Corporate Body
Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS) (1970 - )
- From
- 1 January 1970
Barton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia - Functions
- Association, Society or Membership Organisation and Earth Sciences
- Website
- http://www.australiangeomechanics.org/
- Location
- 11 National Circuit, Barton, Australian Capital Territory 2600
Summary
The Australian Geomechanics Society was established in 1970, but its origins date back to the Australian National Committee of Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Institution of Engineers, Australia in 1953.
The Society is jointly sponsored by the Institution of Engineers Australia and the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy.
It is affiliated with:
- International Society for Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMFE/GE);
- International Society for Rock Mechanics (ISRM);
- International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG);
and it serves as an integrated geotechnical professional Learned Society.
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- 'The Australian Geomechanics Society', Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia, 42 (1-2) (1970), N8-N10. Details
Reports
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Fiftieth Annual Report [1969] (1970), 14 pp. 'Australian National Committee on Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering: Australian Geomechanics Society formed', p.2. Details
- Institution of Engineers Australia, Fifty-first Annual Report [1970] (1971), 7 pp. 'Australian Geomechanics Committee: First year of the Australian Geomecanics Society has seen membership rise to over 500', p.2. Details
Resources
- 'Publisher 1986-', Australian Geomechanics [Informit digital resource], with Australian Geomechanics Society, Engineers Australia, 2015, https://search.informit.org/journal/ausgeo. Details
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-458391. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_a.html. Details
Ailie Smith; Ken McInnes
Created: 11 May 2000, Last modified: 19 September 2023
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