21/06/2019
• Tim Robertson
The site of a former quarry, once used by Aboriginals to make stone axes, has been found on agricultural land near the ACT/NSW border.
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05/10/2018
• Keith Noyahr • Staff Journalist
A feasibility study to upgrade a century-old disused quarry was discussed by Queensland Government cabinet ministers when they visited Toowoomba in mid-September.
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13/07/2018
• Keith Noyahr • Staff Journalist
Converting a century-old disused quarry into a botanical gardens modelled on a New Zealand tourist attraction has figured prominently in an international trade mission.
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18/06/2018
• Keith Noyahr • Staff Journalist
A New Zealand ‘quarry garden’ has been promoted as a ‘template’ for converting a disused Toowoomba site into botanical gardens.
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13/10/2017
• Talia Paz • Staff Journalist
More than a decade after being approved, an innovative tourist monument is set to open at a stone quarry and mine site in 2020.
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28/09/2017
• Talia Paz • Staff Journalist
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has committed $250,000 towards a feasibility study to transform an idle quarry on the outskirts of Toowoomba into first-class parkland.
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11/12/2015
• Stephanie Chan • Staff Journalist
Geologists are lobbying to modify a spoil management plan that could reduce access to a scientifically significant rock formation in an old quarry.
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14/12/2012
Australia’s most numerous mining prospectors can show us where new gold
deposits are – and they’re not of the regular two-legged variety,
according to the CSIRO.
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09/11/2012
Mars apparently has a lot in common with Hawaii and Glenelg, South
Australia. NASA’s Curiosity rover exploration vehicle is making the
connections.
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26/10/2012
The Mt William axe quarry, near Kilmore, Victoria, is one of two
properties recently handed back to the Wurundjeri people by the
Australian Government through the Indigenious Land Corporation (ILC).
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28/09/2012
The fossilised remains of a prehistoric fish have been unearthed in a major archaeological coup at a Hanson quarry.
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15/07/2012
Approximately 5000 delegates from 112 countries will converge on
Brisbane next month for the largest geological event ever to be held in
Australia.
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07/11/2011
Australia’s historical reliance on the primary industries of mining and agriculture, and in turn the demand for commodities, lead to the rise of the mineral processing industry. Viv Forbes explains why a carbon tax could have a deleterious impact on all mineral processing plants in Australia.
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11/10/2011
A team of researchers are studying the Pilbara’s ancient rock and fossils for clues that could suggest life on Mars.
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