National Mapping Geodetic Operations Northern Territory 1972

Photographs by Klaus Leppert, courtesy of his daughter Kathy

Central Mount Wedge

Circa 1930s Northern Territory Surveys cairn with centre pole and vanes at Central Mount Wedge

Central Mount Wedge with (L-R) Harry Granger, Roy Alley, John McPhee and Klaus Leppert

Central Mount Wedge with (L-R) Harry Granger, Roy Alley, John McPhee and Klaus Leppert

Central Mount Wedge with Klaus Leppert beside Geodimeter reflector array

Mount Connor

Levelling party on the road to the Olgas (Kata Tjuta)

Bench mark beside the Olgas road with Jenoptik Koni 007 level

1970 Nat Map plaque on Ayers Rock (Uluru)

Klaus Leppert at monument supporting the 1970 Nat Map plaque on Ayers Rock (Uluru) with the Olgas (Kata Tjuta) on the horizon

The Olgas (Kata Tjuta) from Ayers Rock (Uluru)

West MacDonnell Ranges

Road to Glen Helen

Alice Springs through Heavitree Gap