A lifetime of rock solid achievement

21/01/2014

The former Chief Executive Officer of Geoscience Australia, Dr Neil Williams PSM, FTSE, has today been awarded the Australian Academy of Science’s prestigious Haddon Forrester King Medal, in recognition of a long and distinguished geoscience career.

A groundwater challenge for Australia's future scientists

09/01/2014

Top Year 11 science students are converging on Canberra this week to learn first-hand about a major challenge for Australia – how to secure the nation’s future water resource needs.

Papua New Guineans learn to live more safely with natural hazards

21/12/2013

Geoscience Australia researchers recently produced a set of educational materials that will help the people of the East New Britain Province in Papua New Guinea to better understand the potential impacts of tsunami, earthquake and volcanic eruption.

Corner Reflector prototype testing

20/12/2013

New equipment developed by researchers at Geoscience Australia could pave the way for international satellite operators to independently verify the accuracy of instruments on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) satellites.

Geoscience Australia holiday shut-down period

19/12/2012

We will be closed for the holiday period from 5:00pm Friday 21 December 2012 until 9:00am Thursday 3 January 2013. We thank you for your support and interest during 2012 and wish everyone a safe and happy festive season.

New tsunami education resource raises awareness

17/12/2013

A valuable new online resource has been produced by Surf Life Saving Australia and partner agencies to raise community awareness of what to do in the event of a tsunami impacting on Australia's coastline.

New Gazetteer of Australia released

11/12/2013

If you want to travel over to Valhalla, you don't have to visit Scandinavia, or die in battle – you just need to anglicise the spelling to Walhalla and visit Victoria's Gippsland.

Reports from Broken Hill Groundwater Project Released

12/12/2013

Reports from the Broken Hill Managed Aquifer Recharge project were released today by Parliamentary Secretary for the Department of the Environment, Senator the Hon. Simon Birmingham.

Photography exhibition features Faces of Science

06/12/2013

A new portrait photography exhibition capturing the faces of 100 Australian scientists has opened in Canberra taking a contemporary snapshot of Canberra scientists who have made significant contributions to research in science, medicine and health.

Woomera geophysical survey made public

04/12/2013

New gravity data obtained in the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia have been released.