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What's New Previously

We wish to thank all those who have contributed to the site so far and our current stock of articles, documents and photos will only last a couple more months thereafter What's New will stagnate.

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The Editors

    ....the previous week(s)....

  • Wells of the Canning Stock Route, which supplied water to the parties of the geodetic survey, Aerodist and others, have almost disappeared. Photographs of the Wells of the CSR from several sources, taken in the 1960s & 2000s and supplied to Paul Wise, show the well's general deteioration over time.

  • Relive aerial map inspection in Natmap's own VH-CAS - courtesy John Knight (3mins - 10Mb with stirring music).

  • As we approach the fiftieth anniversary of the passing of Frederick Marshall Johnston, Laurie McLean's article provides the background to Australia's first Director of National Mapping.

  • Sadly we say farewell to our Natmap friend & colleague, Kevin Moody.

    • ....previous month or so

  • Laurie McLean's 2006 article about flying out of Kidson on spot photography sorties has been updated to also record his more recent visits to that particular location.

  • Carl McMaster's recollection of his Antarctic 1975/76 summer 36 years on.

  • The U.S. Air Force Southwest Pacific Survey which established the principal islands of the Southwest Pacific area on a common geodetic datum including connecting New Guinea and the adjacent islands to the geodetic network on the mainland of Australia.

    • ealier than that...

  • The Division of National Mapping's Geodetic Survey of Papua New Guinea - A Personal Perspective is written by John Allen & David Cook to document a "gap" in the history of Napmap's work there.

  • Papers from the 400 Years of Mapping Australia Conference held in Darwin in 2006

  • A very successful "100 Years of National Topographic Mapping" Conference was held on Monday 28th and Tuesday 29th March 2011 at University House, ANU, Canberra.

  • Report, Papers & Photos

  • Jupiter Well - recollections by Ed Burke and album of photos [updated from last year]

  • Star Tracking for Mapping [PDF icon PDF document 3.3Mb]
    These Astro surveys made the newspapers of the time (links courtesy Peter Hocking):