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Letter Written by Mrs. Charles J. Memmott, Jr. to the Bryant College Service Club Dated February 8, 1943
[Transcription begins] 17 Hine Street West Haven, Conn. Feb. 8, 1943
Bryant Service Club Bryant College Providence Rhode Island
Gentlemen,
I received your letter of January 22, 1943, and I am very much surprised that the letter was sent to me. My husband acknowledged the receipt of his package and he in turn received a letter from Mr. Jacobs acknowledging his letter.
His address has been changed and is now
P. F. C. Charles J. Memmott, Jr. Detachment Medical Dept. Mitchell Field Long Island New York Sub-Post #1—Santini Hospital
Sincerely, Mrs. Charles J. Memmott, Jr. [Transcription ends
Aboriginal responses to climate change in arid zone Australia
Abstract
Given the broad scale and fundamental transformations occurring to the natural environment due to anthropogenic climate change in the present era, what does the future hold for Aboriginal people in remote arid regions of Australia? In searching for answers to this question, this study takes an interior arid-zone region, the Upper Georgina River Basin in northwest Queensland (Figure 1) as the focus for a scoping study in which to investigate and document Aboriginal perceptions and knowledge of climate change, and the capacity of regional communities to respond and adapt to such change at a number of levels; specifically anticipatory adaptation or preparedness for particular types of climate change, land and riverine management, housing and settlement adaptation as well as enterprise development opportunities arising from new forms of adaptation processes. Based on these findings, a set of Regional Climate Change Adaptation Planning principles and strategies has been generated. The relevance of aspects of this adaptation plan can be extrapolated for use in other arid zone regions where applicable. The study also analyses the implications for climate change adaptation policy relevant to Aboriginal communities at different jurisdictional levels, including across state and local government borders. The study was carried out by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and local community and business personnel who are already engaged in research projects in the region, led by staff of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre at University of Queensland and Myuma Pty Ltd, an Aboriginal enterprise and training organisation at Camooweal in north-west Queensland.
Figure 1: Map of the study region showing the five main communities and extent of the Upper Georgina River Basin.
Please cite this report as:
Memmott, P, Reser, J, Head, B, Davidson, J, Nash, D, O’Rourke, T, Gamage, H, Suliman, S, Lowry, A, Marshall, K 2013 Aboriginal responses to climate change in arid zone Australia: Regional understandings and capacity building for adaptation, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Gold Coast, pp. 285.Abstract
Given the broad scale and fundamental transformations occurring to the natural environment due to anthropogenic climate change in the present era, what does the future hold for Aboriginal people in remote arid regions of Australia? In searching for answers to this question, this study takes an interior arid-zone region, the Upper Georgina River Basin in northwest Queensland (Figure 1) as the focus for a scoping study in which to investigate and document Aboriginal perceptions and knowledge of climate change, and the capacity of regional communities to respond and adapt to such change at a number of levels; specifically anticipatory adaptation or preparedness for particular types of climate change, land and riverine management, housing and settlement adaptation as well as enterprise development opportunities arising from new forms of adaptation processes. Based on these findings, a set of Regional Climate Change Adaptation Planning principles and strategies has been generated. The relevance of aspects of this adaptation plan can be extrapolated for use in other arid zone regions where applicable. The study also analyses the implications for climate change adaptation policy relevant to Aboriginal communities at different jurisdictional levels, including across state and local government borders. The study was carried out by a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and local community and business personnel who are already engaged in research projects in the region, led by staff of the Aboriginal Environments Research Centre at University of Queensland and Myuma Pty Ltd, an Aboriginal enterprise and training organisation at Camooweal in north-west Queensland
Remote prototypes
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Three planning options for the Yam Island Sports Pavilion, prepared for Yam Island Community Council
Measurement of the ratio of prompt χ c to J / ψ production in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
The prompt production of charmonium χ c and J / ψ states is studied in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The χ c and J / ψ mesons are identified through their decays χ c → J / ψ γ and J / ψ → μ + μ - using 36 pb - 1 of data collected by the LHCb detector in 2010. The ratio of the prompt production cross-sections for χ c and J / ψ, σ (χ c → J / ψ γ) / σ (J / ψ), is determined as a function of the J / ψ transverse momentum in the range 2 < p T J / ψ < 15 GeV / c. The results are in excellent agreement with next-to-leading order non-relativistic expectations and show a significant discrepancy compared with the colour singlet model prediction at leading order, especially in the low p T J / ψ region
Building new houses in remote Indigenous communities
This Research and Policy Bulletin provides details of the key findings and policy implications from the completed AHURI research project Remote Indigenous housing procurement and post-occupancy outcomes - a comparative study.James Davidson, Carroll Go-Sam, Paul Memmott and Elizabeth Gran
Remote Indigenous housing procurement: a comparative study
This project sought to understand how housing procurement strategies impact on outcomes for Indigenous people in remote settlements. It examined four cases studies where governments have intervened in housing procurement processes and what makes for success in achieving improvements in social, cultural and economic outcomes.James Davidson, Paul Memmott, Carroll Go-Sam and Elizabeth Gran
The long grassers: A strategic report on Indigenous 'Itinernts' in the Darwin and Palmerston area
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