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Sketch map - Adelaide, South Australia [cartographic material] / prepared by Commonwealth Section, Imperial General Staff [C 1111] • Archival map/chart

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Summary

Topographic map of the Adelaide region with some cadastral detail. Details include roads, railways, suburban villages, rivers and creeks, farms and some owners' names. Relief shown by contours. June 1915 reprint of the 1913 survey published in 1914.

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Physical description

Map
photolithograph
1 map : colour ; 44 x 83.5 cm

Dates / Publication details

1915

Creator

Great Britain

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- South Australia -- Adelaide -- Maps .
Adelaide Region (S.A.) -- Maps.

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General notes

"Contours V.I. 50 Feet".

"Photo-Lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey, Melbourne by W.J. Butson, 22.10.14".

"Albert J. Mullett, Government Printer, Melbourne. June 1915".

"The framework of this sheet is based on the primary triangulation and hundreds plans of the Lands Dept. South Australia - Levels obtained from Public Depts. of S.A. and extended by Aneroid Datum Low-water, Tide Gauge Port Adelaide. Contours determined by Aneroid & Clinometer. Polyconic projection. Surveyed 1913. Del 1914".

Top left corner: "Commonwealth Dept. of Defence ".

Bottom right corner: "Adelaide. South 154 M/IV Southern Half. South Australia".

Includes index to adjoining sheets.

Title varies. Other editions titled: Adelaide, South Australia.

Archival Maps copy has been annotated and extended beyond the border at the bottom of the map, to include Stirling, Mylor, Bridgewater and Germantown Hill.

Historical information

This map is a sheet from the Australia 1 mile to the inch (Scale 1:63,360) military survey published 1914-1964. This series was originally prepared and published by the Australian Section Imperial General Staff and later by the Royal Australian Survey Corps. It includes Series R751, R711 (WA), R752 (Vic) and R641 (SA). Coverage for South Australia is partial consisting of 20 tiles with a standard map sheet extent of longitude 30' x latitude 15'. In South Australia the early work was supervised by Captain William H. Edmunds with the 1st edition of the Adelaide sheet surveyed 1913, published 1914 and reprinted 1915; the 2nd edition of the Adelaide sheet was first surveyed 1937. Surveying for mapping of other areas of South Australia commenced 1935.

Digitisation information

Date

12/06/2014

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

11,582 x 7,086 pixels (82.1 MP)

Size

246.23 MB

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