Rocks to Riches (Record no. 4650)
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| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | ASM |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20241206121225.0 |
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| fixed length control field | 241206s9999 xx 000 0 und d |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 96118280 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 1864480092 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781864480092 |
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| Qualifying information | Hardback |
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| Transcribing agency | ASM |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
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| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Rick Wilkinson |
| Relator term | Author |
| 110 ## - MAIN ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME | |
| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element | Rick Wilkinson |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Rocks to Riches |
| Remainder of title | The Story of Australia's National Geological Survey |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Rick Wilkinson |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New South Wales |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Allen & Unwin |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 446 pages |
| Other physical details | "Maps, Tables, Images, Charts" |
| Dimensions | 24 cm |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "Rocks to Riches is the story of Australia's national geological survey, which started life as the Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, and is now known as the Australian Geological Survey Organisation (AGSO). Throughout the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth, the work of Australia's explorers, prospectors, geologists and mineral surveyors laid the foundations for our modern national economy. But it took a war, Prime Minister Ben Chifley and the foresight and drive of one man - H G (Harold) Raggatt - to begin the coordinated uncovering of Australia's vast mineral resources. From its foundation in 1946, the BMR and Raggatt shared one principal objective - to systematically compile a series of geological maps of the entire continent. How this was achieved, and who was on the ground making it happen, is a fascinating and little known story. So too is what happened next, as the BMR took on new and increasingly complex tasks in serving the national interest. Told by the people involved in the field and behind the scenes in laboratories, it is also a story of political intrigue, a struggle for survival during the recession" |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | English |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element | General Including geographical divisions |
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