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Territory of New Guinea Administered by the Commonwealth under Mandate from the League of Nations and Papua, A Territory of the Commonwealth of Australia 1934, [ca. 1:2,682,240], 1933 (Item 1)
Annotated in black pen at top edge of map: "Uncontrolled Areas Marked Thus", followed by yellow colour, pink colour and dot and dash line. Shows capitals, Government Stations, Substations and Police Posts, Mission Stations (White Teacher), Mission Stations (Native Teacher), International Boundaries, Division and District Boundaries, Heights, Plantations and Villages. Inset of Gazelle Peninsula at ca. 1:670,560. On sheet 61 x 87 cm.
Sepik East, A 55 13 Northeast New Guinea. Provisional Map, Preliminary Sheet, 1:63,360 (approx.), May 1943 (Item 2)
Gridded topographic map showing secondary roads, trails, streams, mangroves, swamps, grassland, plantations, form lines, underwater obstructions and native villages. Preliminary Sheet subject to correction. Includes note "Officers using this map will mark hereon corrections and additions which come to their attention and mail direct to "The Chief Engineer, USAFFE, APO 501." Includes note "All underwater instructions not necessarily shown". States "Warning: Form lines only, not contours." Index to sheets shown. Includes note on 1000 meter modified British Grid System. On sheet 50 x 48 cm.
Map shewing the principal railway systems of Australia [ca. 1:122,000]. [On verso] Map of the New South Wales railways [ca. 1:3,218,688], 1946 (Item 3)
Recto shows principal railway systems of Australia in black and white, including those under construction, with ocean shown in blue. Inset of Tasmania at ca. 1:12,672,000 below Great Australian Bight and inset of New Guinea, Papua and New Britain at ca. 1:25,344,000 at top right, in Coral Sea. Verso shows New South Wales railways in black and white, including those under construction, with timetable numbers in red. Enlargement of Sydney and Newcastle Districts at ca. 1:804,672 in strip on the right, in South Pacific Ocean. Each side states Crown Copyright Reserved. Verso includes note below title, scale and notes: "Total Mileage of N.S.W. Government Railways 6127 miles as at 30th June, 1945." On sheet 37 x 45 cm.
Special Aeronautical, New Britain Sheet, 1:1,250,000, October 1943 (Item 6)
Map in colour on grid. Mercator's Projection and Equatorial Scale. Shows magnetic variation (1942). Shows key to adjoining sheets. Labelled 'New Britain Special' across top edge. Piva is annotated in green off edge of right short side of map (Bougainville Island). Verso annotated in blue pen with "F/L B. Deck [underlined]. Rabaul. Piva. Moresby. Milne Bay." On sheet 71 x 80 cm.
North East New Guinea Special, 1:1,250,000 (Item 7)
Map in green, blue, purple, black and white on grid on cloth mesh backing. Mercator's Projection and Equatorial Scale. Shows magnetic variation (1942). Annotated in pencil at various points on north east coast of Papua. Verso annotated in blue pen with "F/L B. Deck. Finschafen - Hollandia. Garoka. Kerowagi. Mt. Hagen." On sheet 60 x 80 cm.
North West New Guinea Special, 1:1,250,000 (Item 8)
Map in green, blue, purple, black and white on grid. Mercator's Projection, Equatorial Scale. Dotted, curving line in purple running vertically through middle of map. L.H.Q/251/1627. on lower left corner. Verso annotated in blue pen with "F/L B. Deck. Biak." On sheet 63 x 82 cm.
Western New Guinea Navigation Chart, 1:2,315,000, July 1944 (Item 9)
Map in green, blue, purple, black and white on grid. Mercator Projection and Equatorial Scale. Map on grid, with magnetic variation shown in purple, curved, dotted lines. Shows aerodromes, emergency landing grounds, alighting areas (with facilities), rotating airway lights, unlit and lit obstructions, radio facilities, railway and light railway, main and secondary roads, tracks, altitude, contours, power transmission lines, telegraph lines, homesteads, outcamps, outstations, yards, windmills, weirs, locks, marine light, edge of timber, bores, wells, tanks, dams, soaks, waterholes, rockholes, claypans, springs, marshes or swamps, mangroves, watercourses, shoals, marine sands , reefs, positions doubtful and plantations. Shows key to adjoining sheets. Notes "For use in daylight or under red light." Notes "Green tint represents high ground and does not necessarily imply presence of timber." Notes "ALL SERVICE USERS OF THIS MAP are required to make necessary corrections and return it to R.A.A.F. Headquarters through the usual channels. NOTE: Adequate surveys of the areas covered by this sheet have not been made. SPOT HEIGHTS MAY THEREFORE BE INACCURATE." Bottom left corner shows L.H.Q/267/1645. Verso annotated in blue pen with "F/L B. Deck. Biak - Hollandia. Merauke." On sheet 54 x 74 cm.
Eastern New Guinea Navigation Chart, 1:2,315,000, September 1944 (Item 10)
Map in green, blue, purple, black and white on grid. Mercator Projection and Equatorial Scale. Magnetic variation shown in purple, curved, dotted lines. Shows aerodromes, emergency landing grounds, alighting areas (with facilities), rotating airway lights, unlit and lit obstructions, radio facilities, railway and light railway, main and secondary roads, tracks, altitude, contours, power transmission lines, telegraph lines, homesteads, outcamps, outstations, yards, windmills, weirs, locks, marine light, edge of timber, bores, wells, tanks, dams, soaks, waterholes, rockholes, claypans, springs, marshes or swamps, mangroves, watercourses, shoals, marine sands , reefs, positions doubtful and plantations. Shows key to adjoining sheets. Notes "For use in daylight or under red light." Notes "Green tint represents high ground and does not necessarily imply presence of timber." Notes "ALL SERVICE USERS OF THIS MAP are required to make necessary corrections and return it to R.A.A.F. Headquarters through the usual channels. NOTE: Adequate surveys of the areas covered by this sheet have not been made. SPOT HEIGHTS MAY THEREFORE BE INACCURATE." Lower left corner shows L.H.Q/267/1645. Various annotations in pencil on verso. On sheet 56 x 76 cm.