Summary heading

 This series consists of test films of aerial survey photography of Australia.

Function and purpose

 All films in this series were created by the Division of National Mapping or its predecessors for the purpose of testing various characteristics of the films and technical aspects of the photographic equipment used. The various tests conducted in this series include camera tests, water penetration tests, photogrammatic tests, exposure tests, colour tests and other unspecified tests. The formats of the photographic films are black and white, colour and infra-red.

On 24 July 1987 the Division of National Mapping (DNM) (CA 978) and the Australian Survey Office (CA 2100) merged to become the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG) (CA 6762) previously known as the Surveying and Land Information Group.

In September 2001 AUSLIG merged with Geoscience Australia to become the National Mapping Division (NMD) within Geoscience Australia. In November 2001 the current name of Geoscience Australia was adopted. The National Mapping Division and Geohazards Divisions were merged in 2005 to become the Geospatial and Earth Monitoring Division (GEMD).

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Physical characteristics

 This series consists of negative films of aerial survey photographs. The format of the films is 230mm in width and they vary in length. The frames may vary in size from 12.5cm x 12.5cm to 22cm x 16cm.

System of arrangement and control

 The primary system of control is the film number. Films in this series bear a ‘S’ prefix and a number to identify the film. A secondary system of control is the superimposed container or reel number, used in addition to the film number.

The leader of most films is marked with the container or reel number, film number, area, range of frame numbers and date of filming. On some films, details of date, time, area, focal length, type of camera, frame number and altitude are recorded automatically alongside each frame. On other films, only a frame number is entered on each frame and other details are recorded on the leader.

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Finding aids

The control records for these films, known as flight line diagrams (B6676), were transferred to the National Archives of Australia in August 2010. The flight line diagrams are also available online at the Geoscience Australia website.

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