AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Exploring for the Future—Groundwater level data release for the McBride and Nulla basalt provinces: Upper Burdekin region, North Queensland

This report presents groundwater levels results from the Upper Burdekin Groundwater Project in North Queensland, conducted as part of Exploring for the Future (EFTF)—an eight year, $225 million Australian Government funded geoscience data and information acquisition program focused on better understanding the potential mineral, energy and groundwater resources across Australia.  
The Upper Burdekin Groundwater Project is a collaborative study between Geoscience Australia and the Queensland Government. It focuses on basalt groundwater resources in two geographically separate areas: the Nulla Basalt Province (NBP) in the south and the McBride Basalt Province (MBP) in the north. This report describes a data release of water levels measured in monitoring bores in both provinces by Geoscience Australia during the EFTF project. It includes:

A full description of how water levels in metres relative to Australian Height Datum (m AHD; where zero m AHD is an approximation of mean sea level) were calculated from manual dips and electronic dataloggers for this project.
A series of tables in Appendix A containing sufficient information for each bore and datalogger file to reproduce the water levels reported in Appendix B and Appendix C.
A series of hydrographs in Appendix B showing how water levels (in m AHD) interpreted from manual dips and datalogger files varied during the EFTF project.
A series of electronic files in Appendix C that include (i) Data files from dataloggers in CSV file format that can be used with the information contained in this data release to regenerate the water levels shown on hydrographs in Appendix B, and (ii) Data files in CSV file format reporting the final water levels used to generate the hydrographs in Appendix B.

This data release report does not include hydrograph interpretation, which is undertaken in detail in:
Cook, S. B. &amp; Ransley, T. R., 2020. Exploring for the Future—Groundwater level interpretations for the McBride and Nulla basalt provinces: Upper Burdekin region, North Queensland. Geoscience Australia, Canberra, https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/135439.

Tags: Australia, EARTH SCIENCES, EFTF, Exploring For The Future, Hydrogeology, North Queensland, PHYSICAL SCIENCES, Published_External, Queensland, Upper Burdekin region, groundwater, groundwater levels
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Mineral deposits of the Tweed-Fingal area, northern New South Wales

The deposits of heavy mineral sands along the East Coast of Australia are being investigated primarily to determine their content of monazite. These deposits contain most of the known world reserves of zircon and rutile for which they are being exploited at various localities. Monazite, a phosphate of cerium, lanthanum, praseodymium and other rare earths, with thorium silicate, is utilised commercially as a source of cerium and of thorium. In this investigation, the thorium content on the monazite is being determined on the basis of its radioactivity. Two deposits in the Tweed-Fingal area were examined. The geology of the area, methods of testing, and the results of the investigation are discussed in this report.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mineral deposits, mineralogy, resource assessment
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Exploring for the Future: Fluid inclusions from the Benmara and Carrara Range regions, Northern Territory: Buddycurrawa Volcanics (Benmara Group) and Plain Creek Formation (McNamara Group)

The Exploring for the Future (EFTF) Program is a multiyear, federally funded initiative to better characterise the mineral, energy and groundwater resource potential across Australia. As part of this initiative, this data record presents mineral fluid inclusion data from two sample from the South Nicholson region. The South Nicholson region straddles north-eastern Northern Territory and north-western Queensland, and prior to the EFTF program, arguably represented one of the least geologically understood regions of Proterozoic northern Australia. The South Nicholson region is situated between two highly prospective provinces, the greater McArthur Basin in the Northern Territory, the Lawn Hill Platform and the Mount Isa Province in Queensland, both with demonstrated hydrocarbon and base-metal potential. 
These new fluid inclusion data provide information on sedimentary and volcanic rocks in the South Nicholson region that complement other components of the EFTF program, including the South Nicholson Basin and Barkly seismic surveys, comprehensive geochronology and geochemical programs, hydrocarbon prospectivity studies and other extensive regional geophysical surveys to better understand the geological evolution and basin architecture of northern Australia. The primary objective of the program is to facilitate identification of areas of unrecognised resource potential and prospectivity and encourage and stimulate ‘greenfield’ resource exploration.
This record presents new fluid inclusion data from two outcrop samples: a) siliceous hydrothermal ‘white smoker’ pipes within the ca. 1660–1630 Ma Buddycurrawa Volcanics (Benmara Group, Benmara region) and b) feeder veinlets of a manganese oxide occurrence in the Carrara Range and hosted within the late Paleoproterozoic Plain Creek Formation (McNamara Group). Both samples are from the MOUNT DRUMMOND 1:250 000 map-sheet, north-eastern Northern Territory and were collected as part of EFTF helicopter-based field operations and ground mapping during May 2018.

Tags: Buddycurrawa Volcanics, EARTH SCIENCES, EFTF, Exploring for the Future, Fluid Inclusions, Manganese, Petroleum, Plain Creek Formation, Published_External
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geophysical survey of Baryulgil asbestos deposits, New South Wales

Asbestos has been mined from an open cut in portions 122 and 12 of the Parish of Yulgilbar, County of Drake. There are a few outcrops of rock in the immediate vicinity of the known deposits, and this renders geological interpretation of the area difficult. Because of this an extensive programme of development has recently been undertaken including drilling, trenching, shaft-sinking and driving. The geophysical surveys made were intended to assist the development, where possible, by outlining the probable extent of asbestos deposits, elucidating structural features associated with the deposits, and providing any information that would assist the geological interpretation of the area. The objectives, survey methods, and results of the survey are discussed in this report. Seven accompanying plans are included.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geophysics, mineral deposits
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Cobar geophysical survey 5th progress report

This report outlines the geophysical survey work completed to May, 1949. The results and findings of this work are described in the report. The attached diagrams show results of diamond drilling carried out by Enterprise Exploration Ltd. for the purpose of testing the Peak Magnetic Anomaly and the Spotted Leopard No. 1 Magnetic Anomaly. Drill core from the Peak No. 1 Drill Hole was subjected to a mineragraphic examination by Dr. F. Stillwell and a copy of his report is included as an appendix to this report.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geophysics, Published_External, Record, geophysics, mineragraphy, mineral deposits
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Geological report on the Costerfield gold-antimony mine

Two reports on the Costerfield Gold-Antimony veins have been published. Bulletin No. 50 of the Victorian Geological Survey, by H.S. Whitelaw gives an account of the lodes and workings and of the history of the mine. An excellent description of the reefs and the mineralisation by Dr. F.L. Stillwell appeared in the proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, New Series, No. 48, 1922. In view of the existence of these publications, repetition of the details of Costerfield history, workings and geological features is avoided as much as possible in this report, and they are merely summarised in order to present the essential facts concerning the mineralised system.

Tags: AU-VIC, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, gold, mineral deposits, mining, prospectivity
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Gravity survey of brown coal deposits, Morwell, Victoria January-February, 1948

In 1943, an investigation was carried out on portions of the Latrobe Valley Brown Coalfield, using the electrical resistivity method, to see whether or not this method could prove useful in determining the depth to coal. At this time, the possibility of a gravity survey was discussed, and in January, 1948, gravity tests were commenced using a Humble-Truman gravimeter. Later, a substantial number of the readings were repeated with a more modern type of gravity meter, and a few new stations established. The results were subjected to a preliminary investigation soon after the completion of field work, but it was evident that a much more detailed study would be required before an interpretation could be completed. Prior to these tests, discussions took place between technical officers with a view to selecting an area for testing on which the results could be related to some of the known geological structures, and, subsequently, an area was selected in the Parish of Hazelwood for this purpose. The geology of the area, survey method, and results are discussed in this report. Accompanying geological plans are included.

Tags: AU-VIC, GA Publication, Geophysics, Published_External, Record, commodities, geophysics, gravity, mineral deposits
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Report on dolomite deposits, Wall's Siding near Mudgee, New South Wales

The geology and ore reserves of the dolomite deposit near Wall's Siding are discussed in this report. The report should be read in conjunction with the report on "Limestone and Dolomite Deposits at Cow Flat and Wall's Siding, New South Wales" (Record 1947/090).

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, mineral deposits, ore
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Preliminary report on the Apinaipi structure, Papua

The aim of this examination was to map in as much detail as possible the structure of the Apinaipi Anticline, which is situated on the coast of Papua, 100 miles north-west of Port Moresby. The survey programme and the geomorphology, structure, and lithology of the area are discussed in this report. Accompanying maps and section plans are included.

Tags: GA Publication, Geology, PG, Published_External, Record, geology, geomorphology, structural geology
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Micropalaeontological examination of No 1 bore, Dimboola, western Victoria

A report on the results of a micro-examination of samples, submitted by the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria, taken from a depth of 3 to 379 feet down. The report comprises a detailed description of the samples, notes on the stratigraphic sequence, notes on the fossils fauna, and a table showing the distribution and stratigraphic range of species.

Tags: AU-VIC, Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Naronga dam site, Queanbeyan River

It was requested that the Branch examine the Naronga site with a view to determining whether it was suitable from a geological point of view for the construction of a flood control dam. The area was visited and mapped in March, 1946. The topography, geology, possible site and capacity of a retaining wall are discussed in this report. Three plates showing the area and sections accompany this report.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, infrastructure, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
The possibilities of obtaining underground water at the Stock Sale Yards, Gungahlin district, ACT

The stock saleyards comprise Block 41, Gungahlin district and are on the southeastern side of Federal Highway, 3.5 miles north from Civic Centre. A smaller area on the western extremity of the block, including stock pens, huts etc. is without water supply. The topography, geology and possibilities of obtaining underground water are discussed in this report.

Tags: AU-ACT, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, groundwater
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Raw materials for the manufacture of cement in the Port Moresby area, Papua

The writer received instructions to commence the geological mapping of the Port Moresby area with special attention to economic aspects, such as, raw materials for the manufacture of cement, materials for concrete aggregates, road surfacing materials, etc. This work was commenced on November, 30th, 1949, and a general rapid reconnaissance of the more readily accessible areas carried out.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, PG, Published_External, Record, economic geology, geology, resource assessment
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Notes on Wymah mine

The Wymah mine was visited with Dr. Fisher on Wednesday 25th July. Dr. Fisher has recently visited the mine with Dr. Owen and will be presenting notes embodying his observations, hence this report will be very brief and will refer only to features having a bearing on ore reserves.

Tags: AU-NSW, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, economic geology, mineral deposits, ore
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Isoclinic lines for North Australia and East Indies

The following notes are intended to accompany Map No.1049, which has the same title as that given above. This map was prepared at the request of the Survey Directorate, L.H.Q., Melbourne, Department of the Army, and is primarily for the use of the Director of Survey, Advanced L.H.Q., Brisbane. The map is termed "provisional" since it is based on only a portion of the data available and the reductions have been made by approximate methods. Nevertheless since use has been made of that portion of the data which has been most recently observed it is considered the most reliable for most practical purposes. For some time work has been proceeding on a final map showing the distribution of magnetic inclination over Australia and the surrounding areas, and this map will be available in the near future.

Tags: Earth Sciences, GA Publication, Published_External, Record, magnetics, mapping
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Phosphate deposits, Kapunda-Angaston districts, SA

The most important phosphate deposits in South Australia are situated in the Kapunda-Angaston districts and of those the principal deposits which have been worked are: 1) St. Kitts, 11 miles easterly from Kapunda; 2) St. Johns, 4.25 miles south-east from Kapunda; 3) Tom's, 5 miles east-south-east from Kapunda; 4) Moculta or Klemms, 3 miles north-east of Angaston. Deposits Nos. 2, 3 and 4 were examined in company with Mr. S.B. Dickinson, Deputy Government Geologist of South Australia on the 30th March. The following notes are written to set out as briefly as possible, the salient features of the deposits and to indicate the prospecting which it is considered is immediately necessary.

Tags: AU-SA, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, mineral deposits, mining, resource assessment
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
Regional summary boundary shapefiles for the National Climate Risk Assessment

This dataset is a collection of regional boundary shapefiles, not elsewhere provided, used as spatial overlays to derive spatial summary statistics of various hazard, climate and other ecological raster data. The collection informed the assessment of freshwater and terrestrial natural environments as part of the National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA). The shapefiles are derived from the intersection of publicly available 3rd party input data such as NCRA region boundaries, NCRA Hazard grids, Geofabric Level 2 Basins and Geofabric Network Streamlines.

The shapefiles (not elsewhere provided) in this collection include:
NCRA Regions x Aggregate Ecosystem Groups
5km NCRA Hazard cells intersecting Geofabric Perennial Streams x Geofabric Level Basin
5km NCRA Hazard cells intersecting Geofabric Non- Perennial Streams x Geofabric Level Basin

All layers are ESRI shapefiles in the GCS WGS 1984 (EPSG 4326)

Organization: CSIRO Data Access Portal
Coastal carbon - Australia's blue forest future - Water Levels

Mean Sea Level (MSL) and Highest Astronomical Tide (HAT) for Australia. MSL is calculated by regression of the BRAN2020 derived Mean Dynamic Topography against the ABSLMP Tide Gauges reduced to the Australian Vertical Working Surface (AVWS) datum. 

HAT is calculated using the AUSTEN tidal model and corrected using MLP Regression against 710 AHO station observations. The vertical datum for HAT is (implicitly) MSL. The absolute height of HAT above AVWS is obtained by MSL + HAT (m above AVWS). 

Organization: CSIRO Data Access Portal
Geological report on dam sites 4 miles northeast of Tennant Creek, Northern Territory

An investigation into the possibility of providing additional water supplies to the township of Tennant Creek was carried out by the Department of Works and Housing. A request was made to the Bureau in March, 1947, to carry out a geological examination of possible dam sites in the Tennant Creek area. A preliminary inspection of two possible sites was made on 5th June, and a detailed plane table survey of both sites was carried out on 6th and 7th July, 1947. The location, access, topography, general geology, engineering geology, and recommendations for future investigation and work are discussed in this report.

Tags: AU-NT, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, geology, infrastructure, topography
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data
SenseFuture Dataset: Novel Agronomy for Resilient Farming Systems

Data acquired in Australia through the EU Horizon2020 MSCA-Global fellowship by Dr Eusun Han, project number 884364.

Funding: EU Horizon 2020, MSCA-IF (SenseFuture: 884364)

High-resolution RGB, multispectral, and thermal drone imagery from the Iandra field site (2021–2023), supporting crop monitoring, grazing trials, and digital agronomy research.

FULL DESCRIPTION

This dataset contains raw and processed UAV imagery collected at the CSIRO Iandra field site (Greenethorpe, NSW) as part of the SenseFuture: Novel Agronomy for Resilient Farming Systems project. The imagery captures crop and pasture responses to experimental treatments (including grazing, mowing, and plot management) over multiple growing seasons.

The Iandra field site, located at Iandra Castle near Greenethorpe, NSW, is a key CSIRO farming systems research site. It hosts long-term experiments evaluating crop sequences, soil health, and water use efficiency under varying management practices. Trials include wheat–canola rotations and integration of legumes such as fababean to improve nitrogen fixation and sustainability. The site combines small-plot trials with farm-scale demonstrations and provides critical data on productivity, soil fertility, and system resilience in southern NSW.

The dataset includes flights taken with different sensor configurations:

RGB imagery collected using a DJI Phantom 4 Pro at ~30 m altitude, providing high-resolution (centimetre scale) orthomosaics.
Multispectral imagery from a Micasense camera, used to generate reflectance-calibrated bands and vegetation indices (e.g. NDVI, NDRE).
Thermal imagery from DJI M2EA test flights, used to explore canopy temperature variation.

TEMPORAL COVERAGE

June–September 2021 (pre-grazing, post-grazing, mowing, and multiple growth stages)
July–September 2022 (RGB and thermal test flights)
2023 imagery [details to confirm]

SPATIAL COVERAGE

Iandra research trial, near Greenethorpe, NSW, Australia
Approx. 34°31′21.698″ S, 148°18′6.484″ E (WGS84)
Experimental plots within grazing and cropping trials.

FILE CONTENTS

The collection contains:
Raw project files (.p4d) for Pix4DMapper workflows
Processed reports (.pdf) describing Pix4D processing outputs and quality checks
Stitched datasets (.zip archives, 15–70 GB each) containing orthomosaics, reflectance maps, and metadata
Ancillary GIS outputs for integration into QGIS and other geospatial software

See files for more information.

Organization: CSIRO Data Access Portal
Parkes observations for project P1365 semester 2025OCTS_04

Following the successful demonstration of a pilot first-pass (shallow) search of a small fraction of the sky, the second-pass processing has commenced for the SMART pulsar survey, which involves deep searches of 80-minute observations. The processing over the past year has led to the discovery of 11 new pulsars (including two millisecond ones), thus tripling the initial count from the first pass, and hinting at the exciting promise of this first southern-sky pulsar survey in the frequency band of SKA-Low.  All new pulsars need to be timed in order to determine their spin and astrometric parameters and to select specialised targets for detailed follow-ups. With the MWA no longer supporting routine pulsar observations for the coming year, timing follow-ups rely on other telescopes. The Parkes \emph{Murriyang} telescope, with an identical sky coverage, sensitivity and the wide frequency coverage, offers the best option to time SMART discoveries. We have demonstrated \emph{Murriyang's} suitability for this through a pilot project last semester and are now extending the project to a larger sample of 10 pulsars including two from the pilot project. The data will also allow us to study pulse profiles, polarisation, and flux densities from $\sim$100 MHz to 4 GHz. The analysis/results will be included in a publication in preparation that will detail the deep-search pipeline and report on initial pulsar discoveries.

Organization: CSIRO Data Access Portal
Report on mica deposits near Mullalyup, Western Australia

Mullalyup is a small village about 140 miles south from Perth and 33 miles by rail south-east from Bunbury. The main highway between Perth and Bridgetown passes through the village. The region is occupied by Basement rocks which appear to consist mainly of schist and gneiss. The regional strike is about north-west. The hill slopes and lower levels carry a heavy cover of soil and the hilltops are mostly covered with laterite and, in places, high-level gravels. These gravels are widely distributed in this region. The mica occurs, as usual, in pegmatite dykes, and five such deposits are shown on the attached plan. Some difficulty was experienced in locating these deposits owing to the thick undergrowth and hill terrain and it is probable that other pegmatites exist in the locality. Search was confined mainly to the slopes and it was considered that soil in the valleys and laterite on the hill tops would obscure outcrops of any pegmatite dykes, except at intermediate levels.

Tags: AU-WA, GA Publication, Geology, Published_External, Record, mineral deposits, resource assessment
Organization: Geoscience Australia Data