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    City growth and the rural-urban fringe
    Pryor, Robin John ( 1967)
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    Victorian towns as service centres
    Fairbairn, Kenneth John ( 1967)
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    An environmental impact study of the Yarra Brae Dam
    McLennan, Robert M. ( 1974)
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    The development of the Port of Melbourne 1877-1971
    Yarnasarn, Sanay ( 1974)
    The main purpose of this study is to describe and explain the physical and commercial development of the Port of Melbourne in the period 1877-1971. The year 1877 has been selected for the beginning of the study because it was the year in which the Melbourne Harbor Trust was established. The port has been modified in several ways since then and is now one of the most modern and best-equipped in the world. In tracing the port's evolution for nearly a century, the writer has tried to examine those factors, both human and physical, which have influenced its growth - world economic and political conditions, economic activities in its hinterland, policy decisions of the port authority and the national government and site conditions. The study does not encompass merely the physical development of the port, but also changes and trends in its trade and shipping. In addition, an attempt has been made to investigate those problems connected with the port's development. The growth and expansion of the manufacturing industries in the port district have also been considered. As well as these, the physical setting of the port, the discovery of Port Phillip Bay, Hobson's Bay and the River Yarra, the geology of the Yarra Delta, the condition of the port before 1877 and the genesis of the Melbourne Harbor Trust have been briefly referred to.
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    The geomorphology of Mallacoota Inlet, East Gippsland
    Williams, Michael Scott ( 1977)
    Mallacoota Inlet is an estuary located 537 kilometres by road east of Melbourne (Fig. 1.1). The estuary occupies a drowned river valley cut by the Genoa and Wallagaraugh Rivers at lower sea levels during the Pleistocene era. Mallacoota Inlet has a total shoreline length of 85 kilometres, a surface area of 25 x 106 square metres and a volume at low water of approximately 73 x 10 cubic metres, and is consequently the largest estuary or estuarine lagoon occurring east of the Gippsland Lakes. Two major hydrographic provinces may be differentiated within the Mallacoota system: (1) the basins, and (2) the linear channels. Three major basins comprise Mallacoota Inlet; the Upper Lake, the Lower Lake, and the North East Arm. A further, smaller basinal area is Double Creek Arm (Fig. 1.2). These basins differ in depth and sediment characteristics, and both these characteristics are related to the proximity to, and the source of, sediment within the Mallacoota system. The Upper Lake is a broad, shallow (less than three metres), and relatively flat bottomed basin with margins which are for the most part relatively gently sloping (Figs. 1.3 and 1.4). This basin, being closest to the point of river discharge, receives the greatest amount of fluvial sediment. On the other hand, the North East Arm is a relatively deep (up to six metres) flat bottomed basin with steeply sloping margins
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    An investigation into the methodology of projecting the future population of Melbourne
    Tuan-Mu, A. C. K. ( 1979)
    The study of population projection has always been of considerable interest to politicians, planners, economists and other professionals from all walks of life. Unfortunately, up until now, most of the studies done in Australia have been restricted to the nation as a whole rather than areas at the regional level. This thesis is intended to fill-at least partially - this long standing void and should be useful to anyone who is interested in the techniques of projecting the population below the national level. The thesis attempts to investigate the methodology of projecting the future population of Melbourne. It is divided into two volumes. Volume 1 contains the text of the research and the bibliography, and Volume 2 contains the relevant tabulations and appendices. There are six chapters in Volume 1. Chapter 1 sets out the aim, scope and structure of the thesis, and Chapter 2 presents a review of the past methodologies in projections. This . is then followed by an examination of the three aspects of population growth (i.e. births, deaths and migration) in Chapters 3 to -5. Each of these chapters could be considered as an independent study in itself. However, these parts are all related and are better understood in the context of the whole volume- than as separate entities. For the reader who is primarily interested in the results of the projections, the last chapter (Chapter 6) gives a summary of the assumptions, procedures and findings of the projections.
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    Three shopping streets, 1890 -1970: a study of changing functions
    Sooksai, Suwattana ( 1975)
    This thesis is a study of shopping centres in terms of their changing functions.l The examination of the general long term trends from 1890-1970 as well as the short term patterns within five 20 year periods of change in the commercial functions in three selected shopping streets is the objective of this study. Since the changes, representing one aspect of the urban environment, were investigated through time, this work falls in the category of Urban Historical Geography. It is necessary to emphasize here that this study is not intended to be an examination of the actual structure of shopping centres, but rather to look at changes in their functions during the period for which reliable data is available. The changes occurring in the types and numbers of commercial establishments as shopping centres developed are traced rather than the physical structure and size of shops, the morphology of the shopping centres or their service areas. Moreover, this work does not profess to expound the theory of retailing patterns or distributions, since this has previously been studied by many urban and retail geographers.3 It is a research work, hoping to provide better understanding of the development of specific shopping centres after their initial formation.
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    The problems of land utilization in the Otway region
    Ryan, Julia Mary ( 1962)
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