Frank Leyden map collection
- Bib ID:
- 8537819
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Leyden, Francis Michael, 1914-1999
- Access Conditions:
- Available for reference. Not for loan.
- Scale:
- Scales differ.
- Description:
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- 1915-1965
- 299 maps : some colour
- Series:
- Frank Leyden map collection.
- Biography/History:
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Frank Leyden was born in Western Australia in 1914. He was educated (B.Sc.) at the University of Western Australia and practised as a sound engineer for Amalgamated Wireless (AWA), going on to work on the sound system of the Sydney Opera House. Between 1940 and 1969 he was an enthusiastic bushwalker and photographer, undertaking numerous walks in various parts of Australia, mostly in New South Wales and Victoria. Leyden moved permanently to England in 1969 and died in London in 1999.
- Notes:
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- Maps collected by Frank Leyden. Most sheets bear the stamp ‘Frank Leyden. SBW & AAC Archive Material. Edited & Collated in 1989. Ref Alder ABW NPA KHA.’
- Mostly topographic maps, covering Queensland, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. Most are at 1:63,360 scale, with some at 1:253, 440, 1:250,000, 1:126,760, 1:100,000, 1:50,000, and 1:31,360 scales. Also includes topographic sketches and bushwalking maps.
- Publishers include the Royal Australian Survey Corps.
- Title supplied by cataloguer.
- Collection published in various places by various publishers.
- Related Material:
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- Related material: Papers of Frank Leyden, 1940-1989; Located at; National Library of Australia Manuscript collection, MS 7897--
- Related material: Frank Leyden collection, Parts 1 and 2; Located at; National Library of Australia Pictures collection, PIC Album 1263 and PIC Box PIC/7359 --
- Related material: [Leyden, Frank: photography related ephemera material collected by the National Library of Australia]; Located at; National Library of Australian photographer files --
- Related material: Kosciusko Huts Association photograph collection; Located at; National Library of Australia Pictures collection, PIC/8329.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1915-1965
- Other authors/contributors:
- Australia. Army. Royal Australian Survey Corps
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2069 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1999
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1965
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