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Australia 1:5 Million General Reference map

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

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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 1cm on the map represents 50km on the ground. Available flat (98.5cm x 84cm) or folded with cover (11cm x 23cm). 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 2007 Coordinates:Geographical Datum: (GDA94); AHD Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic on two standard parallels (18o and 36o)

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Title Australia 1:5 Million General Reference map
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/c59096c1-593d-47e9-8e98-e69a30035f9a
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 22/04/2018
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        113.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        157.0,
        -44.0
      ],
      [
        157.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        113.0,
        -10.0
      ],
      [
        113.0,
        -44.0
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Australia 1:5 Million General Reference map". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australia-1-5-million-general-reference-map