Yankin Ostiraliya yana da kilomita miliyan 7.7, kuma yana a kan nahiya ɗaya sunan, Tasmanian, da ƙananan tsibirai da yawa. Tsawon lokaci, jihar ta bunkasa ne kawai ta hanyar noma, har zuwa tsakiyar karni na 19, an gano zinariya mai tarin yawa (gwal na zinariya da koguna da rafuka suka kawo) a wurin, wanda ya haifar da saurin zinare da yawa kuma ya aza harsashin samfurin zamani na Australiya.
A lokacin yakin bayan yakin, ilimin kasa ya bayar da muhimmiyar hidima ga kasar ta hanyar ci gaba da kaddamar da ma'adanai, da suka hada da zinariya, bauxite, iron da manganese, da opals, sapphires da sauran duwatsu masu daraja, wadanda suka zama silar ci gaban masana'antar jihar.
Gawayi
Ostiraliya tana da kimanin tan biliyan 24 na ajiyar kwal, fiye da kashi ɗaya cikin huɗu (tan biliyan 7) anthracite ko baƙin ƙarfe, wanda yake a Basin Sydney na New South Wales da Queensland. Lignite ya dace da samar da wutar lantarki a Victoria. Karfin gawayi yana biyan bukatun kasuwannin Australiya na cikin gida, kuma yana ba da damar fitar da rarar albarkatun ƙasa da aka haƙo.
Gas na gas
Adadin iskar gas ya yadu ko'ina cikin ƙasar kuma a halin yanzu yana samar da yawancin bukatun gida na Ostiraliya. Akwai filayen gas na kasuwanci a cikin kowace jiha da bututun mai da ke haɗa waɗannan filayen zuwa manyan biranen. A cikin shekaru uku, samar da gas na Australiya ya ƙaru kusan sau 14 daga miliyan 258 m3 a 1969, shekarar farko ta samarwa, zuwa biliyan 3.3 m3 a 1972. Gabaɗaya, Ostiraliya tana da dubunnan tan na ƙididdigar albarkatun gas na gas da aka baza ko'ina cikin nahiyar.
Mai
Yawancin yawan man da Ostiraliya ke samarwa ana fuskantar su ne don biyan buƙatun ta. A karon farko, an gano mai a kudancin Queensland kusa da Mooney. Aikin mai na Australiya a halin yanzu ya kai kimanin ganga miliyan 25 a kowace shekara kuma ya dogara da filaye a arewa maso yammacin Australia kusa da tsibirin Barrow, Mereeney da ƙasan da ke Bass Strait. Adadin Balrow, Mereeni da Bas-Strait suna cikin layi ɗaya da abubuwan samar da iskar gas.
Uranium tama
Ostiraliya tana da ɗumbin albarkatun uranium waɗanda aka ci gajiyar amfani da su azaman makamashin makamashin nukiliya. Yammacin Queensland, kusa da Mount Isa da Cloncurry, ya ƙunshi tan biliyan uku na albarkatun uranium. Hakanan akwai ajiyar kuɗi a Arnhem Land, a can arewacin Ostiraliya, da kuma a cikin Queensland da Victoria.
Tama
Yawancin mahimman albarkatun ƙarfe na Ostiraliya suna cikin yammacin yankin Hammersley da yankin da ke kewaye da shi. Jihar tana da biliyoyin tan na ma'adanan ƙarfe, tana fitar da baƙin ƙarfe daga ma'adinai zuwa Tasmania da Japan, yayin da ake cirewa daga tsofaffin tushe a yankin Eyre a Kudancin Ostiraliya da kuma a yankin Cooanyabing da ke Yammacin Ostiraliya.
Garkuwan Yammacin Ostiraliya yana da wadatattun ma'adanin nickel, waɗanda aka fara ganowa a Kambalda kusa da Kalgoorlie a kudu maso yammacin Australia a 1964. An sami wasu wuraren adana na nickel a tsofaffin wuraren haƙar zinare a Yammacin Ostiraliya. An gano ƙananan kuɗin platinum da palladium a kusa.
Tutiya
Hakanan jihar tana da wadataccen arzikin zinc, manyan hanyoyin da suke sune tsaunukan Isa, Mat da Morgan a cikin Queensland. Manyan ajiyar bauxite (ma'adanin aluminium), gubar da tutiya suna mai da hankali a yankin arewacin.
Zinare
Noman zinare a Ostiraliya, wanda yake da mahimmanci a farkon karnin, ya ragu daga ƙimar da aka samu na oce miliyan huɗu a cikin 1904 zuwa dubban ɗari. Yawancin zinaren an haƙa shi ne daga yankin Kalgoorlie-Northman a Yammacin Ostiraliya.
Nahiyar kuma sanannen sanannen duwatsu masu daraja, musamman farare da baƙar fata daga Kudu ta Australia da yammacin New South Wales. An haɓaka ajiyar saffir da topaz a cikin Queensland da kuma yankin New England na arewa maso gabashin New South Wales.
