Rainfall of Australia / Commonwealth Meteorology
- Bib ID:
- 1586052
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology (Australia), cartographer
- Online Version:
- View this map in Map Search
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Scale:
- Scales differ (E 105°--E 160°/S 160°--S 45°)
- Description:
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- [Melbourne] : Commonwealth Meteorology, [1909]-[2002]
- maps : colour ; 52 x 66 cm or smaller, on sheet 52 x 69 cm or smaller
- Series:
- Daisy Bates special map collection.
- Partial contents:
- On verso of some maps: Maps showing the average district rainfall for each month during ... ; Maps showing the rainfall for each month during ... ; Australian monthly rainfall decile distribution for ...
- Notes:
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- Map series showing annual general distribution of rainfall in inches over Australia, by isohyets and shading.
- Sheets for 1909-1929 issued under the direction of H.A. Hunt, Commonwealth Meteorologist; sheets for 1930-1939 issued under the authority of the Honorable the Minister of State for Home Affairs by W.S. Watt, Acting Commonwealth Meteorologist; sheets for 1940-1949 prepared under the instruction from the Minister for Air by H.N. Warren, Director Met. Services; sheets for 1950-1959; prepared under the instruction from the Minister for the Interior by E.W. Tincke, Acting Director, Meteorologist Services; 1960-1967 issued by Director of Meteorology; 1968-1973 issued by direction of W.J. Gibbs O.B.E., Commonwealth Director of Meteorology under the authority of the Hon. Peter Nixon M.P., Minister for the Interior; 1974-[2002] by Bureau of Meteorology.
- Mercator projection statement given on sheets for 1944-1953; Albers conical equal-area projection with two standard parallels 16⁰30'S, 34⁰30'S on sheets for 1954-1989; Lambert conformal with standard parallels 10 deg S, 44 deg S on sheet for 2000.
- Includes notes and tables showing average rainfall over districts compared with normal district falls, shaded areas showing more than average rain fall represent slightly more than one third of the whole are of the Commonwealth, reduced maps for comparison showing areas of above average rainfall, and insets. From 1995 includes side panels showing annual decile ranges.
- Printed on both sides from 1914.
- Sheets for 1963-1976 have accompanying booklets.
- Subtitle varies: Based on telegraphic reports only (1960-1989); Based on gridded data (1995); Based on station data (1997)
- National Library of Australia's copy at MAP Daisy Bates Special Col. /65 formerly held at MS 365/93/31 (1918).
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230048304
- Subject:
- Genre/Form:
- Thematic maps
- Time Coverage:
- 1908-2002
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
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- Rain map of Australia for the year ... 1910-1954
- Annual rainfall ... Australia 1955-1960
- Annual rainfall map of Australia 1961-1977
- Annual rainfall Australia ... 1983-2000
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the [Daisy Bates special map collection] (AuCNL)1030147 Sheet dated 1918..
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- Until 2052 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Artistic
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2002
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