Topographic maps of Australia
Geoscience Australia provides trusted, nationally consistent topographic maps of Australia. Building on nearly a century of mapping, our digital topographic maps provide accurate and detailed information about Australia’s landscape, with free access to current and historical map coverage.
Page last updated:4 November 2026
Explore our newest national AUSTopo250k maps
Geoscience Australia’s AUSTopo 1:250 000 scale digital topographic map series provides trusted, up-to-date coverage of the entire country, just a click away. Maps are free to download, easy to print and ready to use offline on mobile devices.
Rely on the most recent data, nationwide: More than 500 maps have been updated, with yearly revision.
Open and accessible: Free to download and licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.
Older edition preserved: Access the current and the past edition for comparison, teaching and research.
Launch the AUSTopo 1:250 000 dashboard
Other topographic maps
Other scales of maps produced by Geoscience Australia remain available for reference.
1:1 million scale maps (Published 2011)
See Australia at a broad national scale. These maps provide general reference information for Australia and are useful for regional planning, travel, education and understanding the broader Australian landscape.
1:100 000 scale maps (Published 1965 – 2010)
Explore Australia with regional-scale topographic maps. Coverage includes more than 3,000 maps, with published and map compilations available for many parts of Australia.
1:50 000 scale maps (Published 1968 – 2008)
Discover selected areas of Australia in greater detail. These maps provide local-scale topographic information, with coverage concentrated in northern Australia, along major transport routes and in other selected areas.
Build on our basemaps
Start with trusted, nationally consistent topographic information as a reference layer for your own spatial data, maps and GIS projects.
Geoscience Australia curates the best available national foundation data to create and maintain seamless national basemaps, providing location context across Australia and its territories.
Access basemaps via web services:
- National Basemap – colour
- National Basemap – greyscale
- National Basemap – no labels
- AUSTopo 1:250 000 Basemap*
*Tile coverage excludes Australia’s external territories.
Theme and reference maps
Geoscience Australia produces an array of topographic and other maps focused on Australian territories, tourism and education. Featured maps include:
Our maps of Australia's external territories cover:
Print and use our maps
Take Australia’s topographic maps into the field, classroom or workplace. Downloadable maps can be printed through local map retailers, commercial print providers or large-format printing services.
Printing advice:
- Maps are designed for A1 or A0 paper
- PDF and GeoPDF products include print sizing
- TIFF products may require custom sizing
- Use 90–100 gsm paper for folded field maps.
For help printing a map or finding a print provider, contact Geoscience Australia Client Services.
Find map data in our archives
Geoscience Australia’s archive includes digital data from earlier topographic map series. These legacy datasets remain available through our GEODATA series for users who need older map products, including:
- GEODATA Topo ACT Region 1:100 000
- GEODATA Topo 2.5M (2003)
- GEODATA Topo 5M (2004)
- GEODATA Topo 10M (2002)
- GEODATA Topo Series 3
Find all our topographic maps and information via the Data and Publications Search.
Learn about topographic maps
Discover how topographic maps are made, how scale and map numbering work, and how to use symbols, coordinates, contours and bearings.
Explore our Topographic Maps Knowledge Hub
The Hub also includes Geoscience Australia’s practical Map Reading Guide for navigating with a map, compass and GPS.