Kieta Bay, Bougainville Island : 1:25,000

Accession Number RC11577.1818
Map call number G9282.B6 s25
Collection type Published Collection
Record type Item
Item count 1
Object type Map
Maker 2/1 Australian Army Topographical Survey Company
2nd Field Survey Company
Date made February 1945
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Digital format and content protected by copyright. Non-commercial use permitted.
Description

A single sheet from the Bougainville Island topographical map series covering the central coastal area around Kieta Bay. Shows islands, reefs, bays, Kieta Harbour, jetties, populated places and isolated buildings (many destroyed), Kieta Catholic Mission (destroyed), native hospital (destroyed), radio station (probably destroyed), government station, former leper station on Bakawari Island, reported light motor roads, foot tracks, watercourses, plantations, gardens and other vegetation and terrain features. Relief shown by form lines. "ICO/020/4877". Includes, on verso, legend, index to adjoining sheets, and reliability diagram. compilation and drawing, 2 Aust Fd Svy Coy (AIF), Feb. '45 ; reproduction, 2/1 Aust Army Topo Svy Coy, Feb. '45. Referred to as: Kieta Bay 1:25,000 series, no. 4877.

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