AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION (AGSO)
Mail address GPO Box 378, Canberra ACT 2601
Telephone +61 (6) 249-91 I 1 Fax +61 (6) 249-9999 Telex AA62109
Cable BUROMIN E-mail csimpson@bmr.gov.au (Mr. Colin Simpson)
Sponsoring agency Department of Primary Industries and Energy
Nature National government
Mission Strategic geoscientific research, national geoscience database development
Financial support Government budget allocation (70%), external funds (30%)
Working languages English
Scope of interest Geological, geophysical and geochemical mapping; groundwater
assessment and modeling; mineral/petroleum potential; resource assessment
Research program
Locations (1) Arid and semiarid zones (some 70% of continent), (2) Great Artesian
Basin (underlies 20% of continent)
Subjects (1) Geological, geophysical and environmental mapping, (2) Groundwater
resources and major aspects of systems operations
Status (1) Ongoing in certain areas, (2) Ongoing
Findings (2) Oldest water dated at 12 million years
Internal Organization
Chief official Mr. Harvey Jacka, Executive Director
Divisions ( 1 ) Environmental Geoscience & Groundwater, (2) Minerals,
(3) Geophysical Observatories and Mapping, (4) Onshore Sedimentary &
Petroleum, (5) Information Systems, (6) Marine Geoscience & Petroleum
Division heads (1) Mr. Colin Simpson, (2) Dr. Lynton Jaques, (3) Dr. David
Denham, (4) Dr. Torn Loutit, (5) Mr. David Berman, (6) Dr. Chris Pigram
Professional staff 200
Total staff 530
Facilities
Library 15,000 monographs, 3,500 serial titles (2,500 current), 14,250 map sheets,
1,240,000 airphotos, 350 atlases; archive of AGSOBMR publications
(approximately 38,500 volumes)
Computer catalog No, but holdings on-line via Australian Bibliographic Network
Local databases Central Register of Australian Stratigraphic Names
Formal networks Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN), ILANET, Internet
Exchange facilities Subject to negotiation; some programs in place
Publications
Serials AUSGEO News, Research Newsletter, Work Program, Year Book (free;
contact AGSO Sales Centre), AGSO Journal of Australian Geology, and
Geophysics
Other Bulletins, reports, records, geological and geophysical maps, miscellaneous
publications, databases, digital data, seismic lines, etc.
Publications list Available in both paper and electronic formats
History
Established in 1946 as the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics;
renamed and reorganized in l992 as AGSO
CENTRE FOR INTEGRATED RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (CIRM)
Mail address c/o Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland, PO Box
4072, Queensland
Telephone +61 (7) 365-1670 Fax +61 (7) 365-2965
Sponsoring agency Queensland Department of Primary Industries (QDPI),
University of Queensland (UQ)
Nature Joint center between QDPI (state government agency) and UQ (academic)
Mission Research, extension, training
Financial support Aus$250,000 per annum core funding by sponsoring agencies;
otherwise self-funding through projects
Working languages English
Scope of interest sustainable management of arid lands especially on a regional
basis, risk analysis of management options, large-scale spatial modeling,
integration of environmental and developmental priorities
Research program
Locations CIRM is a facilitation center working as a synergistic link between two
major organizations, and CIRM core staff have a number of projects throughout
the arid lands of both Queensland and the Northern Territory as well as being
involved in continental scale modeling for drought risk; CIRM is also involved
in the psych-economic inputs necessary for the development of sustainable land
use in Australia s arid lands
Internal Organization
Chief official CIRM is administered under a management committee by two
coordinators, Dr. John J. Mott and Dr. David Gramshaw, who represent the two
sponsoring organizations
Divisions Arid Land Management, Integrated Catchment Management, Rural/Urban
Interactions, Risk Analysis and Spatial Modeling
Professional staff 6 core staff, project staff as needed
Total staff 8 core staff, project staff as needed
Facilities
Office Offices and laboratories as needed by projects
Library Operational library only in CIRM; both parent organizations have large
libraries with free access and computerized catalogs
Subcenters Experimental sites throughout northern Australia
Exchange facilities Visiting scientists welcome, mechanisms for exchange being
developed
Publications
Serials Newsletter being developed
Other Some texts in preparation
History
Established in May 1993; previous name Centre for Sustainable Agriculture and
Resource Management
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
DIVISION OF HORTICULTURE
Mail address GPO Box 350 Adelaide SA 5001
Telephone +61 (8) 303-8600 Fax +61 (8) 303-8601
Nature National government
Mission Research
Financial support Government, private industry
Working languages English
Scope of interest Horticulture, particularly improvement of domestic woody
perennial horticultural crops
Research program
Locations Adelaide, South Australia; Merbein, Victoria; Darwin, Northern
Territory; Brisbane, Queensland; Sydney, New South Wales
Subjects Plant breeding technology, genetic aspects of plant nutrition, reproductive
biology, photosynthesis controls, genome interaction in higher plants,
postharvest technology
Status Ongoing
Internal organization
Internal organization
Nature Regional government
Research program
Internal organization
Facilities
Publications
History
Nature Academic
Research program
Internal organization
Facilities
Publications
History
Nature Academic
Research program
Internal organization
Facilities
Publications
Chief official Dr. Elizabeth Williams, Chief of Division
Divisions 2 research programs: ( l ) Crop Improvement, (2) Crop Management
Division heads Program Managers: ( 1 ) Dr. Nigel Scott,
(2) Dr. Rob Walker
Professional staff 35
Total staff 100
Facilities
Office Laboratories and glasshouses in Adelaide and Merbein; wine grape
laboratory with small-scale vinification equipment in Merbein; shared
laboratory
facilities in Darwin and Brisbane
Library 2,800 books, 10,000 periodicals, 255 journal subscriptions;
emphasis on
plant sciences, particularly horticulture, with some items on irrigation
and
agricultural engineering
Publications
Serials Biennial report or equivalent
Other Booklets on fruit varieties and cultivation
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1919 as Viticultural Research Station, Merbein; taken
over by Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research in 1927 and renamed Commonwealth
Research Station, Merbein; renamed Horticultural Research Section and
Headquarters Laboratory in 1962 and established in Adelaide; in 1967
became
CSIRO Division of Horticultural Research; renamed Division of Horticulture
in
1988
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
DIVISION OF SOILS
Mail address PMB 2, Glen Osmond, SA 5064
Telephone +61 (8) 303-8400 Fax +6I (8) 303-8550 Telex 82406AA
Nature National government
Mission Research: to support the profitable and sustainable management
of
Australia's soil and land by studying the distribution, properties
and behavior of
Australian soils and encouraging application of this knowledge
Financial support Treasury, private consulting contracts
Working languages English
Scope of interest Soil resources assessment and land evaluation, soil
organisms and
role in plant growth, soil fertility, environmental protection and
land
rehabilitation, erosion control
Research program
Locations Adelaide, Canberra, Perth, Townsville
Subjects See Scope of interest
Status Ongoing
Findings Published in Annual Reports of CSIRO Division of Soils
Chief official Dr. Roger Swift, Chief
Divisions (l) Soils and Land Resources, (2) Environmental Quality,
(3) Rural
Production
Division heads ( I ) Dr. Colin Charters, (2) Dr. Tony
Milnes, (3) Dr. Doug Reuter
Professional staff Approximately 80
Total staff Approximately I 80
Facilities
Office Laboratory for Rural Research, Perth; Davies Laboratory, Queensland;
soils
laboratories, Adelaide and Canberra; and experimental areas usually
leased from
private landowners or other government departments
Library Library of l5,000 books and 650journal titles,
specializing in soil science;
also strong in land use, conservation and environmental issues
Computer catalog Yes, using GEAC
Remote access Available
Computer searches Available
Formal networks CSIRO Library Network, ABN (Australian Bibliographic
Network), AARNet, Internet
Subcenters Canberra laboratory: Black Mountain, GPO Box 639, Canberra,
ACT
2601, (Telephone +6I (06) 246-5942, Fa.x +61 (06) 246-5965, Telex 61452);
Perth laboratory: Laboratory for Rural Research, Underwood Avenue,
Floreat
Pk., Private Bag PO, Wembley, WA 6014, (Telephone +6I (09) 387-0200,
Fax
+61 (09) 387-899l); Davies Laboratory: Private Mail Bag, Post Office,
Aitkenvale, Queensland 48l4, (Telephone +61 (077) 719-511 , Telex 47181
)
Local networks Yes
Exchange facilities several scholarships, awards and opportunities
for exchanges
exist; contact Personnel Manager, CSIRO Division of Soils
Publications
Serials Annual reports
Publications list Available; contact Soils Division Library, Adelaide
History
Established in 1945
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
DIVISION OF WILDLIFE AND ECOLOGY
Mail address PO Box 84, Lyneham ACT 2602
Telephone +61 (6) 242-1600 Fax +61 (6) 241-3343
Nature National government
Mission Research
Financial support 75% direct government support, 25% commercial and
indirect
government support
Working languages English
Scope of interest Rehabilitation assessment, grazing management, degradation,
conservation, livestock, wildlife, fire, weeds
Research program
Locations Various
Subjects Range management for integrating production and conservation,
strategies
to rehabilitate degraded landscapes, grazing management and production
efficiency of arid rangelands, management of arid Australian ecosystems
for
tourism, land degradation and its management in arid and semiarid Australia
Status Ongoing
Internal organization
Chief official Dr. Brian Walker, Chief
Professional staff 90
Total staff 260
Facilities
Library Research collection of 17,000 monographs and 700 periodicals,
with
strengths in conservation biology, ecology, wildlife management, rangelands
management, natural resource management, vertebrate pest control, mammalogy
and ornithology
Computer catalog yes; part of a CSIRO-wide library network using GEAC
9000
Remote access Available
Formal networks AARNET, Internet
Subcenters Regional laboratories in Perth, Alice Springs, Darwin, and
Atherton
Exchange facilities Ad hoc
Publications
Mainly scientific journal publications and reports
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1949; renamed in l987
DALRYMPLE GARDENS
Mail address Headquarters: c/o Dr. E. J. Heidecker, 39 Norman
Street, Fig Tree
Pocket, Queensland 4069
Telephone +61 (7) 378-3215 Fax +61 (7) 365-1277 (University of
Queensland,
which will forward as appropriate)
Sponsoring agency None, but collaborates with Queensland Department
of
Environment and Heritage in historical research
Nature Private, but with research associations with the Department
of Earth
Sciences of the University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072,
Australia
Mission Extension of organic landscaping research in a historical Australian
garden
Financial support Private, plus sale of organic foods
Working languages English
Scope of interest Hydrogeology, control of dryland leaching, water
retention, use of
dryland tree legumes (particularly Tamarindus), dryland apiculture
with
Trigona, historical and visionary aspects of "station" gardens
in the Outback of
tropical dry Queensland
Research program
Locations Dalrymple Gardens, in Dalrymple National Park on the Burdekin
River in
seasonally arid tropical northern Queensland, 50 km north of Charters
Towers
Subjects Tree legumes (Tamarindus), controlling leaching, water retention,
heat,
nutrition; historical and visionary aspects of dryland station gardens;
apiculture,
management of melliferous flora, along with drainage management
Status Ongoing
Findings An organic system based on tree legumes favors retention of
water and
nutrients; dryland management depends on apiculture and ground birds
to
control insects; volcanism (Recent) has influenced groundwater, drainage
and
mineral health (silica) in a profound way
Internal Organization
Chief official Dr. Eric Heidecker
History
The site of the first inland settlement in northern Australia in l862,
surveyed as an
administration center in 1864; abandoned, then Gainsford Station with
the
Gardens was established as a Kew-style gardens in 1924; abandoned again
in
1946, then redeveloped as a dryland research garden in 1969
New South Wales Department of Conservation and Land Management (CaLM)
WESTERN DIVISION
Mail address PO Box 77, Condobolin NSW 2877
Telephone +61 (68) 952-033 Fax +61 (68) 953-406
Nature New South Wales (NSW) state government
Mission Research, extension
Financial support NSW government
Working Languages English
Scope of interest Rangeland management, rangeland monitoring, soil
erosion
control, land rehabilitation, erosion process research, grazing management,
natural resource management
Research program
Locations Western Division of New South Wales
Subjects Wind erosion, restoration ecology, native species ecology,
soil crusts,
salinity management, economics of rangelands
Status Ongoing
Findings Principles established for wind erosion management, scald
reclamation -
waterponding, drought management, economics, nondomestic animal
management, woody weed ecology and control
Internal organization
Chief official Peter Davey, Regional Director, Western Region; Warrick
Watkins,
Director General of CaLM, Sydney
Divisions ( 1 ) Soil Conservation Service, (2) Crown Land Services
Division heads Regional Managers: (1) D.R. Green, (2) D.A. Campbell
Facilities
Office Laboratory at Condobolin
Library Regional reference library
Computer catalog Yes using Pro-Cite
Subcenters Regional office - Dubbo; Subregional office - Condobolin:
District
offices - Condobolin, Nyngan, Bourke, Walgett, Hay Buronga, Gobar and
Broken Hill ; Head office: CaLM, PO Box 39, Sydney NSW 2001,
(Telephone +61 (02) 228-6111, Fax +61 (02) 228-6140)
Local networks Yes
Exchange facilities by negotiation on case-by-case basis
Publications
Serials Soil Notes, Range Notes, Technical Review Series, Western Division
Newsletter (on request, no subscription available)
Other Land system maps and reports, Management Burn Manual, Property
Planning Handbook, and others
Publications list Available
History
Since 1991, incorporates NSW Soil Conservation Service (established
1939) and
Western Lands Commission (established 1901)
Northern Territory Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries
ARID ZONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (AZRI)
Mail address PO Box 8760; Alice Springs, NT 0871
Telephone +61 (89) 518-1 I1 Fax +61 (89) 518-112 Telex 81222AA
Nature Regional government
Mission Research, extension
Working languages English
Scope of interest Animal health, horticulture, range management, animal
husbandry,
weed control, industry assistance, quarantine
Research program
Locations Central Australia
Subjects Animal production, with emphasis on breeder fertility, animal
selection and
artificial breeding programs; disease investigation; horticulture,
including native
cut flowers; range management studies, including effects of grazing
pressure,
significance of rabbits, use of fire as control of excessive populations
of trees
and shrubs, control and monitoring of weed species
Status Ongoing
Findings Methods of disease eradication in cattle
Internal organization
Chief official Secretary, Department of Primary Industry and Fisheries;
Director,
Alice Springs
Total staff 45
Facilities
Office Offices, laboratories, field facilities
Library 850 journal titles (300 current), 5,000 monographs, photographs,
slides,
reports, videos
Computer catalog Yes, using Datatrek
Computer searches Available
Local databases departmental publications indexed for Australian Bibliography
of
Agriculture
Subcultures Ti Tree Research Farm, Horticulture Research Station
Exchange facilities Limited
Publications
Serials Alice Springs Rural Review (write to be included on free mailing
list)
Other Technical bulletins, Ag notes, Tech notes
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1947 as Northern Territory Animal Industry and Agriculture
Branch
Northern Territory Government, Power and Water Authority
WATER RESOURCES DIVISION
Mail address PO Box 1096, Darwin, NT 0801
Telephone +61 (89) 827-234 Fax +61 (89) 4I0-703
Nature Regional government
Mission Resource management, research, extension
Financial support Government appropriation, cost recovery
Working languages English
Scope of interest Resource assessment, sustainable water resources
management
Research program
Locations Arid land-related research is conducted in the arid southern
half of
Australias Northern Territory, by the regional office in Alice Springs
Subjects Mainly resource sustainability projects for community water
supplies; also
regional resource investigation and monitoring
Status Varies; ongoing program
Findings Large groundwater storages, long residence times; infrequent
recharge,
occurring after extreme rainfall; high natural nitrate concentrations
in
groundwater
Internal organization
Chief official Mr. N. A. Watson, Director of Water Resources
Division; Mr. Peter
McDonald, Water Resources Manager South (Regional office, Alice Springs)
Divisions Resource Management, DrillingBore Testing, Laboratory, Administration
Professional staff 6 at regional offïce
Total staff 25 at regional office
Facilities
Office 900 m2
Library Small technical library, plus collection of internal reports
going back to
1955
Computer catalog VAX/VMS (text editor only); database not yet developed
Computer searches Available on request
Subcenters Regional office: PO Box 1521, Alice Springs, NT 0871
Local networks Yes
Exchange facilities No formal facilities/programs
Publications
Serials Waterwise (monthly newsletter)
Other Maps, technical reports, other publications
Publications list Available on request
History
Established in 1955
Queensland Department of Lands, Land Protection Branch
TROPICAL WEEDS RESEARCH CENTRE
Mail address PO Box I 87, Charters Towers, Queensland 4820
Telephone +6l (77) 873-300 Fax +61 (77) 873-969
Nature Regional government
Mission Research, extension
Financial support Regional government, external funding from private
and
government services
Working languages English
Scope of interest Agronomy, entomology, zoology, ecology, extension,
exotic
tropical weeds and feral animals with emphasis on IPM
Research program
Locations North Queensland coastal lands and rangelands
Subjects Main weed species: Cryptostegia grandiflora, Acacia nitotica,
Mimosa
invisa, Lantana camara, Parthercium hysterophorus, Prosopis spp., Ziziphus
mauritania, Thunbergia grandiflora
Status Ongoing
Findings Management strategies for Cryptostegia granadiflora; chemical
control for
Thunbergia grandiflora
Internal organization
Chief official Dr. Ross Hynze, Director, Research
Divisions (1) Entomology, (2) Agronomy, (3) Ecology, (4) Zoology, (5)
Extension
Division heads (l) Marie Vitelli, (2) Joe Vitelli, (3) Mirranie Barker,
(4) Jim
Mitchell, (5) Keith Noble
Professional staff 5
Total staff 19
Facilities
Office Laboratories and glasshouses for chemical, biological and ecological
weed
control research
Library Small focused library
Exchange facilities Visitors welcome, but no special funding available
Publications
Serials Annual reports, free extension leaf7ets
Publications list Available
History
Established in 1985
Queensland Government
DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Mail address GPO Box 46, Brisbane 4001, Queensland
Telephone +6l (7) 239-31 l 1, 239-3320 Fax +6l (7) 239-6221 Telex
41620
Mission Research, extension, regulation, forestry production water
conservation
Financial support Consolidated revenue, Wool Research and Development
Corporation, Meat Research Corporation, Land and Water Research and
Development Corporation
Working languages English
Scope of interest Pasture agronomy, woody weed control, animal husbandry,
animal
nutrition, sustainable land management
Subjects Pasture agronomy, woody weeds, animal husbandry, animal nutrition,
sustainable land management, land reclamation
Findings Contact officer-in-charge at relevant center
Chief official Mr. T. Fenwick, Director-General
Divisions Agricultural Production, Agribusiness, Land Use and Fisheries,
Forest
Service, Water Resources, Corporate Services
Professional staff 3,500
Total staff 4,500- 45% in research and resource activities,
10% in full-time
extension, 20% in administration, 25% in regulatory and service work
Office Office and laboratory space at each location
Library Small libraries at each Location; large central library in
Brisbane
Computer catalog Yes, using Oracle
Remote access Available
Computer searches Available
Formal networks AARNET
Subcenters Regional office at Longreach; experimental areas at Charleville,
Toorak
and Longreach; other sites on graziers' properties
Exchange facilities Office and laboratory facilities available for
limited number of
visiting scientists, single quarters at Toorak
Serials Annual reports, regional and industry newsletters, marketing
newsletters,
business group and program reports
Other Technical monographs, wide range of publications
Publications list Available; contact Manager, Information Services
Toorak Sheep Field Research Station founded in 1951; Charleville Pastoral
Laboratory founded in l968; Arid Zone Research Institute (Longreach)
opened
in 1988
ZONE University of New South Wales (UNSW)
FOWLERS GAP ARID RESEARCH STATION
Mail address Via Broken Hill, New South Wales 2880
Telephone +61 (80) 912-511 Fax +61 (80) 9I2-510
Mission Research
Financial support Farming, UNSW grant
Working languages English
Scope of interest Livestock, wildlife, remote sensing, water resources,
erosion
Locations Fowlers Gap
Subjects Sheep, kangaroos
Chief official Officer-in-Charge
Total staff 3 full-time, 1 permanent part-time, 3 casual
Library 1,000 items
Serials Annual reports, research series
Established in 1966 as Station of University of New South Wales; previously
under
control of Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales
University of Western Australia
DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY AND CENTRE FOR NATIVE ANIMAL
RESEARCH (CNAR)
Mail address Hackett Drive, Crawley, Perth Western Australia
6009
Telephone +61 (9) 380-3769 Fax +61 (9) 380-1029
E-mail bradshaw@uniwa.uwa.edu.au (Professor S.D. Bradshaw)
Mission Research
Financial support Federal funding
Working languages English
Scope of interest Adaptation of native fauna
Locations Pilbara region of NW state, Barrow Island, Rottnest Island,
Garden Island
Subjects Vertebrate ecophysiology
Status Ongoing
Chief official Professor S.D. Bradshaw
Professional staff 9
Total staff 27
Office New building (three stories)
Library Access to University Library
Computer catalog Yes
Remote access Available
Computer searches Available
Formal networks AARNET, Internet
Subcenters Harry Waring Marsupial Reserve, Rottnest Island Research
Station,
Garden Island Research Station, Pemberton Research Station
Exchange facilities Available
Publications list Available