CSIRO acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land, sea and waters, of the area that we live and work on across Australia. We acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture and pay our respects to their Elders past and present. View our vision towards reconciliation

The CSIRO Australian National Soil Archive (ANSA) is a nationally focused research collection of over 70,000 soil specimens. The collection primarily documents soils of Australia, but also has specimens from Papua New Guinea and the South Pacific. The Soil Archive is an important component of CSIRO’s and Australia’s national soil information infrastructure, and plays a