Corporate Body
Geological Survey of Victoria (1861 - 2004)
- From
- 1861
Victoria, Australia - To
- 2004
- Reference No
- VA 4118
Summary
The Geological Survey of Victoria was established in 1861 to map Victoria's geological resources. In 2004 the Geological Survey merged with Petroleum Resources to form GeoScience Victoria.
Related entries
Archival resources
Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- Smith, Ailie, Adolph Basser Library Manuscript Collection, eScholarship Research Centre, 2012, http://www.eoas.info/basser_browse.html. Details
CD Roms
- O'Shea, P. J., Beneath Our Feet: Celebrating 150 Years of the Geological Survey of Victoria (Melbourne: Geological Survey of Victoria, 2003). Details
Conference Papers
- McQueen, Ken, 'The Joint Border Prospecting Parties 1896-97: New South Wales and Victorian Geological Surveys', in The History of Geology in the Second Half of the Nineteenth Century; the Story in Australia, and in Victoria, from Selwyn and McCoy to Gregory - 1853 to 1903 edited by Pierson, R. R. (Melbourne: Earth Sciences History Group, GSA Inc., 2007), pp. 57-61.. Details
Edited Books
- Johns, R.K. ed., History and role of government geological surveys in Australia (Adelaide: South Australian Government Printer, 1976), 111 pp. Details
Resources
- Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-462551. Details
Ailie Smith
Created: 18 April 2012, Last modified: 22 June 2012