P006458 revised AU-VU:EOAS Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation

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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Corporate Body created 2019-07-09 human Elizabeth Daniels updated 2025-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006458b.htm State Records Office of WA Agency ID: AU WA A16 corporateBody Western Australian Department of Mines Colony and State of Western Australia AACR2 1894 1992 Regulatory Body Mineralogy or Mining Engineering Industry Petrochemical Industry The Western Australian Department of Mines was established in 1894 and took over responsibility for mining and geology in Western Australia from the Department of Lands and Surveys (1890 - 1986). It oversaw the School of Mines at Kalgoorlie (1902 - 1969) and the Geological Survey Branch. Operating until 1992 when it was replaced by the Department of Minerals and Energy (1992 - 2001) by which time it was active in Western Australia's petroleum industry and ran the Western Australian Government Chemical Laboratories. Western Australian Department of Lands and Surveys, Colony and State of Western Australia (1890 - 1986) Drover, Donald Prosper (1927 - 2004)

Principal Soil Chemist from 1989

 Western Australian Government Chemical Laboratories, Department of Mines, State of Western Australia (1922 - 1988) Western Australian Department of Minerals and Energy, State of Western Australia (1992 - 2001) Colony of Western Australia (1829 - 1901) State of Western Australia (1901 - ) 'Western Australian Department of Mines', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Western Australian Department of Mines Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Resource Section: Department of Mines Department of Mines Western Australian Government Agency Details, State Records Office of Western Australia