Australian Copper Resources Interim Report from 1941

The Department of Supply and Development's Copper and Bauxite Committee produced this second interim report on copper resources. The report, reviewed on 1st August 1941, coordinated existing government and private reports assembled by Technical Secretary Mr. M.A. Mawby. It is hosted by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated on the platform in 2026.

Use Cases

• Study historical coordination of mineral resource information based on the description of assembled government and private reports.
• Analyze the state of copper resource knowledge in Australia circa 1941 based on the report's temporal context.
• Research the role of technical committees in wartime resource planning based on the committee's structure and purpose mentioned in the description.

Strengths

• Report is associated with a specific government committee and a named technical secretary, Mr. M.A. Mawby.
• Has a clear historical date of review: 1st August 1941.
• Originates from a known government organization, Geoscience Australia Data.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect temporal and source bias inherent to the 1941 report context.

Provenance

Source

Department of Supply and Development, Commonwealth Copper & Bauxite Committee

Collection Method

Coordination and assembly of existing government and private reports by a technical secretary.

Time Range

Circa 1941

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-30 08:32:18.859845; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Australia