# Talk:Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station

This seems to be about the present scope of the article. There may be more sources I've not seen the past few weeks, so if you see any please share and we can try to expand upon this further.  -- Very Polite Person (talk) 16:47, 24 March 2025 (UTC)

Desmond Ball, A Suitable Piece of Real Estate: American Installations in Australia, 1980, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, ch. 6. GBS2 (talk) 19:21, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

Whitlam & Fraser's govts were involved in 1970s disclosures, but establishment began in 1955 which was during Menzies' term - not Fraser as in first sentence. GBS2 (talk) 19:14, 29 March 2025 (UTC)

I tidied up the timeline. Take a look.  -- Very Polite Person (talk) 18:37, 13 May 2025 (UTC)

... that the Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station in Alice Springs is a monitoring station for nuclear incidents used by the United States?

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— Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 17:11, 3 November 2025 (UTC).

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Adequate sourcing:  - n
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Overall:  @Very Polite Person:, mostly good as far as this review is concerned. A couple of issues thought. I don't find the hook you proposed particularly interesting. Have you got anything else? Also, when reviewing this I went looking for more interesting facts and found the statement in the article that the facility was the first western one to detect the 2017 NK nuclear test. All of the sources state that the facility detected the test, but none of them state that it was the first western one to do so (unless I'm going blind). A reading of this source could leave the impression that it was detected in Canada first. Please correct the article and try and see if you can think of any more interesting hooks. TarnishedPathtalk 06:51, 10 November 2025 (UTC) TarnishedPathtalk 06:51, 10 November 2025 (UTC)

@TarnishedPath: The only thing I can think of is there was a primary source IIRC on an AU gov site that mentioned this was the first openly ran multi-purpose nuclear detection site there or similar wording and I crossed wires there. Fixed...
So:
ALT1: ... the United States agreed Australian staff would support the Joint Geological and Geophysical Research Station in Alice Springs, but the United States Air Force runs it instead?
Agreement: [1], [2], versus reality: [3], [4].  — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 16:09, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
@Very Polite Person:, I'm not sure if you want to make sure the article more explicitly states that the US actually run it. At present you've got "Tanter’s 2021 field research, however, reported that no Australian staff hold operational authority and that the station is administered entirely by Detachment 421." TarnishedPathtalk 22:47, 10 November 2025 (UTC)
@TarnishedPath: check out now: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joint_Geological_and_Geophysical_Research_Station&diff=prev&oldid=1321776010  — Very Polite Person (talk/contribs) 16:26, 12 November 2025 (UTC)
 Approved ALT1. TarnishedPathtalk 00:59, 13 November 2025 (UTC)