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Other Commonwealth Agencies (hosted by BRS)

Node type

Commonwealth government

Node description

This ASDD node is hosted by Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS). This node contains metadata for objects managed by otgher agencies. It remains unclear if these object are described elsewhere. The objects described are the responsibility of:

• Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE)
• Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
• Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)
• CSIRO Divisions
• CSIRO Office of Space Science Applications (COSSA)
• Defence Science Technical Organisation (DSTO)
• Department of Defence
• National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT)

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• Server hostname: adl.brs.gov.au
• Server port: 210
• Repository name: comm

Bounding coordinates

The outer geographic extent of the whole document collection ...

• North bounding coordinate: -9
• South bounding coordinate: -44
• East bounding coordinate: 154
• West bounding coordinate: 112

Top search terms

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agriculture, climate and weather, demography, fisheries, geosciences, geology, geophysics, heritage, land, marine, oceanography, water hydrology

References

• Home: Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS)
• Other: Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry - Australia (AFFA)

Description of the organisation/jurisdiction

The Bureau of Rural Sciences ( BRS) is an independent scientific bureau within the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Australia ( AFFA). At the interface between science and policy, BRS is an essential part of the Government's capacity for integrated evidence-based policy development. It has a unique role in analysing, assessing and packaging science for more sustainable, competitive and profitable Australian agricultural, fisheries, food and forestry industries.

Contact details

• Contact organisation: Bureau of Rural Sciences (BRS)
• Postal address: GPO Box 858
• City: CANBERRA
• State: ACT
• Postal code: 2601
• Electronic mail: evert.bleys@brs.gov.au
• Telephone: +61 2 6272 5627

Metadata date

2008-04-07