The Surface Hydrology Points (Regional) dataset provides a set of related features classes to be used as the basis of the production of consistent hydrological information. This dataset contains a geometric representation of major hydrographic point elements - both natural and artificial. This dataset is the best available data supplied by Jurisdictions and aggregated by Geoscience Australia it is intended for defining hydrological features.

Lithium has a bright future in Australia. Although future global demand for lithium is difficult to forecast, most projections are for increasingly positive trends. Certainly the progression of increasing consumption since 2000 points to comparable or greater demand into the future. The primary growth in demand has been driven by the use of lithium in rechargeable batteries, not only for electronic devices but also for electric vehicles and storage of renewable and other energies. Australia is well place to meet this demand, with hard rock pegmatite-hosted lithium resources, all in Western Australia. These include the producing giant Greenbushes Mine, and other deposits with significant lithium resources.

Abstract for IGNSS 2015 conference: A Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) antenna calibration facility has been established at Geoscience Australia, for determining individual antenna calibrations as well as aiding the establishment of typemean calibrations as used by the International GNSS Service (IGS). Studies have highlighted the importance of accounting for the variation in individual antenna calibrations for high precision positioning applications. In order to use individual antenna calibrations reliably, the repeatability of the calibration needs to be well understood. In this paper, we give an overview of the repeatability of calibrations for different antenna types. We also present a case study on the application of an individual GNSS antenna calibration in Australia and its effect upon positioning.

New display for the foyer for Open Day 2015. Highlights 9 mineral specimens from Broken Hill and includes background on the Broken Hill mines.

The present report gives a brief overview of the tsunami hazard component of the Global Assessment Report 2015, involving a global hazard analysis. Tsunamis are infrequent events with the power to cause massive loss of life, large economic losses, and cascading effects such as destruction of critical facilities. Infrequent, but large and highly destructive tsunami events generally pose greater risk than the cumulative effect of smaller and more frequent events. The assessment presented here is the first global scale probabilistic assessment of tsunami hazard. This report details the methodology and input parameters used in this assessment. The results of this assessment are tsunami inundation footprints for a suite of earthquake events, each with an associated probability of occurrence. These results are then used by CIMNE to undertake probabilistic risk assessment, which is reported separately. There are a number of limitations that result from undertaking a global scale hazard assessment that are detailed in this report. It should be stressed that the results presented here should not be used for local scale hazard and risk assessment, or to inform any local scale disaster management activities. Rather, they are intended to provide an overview from a global perspective that allows broad comparison between different regions.

In 2008, the Australian Government established the AUD50 M Geothermal Drilling Program (GDP), designed to provide AUD7M matching funding to each of seven proof-of-concept projects to drill two wells and establish closed-loop flow. Ultimately, only two wells were drilled as part of this Program. Examining the reasons for the failure of this Program provide important lessons for any future stimulus of geothermal development

This dataset details the Declared Indigenous Protected Areas (IPA) across Australia through the implementation of the Indigenous Protected Areas Programme. These boundaries are not legally binding. An Indigenous Protected Area (IPA) is an area of Indigenous-owned land or sea where traditional Indigenous owners have entered into an agreement with the Australian Government to promote biodiversity and cultural resource conservation. The Indigenous Protected Areas element of the Caring for our Country initiative supports Indigenous communities to manage their land as IPAs, contributing to the National Reserve System. Further information can be found at the website below. http://www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/ipa/index.html Declared IPAs in order of gazettal date: Nantawarrina Preminghana Risdon Cove putalina Deen Maar Yalata Warul Kawa Watarru Walalkara Mount Chappell Island Badger Island Dhimurru Guanaba Wattleridge Mount Willoughby Paruku Ngaanyatjarra Tyrendarra Toogimbie Anindilyakwa Laynhapuy - Stage 1 Ninghan North Tanami Warlu Jilajaa Jumu Kaanju Ngaachi Great Dog Island Babel Island lungatalanana Angas Downs Pulu Islet Tarriwa Kurrukun Warddeken Djelk Jamba Dhandan Duringala Kurtonitj Framlingham Forest Kalka - Pipalyatjara Boorabee and The Willows Lake Condah Marri-Jabin (Thamurrurr - Stage 1) Brewarrina Ngemba Billabong Uunguu - Stage 1 Apara - Makiri - Punti Antara - Sandy Bore Dorodong Weilmoringle Yanyuwa (Barni - Wardimantha Awara) Minyumai Gumma Mandingalbay Yidinji Southern Tanami Angkum - Stage 1 Ngunya Jargoon Birriliburu Eastern Kuku Yalanji Bardi Jawi Girringun Wilinggin Dambimangari Balanggarra Thuwathu/Bujimulla Yappala Wardaman - Stage 1 Karajarri - Stage 1 Nijinda Durlga - Stage 1 Warraberalgahl and Porumalgal Kiwirrkurra Nyangumarta Warrarn Matuwa Kurrara-Kurrara

This Record presents new Sensitive High Resolution Ion Micro Probe (SHRIMP) UPb geochronological results from the Hodgkinson Province in northern Queensland, obtained during the Geological Survey of QueenslandGeoscience Australia (GSQGA) geochronology project between July 2014 and June 2015. A total of seven samples from the Hodgkinson Formation were analysed in support of ongoing regional geoscientific investigations and mapping programs by the GSQ. This Record documents detailed results for each sample individually, encompassing sample location and geological context, a description of the target mineral for geochronology, the relevant analytical data, and a brief geochronological interpretation. A summary of all results from this study is presented in Table i, and the sample locations are shown on Figures i and ii.

Diagram produced for the Department of Industry and Science to depict those areas of water adjacent to SA that fall under the OPGGS Act, Petroeum (Seas and Submerged Lands) Act 1982 (SA) and Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000 (SA).

Twenty-seven whole rock samples and eleven extracted samples or kerogen concentrates from five potential Permian sources within the Cooper Basin, Australia were provided for petroleum generation characterisation (eleven samples) and PhaseKinetic characterisation (six samples) following the approach of di Primio and Horsfield (2006). Organofacies Type definition was performed for twentyseven samples and characterisation of free hydrocarbons for 15 samples. The evolution of late gas potentials as a function of organofacies and maturity were determined for fifteen samples following the approach of Mahlstedt (2012), as well as kinetic parameters of primary and secondary gas formation (one sample) using a modified GORFit - model (Mahlstedt et al., 2013). Thermal maturity of Patchawarra Fm. samples is broad (0.5 5.5% VR) offering an insight into differences of gas potential.