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• Australian Geological Provinces Database

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• New Exploration Opportunities in the Southern Vlaming Sub-basin
• Geological cross-section of the north Perth Basin
• First Acreage Release in Frontier Mentelle Basin
• Bight Basin Geological Sampling and Seepage Survey: R/V Southern Surveyor Survey SS01/2007
• Seismic Velocity Models of the Sediment and Upper Crust of the Capel and Faust Basins, Lord Howe Rise

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• Remote Eastern Frontiers Project
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• Perth Petroleum Project

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Australia is relatively under-explored by international standards. Obtaining basic geoscience knowledge is important for attracting international investment in exploration. Such knowledge helps sustain Australia's oil and gas self-sufficiency.

Geological summaries, maps, figures and key references for Australia's major sedimentary basins are available by selecting the region of interest below.

Information on Australia's onshore and offshore sedimentary basins is also available from Geoscience Australia's Australian Geological Provinces Database. This database can be interactively queried and the results retrieved as reports and maps.

	Offshore Eastern Australia Basins included in this area are: Eastern Plateau, Lord Howe Rise, Sydney Basin and Townsville Basin.
	Offshore Northwest Australia Basins included in this area are: Arafura Basin,  Bonaparte Basin, Browse Basin, Money Shoal Basin and Roebuck Basin.
	Offshore Southern Australia Basins included in this area are: Bass Basin, Bight Basin, Gippsland Basin, Otway Basin, Sorell Basin.
	Offshore Southwest Australia Basins included in this area are: Mentelle Basin, Naturaliste Plateau and Perth Basin.
	Onshore Australia Basins included in this area are: Adavale Basin, Bowen Basin, Darling Basin, Officer Basin, Ipswich Basin.

Topic contact: petroleum@ga.gov.au Last updated: October 25, 2012