Corporate Body

Division of National Mapping (1956 - 1987)

Commonwealth of Australia

From
2 August 1956
Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
To
24 July 1987
Functions
Surveying or Mapping
Reference No
CA 978
Legal Status
Agency of the Commonwealth of Australia
Location
Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory

Summary

The Division of National Mapping was established in 1956 for the purpose of land surveying and small and medium scale topographical mapping.

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Published resources

Books

  • McLean, Laurie, The aerodist years: recollections of the Division of National Mapping's Airborne Distance Measuring Program 1963-1974 (Capalabe, Qld: Laurie McLean, 2016), 273 pp. Details

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Ailie Smith

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"... the rengitj, as a visible mark or imprint on the land, is characterised as a place of origin, the repository of all names, as well as a kind of mapped visual expression of the connection between people and places which is to be carried out in the temporal sequence of the journey." Fanca Tamisari (1998) 'Body, Vision and Movement: In the footprints of the ancestors'. Oceania 68(4) p260