Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 1, 1940

Cooktown, QLD
Australia
15° 28' 5.3076" S, 145° 15' 1.8252" E
17 January 2013
17 January 2013

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Cooktown, QLD
Australia
15° 28' 5.3076" S, 145° 15' 1.8252" E

Lands Museum, Queensland

Aerial survey Cooktown to Daintree, Map 1, 1940. This series of maps of areas in Far North Queensland was maintained by the Main Roads Commission as part of road construction projects. The Cooktown-Daintree maps, printed December 1940, were compiled from aerial photographs controlled by a triangulation survey made by the Commissioner's field staff. Collection of Lands Museum, Queensland

Environmental perceptions are seldom straightforward.

Queensland areas surveyed and mapped, 1915

Australia
1 January 1915
12 April 2011
12 April 2011

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Australia
Department of Lands

Queensland areas surveyed and mapped, 1915. Included in the Surveyor General’s annual report of 1915, was the amount of land mapped and surveyed across Queensland the previous year. District and staff surveyors had the responsibility of designing and surveying new selections and reserves. This map displayed the relative progress in each land agent's district. Queensland parliamentary papers, Vol 2, 1915-16

Key to Queensland four mile map series, 1915

Australia
1 January 1915
12 April 2011
12 April 2011

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Australia
Department of Lands

Key to Queensland four mile map series, 1915. In June 1915, the Surveyor General presented his annual report on mapping and surveying activities in Queensland. This included a map of progress conducted over the last year on the four mile to an inch, or ‘four mile’ map series. This map included the location of stations used for calculating latitude and longitude and provided a table of town coordinates established by astronomical observation. The area covered by major triangulation was limited to south east Queensland. Queensland parliamentary papers, Vol 2, 1915-16

Aerial survey west of Tully, 1936. This text described the benefits of aerial survey to assist the settlement and exploitation of lands in northern Queensland. In 1936, Adastra Airways Ltd was contracted for the aerial survey of about 650 square miles west of Tully. The company established its headquaters in Cairns and despite bad weather, succeeded in surveying approximately 560 square miles. Maps compiled from the photography revealed large tracts of land which had the potential for settlement. Queensland parliamentary papers, Vol 2, 1936-37

Aerial survey map west of Tully, 1936

Kennedy, QLD
Australia
18° 12' 17.8812" S, 145° 57' 21.8772" E
1 January 1936
12 April 2011
12 April 2011

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Kennedy, QLD
Australia
18° 12' 17.8812" S, 145° 57' 21.8772" E
Department of Lands

Aerial survey map west of Tully, 1936. In the 1930s, the rugged jungle country west of Tully presented numerous challenges for ground survey and remained ‘practically terra incognita’ as far as the Survey Office was concerned. Developments in aerial survey provided opportunities to examine large tracts of land and determine their value for exploitation. In 1936, Adastra Airways Ltd was contracted for the aerial survey of about 650 square miles. The company established its headquarters in Cairns and despite bad weather, succeeded in surveying approximately 560 square miles. Examination of the feature maps prepared from the photography revealed extensive scrub in the Tully and Jarra Creek valleys which had the potential for settlement. In this aerial mosaic, topographic features were highlighted including the Kennedy-Kirrama road under construction which would provide access to the valuable timbers in the Kirrama State Forest. This road was partially financed through unemployment relief funds made available during the Depression. Queensland parliamentary papers, Vol 2, 1936-37

Bunya Mountains National Park, 1964

Bunya Mountains, QLD
Australia
26° 52' 2.5608" S, 151° 29' 34.0188" E
1 September 1964
2 March 2011
2 March 2011

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Bunya Mountains, QLD
Australia
26° 52' 2.5608" S, 151° 29' 34.0188" E
Melbourne
Walkabout

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Bunya Mountains National Park, Walkabout, September 1964. Map by M.V. Lorman, Mapping Systems, Brisbane. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Route travelled by the Leichhardt Expedition 1844-45, 1963

Australia
1 October 1963
2 March 2011
2 March 2011

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Australia
Melbourne
Walkabout

Copyright © Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Route travelled by the Leichhardt Expedition 1844-45, Walkabout, October 1963. Map by M.V. Lorman. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland, the University of Queensland

Map of Atherton Tableland, 1958

Atherton, QLD
Australia
17° 16' 0.534" S, 145° 28' 33.8844" E
1 August 1958
2 March 2011
2 March 2011

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Atherton, QLD
Australia
17° 16' 0.534" S, 145° 28' 33.8844" E
Walkabout

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Map of Atherton Tableland, August 1958 showing railways and main roads, Walkabout, August 1958. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

Track of Cyclone Agnes, March 1956

1 March 1957
2 March 2011
2 March 2011
Walkabout

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Track of Cyclone Agnes, March 1956 (from Commonwealth Bureau of Meteorology records, Brisbane), Walkabout, March 1957. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland

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