Department of Mines and Petroleum
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Formed | 1 January 2009 |
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Dissolved | 1 July 2017 |
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Jurisdiction | Government of Western Australia |
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Website | www |
The Department of Mines and Petroleum was a department of the
Its focus is the resources sector, maintaining a mining and petroleum regulatory role and incorporating the resources safety responsibilities from the former Department of Consumer and Employment Protection. It also oversees the Geological Survey of Western Australia.[3]
The department operates the MINEDEX website, a continuously updated database containing information on mines, mineral deposits and prospects in Western Australia.[4]
Earlier history
The original Department of Mines was created on 1 January 1894 and ceased in that name on 1 July 1992 when it became the Department of Minerals and Energy.[5]
During the 1894 - 1992 era, the department was originally divided into branches:
- Registration
- Accounts Correspondence
- Drafting
- Government Geologist (1896 was known as the Geological Survey Branch.[6]
Before the change of 1992, the branches had become divisions:
- Geological Survey[7]
- Mining Engineering[8]
- Petroleum (usually known as the Petroleum Operations Division)[9]
- Government Chemical Laboratories[10]
- Corporate Services
- Explosives and Dangerous Goods
- Mining Registration
- Surveys & Mapping
2000s
On 1 July 2001 Department of Minerals and Energy and the Department of Resources Development were merged to form the Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources.[11]
Further to a review in 2003 the Department was merged with the Department of Industry and Technology to form the Department of Industry and Resources on 3 February 2003.
This department was divided into business groups:
- Mineral and Petroleum Resources
- Business and Trade Services
- Investment Services
The Department was changed again on 1 January 2009[12] and three new departments were formed:
- Department of Mines and Petroleum
- Department of State Development
- Department of Commerce (which included the Science and Innovation functions of the Department of Industry and Resources)
See also
- Mining in Western Australia
- Regions of Western Australia
- State Batteries in Western Australia
- Western Australia Atlas of mineral deposits and petroleum fields
References
- ^ Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety Government of Western Australia, accessed: 30 May 2018
- ^ About DMIRS Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, accessed: 30 May 2018
- ^ a b Department of Industry and Resources Restructure Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 27 October 2010
- ^ MINEDEX website Archived 11 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 11 November 2010
- ^ "AU WA A16 - Department of Mines". State Records Office of WA. Retrieved 4 June 2018. - the entry in the State Records Office of WA has an entry Description area: Dates of existence: 1894-01-01 - 1992-07-01 - with a text section titled History (access-date=1 July 2023)
- ^ The name was used in the 1950s and 1960s. Geological Survey of Western Australia (1955), Report of the Geological Survey Branch, Western Australia, Govt. Print, retrieved 1 July 2023)
- ISBN 978-0-7243-2497-2
- ^ Western Australia. Mining Engineering Division; Western Australia. Ventilation Board (1992), Contam guidelines : for the evaluation of atmospheric contaminants in the mining industry /Dept. of Minerals and Energy, Western Australia, Mining Engineering Division, The Dept, retrieved 1 July 2023
- ^ Western Australia. Petroleum Operations Division (1994), Petroleum tenement map, Western Australia, 31st July 1994, Dept. of Minerals & Energy, retrieved 1 July 2023
- ^ Western Australia. Government Chemical Laboratories (1932), [Collection of material relating to the Government Chemical Laboratories, Western Australia], retrieved 5 December 2015
- ^ "AU WA A1211 - Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources". State Records Office of WA. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "AU WA A1210 - Department of Industry and Resources". State Records Office of WA.
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