Queensland areas surveyed and mapped, 1915

Australia
1 January 1915
12 April 2011
12 April 2011

Location

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

Location

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

Pugh's Book Almanac, map of Queensland, 1862

Australia
1 January 1862
17 November 2010
17 November 2010

Location

Australia
Brisbane

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Map of Queensland engraved and printed for Pugh's Book Almanac by Thomas Ham & Co, Brisbane, 1862. The journeys of the explorers are marked and provide information for this map. The western boundary of Queensland appears as two green lines, with hand annotations revising the words 'present' and 'proposed'. A proposal to straighten the southern boundary at 30º taking in the Clarence, Grafton and Walgett is also shown. Collection of Queensland State Archives

Leopold Landsberg’s map of Queensland, 1860

1 January 1860
17 November 2010
17 November 2010

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

The southern part of Leopold Landsberg’s map of Queensland, 1860. Collection of Queensland State Archives

Mount Crosby Ipswich coalfield, 1972

1 January 1972
17 November 2010
17 November 2010
Brisbane
Department of Mines

Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Department of Mines, Mount Crosby, Ipswich Coalfield, 1972. Lease register. An example of a thematic map produced by the Department of Mines. Collection of the Queensland State Archives

Gregory’s theodolite, c1870

Gregory’s theodolite, c1870

Location

Australia
H28314
Queensland Museum
29 October 2010

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Australia
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