1 Introduction
1.1 General Relativity
1.2 Clustering statistics
1.3 Initial conditions and the evolution of the primordial power spectrum
1.4 Redshift space distortions
1.5 The halo model
1.6 Observational cosmology
1.7 Alternative models of dark energy
1.8 The 6dF Galaxy Survey
1.9 Overview and motivation for this thesis

2 Baryon Acoustic Oscillations and the Local Hubble Constant
2.1 Introduction
2.2 The 6dF galaxy survey
2.3 Clustering measurement
2.4 Modeling the BAO signal
2.5 Extracting the BAO signal
2.6 Cosmological implications
2.7 Significance of the BAO detection
2.8 Future all sky surveys
2.9 Conclusion

3 z≈0 measurements of the growth rate and σ8
3.1 Introduction
3.2 The 6dF Galaxy Survey
3.3 Correlation function measurement
3.4 Error estimate
3.5 Modeling the 2D correlation function
3.6 Fitting the 2D correlation function
3.7 Cosmological implications
3.8 Future low-redshift galaxy surveys: WALLABY and TAIPAN
3.9 Conclusion

4 Dependence of halo occupation on stellar mass
4.1 Introduction
4.2 The 6dF Galaxy survey
4.3 Data analysis
4.4 Power law fits
4.5 Theory: Halo Occupation Distribution
4.6 HOD parameter fits
4.7 Semi-analytic mock catalogues
4.8 Discussion
4.9 Conclusions

5 Summary and Conclusion