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Publication 383 accompanies the 1:2 500 000 scale geological map of Queensland

A modern Queensland Geology

An example of the Review series

A Queensland Geological Record

History of Publications

A history of GSQ Publications

On May 12th, 1868, Richard Daintree was appointed Government Geologist for North Queensland, and by the end of the same year had produced several maps to accompany a report on the Cape River Gold Field that he presented to Parliament on the 27th June 1869.

Further reports followed from himself and his colleague the Government Geologist for Southern Queensland Christopher Aplin, his successor Augustus Gregory, and Robert Jack who replaced Gregory in 1876.

Jack began the task of compiling all of the previous publications, as well as his own contributions, into a collection, which eventually became known as "Publications of the Geological Survey of Queensland".

A major hiatus occurred within this series between 1930 and 1955 caused partly by fiscal austerity, the focus of the Survey on mine reports (which were professionally covered by the Queensland Government Mining Journal), and the onset of war.

With the increased interest in coal in Queensland, the series was rejuvenated in 1955, and continued to 1987 when it was re-titled "Department of Mines Reports", and split in 1990 to become "Queensland Geology", and the Queensland Resource Industries Review Series (later to become the Queensland Minerals and Energy Review Series).

The 1990 split was to separate publications of geological nature from those dealing with mineral commodities and reviews. This latter series, in many ways followed on from a "Geological Survey Reports" series, which was initiated in 1963 and, when it ceased in 1981 had produced 101 issues.

Geological Survey of Queensland Record Series

In 1959 the Geological Survey of Queensland Record Series was initiated to provide short run basic data reports quickly to clients.

This series quickly developed to include many substantial assessment and research papers.

Twenty-eight years on, more than 1000 editions had been produced, when the name changed to "Department of Mines Records", to recognise the contributions from other areas of the Department.

A Departmental name change in 1990 saw the introduction of the "Resource Industries Records" and by 1992 a further 111 editions had been released.

In 1993 the name changed to "Queensland Geological Records" and a further 121 records produced by the end of 2006 has brought the total to over 1200.

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Last Updated 22 October 2008