About geoscience.gov.au
The Australian Governments' Geoscience Portal gives people and companies interested in exploring for minerals in Australia a single point of access to geological and geophysical data and information about legal requirements for exploration in all Australian jurisdictions.
It provides:
- Links to all Commonwealth, State and Territory geological surveys;
- A download facility for all Australia's geological maps at 1:250,000 scale;
- Airborne geophysical data and digital elevation data downloads from all State and Territory Geological Surveys and Geoscience Australia;
- Links to all mining legislation and jurisdictional reporting guidelines;
- The national reporting guidelines for mineral exploration "Australian requirements for submission of digital exploration data" and the associated Mineral Reporting Template software;
- The Australian mines atlas; and
- A national view of current minerals tenements.
Australian geological surveys:
- Geoscience Australia [
] - New South Wales Department of Trade & Investment []
- Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines []
- Western Australian Department of Mines and Petroleum []
- Tasmanian Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Resources []
- Northern Territory Department of Resources []
- Victorian Department of Primary Industries []
- South Australian Department for Manufacturing, Innovation, Trade, Resources and Energy []