21 Years of Service by Australian Mineral FoundationPrint Page

The flag poles commemorate 21 years of service by the Australian Mineral Foundation to the minerals and petroleum industries.

The Australian Mineral Foundation (AMF) was established in 1972 by the minerals and petroleum industries as a not for profit organisation to manage, co-ordinate and provide members with high quality technical information and professional development in all aspects of the industry from geoscience to engineering, metallurgy, economics, management, etc.

The AMF, which was based in Adelaide, South Australia, satisfied its charter to the resource sector in Australia and internationally, both physically and on-line through:
 

• A specialist library and document/data delivery service,
• Managing AESIS - the national geoscience database,
• Australia's largest resource industry technical bookshop,
• Quality professional development courses & conferences,
• International Study Tours to the world's classic ore deposits,
• The Data Metallogenica world ore deposit sample collection.

Location

Address:	65 Conyngham Street, Glenside, 5065
State:	SA
Area:	AUS
GPS Coordinates:	Lat: -34.943116 Long: 138.626753 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.

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Details

Monument Type:	Flagpole
Monument Theme:	Technology
Sub-Theme:	Industry
Approx. Event Start Date:	1972
Approx. Event End Date:	1993

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:	May-1993

Source: MA