Completed projects
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| HSF 97-1 | Development of an Irukandji Jellyfish (Carukia) Antivenom | K D Winkel | Australian Venom Research Unit, University of Melbourne | $64,659 | May ’97-Sep ‘01 |
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| HSF 97-2 | Systematics and Evolution of the Genus Cycas | K D Hill | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | $73,500 | Jun ’97-Feb ’00 |
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| HSF 97-3 | Conservation of Australian Endangered Macropods | I M Gunn | Institute of Reproduction and Development, Monash University | $45,000 | May ’97-Sep ‘99 |
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| HSF 98-1 | Marine Algae of Southeastern Australia | A J K Millar | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | $90,000 | Dec ’97-Mar ‘01 |
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| HSF 99-1 | Project Vesta | J Gould | CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products | $100,000 | Jul ’98-Sep ‘01 |
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| HSF 99-2 | Satellite Tracking of Sea Turtles | R Kennett | Centre for Indigenous Natural & Cultural Resource Management, Northern Territory University | $50,177 | Jul ’98-Jul ‘01 |
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| HSF 99-3 | International Forestry Workshops | D Mentz | The Crawford Fund | $66,000 | Aug ’98-Aug ‘02 |
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| HSF 99-4 | Secondary Plant Compounds for Field Control of the Potato Moth (Phthorimaea operculella) | G M Gurr | Faculty of Rural Management, University of Sydney, Orange | $150,572 | Mar ’99-Mar ‘02 |
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| HSF 99-5 | Buckwheat Ideotypes for Three Australian Buckwheat Regions | C Bluett | Department of Natural Resources and Environment, Ballarat, Victoria | $100,000 | Oct ’98-Oct ‘02 |
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| HSF 99-6 | Japanese International Science Schools | R E Collins | The Science Foundation for Physics, University of Sydney | $3,000 | Mar ’99-Sep ‘02 |
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| HSF 99-7 | Unlocking the Fungal Treasures of the National Herbarium of Victoria | T W May | Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne | $60,000 | Feb ’99-Feb ‘02 |
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| HSF 99-8 | Comparative Biology of Chiloglottis (Orchidaceae) and Its Thynnine Wasp Pollinators (Tiphiidae) | P Weston | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | $75,735 | May ’99-May ‘02 |
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| HSF 00-1 | Improving the productivity of woolgrowing farms through automated bodyweight monitoring of sheep | J Larsen | Faculty of Veterinary Sciences - The University of Melbourne | $95,585 | May '01-May '04 |
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| HSF 00-2 | The Contribution of Australian Zoos to the Conservation of Australian Wildlife | A Tribe | School of Animal Studies, University of Queensland | ||
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| HSF 00-3 | Evaluating and using seasonal rainfall forecasts for decision-making on farms | J R Donnelly | CSIRO Plant Industry | $152,047 | Dec '99-Mar '03 |
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| HSF 00-4 | The Messel Endowment | R E Collins | The Science Foundation for Physics, University of Sydney | $100,000 | Mar ’00-Mar ‘03 |
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| HSF 00-5 | Molecular biology and pollination as a tool to enhance the long-term viability of the Sunshine Diuris orchid, Diuris fragrantissima | Zoological Parks & Gardens Board, Melbourne, Victoria | $24,744 | May ’00-May ‘03 | |
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| HSF 00-6 | Biogeography and Systematics of Fungi of Proteaceae | B A Summerell | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | $79,134 | Mar '00-Sep '03 |
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| HSF 00-7 | A Molecular Device for the Detection of Aqueous Environmental Pollution | C G dos Remedios | Institute of Biomedical Research, University of Sydney | $119,350 | Feb ’00-Mar ‘03 |
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| HSF 01-1 | The First International Orchid Conservation Congress | K Dixon | Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, Perth | $24,700 | Sep 24-28 '01 |
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| HSF 01-2 | The scientific treasures of the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne | K Sommerville | Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne | $90,000 | Apr '01-Apr '04 |
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| HSF 02-1 | Fragmented landscapes: Direct measurement of species loss and implications for conservation and landscape restoration | A F Bennett | School of Ecology & Environment, Deakin University | $86,951 | Oct '01-Oct '04 |
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| HSF 02-2 | Plant life at the extremes - Evolution for survival in Antarctica | M Skotnicki | Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University | $101,749 | Sep '01-Sep '04 |
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| HSF 02-3 | Population dynamics of the Yellow-footed Antechinus in response to experimental manipulations of floodplain fallen timber loads | R MacNally | School of Biological Sciences, Monash University | $82,000 | Apr '02-Apr '05 |
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| HSF 02-4 | Why aren't all species everywhere? | M J Caley | School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, James Cook University | $86,513 | Apr '02-Apr '05 |
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| HSF 02-5 | Marine benthic algae and invertebrates from Brush Island to Broulee Island, including the Tollgate Islands of Batemans Bay | A J K Millar | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | $46,000 | Apr '02-Apr '04 |
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| HSF 02-6 | The long term population dynamics and conservation of a poorly known Australian mammal | D Lindenmayer | Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University | $80,977 | Jul '02-Jul '05 |
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| HSF 02-7 | Embryological processes and seed development of the Wollemi Pine | C Offord | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | $24,566 | Apr '02-Apr '04 |
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| HSF 03-1 | The effects of habitat fragmentation on dispersal, population structure and reproductive success in cooperatively breeding white-winged choughs | N Beck & R Heinsohn | Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University | $27,000 | Oct '03-Oct '05 |
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| HSF 03-2 | Integrated rice and wheat straws processing for high value chemicals and materials | P A Webley | Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University | $37,500 | Nov '03-Nov '05 |
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| HSF 03-3 | Sustaining the rock-dwelling macropods of the wet-dry tropics: ecology, conservation and management | A D Griffiths & W R Telfer | Key Centre for Tropical Wildlife Management, Northern Territory University | $44,490 | Oct '03-Oct '05 |
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| HSF 03-4 | Molecular systematics of the diverse lizard genus Lerista: Adaptive radiation and the evolution of limblessness | M S Y Lee & M N Huchison | Department of Environmental Biology, The University of Adelaide | $41,300 | Mar '03-Mar '06 |
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| HSF 03-6 | Conservation ecology of a nationally threatened reptile, the Green Python, Morelia viridis | D Wilson & R Heinsohn | Centre for Resource and Environmental Studies, Australian National University | $32,830 | Apr '03-Apr '06 |
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| HSF 03-8 | Inhibition of plant pathogen adhesion and virulence by single chain recombinant antibodies | A Hardham | Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University | $57,366 | Jul '03-Jul '05 |
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| HSF 03-10 | A new DNA-based approach to studying invasive mammalian predators | S Sarre | Applied Ecology Group, the University of Canberra | $30,823 | Apr '03-Apr '04 |
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| HSF 03-11 | Origins and evolutionary dynamics of Australian Elaeocarpaceae | D Crayn & Rossetto | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | $89,822 | Apr '03-Apr '06 |
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| HSF 03-12 | To establish a breeding and propagation program of Latouria type high altitude hybrids of New Guinea dendrobiums | T Entwisle | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | $61,550 | Apr '03-Apr '06 |
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| HSF 03-13 | Ecology and conservation of a nomad: A case study using the Australian Bustard | D Paton | Department of Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide | $60,095 | Apr '03-Apr '06 |
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| HSF 04-1 | Australia's argonauts ('paper nautiluses'): taxonomy, biology and a revision of the family Argonautidae | M Norman | Museum Victoria | $46,840 | Jun '04-Jun-'07 |
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| HSF 04-2 | Australian waterbirds: genetics, movement patterns and conservation | L Joseph | CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems | $87,065 | Jul '04-Jul-'07 |
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| HSF 04-4 | Ecology, reproduction and life histories of Southern Ocean and Antarctic squids | G Jackson | Institute for Antarctic and Southern Ocean Studies, University of Tasmania | $86,000 | Jul '04-Jul-'07 |
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| HSF 04-5 | The anatomy of fire resistance: tracing the evolution of resprouting structures in the Myrtaceae | G Burrows | School of Agriculture, Charles Sturt University | $85,000 | Jan '05-Jan '08 |
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| HSF 04-6 | Survey of macroalgae in the Gwydir and Border Rivers catchments | T Entwisle | Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust (Sydney) | $15,640 | Jul '04-Jul '05 |
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| HSF 04-7 | Publication of a book on the taxonomy of the 90 Australian genera of olethreutine moths (Tortricidae) | M Horak | CSIRO Entomology | $15,000 | Jun '04-Jun '05 |
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| HSF 04-8 | Storage of rare and threatened NSW orchid species and their associated mycorrhizae | C Offord | Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust (Sydney) | $90,000 | Jun '04-Jun '07 |
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| HSF 04-10 | Influence of jellyfish on the nutrient cycling of coastal lagoons | K Pitt & D Welsh | Centre for Aquatic Processes & Pollution, Griffith University | $73,451 | Jul '04-Jul '07 |
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| HSF 05-4 | Acertaining the cause of the Southern Hairy-nosed Wombat's patchy distribution | F Walker | School of Biological Sciences, Monash University | $9,961 | Jul '05-Jul '06 |
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| HSF 05-5 | Climate change in south-west Australia: using tree rings to reconstruct the past and understand the future | L Cullen | School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia | $50,000 | Jul '05-Jul '07 |
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| HSF 05-8 | Flora Malesiana. Orchids of New Guinea | E de Vogel | Nationaal Herbarium Nederland | $15,000 | Jul '05-Jul '06 |
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| HSF 06/5 | Mapping the future of microanalysis: application to climate change and palaeoecology | J Hergt | Department of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne | $37,390 | Jul '06-Jul '08 |
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| HSF 06/6 | Genetic substructure in isolated and non-isolated populations of an endangered arboreal marsupial, the Leadbeaters possum (Gymnobelideus leadbeateri) | A Taylor | School of Biological Sciences, Monash University | $11,100 | Jul '06-Jul '07 |
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