Gilbert catchment report

Agricultural resource assessment for the Gilbert catchment. A report to the Australian Government from the CSIRO Flinders and Gilbert Agricultural Resource Assessment, part of the North Queensland Irrigated Agriculture Strategy

Full report

Agricultural resource assessment for the Gilbert catchment (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Chapters

Part I Introduction

Chapter 1:

Preamble (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Chapter 2:

Key concepts and Assessment methods (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Part II Information for assessing potential scheme-scale and farm-scale irrigation developments

Chapter 3:

Physical environment of the Gilbert catchment (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Chapter 4:

Living and built environment of the Gilbert catchment (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Chapter 5:

Opportunities for irrigation in the Gilbert catchment (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Chapter 6:

Overview of the economic opportunities and constraints (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Chapter 7:

How can the sustainability of irrigated agriculture be maximised? (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Part III Case studies

Chapter 8:

Green Hills dam and irrigated three-crop rotation (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Chapter 9:

Dagworth and Green Hills dams and irrigated sugarcane (CSIRO Research Publications Repository)

Appendixes

Appendix A:

Assessment products [pdf · 1mb]
Assessment products [docx · 1mb]

Appendix B:

Shortened forms, geological timeline, glossary, units, data sources and availability, glossary and terms [pdf · 2mb]
Shortened forms, geological timeline, glossary, units, data sources and availability, glossary and terms [docx · 1mb]

Appendix C:

List of figures [pdf · 1mb]
List of figures [docx · 1mb]

Appendix D:

List of tables [pdf · 1mb]
List of tables [docx · 1mb]

Other sections

Cover, Director's foreword, key findings, the Assessment team, acknowledgements, contents [pdf · 1mb]
Cover, Director's foreword, key findings, the Assessment team, acknowledgements, contents [docx · 1mb]