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NTRS 4804 Australia 1:50,000 scale topographic survey

Recording Agency:Army Topographic Support Establishment (1603); Royal Australian Survey Corps (1602)
Date Range:c 1977 - c 1999
Access:Agreement Pending
Location:Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:

Function / Content

This series consists of topographic survey maps held by the Department of Lands Planning and Environment but produced by the Royal Australian Survey Corps and later by the Army Topographic Support Establishment as Series R722. The maps were produced to support defence requirements. The maps show the following information as explained by the legends: built-up area; divided highway; metropolitan route marker, recreation reserve with oval; drive-in; underpass, sealed road with two or more lanes; national route marker, sealed road with one lane; cutting; embankment, unsealed road with two or more lanes; culvert; causeway, unsealed road with one lane, vehicle track; road bridge; gate; stock grid, foot track; foot bridge, multiple track railway; siding; station, single track railway; light railway, railway tunnel, bridge, underpass, power transmission line, defence boundary; administrative boundary, mine; building; ruin; church; windpump; yard and fence. The maps show a horizontal control point; spot elevation, contour with value and cliff; pinnacle, depression contours; sand; distorted surface, levee; sandridge, razorback ridgeline; fault line, vegetation - dense, medium, scattered; cleared lane, rain forest; pine forest, orchard or vineyard; line of trees or windbreaks, watercourse; area subject to inundation, swamp: swamp definite boundary, perennial lake; watercourse, intermittent lake; watercourse mainly dry lake; watercourse, tank or small dam; waterhole, saline coastal flat; intertidal flat; rock bare or awash, lighthouse; intertidal ledge or reef, exposed wreck; submerged wreck, submerged reef; submerged rock, indefinite watercourse; and mangrove swamp. Each sheet includes an index to adjoining sheets, climatic graphs and universal grid reference. Scale 1:50 000 (2cm to 1 kilometre)

Recordkeeping System

Alphabetical

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1996 - 1999Army Topographic Support Establishment1603
1977 - 1996Royal Australian Survey Corps1602

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1977 - 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 1977 - c 1999Agreement PendingD3: Location
P00021c 1983 - c 1989Agreement PendingD3: Location, D4:extra information