Welcome to Geoscience Australia!

We are the nation's leading geoscience research and information agency, responsible for producing and providing spatial information to the Australian community. About Geoscience Australia.

Our work contributes to enhanced economic, social and environmental benefits for the broad community by providing information that impacts upon the use of resources, management of the environment, and the safety and well-being of Australians.

You will find a lotof information about our country on this website, ranging from interactive games and geographical facts about Australia to free spatial datasets that you can download.

We hope you take a little time to explore some, or all of the services we provide, perhaps starting with our most popular ones:

• Fab facts about Australia
• Sun & Moon times anywhere in Australia
• Australia's most recent earthquakes
• Find any geographical place in Australia
• Find out the distance between any two locations in Australia
• Online databases
• Online maps
• maps, images, data & publications

You will also discover a lot of information about Geoscience Australia's research projects and main activities under these general topics:

• Minerals
• Earthquakes & Natural Hazards
• Oil & Gas
• Geomagnetism
• Marine & Coastal
• Geodesy & GPS
• Satellite Remote Sensing
• Topographic Mapping
• Education & Fab Facts
• Library
• Jobs