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Geoscience Australia

Geoscience Australia

Geoscience Australia headquarters located in the Canberra suburb of Symonston
Agency overview
Formed2001
Preceding agencies
  • Australian Surveying and Land Information Group
  • Australian Geological Survey Organisation
JurisdictionAustralia
HeadquartersSymonston, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
35°20′36″S 149°09′30″E / 35.34333°S 149.15833°E / -35.34333; 149.15833
Employees671 (as at 30 June 2023)[1]
Annual budgetA$207.30 million (2020)[2]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Dr James Johnson, Chief Executive Officer
Parent departmentDepartment of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
Websiteportal.ga.gov.au, ga.gov.au

Geoscience Australia is an agency of the Australian Government. It carries out geoscientific research. The agency is the government's technical adviser on all aspects of geoscience, and custodian of the geographic and geological data and knowledge of the nation.

On a user pays basis it produces geospatial products such as topographic maps and satellite imagery. It is also a major contributor to the Australian Government's free, open data collections such as data.gov.au[3] and portal.ga.gov.au.

  1. ^ "Geoscience Australia Annual Report 2022-23 Earth sciences for Australia's future". Annual Report, Geoscience Australia. Australian Government. 2023. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ "Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Annual Report 2020-21". Annual Report, Department of Industry, Innovation and Science. Australian Government. 2020. p. 186. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ^ A search on the http://data.gov.au catalogue revealing many thousands of Geoscience Australia datasets: [1]