Mapping for the War in the North : exhibition [held at] Northern Territory Library: 11 February to 17 March 2013
Details:
Title
Mapping for the War in the North : exhibition [held at] Northern Territory Library: 11 February to 17 March 2013,
Creator
Menzies, Trevor,
Collection
Historical Buildings and Sites,
HistoryNT,
Date
2013,
Description
This exhibition commemorates the contribution that Australia’s military mapmakers made to the defence of Australia’s north in the Second World War.The exhibition tells the story of how the military mapmakers responded to this deficiency in the Nation’s military capability.,
Notes
The exhibition was organised by the Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia, the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute, and the Northern Territory Library.,
"Part one uses photographs, maps and charts to give a chronology of mapping activities undertaken by the Army, the RAN and the RAAF in the Northern Territory over the period from the defence build-up in the 1930s though to the end of the war. Part two uses photographs of Army Survey Corps personnel at work near Adelaide River in 1942 to show how maps were made under the conditions at that time. The photographs are complemented with items of surveying and mapping equipment, and other memorabilia, from the period.",
Language
English,
Subject
Maps -- Exhibitions,
World War, 1939-1945 -- Northern Territory -- Maps,
World War, 1939-1945,
Maps,
History, Military,
Surveying, Military -- Northern Territory,
Northern Territory,
Exhibitions,
Northern Territory -- History, Military -- Maps,
Surveying, Military,