The cartographic collection of the Doc Fisher Geoscience Library consists of the maps and air photos created or acquired by agency staff since the formation of BMR in 1946. This includes maps produced by agencies which have merged with these over the years, such as AUSLIG. Maps held include: Australian geological map series (1:250,000, 1:100,000 and the 1 mile series); topographic maps produced by NATMAP and its predecessors (1:250,000, 1:100,000 and 1:50,000) - latest editions only; various Australian geochemical, geophysical and other thematic maps; geoscience map series from other countries acquired on an exchange basis, including some with accompanying explanatory notes; Non-series maps acquired by donation or exchange; atlases. The Air photos are predominantly those used for mapping Australia and, to a lesser extent, Papua New Guinea and Antarctica, by BMR/AGSO from the 1940s to the 1980s. Geographical coverage of the sets is not complete, but many individual photos are unique in that they have pin points, overlays or other markings made by teams in the field. The Papua New Guinea photographs in the collection may, in many cases, be the only existing copies. Flight diagrams are also held for many (but not all) sets of air photos. Some other related materials, such as montages of aerial photographs (orthophotos), are also represented in the collection.

This disc contains PDF scans of uranium-related reports held by GA from the Australian Atomic Energy Commission archives. These reports date mostly from the 70s, with some which are much older (as early as 1901) but none newer than the early 80s. The reports are a mix of exploration reports, geological and geographical maps, proposals, feasibility studies, estimations, reserve information, drill hole data and drill cross section files. These reports pertain to the Alligator Rivers uranium field within Pine Creek region, including the Jabiluka, Koongarra, Nabarlek and Ranger regions. It is one of four discs containing reports concerning uranium in the Northern Territory.

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Papers from the symposium

ERMapper data file, contains a worldwide Digital Elevation Model with a horizontal grid spacing of 30 arc seconds, approximately 1 kilometre.

Of the four samples submitted for palynological analysis from the open cut at the Great Greta Colliery, two yielded plant microfossil assemblages of Early Permian age. Both assemblages belong to the APP 32 palynozone of Price (1997). Key species include: Praecolpatites sinuosus, Phaselisporites cicatricosa, Bascanisporites undosus, Barakarites rotatus, Protohaploxypinus spp., Marsupipollenites triradiatus, and Granulatisporites trisinus. Deposition occurred in a non-marine environment, as indicated by the occurrence of algal remains of Botryococcus sp. and Peltacystia sp. An index species, Camptotriletes biornatus Balme & Hennelly 1956, first described from the Greta Coal Measures, was not found in these two assemblages. These assemblages are younger than those reported from the Greta Coal Measures intersected in Tangorin DM DDH2, as they contain the index of the immediately overlying zone, Praecolpatites sinuosus (Balme & Hennelly) Bharadwaj & Srivastava 1969. Foster (in Roberts et al. 1996, pp. 407-411) has summarised the distribution of the APP32 within the Greta Coal Measures

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The Corporate Administrative Records Collection of Geoscience Australia (GA) is a bi fold collection; consisting of electronic/digital documents and records in physical paper format. GA's corporate administrative records in physical format are created by the Records Management Unit upon request from staff members when their needs meet specific criteria. The files themselves are bound in cardboard folders and labelled and bar-coded according to their respective classification level and metadata information. Individually, the files are a detailed narrative of specific business activities; describing all of the administrative processes that occurred during an activity. The collection is organised according to a year series system; a method which has been constant throughout GA's evolution. The collection also consists of inherited physical records from various government departments. These include the AFFA series from the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Australia and the UB Series, sourced from the Uranium Branch. In collaboration with the relevant government departments, GA acceded custody of these series, and they are now managed in juxtaposition with the entire GA collection.

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