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MAP, ROAD - WESTERN AUSTRALIA BY VACUUM OIL COMPANY

Overview

Rectangle paper map with fold creases, partial covered with clear plastic contact.

On front side, yellow map of Western Australia showing major towns and roads. Ocean is blue.

On the right side is an insert with a more detailed map of the South West of Western Australia.

Top left corner another insert showing northern part of the Western Australian and Northern Territory border.

Reverse side - Goldfield road map, a insert showing the Eucla to Adelaide road, incuding the towns. Insert showing short tours around Perth.

One this side of the map at the top is the maps title panel with text [VACUUM / Road / Map]. Advert for Super Plume Ethyl and advert for Mobiloil

Historical information

This map was used by Brian Watson, a truck driver, in the 1950s to late 1960s or early 1970s, to plan his delivery runs to regional towns.

Brian lived with his family in Kelmscott.

Some time in the 1990s he gave the map to June Castledine.

The map was first produced by the Vacuum Oil Company in c1937. Vacumm was established in Australia by its American parent company in 1895.

Details

Details

Registration number
cwa-org-33-COA2024.21a
Item type
Documents
Width
488 mm
Height or length
746 mm
Inscriptions and markings

along the bottom of front part of map [VACUUM OIL COMPANY PTY / LTD / INCORPORATED IN AUSTRALIA]

Last modified
Tuesday, 2 December, 2025
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