Annual Geological Report for Northern Territory, 1960-1961

Geoscience Australia Data provides the annual report of the Resident Geological Section for the 1960-1961 period. The report was produced by Bureau of Mineral Resources officers seconded to the Northern Territory Administration to supply geological advice and services. The record is available in PDF and HTML formats.

Use Cases

• Historical analysis of geological advice provided to government departments based on the report's stated purpose.
• Research into the structure and activities of the Bureau of Mineral Resources in the early 1960s.
• Study of the relationship between federal geological services and Northern Territory Administration during this period.
• Text mining of technical and administrative language in historical government reports.

Strengths

• Report is from an authoritative government source, Geoscience Australia Data.
• Covers a specific two-year period, 1960-1961.
• Available in two accessible file formats, PDF and HTML.

Limitations

• Row count and data size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal and institutional bias inherent to a single government report from the 1960s.

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Annual report authored by the Resident Geological Section.

Time Range

1960-1961

Freshness

Last updated 2026 05 06 22:28:49.844416; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Northern Territory, Australia