Natural resources
Australian Atlas of Mineral Resources, Mines & Processing Centres
The Australian Atlas of Mineral Resources, Mines, and Processing Centres aims to provide an authoritative understanding of Australia's known mineral and energy (solid fuel) assets, mines and production/processing centres (existing and planned).
http://www.australianminesatlas.gov.au/
Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism (RET)
The Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism provides advice and policy support to the Australian Government regarding Australia's resources, energy and tourism sectors. The Department develops and delivers policies to increase Australia's international competitiveness, consistent with the principles of environmental responsibility and sustainable development.
http://www.ret.gov.au/
Energy - Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia is involved in the discovery and development of a number of different energy sources both onshore and offshore. Links on the page take you to information about geothermal energy, petroleum based energy, uranium and thorium and other less developed forms of potential energy.
http://www.ga.gov.au/energy.html
Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia is an agency of the Australian Government. It carries out geoscientific research to encourage increased investment in Australia's minerals and petroleum industries; and to improve the management of natural hazards such as landslides and earthquakes. It also produces topographic maps and satellite imagery. Formerly the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO).
http://www.ga.gov.au/
Geoscience Portal - geoscience.gov.au
Geoscience Portal is an initiative of the Australian Chief Government Geologists Committee. It is aimed at providing a portal to link the information of the State, Territory and Australian Government geoscience agencies.
http://www.geoscience.gov.au/
Minerals - Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia provides pre-competitive geoscience information that supports and facilitates onshore energy and mineral exploration in Australia. This is the Geoscience Australia main page for minerals information.
http://www.ga.gov.au/minerals.html
Offshore mineral resources
Australia has jurisdiction over a wide variety of offshore mineral deposits. Includes a link to the map of Australian Offshore Mineral Locations, which depicts the location of many known deposits.
http://www.ga.gov.au/minerals/mineral-resources/offshore-mineral-resources.html
Resources
Index page for the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism's resources information. The Australian Government is committed to creating a policy framework to expand Australia's resource base, increase the international competitiveness of our resources sector and improve the regulatory regime, consistent with the principles of environmental responsibility and sustainable development.
http://www.ret.gov.au/resources/Pages/Resources.aspx
