Geological Survey of South Australia

Geological Survey of South Australia
Agency overview
Formed 1882
Jurisdiction Government of South Australia
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The Geological Survey of South Australia is an authority within the Department of State Development of the Government of South Australia that is responsible for surveying and exploration of South Australia's geological resources.

The Geological Office was started in December 1882 as under the Commissioner of Crown Lands and Immigration [1] the creation of the survey had been an issue in the local press earlier in the same year [2][3]

Historically the Survey has existed under the various names of the Mines Department has been ascribed by various governments [4]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA". Adelaide Observer. XXXVIII, (2096). South Australia. 3 December 1881. p. 24. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA". South Australian Register. XLVII, (11, 068). South Australia. 5 May 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "A GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA". South Australian Register. XLVII, (11, 078). South Australia. 17 May 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 16 December 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Johns, R.K. (1976) History of the Geological Survey of South Australia, pp.64 - 78 in Johns, R. K. (Robert Keith); Johns, R. K. (Robert Keith), (ed.); Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (1976), History and role of government geological surveys in Australia, A. B. James, Govt. printer, ISBN 978-0-7243-2497-2
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