INTRODUCTION
The establishment ol' thc geomorphology laboratory and thc purchase of additional equip- ment for the computer-graphics laboratory improved the Department's research facilities, and the benefits can bc expected to appear in future research reports. Already Dr Massey's success in over- coming technical problems associated with the production of instant maps, analysing agricultural and other statistics for Victoria, for display on VDU screens, and in overcoming the difficulty of recording such maps on microfiche, has attracted interest from government departments, other scholars and firms producing computer graphics equipment. Dr Bird continued to secure impor- tant grants which enabled some research associates to bc employed, and one of these grants resulted in the completion of a monumental report on sites of environmental significance in Gipps- land, which should provide a sound basis for some aspects of environmental planning in lhal region. Il is also expected that Ihc work of Dr Finlayson and Miss McKay on flooding and thc use of Hood plain maps, funded by an important grant, which was started this year will yield signifi- cant results of interest to all areas in Australia where floods are a risk.
Overseas research contacts were maintained by thc Department. Professor Brookfield spent a year working in Barbados on a project organized by UNESCO; Dr Bird continued his close association with the United Nations University through studies of coastal management in In- donesia and New Caledonia; and Dr Prescott worked for two months in the Environment and Policy Institute of thc East-West Center in Honolulu, on maritime issues in the South China Sea.
RESEARCH TOPICS IN PROGRESS 1. Mapping and analysis of shoreline changes —E. C. F. Bird.
2. Data requirements for coastal management —E. C. I7. Bird.
3. The role of flooding and flood plain maps in individual perception and community response to flood risks —B. L. Finlayson, J. M . McKay.
4. Limestone hydrology and geomorphology in the Buchan area —B. L. Finlayson, L. Mill.
5. Antarctic geomorphology — B. L. Finlayson.
6. Granite caves —B. L. Finlavson.
7. Historical geography in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with special reference to the work of Matthew Flinders —T. M. Perry.
8. Growth of Melbourne's inner suburbs —T. M Perry.
9. Political geography of the oceans —J. R. V. Prescott.
10. Malay settlements in Kuantan —G. Missen, M . Swift.
11. Peripheral capitalism in Malaysia — G. Missen.
12. A computer-plotted microfiche atlas of Victoria, Australia —J. S. Massey.
13. Interactive analysis and mapping of census data for macro-economic strategy planning — J. S. Massey.
14. Environmental.issues in thc development of thc Lesser Antilles in thc Eastern Caribbean — H. C. B. Brookfield.
PUBLISHED WORK Books
1. BIRD, E. C. F. and ONGKOSONGO, O. S. R. - Environmental changes on Ihecoasls of In- donesia, United Nations University, vi + 52 pp. (1980).
2. FINLAYSON, B. L. and STATHAM, 1.-Hillslope analvsis, Butterworths London, 230 pp.
(1980).
Chapters of Books
3. BIRD, E. C. I7. — Environmental problems related to thc coastal dynamics of humid tropical deltas, in Proceedings o f the Jakarta Workshop on Coastal Resources Management, ed.
E. C. F. Bird and A. Socgiarto: 18-21 (1980).
4. BIRD, E. C. F. —Erosion of coastlines, in Veda a lidstvo, ed. M . Machacek, Horizont- Praguc: 87-96 (in Czech) (1979).
5. MISSEN, G. —Socio-economic studies in Java in the context of a coastal resources evalua- tion, in Proceedings o f the Jakarta Workshop on Coastal Resources Management, ed.
E. C. I ' . Bird and A. Soegiarto: 45-53 (1980).
6. PERRY, T. M . P.-Oskar Spate, in Of Time and Place, Essays in Honour o f O. H. K.
Spate, ed. J. N. Jennings and Ci. J. R. Lingc, A.N.U. Press, Canberra: xiii-xix (1980).
7. PRESCOTT, J. R. V.— The deep seabed, in The maritime dimension, ed. R. P. Barston and P. Birnc, George Allen & Unwin, London: 54-75 (1980).
8. PRESCOTT, J. R. V. —Existing and potential maritime claims in the southwest Pacific Ocean, in Ocean Yearbook, ed. N. Ginsburg, Chicago University Press: 203-235 (1980).
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Articles
9. BIRD, E. C. F. — Historical changes on sandy shorelines in Victoria. Proc. Roy. Soc. Vic- toria, 91 (1): 17-32 (1980).
10. BIRD, E. C. F. — Mangroves and coastal morphology. Victorian Naturalist, 97 (1): 48-58 (1980).
11. BIRD, E. C. F. — Recent changes on the world's sandy shorelines. Coastal Research, 5 (9):
1-4 (1980).
12. BIRD, E. C. F.-Scatown Beach. Dorset County Journal, 89: 1-5 (1980).
13. BIRD, E. C. F.-Scabed site training. Development Forum, 8 (9): 13 (1980).
14. MASSEY, J. S.-The Australian Small-Area Agricultural and Pastoral Land-Use Informa- tion System: 1900 to the Present. Proc. o f URP1S, 6 (4): 39-87 (1980).
15. MASSEY, J. S.-The microfiche agricultural atlas of Victoria. Proc. of URPIS, 7(3): 7-26 (1980).
16. MASSEY, J. S.-Interactive analysis and mapping of Census data. Proc. of URPIS, 8 (10):
1-4(1980).
17. PRESCOTT, J. R. V.-Maps and boundary disputes. The Globe. 12: 1-9 (1980).
18. PRESCOTT, J. R. V.-Southern Africa today-formula for stability or crisis? White African altitudes. South African News and Views, 4 (6): 4-11 (1980).
19. PRESCOTT, J. R. V.-Walvis Bay and the Guano Islands. South African News and Views, 4 (9): 2-7 (1980).
20. ROSENGREN, N. J. — Dune systems on Cuspate forelands, East Gippsland, Victoria. Proc.
Roy. Soc. Vict., 92: 106-119 (1980).
Reports and Notes
21. BIRD, E. C. F. and CULLEN, P. W.-77ii? management of coastal sand dunes in South Australia. Geostudies, Melbourne, xvii + 99 pp. (1980).
22. BIRD, E. C. F., BIRD, J. I ' . , FINLAYSON, B. L., McARTHUR, J. A., and McKAY, J.
M . — Bank erosion on the Latrobe River and its lower tributaries. Ministry for Conservation, Victoria, Environmental Studies Series, Publication 267, vi + 117 pp. (1980).
23. KRAEMERS, S. M . — Westernport Catchment Co-ordinating Group, French Island".
Ministry for Conservation, Victoria, Environmental Studies Series, Publication interim report, 113 pp. (1980).
24. McCRAE-WILLIAMS, M. S., ROSENGREN, N . J . and KRAEMERS, S. M.-Sites of En- vironmental Significance, (Geology and Geomorphology), East Gippsland, Victoria.
Ministry for Conservation, Victoria, Environmental Studies Series, Publication 316, 635 pp.
(1980).
25. ROSENGREN, N. J. and WILLIAMS, M . S.-Study Area I , Westernport Catchment Co- ordinating Group "Top of the Bay" Area. Ministry for Conservation, Victoria, Environmen- tal Studies Series, Publication interim report, 54 pp. (1980).
26. WILLIAMS, M. S.—Mallacoota Inlet —A geomorphological Assessment, Occasional Paper, Melbourne State College, 50 pp. (1980).
THESES PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREES Master of Arts
1. CABENA, P. B.-Transhurnance in the Victorian Alps.
2. COHEN, S. E. — Urban development in Kuala Pilah District, Malaysia.
THESES IN PROGRESS PhD Theses in Progress
1. BIRD, J. F. — Environmental history of Victorian river systems.
2. BOSTON, K. G. — 77ie physiographic role of Sparlinu.
3. DE VRIES, B. — 77ie nature of thc interior—an examination of the explorers' assessments of landscape in the State of South Australia 1802-1864.
4. CARNEVALE, F. N. — The political geography of international organizations.
5. FREESTONE, R. G.— Australian garden city and suburbs.
6. McKAY, J. M. — The role of flood inundation and flood plain maps in individual perception and community response lo flood risk. A case study of the River Torrens flood plain, Adelaide, S.A.
7. MILES, I. W. — 77ie morphology and dynamics of tidal channels.
8. PARTON, A. —Agricultural land-use change in Melbourne's rural-urban fringe 1950-76.
9. TEH, T. S. — Beach ridge systems in Malaysia.
MA Theses in Progress
10. ANDERSON, B. L. — Trade and industry policies and how they ajfecl the international loca- tion of industry between developed and developing countries.
11. BEARD, D. — Social service provision thresholds in the Wimmera in the nineteenth century.
12. FRANCE, L. — Perception in the geographical environment.
13. GRUNFELD, H.— Agricultural and pastoral land use changes in Ihe Wimmera region 1906-1975.
14. LANCASHIRE, C. I. — Historical geography of central Victoria.
15. SHARP, N. R. — Land-use and settlement in the Daylesford region.
MSc Theses in Progress 16. GELL, R. A. —Beach systems on the Victorian coast.
17. MILL, L. — Limestone geomorphology and hydrology in the Buchan area, East Gippsland, Victoria.
18. QUINN, P. B. — Erosion surfaces in the geomorphology of southern central Victoria.
19. TRAN DANG DAI —Channel changes on the River Avon, Gippsland, Victoria.
20. WHITE, S. — Past landforms 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 coastal sand dunes (E. C. F. Bird).
UNU: Coastal management in New Caledonia (E. C. F. Bird and J. litis).
IGU: World review of coastal changes (E. C. F. Bird).
Ministry for Conservation: Sites of environmental significance (E. C. F. Bird, N . Rosengren, S.
Kraemers, M . Williams).
AWRC: The role of flooding and flood plain maps in individual perception and community response to flood risk (B. Finalyson).