Atlas of Australia
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General maps
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Location of Australia |
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Map of Australia |
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Topography of Australia |
Maps of divisions
This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.
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Map of Australian states and territories |
 Australia |
 Australian Capital Territory |
 New South Wales |
 Northern Territory |
 Queensland |
 South Australia |
 Tasmania |
 Victoria |
 Western Australia |
 Australian Capital Territory |
 New South Wales |
 Northern Territory |
 Queensland |
 South Australia |
 Tasmania |
 Victoria |
 Western Australia |
History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Australia, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Australia.
| Present-day Australia is uninhabited until stone-culture peoples arrive, perhaps by boat across the waters separating the island from the Indonesia archipelago about 40,000 years ago. IN the sixteenth century the area, not discovered, is divided between Spain and Portugal. Australia is discovered by the Dutch explorer Willem Jansz, van Amsterdam in 1605. The Dutch name the region New Holland, but they don't settle in the continent. Also Portuguese, Spanish and English explorers observe New Holland. |
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In 1770 Captain James Cook rediscovers the region and claims it for Britain. This leads in 1778 to the formation of the colony of New South Wales. This map shows Australia as part of the British Empire. |
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In the upcoming decennia parts of the colony become separate colonies: Van Diemen's Land in 1825 (later named Tasmania), South Australia in 1836, New Zealand in 1841, Victoria in 1851 and Queensland in 1859. Many but by no means all of the first settlers are convicts, condemned for offenses that today would often be thought trivial. The mid-19th century brings government policies to emancipate convicts and the government assists the immigration of free persons. Since 1850 the colonies are granted self-government. |
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In 1891 a proces of re-unification starts, that leads in 1901 to the merger of the colonies of New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and West Australia into the Commonwealth of Australia, which becomes a federal parliamentary democracy. Full independence is realized in 1931 by the Treaty of Westminster, ratified in 1942. This map shows the development of the Australian states and territories since the Federation. |
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Census of 1921 |
Old maps
This section holds copies of original general maps older than 70 years of this entry.
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First map of Australia (Jave la Grande) from Nicholas Vallard's atlas, 1547 |
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Le pôle antarctique, by Jacques de Vaux, Premières Œuvres (traité d'hydrographie), 1583 |
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Hollandia Nova, 1659 map prepared by Joan Blaeu based on voyages by Abel Tasman and Willem Jansz, this image shows a French edition of 1663 |
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A map of the East Indies, from William Dampier's New Voyage Round the World, published 1697 |
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New Holland Map by William Dampier, 1699 |
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Map of Sydney from 1789 |
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Pre 1904 map of Australia |
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Historical map of Australia, Bibliothek allgemeinen und praktischen Wissens für Militäranwärter, 1905 |
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Map of Australia from The New Student's Reference Work, 1914 |
Ethnic maps
| File:Aus map covered text lined.JPG | Aboriginal communities |
| *Major vegetation groups in Australia as identified by the National Land and Water Resources |
Geological and similar maps
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Climate map |
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Basic geological regions of Australia, by age. |
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Seismicity map |
| File:Australien--Wüsten--RS01.jpg | Deserts |
Other maps
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Distribution of boomerangs in Australia |
Satellite maps
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Satellite photo of Australia |
Notes and references
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General remarks:
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