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Newsletter 113, September 2012
Australian & New Zealand Map Society
ISSN 1837-3372
Brisbane International Geospatial forum July 2012
Newsletter of the Australian & New Zealand Map Society (ANZMapS), published by The Australian & New Zealand Map Society, Incorporated (Melbourne, Victoria). Issue # 113, September 2012
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In this issue:
Brisbane 2012 Conference and AGM/News from the National Library of Australia/The Patricia Alonzo Memorial Prize/Welcome to new members/ News from the National Library of New Zealand/News from the State Library of New South Wales/Coming events, recent publications and other items of interest/ How to subscribe to the member e-mail list.
Brisbane 2012 Conference and AGM
The 2012 joint conference in Brisbane, "Global Connections through Mapping" was deemed a great success by
attendees.
Find out more about the conference from the reports in this newsletter.
ANZMapS: officers for 2012/13
The following individuals to have been elected to the offices of the Australian and New Zealand Map Society,
2012/13 year:
President: Maggie Patton
Vice-President: Shay Turnbull
Business Manager: Martin Woods
Secretary: Karen Craw
Committee member: Julie Senior
Committee member: Jenny Sheehan
Editor of the “Globe” Brendan Whyte
We bid a grateful “au revoir” to Amy, Larry and Chandra for their efforts on behalf of the Society and warmly
welcome Jenny, Shay and Julie to the committee. Martin and Maggie stayed with us but in different roles while
Brendan and Karen retain their positions for a further year.
The AGM minutes will be posted on the ANZMapS website at http://www.anzmaps.org/documents-policies/
The committee would appreciate any feedback or ideas concerning issues raised at the AGM. One item that is
being considered is how to communicate better with our members and ensuring that all members are able to
access information and publications disseminated by the Society and actively participate in the Society’s affairs.
Waimea water race: plan shewing extension of Branch B (Public Works Department, 1874). MapColl 834.4ghhd/1874/Acc.53897. Recent acquisitions include this purchase showing the extension of Branch B of the Waimea Water Race in 1874.
Waimea, on the South Island’s West Coast was one of the most promising of New Zealand’s early goldfields and
settlers flocked to the region to take advantage of the gold boom. By the late-1860s many mines were sunk, and
problems soon arose with adequate water supply for sluicing. Private providers were available but due to the price
charged for the water, it was not always economically viable to work the mines. Government was petitioned to build
a water race to service the area so potential productivity could be realised, but due to the high cost involved, the
debate in Parliament dragged on. Newspapers of the time record many disputes over water rights, including
unauthorized diversions and illegal dams, while the debate continued. Work on the water race eventually began in
1874 and was completed at an estimated cost of £106,000.
Our digitization project is also continuing with the NZMS 2s (1: 25 000 topographical) now uploaded to the NDHA
(along with the cadastral 13s and the land use overlays 290s). We are still awaiting the upload of the NZMS 1s and
other series to follow.
The BGIF was a fantastic opportunity for me to reconnect with other map professionals in libraries as well as a
chance to learn about new developments in cartography and electronic mapping. It was a very well organized event
in the lovely riverside venue, with a range of fascinating presentations and fine catering! Les Isdale’s performance on
harmonica was definitely a highlight of the Conference dinner!!
Shay Turnbull Curator Cartographic, Alexander Turnbull Library
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News from the State Library of New South Wales
Sarah Tyacke talk, 30 August 2012
On 30 August, the State Library of New South Wales hosted a talk by Sarah Tyacke. Formerly the director of special
collections at the British Library, Sarah is presently president of IMCoS and secretary of the International Society
for the History of the Map. She spoke with passion and with great authority on the life and works of Sir Robert
Dudley, and in particular Dudley’s charts in the first sea atlas published in English, Arcano del Mare (1 48). Sarah’s
talk attracted an audience of over 80 people, most of whom stayed on to admire the two Dudley charts in the
State Library’s collection.
eRecords update
The eRecords Project (http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/projects/erecords/index.html) continues to create online
catalogue records for the many State Library of New South Wales collections that do not already have online
records. Since the project began in 2008, the eRecords team has created almost 35,000 maps records, all available
through the State Library catalogue and Trove. Attention was recently turned to our collection of maps in series.
Prior to the eRecords Project, most series were listed only in the Maps Card Catalogue. Only significant series or
those created since 1990 had eRecords. All series maps will receive eRecords, with additional attention being paid
to series relating specifically to New South Wales.
Recent acquisitions
The State Library of New South Wales recently published several 19th century geographical games and globes.
These games and globes were produced for use in schools, and were intended to introduce children to the
countries and people of the world. Included is a miniature globe produced in Nuremberg in 1840, and the French
board game Voyage dans les Cinq Parties du
Monde (below). See our Acquisitions blog for
more information on these purchases
(http://blog.sl.nsw.gov.au/acquisitions/index.cf
m/2012/8/27/geographical-games-and-globes).
We also acquired a 32-inch Replogle Diplomat
terrestrial globe. The globe, an accurate
representation of the world in mid-2012, is on
permanent display in the State Reference
Library.
Voyage dans les Cinq Parties du Monde (Bussiere, Paris, ca. 1840). MQ 100/1840/1. Image courtesy of Douglas Stewart Fine Books.
Andy Carr Acting Head, Maps, State Library of New South Wales
For your entertainment. A Vintage Look at 'Modern Map Making' in the 1940s produced by Chevrolet. N.B. Over 8 minutes long (but you can bail out at any time).
Map producers of interest A recommendation from Judith Scurfield at SLV
“I thought a contact and website of interest is Westprint, who are a company of map producers operating from
Nhill, in western Victoria. It is a real family concern, and the two younger members of the family who run the
business, Jo and her husband Graeme, were at the Brisbane conference. Jo's parents, John and Bev Deckert
started it in 1986 , producing maps of more remote parts of western Victoria, and later extending to the outback
areas of South and Central Australia. They still travel to these areas, researching such things as 4-wheel drive tracks,
National Parks, and use of GPS in outback areas. They produce a weekly email newsletter called "Friday Five",
which often lists second-hand travel books for sale, and has some entertaining jokes at the end. The web address is
www.westprint.com.au
And one from New Zealand just too even things up…
Geographx is a privately-owned mapping and cartographic design company based in Wellington, New Zealand.
Geographx designs and draws maps to order…
large format print maps for visitor centres and public galleries
maps for interpretative or directional signboards
sheetmaps for the wall or use in the field
maps for atlases, books, reports and other print publications
webmaps, maps for datashow presentations and mobile devices
interactive maps, dynamic maps and virtual flight video
…and they do have some very nice map posters for sale through their website.
Their map poster of Tongariro won an IMTA award at the Brisbane joint conference. Information about their company and services as well as sales of map posters is available from their website
http://geographx.co.nz/
Winner of the IMTA Gold award for a map sheet at the 2012 Conference and the
Graham Stanton Award for best mapping product overall.