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![Senator Carr and ANU Vice-chancellor Professor Ian Young.](https://www.ga.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/10510/GA21600.jpg)
New supercomputer sheds light on historical geographic data
31 July 2013
Australia's highest performance supercomputer was officially booted up at today's opening of the National Computational Infrastructure high performance computing centre at the Australian National University.
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New movie explains the importance of remote sensing
2 August 2013
Geoscience Australia has produced a short movie highlighting the importance of remote sensing to the geosciences and to society.
![Flyer design for Geoscience Australia’s Open Day](https://www.ga.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0014/10508/open-day-2013-small.jpg)
Come explore the wonders of geoscience
2 August 2013
Come and explore the wonders of geoscience when Geoscience Australia hosts its annual Open Day on Sunday 18 August.
![National Science Week Logo stacked version](https://www.ga.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0012/10506/GA21607.jpg)
Geoscience Australia reaches out in National Science Week
5 August 2013
There will be more to Geoscience Australia's National Science Week activities than just our Open Day, with several public lectures by our scientists taking place across Canberra.
Critical commodities for a high-tech world report re-issued
14 August 2013
The report on Critical commodities for a high-tech world: Australia's potential to supply global demand has been re-issued and includes corrected data on mineral resources and production.
![Geoscience Australia staff member explaining a plastic groundwater model.](https://www.ga.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0011/10505/GA21613.jpg)
New records set for Geoscience Australia's Open Day
20 August 2013
Geoscience Australia's Open Day, held on Sunday 18 August, was another great success with a new record of around 8000 happy and interested visitors through the door.
![Three large trucks with arid hills of the Flinders Ranges in the background](https://www.ga.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0009/10503/GA21616.jpg)
Australia's foundations revealed in a new atlas
11 September 2013
Resource explorers, mining companies, researchers and the public will have improved opportunities to more closely investigate what geological structures lie beneath Australia with the release of an atlas of Australia's deep seismic reflection profiles.
![A cake styled in the shape of the Earth’s tectonic plates](https://www.ga.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0007/10501/GA21620.jpg)
Earth Science Week 2013 - Mapping our World
17 September 2013
The count-down is on to Earth Science Week 2013, with annual celebrations due to kick-off in a few weeks. Find out how you can 'rock' October and map your world.
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Earthquake recorded near Campbelltown
8 October 2013
Residents of Sydney's outer suburbs started their day with a shake this morning as a magnitude 3.5 earthquake hit the Campbelltown region at 7:15am.
![Team inspecting a conveyor.](https://www.ga.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0003/10497/GA21702.jpg)
Australia's Mineral Resource Assessment
1 November 2013
Potential investors have the opportunity to evaluate Australia's mineral resource industry potential with the aid of a newly released assessment of the country's minerals industry.