Corporate Body
Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) (1992 - 2001)
Commonwealth of Australia
- From
- 13 August 1992
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - To
- 2001
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Functions
- Earth Sciences, Surveying or Mapping and Advisory or Regulatory Body
- Website
- https://web.archive.org/web/20001202002200/http://www.agso.gov.au/
- Reference No
- CA 7605
- Legal Status
- Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
- Location
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Summary
The Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) was first established in August 1992, when it took over the functions of the Bureau of Mineral Resources. Its main objective was the systematic geological and geophysical mapping of the continent as the basis for informed mineral exploration. In 2001 the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG) merged with the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO) to form Geoscience Australia.
Related entries
Timeline
1946 - 1992 Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics
1992 - 2001 Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO)
Participates in
Published resources
Books
- Wilkinson, R., Rocks to Riches: the Story of Australia's National Geological Survey (St Leonards (N.S.W.): Allen & Unwin, 1996), 446 pp. Details
Conference Papers
- Dickinson, Ben, 'Contribution of the Geological and Geophysical Survey of Northern Australia', in Edgeworth David Day Symposium: Geological Mapping of Two Southern Continents: the Geological Mapping of Australia - From David to 1:50000; the Geology of Antarctica-Exploration to Exploitation? edited by D. F. Branagan; G. S. Gibbons and K. S. Williams (Sydney: Edgeworth David Society, 1988), pp. 49-53.. Details
Journal Articles
- Darragh, Thomas A., 'The Geological Survey of Victoria Under Alfred Selwyn, 1852-1868', Historical Records of Australian Science, 7 (1) (1987), 1-25. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR9870710001. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1325925. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/157442333. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-609061. Details
Resource Sections
- 'Primary description of agency CA 7605; Australian Geological Survey Organisation [AGSO]. Registration of entity: 30 September 1987', in RecordSearch, National Archives of Australia, 2000, https://RecordSearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/AutoSearch.asp?Number=CA%207605. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 8 December 2000, Last modified: 23 November 2022
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