F. - The Geomorphology of the Gippsland Lakes Region. Ministry for Conservation, Environmental Studies Series, Publication Nr>. 186, viii + 158, 1978.
Chapters of Books
2. BIRD, E. C. F. — Thc nature and source of beach materials on the Australian coast, in Landform Evolution in Australasia, eds J. L. Davies and M . A. J. Williams, ANU Press, Canberra, 144-57 (1978).
3. BIRD, E. C. F. — (Erosion of the sea coast), in International Yearbook, Science and Humanity, Znanie Publications, Moscow, 73-83 (1978) [in Russian],
4. BIRD, E. C. F. - (Unsolved problems in coastal geomorphology). in The Future ofScience, Znanie Publications, Moscow, 166-75 (1978) [in Russian].
5. BIRD. E. C. F. — Energy regimes in Australian coastal waters, in Energy Across the Coastal Zone, eds M . L. Schwartz and T. Terich, The Coastal Society, Arlington, Virginia. USA, 158- 70 (1977).
6. BROOKFIELD, H. C. — The environment of informality: a comparison between Caribbean and Pacific, in Food, Shelter and Transport in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, eds P. J. Rimmer, D. W. Drakakis-Smith and T. G. McGec. Australian National University, Department of Human Geography Publication HG/12, Canberra. 257-274 (1978).
7. PERRY, T. M . with POYNTER, J. R. - The Development of Australia . . . in The Times Atlas of World History Times Books Ltd., London: William Collines Publishers Ptv. Ltd..
Sydney and Auckland, 1978.
8. PRESCOTT, J. R. V. — Drawing Australia's marine boundaries, in Australia's offshore resources: implications of the 200 mile zone, ed G. W. P. George. Australian Academv of Science, Canberra, 22-46 (1978).
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Articles
9. BIRD, E. C. F. - The work of the Commission on the Coastal Environment in the Pacific region, Proc. 3rd Annual Conf.. Coastal Soc. 193-202 (1977).
10. BIRD, E. C. F. - A glossary of coastal geomorphology. Paper for I.G.U. Regional Conference, Lagos, 28 (1978).
11. BIRD, E. C. F. - Environmental problems on humid tropical coasts. Paper for UNESCO Division of Marine Sciences, 6 (1978).
12. BIRD, E. C. F. - Geomorphological features on humid tropical coasts. Paper for UNESCO Division of Marine Sciences, 20 (1978).
13. BIRD, E. C. F. and McARTHUR, J". A. - Delimitation of humid tropical coasts. Paper for UNESCO Division of Marine Sciences, 22 (1978).
14. B R O O K F I E L D , H . C. - Editorial introduction: unweeded garden island?
UNESCO/UNFPA Fiji Island Reports 3: 1-12 (1978).
15. BROOKFIELD, H. C. - Land holding and land use on Taveuni island. UNESCO/UNFPA Fiji Island Reports 3: 21-84 (1978).
16. BROOKFIELD, H. C. - Editorial introduction: small is beautiful? UNESCO/UNFPA Fiji Island Reports 4: 1-8 (1978).
17. BROOKFIELD, H. C. — Third world development. Progress in Human Geography 2: 121-32 (1978).
18. COHEN, M . , ENGLISH, J. and BROOKFIELD, H. C. - Functional diversity at the base of the urban system in Peninsular Malaysia. J. Trop. Geog. 45: 12-25 (1978).
19. FREESTONE, R. G. - Minneapolis Public Library and T. B. Walker - The Politics of Library Location 1918-1923, Hennepin County Historv. Part one, 37(2): 5-13; Part two, 37(3):
10-16 (1978).
20. MISSEN, G. J. and LOGAN, M . I . - National and local distribution systems and regional development: the case of Kelantan in West Malaysia. Antipode, 9(3): 60-74 (1978).
21. PRESCOTT, J. R. V. - Mining the seabed and the law of the sea, Optima. 26(4): 222-40 (1977).
22. PRESCOTT, J. R. V. - Africa's boundary problems, Optima. 25(1): 2-21 (1978).
Visual Aids
23. MASSEY, J. S. - A 20-minute, 16-mm colour animated movie, Mapping Drought and Pluvial Phases of Victoria. Australia: January 1905 lo December 1977. has been made which shows 876 computer-produced maps of relative monthly rainfall. This complements an earlier 20-minute black and white movie. Computer Mapping Victoria's Agricultural and Pastoral Land Use: 1906 to 1975. which shows 70 computer-produced, annual maps for each of five agricultural and pastoral land use items.
THESES PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREES Master of Science
1. BRINSMEAD, G. J. S. — A geographical studv of the dairv manufacturing industry in Gippsland. 1840-1910
2. WILLIAMS, M. S. — Geomorphology of Mallacooia inlet THESES IN PROGRESS
PhD Theses in Progress
BIRD, J. F. — Historical geography of Victoria's lakes and wetlands BOSTON, K. G. — The physiographic role of Spartina
TEH, TIONG-SA — Beach ridge-systems in Malaysia MA Theses in Progress BALLOCK, M. J. — Land-use and planning in Pakenham Shire CABENA, P. B. — Transhumance in the Victoria Alps
COHEN, S. E. - Urban development in Kuala Pilah District. Malaysia
CROOKS, M. L. — The Grampians: environmental interpretation and recreational planning LANCASHIRE, C. I. — Historical geography of central Victoria
ROSENGREN, N. J. - Coastal dune systems in east Gippsland SHARP, N. R. - Land-use and settlement in the Daylesford region
TUAN-MU, A. C. K. - An investigation into the methodology of projecting the future population of Melbourne
GEOGRAPHY 29 MSc Theses in Progress
GELL, R. A. — Beach systems on the Victorian coast
QUINN, P. B. — Erosion surfaces in geomorphology of southern central Victoria
WHITE, S. — Past land forms and their relation to quaternary calcareous dune ridges at Bat Ridge.
Portland. Victoria
SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS RECEIVED Grants have been received as follows:
ARGC: Movements of sand dunes on the Victorian coast - Bird.
ARGC: Regional impact of land settlement in southeast Asia - Brookfield.
ARGC: Malay settlements in Kuantan, West Malaysia - Missen and Swift, Monash University.
Ministry for Conservation, Victoria: Channel and bank stability on the Latrobe River - Bird.
ORSTOM: Analysis of sedimentary cores obtained on Lakeba, Fiji - Brookfield.
UNESCO: Environmental problems on humid tropical coasts - Bird.
UNESCO: Population and environment studies in tropical islands - Brookfield.
UNU: Environmental changes on the coasts of Indonesia - Bird.