The Mining & Geological Journal was produced by the Department of Mines, Victoria twice a year, during the period 1937 to 1972. It was an official publication of the Victorian Government, Department of Mines, devoted to issues and events surrounding mining and metallurgical engineering in Victoria along with education, research and innovations in mining. The journal also included advertisements and references to business interests. Blue cover, black text with image of poppet head. On front cover, 'Mining and Geological Journal", Government of Victoria, Department of Mines, Volume 6, Number 1, March 1956. Forty-five pages with additional pages of advertisements. geology, mining, gold mining, bendigo, department of mines, oil drilling, gippsland, cement production, atmos era, radioactive minerals, miner's right 1860