Great Artesian Basin reconnaissance gravity survey using helicopters, Queensland 1961

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

During the period 16th August to 30th September a survey was conducted over a part of the Great Artesian Basin in south-western Queensland by the BMR Helicopter Gravity Party. The surveyed area, shown on Plate 1, comprises the Gravity readings were taken on an approximate 7 x 7 mile grid as part of the reconnaissance helicopter gravity coverage of the sedimentary basins of Australia.

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Title Great Artesian Basin reconnaissance gravity survey using helicopters, Queensland 1961
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/0bc58d8a-70a6-4db0-a606-01a6a39dbccc
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Geoscience Australia Data
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Reference Period 22/04/2018
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        138.0,
        -26.0
      ],
      [
        142.5,
        -26.0
      ],
      [
        142.5,
        -23.0
      ],
      [
        138.0,
        -23.0
      ],
      [
        138.0,
        -26.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Great Artesian Basin reconnaissance gravity survey using helicopters, Queensland 1961". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/great-artesian-basin-reconnaissance-gravity-survey-using-helicopters-queensland-1961