Updated: 23 March 2004

Australia General Reference Map

(1:5 million scale)

The 1:5m General Reference Map is one of Geoscience Australia's most popular maps. This map is suitable for school, office and home use as a single-sheet wall poster or as a handy reference item. The map includes more than 2000 named features as well as a gazetteer on the back of the map as an aid to locating places of interest. At this scale 1 cm on the map represents 50 km on the ground. Available flat (98.5 cm x 84 cm) or folded with cover (11 cm x 23 cm).

Digital data at this scale, suitable for use in a GIS is also available for free download.

Product Specifications

Coverage: Complete coverage of Australia.

Currency: Last revised 1995.

Coordinates: Geographical

Datum: AGD66 (GDA94 compliant at this scale); AHD

Projection: Simple Conic on two standard parallels (18S and 36S)

Medium: Paper, flat and folded copies.

Forward Program: Will be revised upon completion of small-scale data revision.