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NTRS 4800 Australia 1:25,000 scale topographic survey

Recording Agency:Royal Australian Survey Corps (1602)
Date Range:c 1941 - c 1979
Access:Agreement Pending
Location:Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:

Function / Content

This series consists of maps referred to by the Department of Lands Planning and Environment as Topographical mapping (Military Historical maps) prepared by Australian Section, Imperial General Staff or Royal Australian Survey Corps, specifically to support defence deployments. The maps show the following built environment as explained with a legend: types of roads with width and weight, telegraph or telephone line, high tension power line, electric power station, railway, railway station with siding, railway siding, landing strip, seaplane base, seaplane mooring area, post office, church, windpump and more. The natural resources shown include: permanent water, non-perennial stream, water channel, tank or dam, fathom lines, swamp or marsh, and contours (numbers read facing uphill). There is an Index on each sheet to adjoining sheets. Scale 1: 25,000 with contour interval 25 feet.

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1941 - 1979Royal Australian Survey Corps1602

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1941 - 1972Lands and Survey Branch622
1972 - 1978Lands Branch625
1978 - 1980Department of Lands and Housing [I]580
2016 - ctDepartment of Infrastructure, Planning and Logistics1296

Consignments

Consignment IdNumber of UnitsContents Date RangePublic AccessDescription
P00011c 1947 - c 1979Agreement PendingD3: Location; D4: LPE Map ID
P000211941 - 1945Agreement Pending