Theme and Reference Maps

Reference maps of Australia include wall maps, folio and report maps and general reference maps. Thematic maps include external territories, tourist maps, maritime zones and more. To replace hard copy maps Geoscience Australia is developing Web Services that allow access to our data without having to store datasets locally. Web Services enable the user to work with and ingest data into a GIS program to make maps.

How to use Web Services

Our reference maps provide a complete look at Australia in one map. They show similar features to the topographic maps with less detail. A range of thematic maps also are available.

Thematic Maps
Includes railways, land tenure, maritime zones and more.

Reference Maps
Includes reference maps of Australia and the Asia Pacific in varying sizes and scales from A4 to wall maps.

Tourist Maps
Includes Australia, Northern Australia, Kakadu, Uluru, ACT and more.

Australia's External Territories
Includes Norfolk Island, Heard and McDonald Islands, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Australian Antarctic Territory.