In this article, attention is drawn to serious methodological weeknesses in Australian agricultural economics. The A. argues that Australian agricultural economists ought to be more critical of the assumptions on which current theory is based
and should be seeking to establish a new approach to this problem which would place more emphasis on social justice than on growth efficiency.
. The midden deposit consisted mainly of the remains of shellfish, but also contained animal bones and stone artefacts. Analysis of the shellfish revealed a shift in exploitation from the larger species, which are more difficult to harvest, to use
of the smaller though more easily gathered animals. Study of the number of animals represented by the vertebrate remains, and calculation of the density of material, indicates that this shift is associated whith increased exploitation of the land fauna in later
Infant mortality rates have declined over the years although not as sharply nor to such low levels as in some of the countries of Europe. More critical, however, are the wide variations occurring between communities within New Zealand.
Concern for preservation of historic buildings in New Zealand has its origin in the Land Acts of 1877 and 1885. More recent legislation gives a role to the Historic Places Trust and to local bodies. Case studies show the various ways in which
It is only recently, however, that sufficient information has been gathered on past and present plant distributions to allow anything more than speculative reconstructions of the origins and development of the flora and vegetation. It is suggested
Lake Omeo is a relic of a more extensive lake formed when a basalt flow, dated as Upper Pliocene in age, dammed the flow of Morass Creek. This larger lake is referred to as Lake Morass. Downfaulting of part of the Lake Omeo basin and upthrow