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Geological sketch map of Western Australia, 1894

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Woodward, Harry P.

1894

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Overview

1 map : col., dissected and mounted on linen ; 86 x 60 cm.

Historical information

Geological map of Western Australia showing types of rock according to geological age, mineral deposits of gold, copper, lead, tin and coal, towns and villages particularly in the mining belts, railways and roads, stock routes, telegraphs, tracks to the major goldfields, boundaries of administrative divisions and goldfields, rocks and sandbanks, wells and lighthouses, reefs and swamps, saltlakes and claypans, time-dated routes taken by explorers. Some relief is shown by hachures and spot heights in feet.
Prime meridian: Greenwich.

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cwa-org-103-533.41091941_GEO_001

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Mining and Resources

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Keywords

Mines and mineral resources -- Western Australia

Mines and mining -- Western Australia

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United Kingdom

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Curtin University Library

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