FURNEAUX GROUP

fûrˈnō, about 25 islands, c.900 sq mi (2,330 sq km), Tasmania, SE Australia, in Bass Strait between Tasmania and the Australian mainland. The largest is Flinders Island, and the group forms Flinders municipality. The islands were explored in 1773 by the British navigator Tobias Furneaux.

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books on: Furneaux Group  - 44 results

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The Archaeology and Anthropology of Landscape: Shaping Your Landscape
Book by Peter J. Ucko, Robert Layton; Routledge, 1999
Subjects: Landscape Archaeology--Congresses, Landscape Assessment--Cross-Cultural Studies--Congresses
...Island had been inhabited by a group of Aboriginal people stranded...thirty outer islands in the Furneaux group were also surveyed for...on Flinders Island, in the Furneaux group of islands in eastern...Prehistoric occupation in the Furneaux islands region On the eastern...
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The Life of Matthew Flinders
Book by Miriam Estensen; Allen & Unwin, 2002
Subjects: Australia--Discovery And Exploration, Explorers--Great Britain--Biography, Flinders, Matthew--1774-1814
...onto the beach of an island in the Furneaux group, between New South Wales and northeast...from New South Wales, for the Furneaux Islands lay directly east of where...assumed to be. Captain Tobias Furneaux of the Adventure, part of Cook...
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Thylacine: The Tragic Tale of the Tasmanian Tiger
Book by David Owen; Allen & Unwin, 2003
Subjects: Rare Animals--Australia--Tasmania, Thylacine
...philosophy, small Aboriginal tribes became isolated on a group of islands at the bottom of the continent. People had...mountains to its east their remnants now the islands of the Furneaux Group and a large promontory to the west its tip now King Island...
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The Farington Diary
Book by James Greig, Joseph Farington; Hutchinson & Co., 1923
Subjects: Artists--Biography, Farington, Joseph--1747-1821, Royal Academy Of Arts (Great Britain)
...John, of Fulford, 313 n Fulham, 214 , 289 Furneaux Group of Islands, 304 n Furse Furze , Robert. See Robert...113 n ., 211 n ., 229 , 307 , 344 ; his portrait group of Mrs. Sheridan and Mrs. Tickell, 13 n .; portrait...
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Spooling through: An Irreverent Memoir
Book by Tim Bowden; Allen & Unwin, 2003
Subjects: Bowden, Tim--1937-, Journalists--Australia--Biography
...coast in a light plane to film action. The workers on this unattractive job were from Cape Barren Island, in the Furneaux Group, Bass Strait. The short-tailed shearwaters fly thousands of kilometres from the Aleutian Islands in the northern...
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journal articles on: Furneaux Group  - 19 results

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A Test of the Peak-end Rule with Extended Autobiographical Events
Journal article by Simon Kemp, Christopher D. B Burt, Laura Furneaux; Memory & Cognition, Vol. 36, 2008
Subjects: Changes, Colonoscopy, Happiness, Research, Studies
...recently reported studies in which one group of participants had an experience, and a second group of participants estimated the first groups affective evaluations of the experience. The second group thus was effectively asked to reconstruct...
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Public Sector Contracting: an Australian Study of Changing Work Conditions**
Journal article by Neal Ryan, Craig Furneaux, Anthony Pink, Kerry Brown; Management Revue, Vol. 16, 2005
Subjects: Australia, Government contracts, Impact analysis, Labor market, Repair & maintenance services, Studies, Wages & salaries, Working conditions
...Study of Changing Work Conditions** by Neal Ryan , Craig Furneaux , Anthony Pink , Kerry Brown Introduction Contracting-out...find jobs in the private sector compared to more advantaged groups. While contracting-out is argued to result in cost-efficiencies...analysis of information on a particular "case" individual, group, organization, or community and utilizes a variety of data...
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"I Wish That I Belonged More in This Whole Engineering Group:" Achieving Individual Diversity
Journal article by Cynthia E. Foor, Susan E. Walden, Deborah A. Trytten; Journal of Engineering Education, Vol. 96, 2007
Subjects: Chemical engineering, College students, Computer science, Education, Electrical engineering, Industrial engineering, Interviews
...the students were split into different groups to tackle the task of constructing a catapult. Inez: My group, actually, people didnt think we were...designing their catapult. Why was her group called eccentric? From her report of...cohort and is now taking classes with the group who entered a year later. Interviewer...that certain teachers click with certain groups of people. We have seven people in my...
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Natural Dyes: a Traditional Craft Experiencing New Attention
Journal article by Sara Kadolph; Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, Vol. 75, 2008
Subjects: Bees, Chemical bonds, Chemistry, Clothing industry, Color, Dairy products, Dyes, Environmental impact, Frozen foods, Gardens & gardening, Insects, Minority & ethnic groups, Natural products, Research, Students, Textile fibers
...important to almost all historic cultural groups. Naturally occurring colored materials...synthetic dyes. By the 1930s most ethnic groups who had maintained a dye tradition after...to laboratory research: use of control groups, independent and dependent variables...
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Et in Arcadia Ego: Landscapes of Genocide
Journal article by Louis Armand; Triquarterly, 2003
Subjects: Australia, History, Literature, Native peoples
...east tip of Tasmania in the Furneaux Group of islands. It is the largest...eastern Australia, identifying the Furneaux group, and Flinders Island...Island and other islands in the Furneaux Group. These people were the descendants...
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magazine articles on: Furneaux Group  - 7 results

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A Muttonbird in the Hand
Magazine article by Irynej Skira, Richard Cosgrove; Natural History, Vol. 104, August 1995
Subjects: Birds, History, Indigenous people, Tasmania
...being located in the Fumeaux Group. A few decades ago no one...four large colonies in the Furneaux Group and northwest Tasmania; other...resident population in the Fumeaux Group is 900, only about 100 are...alongside that of other Aboriginal groups in Australia. They are the...
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Celebrating the Success of Our Business Women
Magazine article; Business Asia, Vol. 9, March 2001
Subjects: Australia--Business and industry, Dome Coffees--Officials and employees, Jafferies, Patria--Management, Restaurant industry--Officials and employees
...organisations and industry groups around Australia, including...find herself speaking to a group of over 180 Year 12 students...listed recruitment firm HJ B Group, Gabrielle has been instrumental...Director, Brightwater Care Group (1998) and Sheryle Moon...entrepreneur, Director of JM NL Furneaux Aquaculture, winner of the...
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The Aliens
Magazine article by Annie Baker; American Theatre, Vol. 27, July 2010
...with incorporating shrooms into every food group. KJ: Shroom karaoke. KJ laughs. No...in the sky and we look at it in like a group? (pause) And like, I kind of hate America...an alumna of Youngblood, Ars Novas Play Group and the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab...
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Cash Cow
Magazine article by Kristen Loschert, John O'Neil, Dave Winans; NEA Today, Vol. 23, September 2004
Subjects: Educational vouchers, Elementary education, Privatization, Profitability, Public schools
...must be offered tutoring or small-group instruction outside of school hours...donate money to voucher-distributing groups. No one has formally evaluated how...just worked the system, says Evelyn Furneaux, NTA president. Association members...
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Borderlands
Magazine article by Robert Bartholomew; Skeptic, Vol. 8, 2000
Subjects: Culture, Psychology, Social life & customs
...indigenous peoples, minority groups and nonconformists, to support...objects of claims that interested groups put forth in public arenas...prompting protests by some womens groups and mental health professionals...victims as a relatively small group of masochists and typically...the following excerpt from Furneaux Jordans 1886 The Physical Constitution...
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newspaper articles on: Furneaux Group  - 15 results

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Views from the Loos; the Girl Annette Furneaux, 26, above Right, a Care Assistant from Tywyn in Wales, Is Married and Has a Five-Year-Old Daughter, Leah. the Time 11.30pm, Friday. the Place Anemos, a Plate-Smashing Greek Restaurant in London's West End. the Occasion A Group of 11 Girls on Their Annual Weekend Away in London
Newspaper article by Sally Morgan; The Mirror (London, England), January 11, 2000
...Views from the Loos; the Girl Annette Furneaux, 26, above Right, a Care Assistant...Restaurant in Londons West End. the Occasion A Group of 11 Girls on Their Annual Weekend Away...who Ive known for seven years, and our group of friends. Weve had a 15-course meal...
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This Will Be a Building for Wales to Be Proud Of
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 5, 2005
...Board and the Snowdonia National Park Authority. The design team comprises architect Ray Hole of Furneaux Stewart, and teams from Babtie Group, Ove Arup, DMS Architects and Faulks Perry Culley Rech. Its a fact!: At 1085m (3,560ft) Snowdon...
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Welsh Pair Are Going for World Glory in China
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), November 4, 2011
Subjects: Audi Quattro (Automobile), Golfers
...also has a handicap of two. Furneaux added: "Going to China to...tournaments." Williams and Furneaux finished third and fourth respectively in the Sinclair Audi Group Neath GC at the initial stage...Williams (left) and Mark Furneaux
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Kids Aged8design Homes of Future
Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), January 12, 2011
...sustainability and green issues, 28 groups of 91 children, drew up plans and built...which shortlisted a team from each year group, before picking a winner. The winning...Shelley, Regan George and Bethany Gard-Furneaux, all aged eight -created a four-bed...from left, Tom Shelley, Bethany Gard-Furneaux, Regan George and Cameron Hagar and...
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Simon Just Too Good as He Blitzes Rocky Pro Am Field
Newspaper article; The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Australia), July 29, 2009
...fields in the events history, Furneaux fired a round of five-under...time between drinks," said Furneaux, who had six birdies and one...just the way we like it." Furneaux said he was looking forward...Real Estate/Tropical Auto Group Pro Am Classic at Yeppoons...
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encyclopedia articles on: Furneaux Group  - 3 results

 
 
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Furneaux Group
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FURNEAUX GROUP fur no, about 25 islands, c.900 sq...The largest is Flinders Island, and the group forms Flinders municipality. The islands...in 1773 by the British navigator Tobias Furneaux...
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Flinders Island
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FLINDERS ISLAND Australia: see Furneaux Group . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Tasmania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the state of Victoria. Tasmania includes many offshore islands, among which are Bruny, the Hunter Islands, the Furneaux Group , King Island, and Macquarie Island. The Indian Ocean is to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east. Hobart...


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