1875 map of Australia / by Adolf Stieler
1875 map of Australia / by Adolf Stieler
‘Adolf! Now there’s a name you don’t hear very often!’
River Basins of Australia, its States, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea
1802 map of Kangaroo Island
1853 Birdseye view of Launceston, Tasmania from the Cataract Hill
1853 Birdseye view of Launceston, Tasmania from the Cataract Hill
‘Looks like the view from West Launceston’
Native forest in Australia, by crown cover class (2018)
Native forest in Australia, by crown cover class (2018)
‘Woodland forest: As a National Forest Inventory cover class, native forest in which the tree crowns cover between 20% and 50% of the land area.
Open forest: As a National Forest Inventory cover class, forest in which the tree crowns cover from over 50% to 80% of the land area.
Closed forest: As a National Forest Inventory cover class, forest in which the tree crowns cover more than 80% of the land area.
-The last category has possibly been renamed, but could fall under
Other forest: A National Forest Inventory forest category that principally comprises non-commercial plantations and planted forests that are not reported through the National Plantation Inventory but that satisfy the definition of forest.
‘Other forest’ includes agroforestry plantations, sandalwood plantations, environmental plantings, plantations within the reserve system, and plantations regarded as not commercially viable. Non-planted forests dominated by introduced species are also included in this category.’
Canberra - Federal Capital of Australia preliminary plan
Canberra - Federal Capital of Australia preliminary plan / signed by Walter Burley Griffin in 1913
“We need more roundabouts. And make them wider!”
1856 map of Australia; Victoria, and New South Wales
1856 map of Australia; Victoria, and New South Wales
‘North Australia seems like it would be pretty rad!
Apparently North Queensland wants to secede from the south and become the 7th state’
Queensland mean wind speed
Queensland mean wind speed
‘Everything in qld is parochial, even the wind’
Australia's Maritime Jurisdiction around Tasmania
1666 Map of East Asia, South East Asia and Australia
How Pluto compares in size to Australia
How Pluto compares in size to Australia
‘Okay I’m convinced. Pluto is not a planet’
1663 map of southeast Asia and Australia - by Joan Blaeu
If 100 people lived in Australia, where would they live?
If 100 people lived in Australia, where would they live?
‘I’ve always thought i should move to Darwin. Fuck all people but still has anything needed
Heh, you’re bound to be disappointed. There’s people here. Darwin’s definitely the place to live. Amazing relaxed multicultural lifestyle, artistic community, festivals, music, sports, the lot. Wouldn’t live anywhere else… I’ve tried’
How likely are people to call swimwear 'Cozzies' around Australia?
How likely are people to call swimwear ‘Cozzies’ around Australia?
‘wow, regional WA + NSW combo, weird!
wth happens in the Hunter valley?’
County Map of Queensland, 1881
1895 Street map of Sydney
1895 Street map of Sydney
‘Interesting to know Anzac Parade was called Randwick Road!’
Land use map of south west Western Australia (1966)
Land use map of south west Western Australia (1966)
‘Its interesting that there is pastoral leases completely surrounded by vacant land.. I wonder why it wasn’t allocated for something’
Industrial and mining regions of Australia [1925]
Industrial and mining regions of Australia [1925]
‘Excellent map. Reminds me of my school days’
3D Australia Temperature Map
Major roads and selected towns of the Barkly Tablelands
The Victorian Train Network
State of the Vegetation in Australia
The 419 biogeographical subregions of Australia
The 419 biogeographical subregions of Australia
‘This is cool. Now I know exactly where the weather man is referring to’
Macropus Species Density
Macropus Species Density (the darker, the more dense)
‘Macropus means kangaroo by the way’
