Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO)

Node type

Commonwealth government

Node description

Geoscience Australia (formerly AGSO) is Australia's national geological survey. It carries out geoscientific research to encourage increased investment in Australia's minerals and petroleum industries; and to improve resource management and environmental protection as well as work aimed at mitigating the effect of natural hazards such as landslides and earthquakes. Geoscience Australia also aims to reduce community vulnerability through improved management of natural hazards.

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• Server hostname: www.agso.gov.au
• Server port: 6668
• Repository name: agso

Bounding coordinates

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• North bounding coordinate: -7
• South bounding coordinate: -60
• East bounding coordinate: 170
• West bounding coordinate: 65

Top search terms

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geology,geophysics,geochemistry,minerals,petroleum,exploration,geohazards,environment,geoscience,earthquake,mining,resources,earth science,marine

References

• Home: http://www.ga.gov.au
• Local metadata search: http://www.ga.gov.au/oracle/agsocat/
• Other: http://www.ga.gov.au/map

Description of the organisation/jurisdiction

Geoscience Australia is a research agency of the Federal Department of Industry, Resources and Tourism.

Contact details

• Contact organisation: Geoscience Australia
• Postal address: GPO Box 378
• City: Canberra
• State: ACT
• Postal code: 2601
• Electronic mail: feedback@ga.gov.au
• Telephone: 02 6249 9111

Metadata date

2001-11-29