These supplementary investigations have been taken into consideration by Dr. Miles in the framing of his conclusions as lo the suitability of the South Para Dam site for the construction of a. major reservoir, and support the favorable judgment which...

The Northern Adelaide Plains (NAP), immediately north of Adelaide, is an extremely important horticultural area for the city as well as interstate. Approximately 4000 ha of glass and polyhouses, as well as open-air cultivation, produce a diverse range...

To help interpret a magnetic survey which it had conducted in the Wallaroo-Moonta area, the Zinc Corporation requested that this Department test a suite of ore and rock samples from that district. They supplied a Watts vertical magnetometer for the work.

With a view to providing facilities for settlers to establish themselves on the land that will be made available by the railway, the Government directed that a geological examination be made of a portion of this area with regard to the possibilities...

The extension of railways through Eyre's Peninsula, and the opening up of the country to agricultural settlement has made the problem of water supply a matter of grave concern to the Government of South Australia. Large centrally situated reservoirs,...

The visit to Kangaroo Island extended over the period August 3rd to August 22nd, and that to Western Eyre's Peninsula over the period October 15th to October 20th, 1912. In both areas a rapid geological reconnaissance was made of the particular...

For some years past .information has been accumulating ill the Geological Survey branch of the Department of Mines concerning occurrences of underground water in the pastoral areas. Some of the material consists of logs and records of bores and wells...

In any discussion of the iron ore resources of South Australia it has always to be borne in mind that, in a country of great distances, with in many cases complete absence of transport facilities, bodies of iron ore are valueless when the cost of...

The importance of agriculture in South Australia and its dependence on systematic applications of phosphatic fertilizers for its productivity and permanence rendered it desirable that a stocktaking of the possibilities that exist in the State for the...

The Wallaroo and Moonta Copper Mining District is situated in the hundred of Wallaroo, county of Daly, on the eastern shore of Spencer's Gulf. The potential metalliferous area, however, extends into the hundreds of Kadina and Tiparra, to the E. and S....

Contains articles on the following: Report on a collection of fossils made by Dr A. Wade from the Cainozoic series of South Australia (Appendix 2 in: Supposed oil bearing areas of SA). Author Chapman, F. Pages 59-65 Bibliography of articles and works...

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A study of the chemical aspects of Permian and Mesozoic formation waters has enabled the zones of flushing of Permian sediments by artesian waters to be clearly delineated. It has been proved that complete flushing has taken place in the southern...

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Includes Permian palynology of Purni 1, Witcherrie and Mokari 1, Pedirka Basin.

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Articles and summaries are provided for the following: Copper: Wallaroo and Moonta, Paramatta and Yelta, Hamley, Burra Burra, Kapunda, Blinman, Mount Gunson (North-West), Paull’s Consolidated Gold: Mount Torrens, Peterborough, Tarcoola, Glenloth...

These fields are situated on the northern part of Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, ten miles apart; the Wallaroo Mines being five miles distant and the Moonta Mines 12 miles distant from the deep-sea port of Wallaroo. The three places are connected...

In recognition of the centenary of Henry Yorke Lyell Brown's appointment as the first Government Geologist for South Australia, and the foundation of the Department of Mines and Energy, aspects of South Australia's colourful and vital mining and...