Maps of Australia

• Topographic, Bathymetric & Boundary
• Satellite Images
• Geophysical
• Geology
• Minerals
• Indexes
• Geothermal

• Palaeogeographic Atlas

Need a map of Australia? Geoscience Australia now provides these free maps of Australia for you to download and use in reports, projects, and as a reference source.

You are free to download these maps provided that Geoscience Australia copyright acknowledgement remains on the image or the following acknowledgement accompanies the image:

(c) copyright Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) [year of publication]

These maps are for personal or in-house use only. Should you wish to use these maps commercially, please contact the Geoscience Australia copyright officer.

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Topographic, Bathymetric & Boundary Maps of Australia

1:2.5 Million scale scanned Topographic Map of Australia
(JPEG, various sizes)

Browse Australia at 1:2.5 million scale.

Report Map of Australia (A4 size)
(JPEG, 204Kb)

A4 size map of Australia showing capital cities, state border, elevation etc.

Australia's Maritime Boundaries
(PDF 457Kb)

This map was created from the Australian Maritime Boundaries Information System (AMBIS). The map depicts the various jurisdictional limits and zones which exist within Australia's maritime jurisdiction. More maps of Australia's Maritime Boundaries are available.

Public Lands of Australia 2004 PDF Digital Map
(PDF 2.7 Mb)

This map depicts Australia's public lands at 1:5 million scale. The public lands include State Crown lands and Commonwealth-owned lands which are 50 hectares or greater in area.

• More details are at the Land Tenure product page.

Bathymetry and Topography Image of the Australian Region
(PNG, 221Kb)
Basic Outline of Australia
(GIF, 5Kb)

These basic outline maps of Australia are useful for projects and simple mapping exercises. Versions available include:

• Coastline: GIF (5kb), PDF (53kb)
• Basic outline with state borders: GIF (7kb), PDF (55kb)
• Basic outline with state borders and capital city locations: PDF (56kb)

Compare digital 1:250 000 scale Topographic Maps with a Satellite Image
(ECW format)

 

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Satellite Images of Australia

Both of these applications are in ECW format and you will be prompted to install the IWS plugin.

• Satellite Image of Australia (Landsat 7 Picture Mosaic of Australia) (ECW Format)

  The Landsat 7 Picture Mosaic of Australia was produced by the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO). Mosaic is comprised of 369 individual Landsat satellite scenes acquired between July 1999 and September 2000.

• Compare Satellite Image & digital 1:250 000 scale Topographic Map (ECW format)

  This service is currently unavailable due to maintenance.

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Geophysical Maps of Australia

Digital Elevation Model of Australia (2001)

This colour image is a low resolution version of the elevation of Australia. Areas in the image which are white/red represent regions of relatively high elevation and areas in blue/green are close to sea level.

• Digital Elevation Model of Australia (PNG 188KB)

Magnetic Anomaly Map of Australia (4th Edition, 2004)

This data is used to study the tectonic structure of Australia by mapping variations in the earth's magnetic field. The "hotter colours" (eg red) show areas of stronger magnetic field and the "cooler colours" (eg dark blue) show areas of weaker magnetic field.

• Magnetic Anomaly Map of Australia: 1:25 000 000, A4 version (PDF 491KB) - (JPEG 331KB)
• Magnetic Anomaly Map of Australia: 1:5 000 000, A0 version (PDF 3.91MB) - (JPEG 3.74MB)

Magnetic data used to produce the Magnetic Anomaly Map of Australia are available for free download via the Geophysical Archive Data Delivery System.

Gravity Anomaly Map of the Australian Region (2nd Edition, 1997)

This data is used to study the tectonic structure of Australia by mapping variations in the earth's gravimetric field. The "hotter colours" (eg red) show areas of stronger gravity field and the "cooler colours" (eg dark blue) show areas of weaker gravity field.

• Gravity Anomaly Map of the Australian Region - A4 version of map (PDF 541KB) - (JPEG 821KB)

Gravity data used to produce the Gravity Anomaly Map of the Australian Region are available for free download via the Geophysical Archive Data Delivery System.

 

Geology

• Scanned 1:250 000 Geology Maps of Australia

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Minerals Maps of Australia

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Offshore Minerals

• Australian Offshore Mineral Locations Map, 1:10 000 000 August 2006

Proterozoic Mineralising Events

• Proterozoic Copper Mineralising event on Australian Proterozoic Georegions base, 1:5 000 000 (Map 2) December 2007 (PDF 13 MB)
• Proterozoic Copper Mineralising event on Australian Proterozoic Georegions base, 1:5 000 000 (Map 2) December 2007 (JPG 13.6 MB)
• Proterozoic Copper Mineralising event on Australian Copper Resources base, 1:5 000 000 (Map 1) December 2007 (PDF 13 MB)
• Proterozoic Copper Mineralising event on Australian Copper Resources base, 1:5 000 000 (Map 1) December 2007 (JPG 13.6 MB)
• Proterozoic Lead-Zinc Mineralising events on Australian Lead-Zinc Resources base, 1:5 000 000 (Map 1), December 2007 (PDF 12.6MB)
• Proterozoic Lead-Zinc Mineralising events on Australian Lead-Zinc Resources base, 1:5 000 000 (Map 1), December 2007 (JPG 12.8MB)
• Proterozoic Lead-Zinc Mineralising events on Australian Proterozoic Georegions base, 1:5 000 000 (Map 2), December 2007 (PDF 12.3MB)
• Proterozoic Lead-Zinc Mineralising events on Australian Proterozoic Georegions base, 1:5 000 000 (Map 2), December 2007 (JPG 12.3MB)
• Proterozoic Uranium Mineralising events on Australian Uranium Resources base, 1:5 000 000 October 2007 (PDF 4.3MB)
• Proterozoic Uranium Mineralising events on Australian Uranium Resources base, 1:5 000 000 October 2007 (JPG 3.9MB)
• Proterozoic Uranium Mineralising events on Australian Proterozoic Georegions base, 1:5 000 000 October 2007 (PDF 4.3MB)
• Proterozoic Uranium Mineralising events on Australian Proterozoic Georegions base, 1:5 000 000 October 2007 (JPG 3.9MB)
• Proterozoic Gold Mineralising events on Australian Proterozoic Georegions base, 1:5 000 000 October 2007 (PDF 4.2MB)
• Proterozoic Gold Mineralising events on Australian Proterozoic Georegions base, 1:5 000 000 October 2007 (JPG 4.1MB)
• Australian Proterozoic Mineralising events on Australian Gold Resources base, 1:4 000 000 July 2007 (PDF 4.4MB)
• Australian Proterozoic Mineralising events on Australian Gold Resources base, 1:4 000 000 July 2007 (JPG 4MB)
• Australian Proterozoic Mineralising events on Australian Proterozoic Regions base, 1:4 000 000 July 2007 (PDF 4.2MB)
• Australian Proterozoic Mineralising events on Australian Proterozoic Regions base, 1:4 000 000 July 2007 (JPG 1.4MB)

Mineral Mines

• Australian Mineral Mines Map, 1:10 000 000 January 2007 (PDF 2.51MB)
• Australian Mineral Mines Map, 1:10 000 000 January 2007 (JPG 95KB)

Mineral Deposits

• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map on geo-regions base, 1:5 000 000 July 2007 (PDF 2MB)
• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map on geo-regions base, 1:5 000 000 July 2007 (JPG 830KB)
• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map on gravity base, 1:5 000 000 July 2007 (PDF 7.5MB)
• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map on gravity base, 1:5 000 000 July 2007 (JPG 941KB)
• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map on magnetic anomaly base, 1:5 000 000 July 2007 (PDF 8.4MB)
• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map on magnetic anomaly base, 1:5 000 000 July 2007 (JPG 1.2MB)
• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map, 1:5 000 000 June 2005 (PDF 1.29MB)
• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map, 1:5 000 000 June 2005 (JPG 103KB)
• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map, 1:10 000 000 December 2004 (PDF 3.48MB)
• Australian Mines and Mineral Deposit Map, 1:10 000 000 December 2004 (JPG 89KB)

Gold

• Australian Gold Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, December 2006 (PDF 3.9MB)
• Australian Gold Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, December 2006 (JPG 80KB)
• Australian Gold Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, October 2005 (PDF 2.54MB)
• Australian Gold Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, October 2005 (JPG 45KB)
• Australian Gold Deposits, Occurrences and Potential, February 2005 (PDF 2.98MB)
• Australian Gold Deposits, (including infrastructure), February 2005 (PDF 3.4MB)
• Australian Gold Deposits, (including infrastructure), February 2005 (JPG 80KB)

Nickel

• Australian Nickel Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, January 2007 (PDF 2.4MB)
• Australian Nickel Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, January 2007 (JPG 67KB)
• Australian Nickel Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, November 2005 (PDF 1.35MB)
• Australian Nickel Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, November 2005 (JPG 41KB)
• Australian Nickel Deposits, Occurrences and Potential, February 2005 (PDF 2.37MB)
• Australian Nickel Deposits, (including infrastructure), February 2005 (PDF 2.7MB)
• Australian Nickel Deposits, (including infrastructure), February 2005 (JPG 68KB)

Copper

• Australian Copper Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, January 2007 (PDF 3MB)
• Australian Copper Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, January 2007 (85 KB)
• Australian Copper Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, October 2005 (PDF 1.65MB)
• Australian Copper Resources Map, 1:10 000 000, October 2005 (JPG 47KB)
• Australian Copper Deposits, Occurrences and Potential, February 2005 (PDF 4.82MB)
• Australian Copper Deposits, (including infrastructure), February 2005 (PDF 3.7MB)
• Australian Copper Deposits, (including infrastructure), February 2005 (JPG 84KB)

Lead-Zinc

• Australian Lead-Zinc Resources Map, January 2007 (PDF 2.3MB)
• Australian Lead-Zinc Resources Map, January 2007 (JPG 78KB)
• Australian Lead-Zinc Density, Deposits, Occurrences & Potential Map, July 2006 (PDF 3.71MB)
• Australian Lead-Zinc Resources Map, December 2005 (PDF 1.29MB)
• Australian Lead-Zinc Resources Map, December 2005 (JPG 47KB)

Uranium

• Australian Uranium Resources Map, January 2007 (PDF 2MB)
• Australian Uranium Resources Map, January 2007 (JPG 76KB)
• Australian Uranium Resources Map, July 2006 (PDF 1.57MB)
• Australian Uranium Resources Map, July 2006 (JPG 1.89MB)

Diamond

• Australian Diamond Deposits, November 2006 (PDF 8.0MB)
• Australian Diamond Deposits, November 2006 (JPG 934KB)

Mafic-Ultramafic Magmatic Events

• Synthesis of Australian Proterozoic Mafic-Ultramafic Magmatic Events. Part 2: Northern Territory and South Australia, July 2007 (PDF 6.8MB)
• Synthesis of Australian Proterozoic Mafic-Ultramafic Magmatic Events. Part 2: Northern Territory and South Australia, July 2007 (JPG 2.1MB)
• Synthesis of Australian Proterozoic Mafic-Ultramafic Magmatic Events. Part 1: Western Australia, October 2006 (PDF 6.3MB)
• Synthesis of Australian Proterozoic Mafic-Ultramafic Magmatic Events. Part 1: Western Australia, October 2006 (JPG 99KB)

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Index Maps of Australia

Geophysics

These maps show the geophysical coverage across Australia with reference to either 1:250 000 or 1:1 000 000 map sheets:

• Magnetic Survey Index Map, June 2006 (PDF 561KB)
• Gamma-Ray Survey Index Map, June 2006 (PDF 893KB)
• Gravity Station Coverage Map, October 2007 (GIF 691KB)
• Gravity Station Location Map, October, 2007 (GIF 762KB)

Topographic Maps

• Geoscience Australia Topographic Maps
• The ICSM website has an index showing all topographic maps at 1:25 000, 1:50 000, 1:100 000 and 1:250 000 scale across Australia

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Geothermal maps

Edition 1: Australian radiogenic granite and sedimentary basin geothermal hot rock potential map (July 2007)