Publications

Most WA Division Guidebooks are no longer available in hard copy. Scanned versions may be downloaded here as PDF files. Guidebook No. 2 is available for sale from the Western Australia Department of Industries and Resources bookshop, the Rottnest Island Authority and the University of Western Australia Geology Museum, or you can access a digital copy via the Geological Survey of Western Australia web site.

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Number	Title, authors and year	Download PDF file
Guidebook No. 1	Physical Volcanology of Komatiites R. E. T. Hill, M. J. Gole and S. J. Barnes, 1988, 74 p. [PDF1: p. 1-23; PDF2: p. 24-74]	PDF1 (2.1 Mb) PDF2 (3 Mb)
Guidebook No. 2	Guidebook to the Geology of Rottnest Island P. E. Playford, 1988, 67 p. plus map Published jointly with the Geological Survey of Western Australia	GSWA document download page
Guidebook No. 3	Mafic – Ultramafic Complexes of Western Australia S. J. Barnes and R. E. T. Hill, 1994, 111 p. [PDF1: p. 1-44; PDF2: p. 45-76; PDF3: p. 77-111]	PDF1 (2.4 Mb) PDF2 (3.2 Mb) PDF3 (1.8 Mb)
Guidebook No. 4	Late Archaean and Early Proterozoic Tectonics and Basin Formation of the Hamersley Ranges C. McA. Powell and R. C. Horwitz, 1994, 53 p.	PDF (2.5 Mb)
Guidebook No. 5	Proterozoic Geology and Mineralisation of the Telfer-Rudall Region, Paterson Orogen A. H. Hickman, I. R. Williams and L. Bagas, 1994, 56 p.	PDF (2.4 Mb)
Guidebook No. 6	Late Proterozoic High-Grade Gneiss Complex Between Cape Leeuwin and Cape Naturaliste J. S. Myers, 1994, 23 p.	PDF (2.5 Mb)
Guidebook No. 7	Crustal Evolution of the Southwestern Yilgarn Block S. A. Wilde, 1994, 18 p.	PDF (1.1 Mb)
Guidebook No. 8	Ore Deposits of the Eastern Goldfields, WA W. K. Witt, D. I. Groves and S. E. Ho, 1994, 80 p.	PDF (3.1 Mb)
Guidebook No. 9	Interaction of Land Use, Water Supply and Geology on the Swan Coastal Plain D. P. Commander, 1994, 24 p.	PDF (1.9 Mb)
Guidebook No. 10	The Prider Field Trip – the rock cycle and geology of the Perth metropolitan area. A Professional Development Day for High School Geology and Science Teachers S. J. Moss, M. Freeman, A. D. George, A. Marshall and J. M. Dunphy, 1998, 72 p.	PDF (1.5 Mb)