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Celebrate Earth Science Week with our interactive quiz - and more!
12 October 2015
To celebrate Earth Science Week 2015, our geoscience experts have prepared a range of fun and challenging activities to highlight many aspects of how our planet works and put your geoscience knowledge to the test.
'Hamersley Gorge' is Australia's 2015 Top GeoShot
14 October 2015
Craig Burns from the Australian Capital Territory has taken out Geoscience Australia's 2015 Top Geoshot photo competition, with his photo of Hamersley Gorge in Western Australia.
Join the Earth Science Week 2015 celebrations
23 September 2015
The countdown is on to Earth Science Week 2015, with annual celebrations due to kick-off in October - or 'Rocktober' as we prefer to call it!
New visitor experiences showcase the minerals of Broken Hill
18 September 2015
A new exhibition and behind-the-scenes tours at Geoscience Australia celebrate the rich mining history of the Broken Hill region, and highlight some of the now rare mineral samples held within Geoscience Australia's mineral collection.
2015 GovHack winners announced
7 September 2015
Geoscience Australia is proud to support the principle of open data by sponsoring GovHack 2015, which saw teams from across Australia and New Zealand compete to develop new applications using open Government data.
Opportunity to explore the wonders of geoscience
18 August 2015
The opportunity to mix with Australia's top geoscientists, learn how a dancing robot helps your GPS, or find out how earthquakes are detected will be on offer this coming weekend at Geoscience Australia's 2015 Open Day.
New vision for Australian marine science
12 August 2015
Geoscience Australia welcomes the release of the National Marine Science Plan launched by Minister for Science Ian Macfarlane at Parliament House in Canberra on 11 August 2015.
Upgraded bushfire monitoring capability to keep communities safer
11 August 2015
A new and improved bushfire monitoring system will be in place for the 2016 disaster season, transforming an existing delayed monitoring service into a more responsive emergency management tool for firefighters.
String of large earthquakes shakes Queensland's east coast
For the second time in a matter of days residents along some of Queensland's most popular tourist destinations have been shaken by earthquakes.
Queensland's Sunshine Coast feels largest earthquake in nearly a century
30 July 2015
Residents on the Queensland east coast started their day in unusual circumstances this morning when an offshore earthquake shook areas from the south Gold Coast all the way to Gladstone.