Report on micropalaeontological examination of bore samples from northern New South Wales

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 19/11/2025

Samples from three bores in the Great Artesian Basin in Northern New South Wales were submitted by the Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission of New South Wales for micropalaeontological examination. These bores are: Bore No. 8256, M.E. Howe, "Retreat", Dubbo, Bore No. 8259, L. Fitzell, "Marathon", Dubbo, [and] Bore No. 8264, E.W. Robinson, "Womparley", Bourke. The results of the detailed examination of the samples are given below.

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Title Report on micropalaeontological examination of bore samples from northern New South Wales
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Report on micropalaeontological examination of bore samples from northern New South Wales". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/report-on-micropalaeontological-examination-of-bore-samples-from-northern-new-south-wales