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Native Vegetation Handbook for the Shire of Kondinin

Bec Ryan

This booklet provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Kondinin, including the landscape, geology, soils, drainage systems, native flora and fauna. Information about native flora and vegetation has been drawn from a variety of sources, including surveys that ... Read more
Native Vegetation Handbook for the Shire of Kulin

Bec Ryan

This handbook provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Kulin, including the landscape, geology, soils, drainage systems, native flora and fauna. Information about native flora and vegetation has been drawn from a variety of sources, including surveys that ... Read more
Native Vegetation Handbook for the Shire of Lake Grace

Bec Ryan

This handbook provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Lake Grace, including the landscape, geology, soils, drainage systems, native flora and fauna. Information about native flora and vegetation has been drawn from a variety of sources, including surveys ... Read more
A guide to mechanical Range Regeneration

J. Addison

The main objective of this Bulletin is to describe mechanical methods of promoting rangeland regeneration and how to determine which is the most appropriate to use on any particular site. Mechanical regeneration methods are not 'quick fix' but may be used to advantage in some ... Read more
Registered cultivars of subterranean clover : their characteristics, origin and identification

W. J. Collins, Phil G. Nichols, M J. Barbetti, and Co-operative Research Centre for Legumes in Mediterranean Agriculture (Australia)

This Bulletin updates Bulletin No. 4083, which was written in 1984. Since tat time 11 new subterranean clover cultivars have been released, making a total of 33. This Bulletin is largely applicable across all subterranean clover areas of Australia. However specific mention is made in ... Read more
Productive pastures pay - a manual on pasture establishment and management for the above 700 mm rainfall zone

P T. Arkell

This manual on pasture establishment andmanagement is designed to help farmers grow productive pastures. It deals with annual and perennial pastures on dryland and irrigated farms in the above 700 mm rainfall zone and may be used by individual farmers or discussion groups. Input from ... Read more
An inventory and condition survey of the Murchison River catchment, Western Australia

Peter James Curry, A L. Payne, K A. Leighton, P Hennig, and D A. Blood

The inventory and condition survey of the Murchison River catchment and surrounds, undertaken by the Department of Agriculture between 1985 and 1988, describes and maps the natural resources of the region’s pastoral leasehold land. This survey report provides a baseline record of the existence and ... Read more
Soils of the Northam Advisory District. Volume 3. The Darling Range and West Kokeby zones

Ian Fulton and Neil Clifton Lantzke

This manual describes the soils of the Department of Agriculture's Northam advisory district. Information is provided on the characteristics of each soil, its capability is discussed and yield estimates for the major land uses are given.

Designed for use by farmers and Department of Agriculture ... Read more
Monitoring and managing soil acidity

Fionnuala Frost, Extension Officer, Northam

This Bulletin provides information on how to identify acid soils and remedy the problem of excessive acidity. Material in this handbook is suitable for broadscale agricultural systems, and perennial and permanent pastures in the medium and higher rainfall areas of the State.

Acidity of both ... Read more
Soils of the Northam Advisory District. Volume 1. The zone of ancient drainage

Neil Clifton Lantzke

This manual describes the soils of the Department of Agriculture's Northam advisory district. Information is provided on the characteristics of each soil, its capability is discussed and yield estimates for the major land uses are given.

Designed for use by farmers and Department of Agriculture ... Read more
Soils of the Northam Advisory District. Volume 2. The zone of rejuvenated drainage

Neil Clifton Lantzke

This manual describes the soils of the Department of Agriculture's Northam advisory district. Information is provided on the characteristics of each soil, its capability is discussed and yield estimates for the major land uses are given.

Designed for use by farmers and Department of Agriculture ... Read more
Coastal rehabilitation manual

Veronica P M Oma, D M. Clayton, J. B. Broun, and C D M. Keating

Provides an overview of the coastal environment to ensure that the natural environment and coastal processes are considered properly. Describes how to develop a successful coastal rehabilitation strategy and detail rehabilitation techniques applicable to Western Australia. Lists sources of further advice and information.
Description and key to the identification of grasses in South-Western Australia

J G. Paterson

The grasses comprise one of the world's largest families of flowering plants, with about 670 groups or genera containing over 9000 individual types or species distributed throughout the world. Over 130 groups have been recorded in Western Australia but probable that the list is far ... Read more
An inventory and condition survey of the Roebourne Plains and surrounds, Western Australia

A L. Payne and Peter J. Tille

The survey area is located in the North-West Division of Western Australis. It covers part of the Dampier-Barrow Island, Pyramid, Roebourne and Ysrraloola 1: 250,000 scale map sheets and all of the Karatha, Mallina, Pyrsmid, Sherlock, Mt Welcome and Warambie pastoral leases.
An introduction to the soils of the Merredin advisory district

T C. Stoneman and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on nine common soils.
Selecting and developing reliable bore sites in the eastern wheatbelt

Richard George

In the Western Australian wheatbelt, groundwater supplies contribute about 40 per cent of the on-farm livestock requirements and occasionally domestic water supply systems. The first part of this Bulletin comments on sites suitable for both high yielding bores and also those which yield water suitable ... Read more
Revegetation guide to the central wheatbelt

E C. Lefroy; R J. Hobbs; L J. Atkins; Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia; and CSIRO, Division of Wildlife and Ecology

The rapid development of the central wheatbelt for agriculture over the past century has produced a productive farming landscape, but one which is increasingly subject to degradation. Erosion, salinization, declining soil structure, waterlogging and acidification are all symptoms of this degradation and causes of lost ... Read more
An introduction to the soils of the Narrogin advisory district

T C. Stoneman, Department of Agriculture and Food, and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

Descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils / compiled by T.C. Stoneman.
An introduction to the soils of the Katanning advisory district

T C. Stoneman and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.
Soils of the Ivanhoe Plain, East Kimberley, Western Australia

J M. Aldrick, M H R van Cuylenburg, P W. Moody, B A. Wren, and A J. Clarke

The Ivanhoe Plain was divided into two geomorphic provinces. The principal difference between the provinces is the time during which pedogenesis occurred. The crcking clay soils of the northern province are generally more highly leached than their younger counterparts in the southern province. Sixteen land ... Read more
Spacing water points in the southern pastoral areas of Western Australia

Don Burnside, Adrian Williams, and Peter Curry

An inadequate distribution of watering points in our pastoral lands, particularly in the saltbush/bluebush pasture, has caused localisized land degradation close to waters and reduced animal productivity (particularly in stressful times). From experimentation and observation, some generalised recommendations for water supply distribution in pastoral areas ... Read more
An introduction to the soils of the Albany advisory district

T C. Stoneman and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

With description, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.
An introduction to the soils of the Geraldton advisory district

T C. Stoneman and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.
An introduction to the soils of the Jerramungup advisory district

T C. Stoneman and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.
An introduction to the soils of the Lake Grace advisory district

T C. Stoneman and National Soil Conservation Program (Australia)

With descriptions, illustrations and notes on eight common soils.