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THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE Research Report 1990 The University of Melbourne Parkville, Victoria 3052 Volume 1: Agriculture and Forestry - Law Pages 5-323 Cr Ic AtiLiZn U.•••••••••■• ■••.:-• • CONTENTS Reports from departments connected with faculties are placed in alphabetical order under faculty headings. AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY 5 ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING Architecture and Building 33 School of Environmental Planning 40 ARTS Asian Languages and Anthropology 46 Classical and Near Eastern Studies 50 Criminology 58 English 64 Fine Arts 74 French and Italian Studies 79 Geography 86 Germanic Studies and Russian 92 History 96 History and Philosophy of Science 108 Linguistics and Language Studies 115 Philosophy 122 Political Science 129 Psychology 136 Social Work 152 ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE Accounting and Business Law 159 Economic History 167 Economics 170 Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research 182 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION School of Early Childhood Studies 188 School of Education 192 Department of Educational Development and Evaluation . 206 School of Humanities and Information Studies Education . 214 School of Science and Mathematics Education . 220 School of Visual and Performing Arts 226 ENGINEERING Chemical Engineering 231 Civil and Agricultural Engineering 244 Computer Science 257 School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering 265 Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering 280 Surveying and Land Information 298 GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT 305 LAW 314 3 •▪ MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY Anatomy 324 Biochemistry 333 Community Medicine 350 School of Dental Science 358 Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine 376 Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research * 378 Medical Biology (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) 386 Medical History Unit 409 Medicine (Austin and Repatriation Hospitals) 411 Medicine (Department of The James Stewart Professor, Royal Melbourne Hospital) 431 Medicine (St Vincent's and Geelong Hospitals) 459 Microbiology 474 Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Mercy and Austin Hospitals) 481 Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Royal Women's Hospital) . 489 Ophthalmology 497 Paediatrics 500 Pathology 542 Pharmacology 554 Physiology 567 Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine * 584 Psychiatry 596 Radiology 608 Surgery (Austin and Repatriation General Hospitals) 613 Surgery (Department of The James Stewart Professor, Royal Melbourne Hospital) 626 Surgery (Department of The Hugh Devine Professor, St Vincent's and Geelong Hospitals) 636 MUSIC 644 SCIENCE Botany 649 Chemistry 666 Earth Sciences 685 Genetics 706 Mathematics 712 National Vision Research Institute of Australia * 721 Optometry 723 Physics 729 Statistics 746 Zoology 754 VETERINARY SCIENCE 765 OTHER UNIVERSITY BODIES Library 783 * Institut• Affiliated with the University. 4 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY A. AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND EXTENSION LIST OF RESEARCH STAFF Professor: Research Fellow: A. G. LLOYD N. F. BARR Senior Lecturers: Tutor: J. W. CARY D. HONYBUN H. S. HAWKINS D. MacLAREN Senior Associate: N. H. STURGESS Lecturers: M. S. HARRIS L. R. MALCOLM RESEARCH IN PROGRESS MODELLING OF ATTITUDE AND BELIEF CHANGE Investigations of communication effects in cognitive space - J.W. Cary Social aspects of land management for conservation and salinity control - J.W. Cary and N.F. Barr Modelling changes in social beliefs related to land use - J.W. Cary FARM MANAGEMENT AND MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING The adoption of complex agricultural practices - J.W. Cary, R.L. Wilkinson and C.R. Ewers Taxation and Farm Management - D.Honybun and L.R. Malcolm Farm Management in Australia in the 1990's - L.R. Malcolm Economic evaluation of crop rotations in the Victorian Mallee - L.R. Malcolm and M. Cotter Economic evaluation of crop sequences and land degradation in mixed farming in North Eastern Victoria - A. Kennelly and L.R. Malcolm EXTENSION EDUCATION Agricultural extension education in less industrialised countries - H.S. Hawkins Sunraysia sultana growers' perceptions of weed problems - H.S. Hawkins Extension aspects of computerised decision support systems for management of wheat crops - H.S. Hawkins and G.M. Rimmington An electronic "bulletin board" for extension workers - H.S. Hawkins and G.M. Rimmington 5 FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY INDUSTRY PRODUCTIVITY Productivity of meat processing in Victoria - L.R. Malcolm AGRICULTURAL POLICY Studies in agricultural finance in China - Cheng Enjiang and L.R. Malcolm Economic aspects of rural research - A.G. Lloyd and M.S. Harris Role of agriculture in the Australian economy - A.G. Lloyd TRADE An analysis of the changing direction and composition of Australia's exports of agricultural products - D. MacLaren Recent developments in the theory of international trade and their relevance for the analysis of agricultural protectionism - D. MacLaren Direct and indirect benefits to Australia from subsidising rural research in developing countries - M. Harris, D. MacLaren and D.E. Tribe INDONESIAN AGRICULTURE An economic study of draught animals in Indonesian agriculture - N. Sturgess, J. Perkins and E. Basuno PUBLISHED WORK Book LLOYD, A.G., HARRIS, M.S. and TRIBE, D.E. - Australian Agricultural Research: Some Policy Issues, Crawford Fund for International Agricultural Research, Melbourne: 48 pp. (February 1990). Chapters of Books MacLAREN, D. - Implications of New Trade Theory for Modelling Imperfect Substitutes in Agricultural Trade, in Imperfect Competition and Political Economy: the new trade theory in agricultural trade research; ed. Colin A. Carter, Alex F. McCalla and Jerry A. Sharples, Westview Press, Boulder: 113-133 (1990). Articles HAWKINS, H.S. - "Grower attitudes to issues associated with weed seed contamination in dried sultanas", in Plant Protection Quarterly: Vol. V, No. 3, pp 126-28 (1990). HAWKINS, H.S. - "Integrated pest control: A challenge for agricultural extension", in J Extension Systems 5(1): 48-53 (1989). 6 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY HAWKINS, H.S. "Changes in extension delivery systems and their educational implications for tertiary institutions". Proceedings A.I.A.S. National Conference on Agricultural Extension, Canberra: pp. 66-69 (1990). LLOYD, A.G. and HARRIS, M.S. "How high are the returns to applied agricultural research", in J Aust Inst Ag Sc: 36-39 (March 1990). Reports CARY, J.W. and QUILTY, S. - "Marketing mutton: A study of Melbourne butchers", School of Agriculture and Forestry, University of Melbourne: 24pp (1990). CARY, J.W. - "Results of the salinity monitoring survey", Shepparton irrigation region land and water salinity management plan. Background Papers Vol. 3, Rural Water Commission: 17pp (1990). HARRIS, M.S. and LLOYD, A.G. "Evaluating the return to agricultural research: A survey". Paper to Australian Agricultural Economics Society Conference, Brisbane: (February 1990). LLOYD, A.G. - "The social returns to rural research". ANZAAS Conference, Hobart: (February 1990). MALCOLM, L.R. and READ, M.R. - "An assessment of productivity in meat processing in Victoria". "Trends in Victoria's share of Australian meat processing". "Limitations of comparative analysis in assessing productivity in meat processing". Reports to Australasian Meat Industry Employees Union (1990). Journal Editing MacLAREN, D. and MALCOLM, L.R. - Editors of the Australian Journal. Of Agricultural Economics. THESIS PASSED FOR HIGHER DEGREE Master of Agricultural Science WILKINSON, R. - Stepwise adoption of a complex technology THESES IN PROGRESS Doctor of Philosophy BASUNO, E. - An economic study of draught power in Indonesia CHENG, ENJIANG - Studies in agricultural finance in China Master of Agricultural Science BEEL, A.J. - Modelling attitude change in agricultural extension programmes 7 FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY BEEL, A.J. - Modelling attitude change in agricultural extension programmes EWERS, C. - Innovation in response to environmental problems HONYBUN, D. - Tax implications for farm management KENNELLY, A. - Development of a budgeting framework for the analysis of cropping rotations LEE, S. - The development of South East Asian markets for Australian agricultural exports OGUTTO, T. - An evaluation of agricultural training programmes in Kenya SUBSTANTIAL GRANTS RECEIVED AUSTRALIAN SPECIAL RURAL RESEARCH GRANT - Agricultural research policy analysis and formulation. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL AFFAIRS - Community involvement in the Tragowel Plains salinity management plan. FARMERS' FUND COMMITTEE (VICTORIAN FARMERS FEDERATION) - The marketing of mutton. NATIONAL SOIL CONSERVATION PROGRAM - Modelling the adoption of soil conservation practices. B. ANIMAL PRODUCTION LIST OF RESEARCH STAFF Readers: Senior Tutors: R. G. BEILHARZ H. M. MILLER Senior Lecturers: Tutors: J. H. G. HOLMES S. LEE P. E. HUGHES J. GILL Lecturer: Senior Associates: R. D. SAINZ A. C. DUNKIN B. J. HOSKING G. R. PEARCE Emeritus Professor: Research Associates: N. M. TULLOH F. BAMBERG M. GODDARD Senior Research Fellows: B. G. LUXFORD G. D. HUTSON T. STELMASIAK S. C. VAN MOURIK Research Fellows: R. M. DIXON Visiting Scholar: Y. S. KIM E.O. PRICE F. N. NOWNIAZ G. P. PEARCE 8 AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY RESEARCH IN PROGRESS RUMINANT NUTRITION Strategic supplementation of pregnant and lactating ewes - A.R. Egan, R.M. Dixon Strategic supplementation of growing weaner lambs - R.M. Dixon, A.R. Egan Utilisation of fibrous agricultural residues as animal feeds - A.R. Egan, R.M. Dixon Nutritive value of senescent pasture grasses - G.R. Pearce, R.J. Simpson Antinutrient factors in grain legumes as feeds for growth - J.H.G.