Full report for the Gilbert catchment, completed as part of the Flinders and Gilbert Agricultural Resource Assessment.
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]
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