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Australian Catalog 1 - The Geology of Australia

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General Structure of this Catalog:

Individual State Publications
Mineralogical Records pertaining to Australia
Australian Mineral Industry Quarterly
Publications of Individual Australian States
Miscellaneous Publications of Australia
Maps of Australia



Northern Territory

Shaw, R. D. and Wells, A. T. / SF 53-14 / ALICE SPRINGS, 2nd Edition, Canberra, 1983, pb, 44 pages, 1 color plate (in pocket), - 3 -, $ 26

New South Wales

New South Wales Memoirs:

Etheridge, R. / THE DENDROGLYPHS, OR “CARVED TREES”, Ethnological Series No. 3, Sydney, 1918, pb, 104 pages, 39 plates, - 2 -, $ 55 [Includes Taphoglyphs, Teleteglyphs or Bora Trees, Burial Posts, and more...]


New South Wales Bulletins

B 5 / Kenny, E. J. / ANTIMONY, ARSENIC, BISMUTH, MOLYBDENUM, AND TUNGSTEN, Sydney, 1924, afb, 47 pages, 4 plates, 1 sketch of mine plans with sections, 1 figure, - 5 -, $ 25

B 7 / Kenny, E. J. / GOLD, Sydney, 1924, afb, 60 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

B 11 / Kenny, E. J. / CADMIUM, AND MERCURY OR “QUICKSILVER,” Sydney, 1924, afb, 12 pages, - 5 -, $ 25


Queensland

Queensland Geological Survey

P 278 / Reid, J. H. / THE QUEENSLAND UPPER PALEOZOIC SUCCESSION, Brisbane, 1930, afb, 96 pages, 9 illustrations, - 5 -, $ 35

P 317 / De Keyser, F. and Wolff, K. W. / THE GEOLOGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES OF THE CHILLAGOE AREA, QUEENSLAND, Melbourne, 1964, cl, 136 pages, 14 plates, 14 figs., - 5 -, $ 20 [Mines here mainly in search of silver, lead, zinc, and copper]

Queensland Miscellaneous Publications

Dickins, J. M. and Malone, E. J. / GEOLOGY OF THE BOWEN BASIN, QUEENSLAND, Australian Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology & Geophysics Bulletin 130, Canberra, 1973, cl, 154 pages, 4 maps (in pocket), 10 photographs (in pocket), 20 figs., 16 tables, - 2 -, $ 45

Levingston, K. R. / GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION AND ECONOMIC GEOLOGY OF THE BURDEKIN RIVER REGION, QUEENSLAND, BMR B 208, Canberra, 1981, pb, 48 pages, 11 figs., 20 tables, 1 color plate, - 1 -, $ 30

Willmott, W. F., et.al. / IGNEOUS AND METAMOPRHIC ROCKS OF CAPE YORK PENINSULA AND TORRES STRAIT, QUEENSLAND, B 135, Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology, and Geophysics, Canberra, 1973, cl, 2 appendices, 23 tables, 54 figs., 1 plate (in pocket), - 3 -, $ 45


North Australia

Ryan, G. R., Ed. / 25th INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGICAL CONGRESS, EXCURSION GUIDE No. 49AC, MINING CENTRES OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA, Darwin, - 3 -, $ 24 [Includes Alligator Rivers Uranium; Arnhemland Bauxite; Tennant Creek gold, copper, and bismuth;
Northwestern Queensland Mt. Isa silver - lead - zinc; Eastern Queensland Nickel, and more]


South Australia

Geological Survey of South Australia

B 50 / Ambrose, G. J., et.al. / PRECAMBRIAN AND PALAEOZOIC GEOLOGYO OF THE PEAKE AND DENISON RANGES, Parkside, 1980, pb, 71 pages, 27 plates, 12 figs. (1 in pocket), 15 tables, - 2 -, $ 30

B 52 / Preiss, W. V. / STRATIGRAPHY AND TECTONICS OF THE WORUMBA ANTICLINE AND ASSOCIATED BRECCIAS, 1985, 85 pages, 45 figs., 47 black and white plates, 15 colour plates, - 3 -, $ 30


South Australia Miscellaneous

Abell, R. S. / BMR BULLETIN 223: GEOLOGY OF THE CANBERRA 1:100,000 SHEET AREA, Canberra, 1991, pb, 116 pages, 1 folded geologic plate, 16 figs., 29 tables, appendix, - 2 -, $ 38

Drexel, J. F. / MINING IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA, A PICTORIAL HISTORY, Department of Mines and Energy SP 3, Adelaide, no date, cl, 303 pages, - 3 -, $ 35

Owen, M. and Wyborn, D. / BMR BULLETIN 204: GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY OF THE TANTANGARA AND BRINDABELLA AREA, Canberra, 1979, pb, 52 pages, 2 appendices (on mf), 2 plates, 4 tables, 22 figs., - 2 -, $ 38

Parkin, L. W. / HANDBOOK OF SOUTH AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGY, Adelaide, 1969, cl, 269 pages, - 3 -, $ 75



Tasmania

Geological Survey of Tasmania Bulletins

B 10 / Ward, L. K. / THE MOUNT BALFOUR MINING FIELD, Hobart, 1911, afb, 165 pages, 9 plates (8 in a separate afb), - 5 -, $ 100

B 11 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE TASMANITE SHALE FIELDS OF THE MERSEY DISTRICT, Hobart, 1911, afb, 123 pages, 2 photomicrographs, 10 plates (one bound in, other 9 in pocket), - 5 -, $ 45

B 12 / Ward, L. K. / THE X RIVER TIN FIELD, Hobart, 1911, pb, 28 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 20

B 14 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE MIDDLESEX AND MOUNT CLAUDE MINING FIELD, Hobart, 1913, 131 pages, afb, 7 plates (in separate afb), - 5 -, $ 100

B 16 / Hills, L. / THE JUKES - DARWIN MINING FIELD, Hobart, 1914, afb, 146 pages, 9 plates (6 in a separate afb), - 5 -, $ 100

B 17 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE BALD HILL OSMIRIDIUM FIELD, Hobart, 1914, pb, 41 pages, 4 plates, - 5 -, $ 10

B 18 / Hills, L. / GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN CAPE SORELL AND POINT HIBBS, Hobart, 1914, afb, 23 pages, 2 plates ( 1 as frontispiece, other in pocket), - 5 -, $ 15

B 20 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE CATAMARAN AND STRATHBLANE COAL FIELDS and COAL AND LIMESTONE AT IDA BAY, Hobart, 1915, afb, 61 pages, 16 plates (5 in pocket), - 5 -, $ 10

B 24 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / RECONNAISSANCE OF THE COUNTRY BETWEEN RECHERCHE BAY AND NEW RIVER, SOUTHERN TASMANIA, Hobart, 1915, afb, 38 pages, 5 plates (4 in pocket), the frontispiece photograph plate was not included in the original document as indicated, - 5 -, $ 15

B 25 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE GLADSTONE MINERAL DISTRICT, Hobart, 1916, afb, 58 pages, 2 plates (one bound in, other in pocket), - 5 -, $ 50

B 26 / Conder, H. / THE TIN FIELD OF NORTH DUNDAS, Hobart, 1918, 96 pages, afb, 4 plates, 2 photographs, - 5 -, $ 50

B 27 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE BANGOR MINERAL DISTRICT, Hobart, 1918, afb, 17 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 25

B 28 / THE NORTH PIEMAN AND HUSKISSON AND STERLING VALLEY MINING FIELDS, Hobart, 1918, afb, 129 pages, 8 plates, 5 photographs, - 5 -, $ 50

B 29 / Reid, A. M. / THE MINING FIELDS OF MOINA, MT. CLAUDE, AND LORINNA, Hobart, 1919, afb, 180 pages, 8 plates, - 5 -, $ 50

B 30 / THE MOUNT PELION MINERAL DISTRICT, Hobart, 1919, 80 pages, 4 plates (one in pocket), 5 photos, - 5 -, $ 20

B 32 / Reid, A. M. / OSMIRIDIUM IN TASMANIA, Hobart, 1921, afb, 126 pages, 10 plates, 12 photos, - 5 -, $ 25



Geological Survey of Tasmania Records:

R 1 / Dun, W. S. / MARINE FOSSILS FROM THE TASMANITE SPORE BEDS OF THE MERSEY RIVER, Hobart, 1913, pb, 9 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 5

R 2 / Ward, L. K. / THE SILVER-LEAD LODES OF THE WARATAH DISTRICT, Hobart, 1911, pb, 14 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 26

R 9 / Bessell, L. H. / CATALOGUE OF THE MINERALS OF TASMANIA, Dundas, 1970, pb, 110 pages, 12 plates, - 1 -, $ 40


Geological Survey of Tasmania Water Supply Papers

WSP 1 / Nye, P. B. / THE UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES OF THE MIDLANDS, Hobart, 1921, pb, 139 pages, 14 tables, 7 plates, - 5 -, $ 15

WSP 2 / Nye, P. B. / THE UNDERGROUND WATER RESOURCES OF THE JERICHO - RICHMOND - BRIDGEWATER AREA, Hobart, 1922, afb, 94 pages, 12 tables, 5 plates, - 5 -, $ 15



Geological Survey of Tasmania Mineral Resources:

MR 1, Part II / Hills, L. / TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM, Part II. Middlesex and Mt Claude Districts, 1916, pb, 17 pages, 1 plate (in pocket), - 5 -, $ 10

MR 1, Part III / Waterhouse, N. E. / TUNGSTEN AND MOLYBDENUM, Part III. King Island, Hobart, 1916, afb, 49 pages, 2 plates, 2 figs., - 5 -, $ 25

MR 2 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / CEMENT MATERIALS AT FLOWERY GULLY, Hobart, 1917, afb, 18 pages, 1 map, - 5 -, $ 10

MR 3 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS IN TASMANIA, Hobart, 1917, afb, 7 pages, 1 map, - 5 -, $ 10

MR 4 / Lewis, N. E. / ASBESTOS AT ANDERSON’S CREEK, Hobart, 1917, afb, 26 pages, 2 plates (one in text, other in pocket), - 5 -, $ 15

MR 5 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / A DEPOSIT OF OCHRE NEAR MOWBRAY, Hobart, 1917, afb, 12 pages, 2 plates, - 5 -, $ 10

MR 6 / Twelvetrees, W. H. / THE IRON ORE DEPOSITS OF TASMANIA, Hobart, 1919, afb, 116 pages, 9 plates, brittle pages, some page edges have been repaired and stabilized with filmoplast archival tape, - 5 -, $ 10



Miscellaneous Tasmanian Publications

Caine, N. / THE BLOCKFIELDS OF NORTHEASTERN TASMANIA, Canberra, 1968, pb, 127 pages, 28 figs., - 2 -, $ 25


Victoria

Geological Survey of Victoria Publications


Report of Progress II / Smyth, R. B. / REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, Melbourne, 1875, cl[3], 141 pages, contents cover the early gold fields at Ballarat, Ararat, Stawell, Sandhurst, 6 lithographs, 28 illustrations, - 5 -, $ 195

Report of Progress III / Smyth, R. B. / REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, Melbourne, 1876, cl[3], 307 pages, contents cover the early gold fields at Stawell, Upper Yarra, Eltham, Allandale, 101 illustrations, - 5 -, $ 195

Report of Progress IV / Smyth, R. B. / REPORTS ON THE GEOLOGY, MINERALOGY, AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, Melbourne, 1877, cl[3], 189 pages, contents cover the early gold fields at Creswick, Stawell, Victoria, 64 illustrations, - 5 -, $ 195

Report of Progress VIII / Howitt, A. A. / AGNES RIVER TIN MINING DISTRICT; CORRONG GOLD-FIELD REPORT; DAYLESFORD GOLD-FIELD REPORT; DART RIVER AND ZULU CREEK GOLD FIELD; FOSTER GOLD-FIELD; REPORTS ON GOLD DISCOVERIES AT GEMBROOK; LAURISTON AND MALMSBURY GOLD-FIELDS; ROKEWOOD JUNCTION AND WELCOME GULLY GOLD-FIELDS; AURIFEROUS QUARTZ VEINS IN THE ROKEBY DISTRICT; TAWONGA GOLD-FIELD; WELCOME GULLY AND ROKEWOOD JUNCTION GOLD-FIELDS; SILVER DEPOSITION AND LIMESTONE BEDS OF WARATAH BAY; ZULU CREEK AND DART RIVER GOLD-FIELD, Victoria, 1894, pb, 70 pages, 17 illustrations (15 bound in and two separates), - 5 -, $ 100

Report of Progress XI / Travis, J. / THE MINES, GOLD FIELDS, COPPER ORES, AURIFEROUS DISCOVERIES, AND FOSSILS IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COLONY, Melbourne, 1899, pb, 36 pages, five separate plates: Geological plan of the Berringa Goldfield; Topographic map of Victoria with Copper Occurrences indicated; Plan of the Toollen Gold Field; Plan of the Underground Workings of the Northern Star Company; Plan of the Browning’s Luck Mine, - 5 -, $ 100

Monthly Progress Report 3 / Travis, J. / BENALLA GOLD FIELDS, DUNOLLY AND MOLIAGUL DISTRICTS, MINING OPERATIONS AT JACKSON’S CREEK, Victoria, 1899, pb, 24 pages, - 5 -, $ 50

Monthly Progress Reports 4 and 5 / Travis, J. / SILVER AND LEAD DEPOSITS AND GALENA VEINS OF BUCHAN DISTRICT, McCRAE’S SILVER MINE, MOUNT DEDDICK SILVER - LEAD FIELD, Victoria, 1899, 27 pages, - 5 -, $ 50

Monthly Progress Reports 6 and 7 / Travis, J. / SEBASTIAN GOLD-FIELD, AURIFEROUS LODE AT BULDAH, PALEONTOLOGY REPORT, Victoria, 1899, 22 pages, - 5 -, $ 50

Monthly Progress Reports 8 and 9 / Travis, J. / AVOCA MINING DISTRICT; BOOLA BOOLA AND TOONGABBIE; BEACONFIELD DISTRICT; BEARCREEK, SOUTH WARRAGUAL; BEECH FOREST, CAPE OTWAY DISTRICT; COSTERFIELD AND DISTRICT; DANDENONG RANGES, LITTLE FERN CREEK; DUNOLLY, PRELIMINARY NOTE ON MOTHER o’ GOLD LINE OF REEFS; ELLERY CREEK, REPORT ON AURIFEROUS LODE; GELLIBRAND RIVER GOLD DISCOVERIES; GEMBROOK DISTRICT; GREAT BUNINYOUNG ESTATE MINE; KING RIVER VALLEY, HEDI, GOLD DISCOVERIES; NEERIM DISTRICT GOLD WORKINGS; STONY CREEK, GIPPSLAND GOLD WORKINGS, Melbourne, 1899, pb, 58 pages, - 5 -, $ 50


Monthly Progress Report # 10 / Travis, J. / PRELIMINARY REPORT ON THE AIRE MARSH DISTRICT AND THE COAST LINE FROM SLIPPERY POINT TO CAPE OTWAY; NOTES ON THE NEW PIONEER REEF; NOTES ON SURVEY ON YANKEE CREEK GOLD FIELD, Melbourne, 1900, pb, 14 pages, - 5 -, $ 40

Monthly Progress Report # 11 / Travis, J. / ALGAE, POLYZOA, AND HYDROZOA FROM SAN REMO; BENANBRA, REPORT ON THE GEOLOGY OF; CAMBRIAN FOSSILS IN VICTORIA; FRYERSTOWN TO CHEWTON, NOTES ON THE AURIFEROUS BELT; FOSSILS, VICTORIAN PALAEZOIC AND MESOZOIC; KING AND BROKEN RIVERS, COUNTY OF DELATITE, Melbourne, 1900, pb, 26 pages, - 5 -, $ 40

Monthly Progress Report # 12 / Travis, J., et.al. / REPORT ON THE COAST LINE AND ADJACENT COUNTRY BETWEEN FRANKTON, MORNINGTON AND DROMANA; MAROON, BAMBRA, WENSLEYDALE, WHOOREL, LORNE, AND BOONAH, COUNTY OF PELWARTH, GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; LOCAL PALEONTOLOGY; WATERFALLS IN VICTORIA; COMPILED ASSAYS OF GOLD AND SILVER THROUGH 1899, Melbourne, 1900, pb, 27 pages, - 5 -, $ 40

Memoir 24 / Talent, J. A. / THE DEVONIAN OF THE MITCHELL AND WENTWORTH RIVER, Melbourne, 1963, cl, 118 pages, 78 plates, 33 figs., 10 tables, 2 maps, - 5 -, $ 75

Victoria Miscellaneous Publications

Douglas, J. G. and Ferguson, J. A., Ed. / GEOLOGY OF VICTORIA, Melbourne, 1988, pb, 663 pages, geological map (in pocket),- 2 -, $ 75

Raggat, H. G. and Crespin, I. / STRATIGRAPHY OF TERTIARY ROCKS BETWEEN TORQUAY AND EASTERN VIEW, VICTORIA, from the Royal Society of Victoria, Volume 67, # 1, 1955, pb, 15 figs. on 4 platels, 16 tables, 8 text figs., - 5 -, $ 15


Western Australia

Anonymous / REPORT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FOR THE YEAR 1949, Perth, 1951, pb, 75 pages, 19 plates (some in colour), 8 figs., - 3 -, $ 100 [Contents include: Kyanite at West Beach; ...alleged Uranium Deposit on M.C. 140, Wodgina; ...Kooline Lead Field, Ashburton Goldfield; Talc Deposit on M.C. 14E, Mt. Konger; Horseshoe Range Manganese Ores, Peak Hill Goldfield; ...Prospecting area 54, Collie Mineral Field; Pyrite, Mt. MacMahon, Phillips River Goldfield, more...., a total of 31 reports]

Anonymous / MINERALS AND MINERAL DEVELOPMENT -- 1978, 66 pages, major projects map, - 5 -, $ 45 [lists mineral producers in 1978 with addresses; lists statistics of exports; lists mining companies with locations, development, and sales]

Groves, D. I., et.al. / WESTERN AUSTRALIAN GOLD DEPSOSITS, BODDINGTON GOLD MINE, NORSEMAN-WILUNA BELT, TELFER GOLD MINE, Bicentennial Gold 88 Excursion Guidebook, Perth, 1988, 152 pages, - 2 -, $ 30

Thorne, A. M. and Tyler, I. M. / GEOLOGY OF THE PARABURDOO 1:100 000 sheet, 12 pages, geologic map (in pocket), 1 figure, - 2 -, $ 20

Williams, I. R. / GEOLOGY OF THE WARRAWAGINE 1:100 000 sheet, 33 pages, geologic map (in pocket), 2 appendices, 5 figs., 2 tables, - 3 -, $ 25


25th International Geological Congress Publications, 1976

No. 6 AC / THE GREAT BARRIER REEF EXCURSION, pb, 63 pages, - 3 -, $ 24

No. 49 AC / MINING CENTRES OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA, 52 pages, - 3 -, $ 24

No. 50 AC / MINING CENTRES OF SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA, 50 pages, - 3 -, $ 25


Miscellaneous Mineralogy / Mining / Geology Publications of Australia

Blainey, G. / THE RUSH THAT NEVER ENDED: A History of Australian Mining, Carlton, 2003, pb, 431 pages, - 1 -, $ 36

Branagan, D. F. and Williams, K. L. / SURFACE WITH GEOLOGY, AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPES AND ECONOMIC IMPLICATIONS, The Fifth Edgeworth David Day Syposium, Sydney, 1992, pb, 106 pages, illustrated, illustrations (including some with great humor), - 2 -, $ 20

Brown, D. A., et.al. / THE GEOLOGICAL EVOLUTION OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, Oxford, 1977, pb, 409 pages, - 2 -, $ 49


Crago, T. / GOLD: AUSTRALIA, Newtown, 2004, pb, 32 pages, - 1 -, $ 15

Davies, J. L. and Williams, M. A., J., Ed. / LANDFORM EVOLUTION IN AUSTRALASIA, Canberra, 1978, 376 pages, - 3 -, $ 25


Davison, S. / THE GOLD DEPOSITS IN AUSTRALIA: THEIR DISCOVERY AND GEOGNOSY; WITH A DISQUISITION ON THE ORIGIN OF GOLD IN PLACER-DEPOSITS, London, 1861, 2007 reprint copy, pb, 484 pages, - 1 -, $ 40


Elburg, M. A. / MICROGRANITOID ENCLAVES IN THREE S-TYPE IGNEOUS COMPLEXES, LACHLAN FOLD BELT, AUSTRALIA, PhD Thesis, Monash University, 1995, cl, 196 pages, 56 page appendix, - 2 -, $ 45

Jennings, J. N. and Mabbutt, J. A., Ed. / LANDFORM STUDIES FROM AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA, Canberra, 1967, cl, 434 pages, - 3 -, $ 25

Myatt, B. / AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND GEMSTONES, Sydney, 1972, cl, 511 pages, - 3 -, $ 65

Öpik, A. A., et.al. / THE CAMBRIAN GEOLOGY OF AUSTRALIA, Canberra, 1957, pb, 284 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

O’Reilly, M. J. / BOWYANGS AND BOOMERANGS, REMINISENCES OF 40 YEARS’ PROSPECTING IN AUSTRALIA AND TASMANIA, Victoria Park, 1984, pb, 164 pages, - 1 -, $ 30

Place, M. T. / GOLD DOWN UNDER: The Story of the Australian Gold Rush, London, 1969, cl, 169 pages, - 5 -, $ 25

Potts, E. D. and Potts, A. / YOUNG AMERICA AND AUSTRALIAN GOLD: AMERICANS AND THE GOLD RUSH OF THE 1850's, St. Lucia, 1974, cl, 299 pages, - 1 -, $ 40

Slee, J. / THE AUSTRALIAN MINES HANDBOOK, 1976-77, First Issue, 1977, afb, 223 pages, - 3 -, $ 26



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