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Author Lines, John D.

Title Australia on paper : the story of Australian mapping / by John D. Lines
Published Box Hill, Vic. : Fortune Publications, [1992]
©1992

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 W'PONDS  526.0994 Lin/Aop  AVAILABLE
Description ix, 343 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 26 cm
Contents Australia as an entity--The colonial period--Advent of Federation--Mapping between the wars--Aerial photograph for mapping prior to 1945--International map of the world and the Australian sector--Mapping for aviation--Mapping during World War 2--Designs for a new era--Aerial photography takes off--The renaissance of geodetic surveying--Australia in the third dimension--The topographic base takes shape--Mapping in disarray--Notes on the 'one inch' and other medium scale maps
Analysis Cartography - Australia - History
Notes Available from Fortune Publications, PO Box 1220, Box Hill Vic 3128
Includes index
Maps on lining papers
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 330-339
Subject Cartography -- Australia -- History.
SUBJECT Australia -- Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114316
LC no. 93204541
ISBN 0646097695