Australia 1:1,000,000 / Army Map Service, U.S. Army
- Bib ID:
- 7339772
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- United States. Army Map Service, cartographer, issuing body
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MAP G8960 s1000 copy
- Related Online Resources:
- Map index at National Library of Australia
- Edition:
- Various editions.
- Scale:
- Scale 1:1,000,000 ; modified polyconic projection as used on International maps of the World (E 110°57ʹ00ʺ--E 159°17ʹ00ʺ/S 9°11ʹ00ʺ--S 54°50ʹ00ʺ).
- Description:
-
- Washington, D.C. : Army Map Service, U.S. Army, 1942-1951
- maps : colour ; 47 x 62 cm or smaller, sheets 61 x 70 cm or smaller
- Series:
-
- A.M.S. 9301
- A.M.S. 1301
- Full contents:
-
- SD 51 York Sound
- SD 52 and part of SC 52 Darwin
- SD 53 and part of SC53 Roper River
- SD 54 Weymouth / Mitchell River
- SD 55 Cooktown
- SE 51 Derby
- SE 52 Kimberley
- SE 53 Powell Creek
- SE 54 Burketown / Normanton
- SE 55 Cairns
- SF 50 and parts of SF 50, SE 49, SE 50 Onslow
- SF 51 Lake Disappointment
- SF 52 Lake Mackay
- SF 53 Stuart/ Alice Spring
- SF 54 Cloncurry
- SF 55 St Lawrence
- SF 56 Rockhampton
- SG 50 and part of SG 49 Meekatharra
- SG 51 Lake Carnegie
- SG 52 Lake Amadeus
- SG 53 Oodnadatta / Simpson Desert
- SG 54 Windorah / Coopers Creek
- SG 55 Roma
- SG 56 Brisbane
- SH 50 Perth
- SH 51 Kalgoorlie
- SH 52 and part of SI 52 Forrest
- SH 53 Tarcooola
- SH 54 Broken Hill
- SH 55 Bourke
- SH 56 Armidale
- SI 50 Collie
- SI 51 Esperance
- SI 53 Port Augusta
- SI 54 Adelaide
- SI 55 Canberra
- SI 56 Sydney
- SJ 54 Hamilton
- SJ 55 Melbourne
- SJ 56 Bodalla
- SK 55 Tasmania.
- Notes:
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- Topographic map series of Australia. Relief shown variously by contours, hachures, form lines and spot heights.
- Shows three gauges of railroads, roads and trails, population, state and land district boundaries, landing fields and airdromes.
- Each sheet is named and numbered individually.
- Provides complete coverage of Australia in 40 sheets. Includes reprints in monochrome, or in black, red and blue only, of the 9 International Map of the World (IMW) sheets produced by Australia to 1940 (covering NSW and Victoria), and 32 other sheets produced by the US AMS using Australian source materials.
- Sheet published in one or two editions 1942-1943, then reprinted 1944-1951. Some sheets revised to 1954.
- "W.D.M.C. - O.C.E."--On some sheets. Abbreviation of War Department Map Collection - Office of Chief of Engineers.
- "For use by War and Navy Department Agencies only. Not for sale or distribution."--On some sheets.
- "A.M.S. 9301"--Series statement on 1st and 2nd editions, not on Advanced edition.
- "A.M.S. 1301"--Series statement on 1951 reprint of Darwin sheet.
- "A.M.S. extension of G.S.G.S. 2555"--Series statement on 1942 Broken Hill sheet.
- Includes legend, index to adjoining sheets and references.
- MAP G8960 s1000 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-411886387
- Subject:
- Australia -- Maps
- Time Coverage:
- 1942
- Copyright:
-
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 2021 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1951
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