This is a LaTeX class file (and associated style files provided with the package but falling under different copyright agreements) that can be used in the preparation of Honours and PhD theses at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
The files are distributed as a simple .tar.gz or .zip file. Uncompress this
file with your decompression utitlity and you will be presented with a
"uqthesis" directory. Within this directory you will find the uqthesis.cls
file. This is the main class file that you call from your LaTeX document to
use the University of Queensland styles. In this directory are several .sty
files. These are provided for convenience and to make sure that the files
included have the same functionality as those used in developing the style
file. There is also a defs_thesis.tex file which is useful for defining
macros to reduce the amount of typing you do in your thesis for certain
repetitive commands. The uqthesis.bst file is the style file used for
generating the bibliography. This was automatically generated using the
makebst program and conforms to the UQ guidelines for bibliographies. You
will also find an "example_thesis" directory. Within this directory is an
example thesis file and generic structure for the document as a whole. Have a
go at typesetting the thesis.tex file therein.
To start your thesis off, copy the "example_thesis" directory to another
location, calling it something different ("phdthesis" for example). Then copy
the uqthesis.cls file, the .sty files, the defs_thesis.tex file and the
uqthesis.bst file into this new directory. You will then be well on your
way to having a good looking thesis, typeset in LaTeX. Good luck!