Department of Mines and Petroleum

Department of Mines and Petroleum
Agency overview
Formed1 January 2009
Preceding agencies
Dissolved1 July 2017
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of Western Australia
Agency executive
  • Richard Sellers, Director General
Websitewww.dmp.wa.gov.au/index.aspx

The Department of Mines and Petroleum was a department of the Government of Western Australia until it was superseded by the Department of Mines, Industry Regulation & Safety on 1 July 2017.[2] The department was formed on 1 January 2009, out of the former Department of Industry & Resources and Department of Consumer & Employment Protection, which were split into three new departments, the Department of Mines & Petroleum, the Department of State Development and the Department of Commerce.[3]

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 & Employment Protection. It also oversees the Geological Survey of Western Australia.[3]

The department operates the Mindex 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

References

  1. ^ Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety Government of Western Australia, accessed: 30 May 2018
  2. ^ About DMIRS Department of Mines, Industry Regulation and Safety, accessed: 30 May 2018
  3. ^ a b Department of Industry and Resources Restructure Archived 11 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 27 October 2010
  4. ^ MINEDEX website Archived 11 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine accessed: 11 November 2010
  5. ^ "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)
  6. ^ 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)
  7. ^ Johns, R. K. (Robert Keith); Australia. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics (1976), History and role of government geological surveys in Australia, Govt. Printer, ISBN 978-0-7243-2497-2
  8. ^ 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
  9. ^ Western Australia. Petroleum Operations Division (1994), Petroleum tenement map, Western Australia, 31st July 1994, Dept. of Minerals & Energy, retrieved 1 July 2023
  10. ^ Western Australia. Government Chemical Laboratories (1932), [Collection of material relating to the Government Chemical Laboratories, Western Australia], retrieved 5 December 2015
  11. ^ "AU WA A1211 - Department of Minerals and Petroleum Resources". State Records Office of WA. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  12. ^ "AU WA A1210 - Department of Industry and Resources". State Records Office of WA.


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