1 INTRODUCTION  
2 SAMPLE SELECTION AND ARCHIVAL DATA  
2.0.1 GLIMPSE Images  
2.0.2 ATLASGAL Dust Emission  
2.0.3 Methanol MultiBeam Survey  
2.1 Extracted properties  
3 OBSERVATIONAL DATA  
3.1 ATCA observations and data reduction  
4 METHODS AND SOURCE IDENTIFICATION  
4.1 Source extraction  
4.2 RMS and Maser associations  
5 DETERMINATION OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES  
5.1 Ammonia line fitting  
6 DISCUSSION OF PHYSICAL PARAMETERS  
6.1 Overview of Derived Properties  
6.2 Evolutionary Sequence  
6.3 Comparison of Physical Parameters  
6.4 Interesting Sources  
6.5 Triggered Star Formation  
7 CONCLUSIONS