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Public finances in Malaya and Singapore »
Publication date: 1970
This book presents the first organised and comprehensive study of public finances in Malaya and Singapore. It not only brings together statistical and descriptive material which at present is available only from a large number of sources but also subjects this material to much critical analysis. In addition, far-reaching but constructive recommendations are made concerning government policies in this area for the two countries. In view of the expansion of the role of the government sector in the development of both Malaya and Singapore, a detailed analysis of public finances is opportune, and the suggestions for change should provoke discussion. The book deserves close study by students of economics and by government officials in Malaysia and Singapore. Students and government officials in other developing countries may well benefit by comparing the structure and performance of fiscal measures in their countries with the experience of Malaya and Singapore. The book will also be valuable to those readers interested in public finance generally, and in Asian affairs.
Captain Cook, navigator and scientist: Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium Australian Academy of Science, Canberra 1 May 1969. »
Publication date: 1970
Man and occasion met when the Royal Society chose Captain James Cook to command Endeavour on the expedition to Tahiti in 1769 to observe the transit of Venus, a phenomenon of outstanding scientific importance. Its importance was matched by the work of Cook and his fellow-scientists on this and subsequent voyages. Cook was a formidable man: powerful, meticulously painstaking, accurate, and patient. He was the supreme navigator of the eighteenth century, and his observations have been as valuable as they were diverse: from control of scurvy to determining the solar parallax, calculating lunar distances, and disproving the theory of a vast southern continent. The considerable legacy of scientific accomplishments his voyages produced were the subjects of the 1969 Symposium sponsored by the Australian Academy of Science to commemorate Captain Cook{u2019}s work in the Pacific. Six distinguished scientists and historians delivered addresses on Cook and his scientific companions, the observations at Tahiti, his work as scientist and navigator, the botany of the South Pacific region, and the Great Barrier Reef (on which Cook nearly came to grief). This book significantly expands our knowledge of Cook. His voyages and achievements will be as stimulating to those of inquiring mind as they have been challenging to scientists from his own day to ours.
Flora of the Australian Capital Territory »
Publication date: 1970
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3447 1885_114691.jpg ANU Press Flora of the Australian Capital Territory Tuesday, 18 August, 1970 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Burbidge, Nancy T
Flora of the Australian Capital Territory »
Publication date: 1970
This book describes all species of plants, both native and naturalised, known to occur within the boundaries of the Australian Capital Territory and gives their distribution in other parts of Australia. It is illustrated with 409 line drawings by Dr Burbidge, one for almost every genus in the Flora. This Flora was prepared at the suggestion of the Council of the Royal Society of Canberra and was originally intended as a handbook suitable for the general public. It was later modified to make it suitable also for university students. There are few easily available books on the flora of Australia. This volume, therefore, which describes many plants occurring over much of eastern Australia and Tasmania, should meet the needs not only of schools, universities, and botanists but of all people interested in the countryside of the Australian Capital Territory and surrounding areas.
Medical practice and the community proceedings »
Publication date: 1970
Proceedings of a conference convened by the Australian National University at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Canberra, 26-30 August 1968.
World catalogue of theses on the Pacific Islands »
Publication date: 1970
Familiarity with theses and dissertations on his subject is essential to the research worker. These usually unpublished works are not, however, normally included in bibliographies and manuscript catalogues. As early as 1955 the growing number of theses on the Pacific islands had led to a demand for a catalogue, which was partially met by the publication of an Index of Social Science Theses on the South Pacific. The growing recognition of the importance of the Pacific area now calls for a more comprehensive inventory, covering all disciplines, which this catalogue attempts to supply. The catalogue is based on the microfilm Library of Theses on the Pacific Islands maintained by the Department of Pacific History of the Australian National University, an d expanded by study of all available theses catalogues and by requests for information from universities known to be interested in Pacific studies. It contains more than 1,000 entries and will be an essential aid to all workers in the field of Pacific studies.
Tomorrow's Canberra: planning for growth and change »
Publication date: 1970
Canberra is Australia's national capital and one of the few cities in the world planned from its inception. In many ways it is a model of what planning can accomplish: it has no urban blight, no slums, no chronic traffic congestion, and no air pollution. The population increase of about 8 per cent each year is being accommodated adequately; health, education, and welfare facilities are being provided to match population growth; and an attractive urban environment is being created economically. This is the most comprehensive and authoritative book written to date about Canberra. It explains how one city is coping with its growth and development. It outlines the planning philosophies and methods being used. Most importantly, it proposes a strategy by means of which Canberra can go on growing efficiently from a city of 130,000 people to one of 500,000 in the next few decades. Professional town planners will find particularly valuable the details of procedures used to plan and construct the city and the examples of what can be achieved by integrating varied skills. Businessmen and developers will use the projections and statistical information in this book; urban administrators will be interested in the recorded results of many studies. All readers will appreciate the splendid photographs, sketches, maps, and diagrams. Tomorrow's Canberra is an important book. It will be read by all who find interest in the uniquely rapid and varied growth and development of Australia's national capital.
Attitudes and social conditions: essays »
Publication date: 1970
For his study of Western Australian attitudes towards Aborigines Dr Taft chose three samples: in Perth, where there arc few Aborigines; in a large country town with a reputation for bad relations between Europeans and Aborigines; and in a small country town where relations were good. He analyses these attitudes with respect to several variables and finds that the most important influences on the relationships are the effects of community norms. Some interesting aspects of European attitudes to one another also emerge. Dr Dawson's study is part of a larger research program concerned with the effects of rapid biological and social change. He examines in detail the attitudes of two groups of Aborigines, one living in metropolitan Sydney and one in a rural settlement on the South Coast of New South Wales. The effects of the different environments arc clearly shown in the attitudes of the two groups towards education and integration. After a preliminary survey of the Redfern-Chippendale area, Mrs Beasley extended her research over the whole of Sydney, as she moved around the city getting to know Aboriginal families in their own homes. She examines in detail the nature of these households - where the members come from, what their living conditions are like, what kind of schooling they have had, and what jobs they hold. The three studies will be of interest to all those concerned with European-Aboriginal relations.
Man and the new biology »
Publication date: 1970
Published Press Archives http://press.anu.edu.au/node/3221 1885_114737.jpg ANU Press Man and the new biology Tuesday, 18 August, 1970 Not available Archive Scholarly Information Services Slatyer, R. O
China's world; the foreign policy of a developing state »
Publication date: 1970
Many books have been written about the Communist regime in China and its foreign policy. This is the first to approach the subject from the basis of domestic affairs. The author, with his special knowledge of contemporary China, has combined a study of the viceministerial structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with an examination of fundamental domestic developmental factors during the period 1949 to 1968. The book fills a gap in an understanding of China' s foreign policy - the effect that China's basically agrarian nature has on overall development policy and hence on external affairs. Though primarily of interest to specialists in contemporary Chinese policy, economics, and international relations, this book should also appeal to students of Asian and compilative politics and of international relations, and to all interested in Chinese affairs.