Summary heading
Function and purpose
This series consists of two hardback copies of reference registers relating
to the drawing and maps associated with the Maralinga area. They include
references to maps and drawings associated with the British atomic testing at
the Maralinga and Emu test sites and details of support facilities and
equipment.
Related legislation
Using the series
Volume 1 contains typed pages
listing the date of the drawing, title of drawing, card index number and
Salisbury drawing number. This volume covers the period 1951 to 1967. Volume 2
is a drawing register containing a list of drawings destroyed in 1962, a
drawing register distribution list, and an index card reference with the
following titles: field experiments, general, MEP experiments, guided
missile project, range facilities and sites and equipment. The drawing register pages are divided into columns
with the following titles: date of drawing, title, originator, micro/negative
number, drawing serial number and number of prints held, card index, superseded
drawing and Sal [Salisbury] number, authority and date of negative destruction
certificate and Sal [Salisbury] Number. This volume covers the period 1947 to
1963.
Language of material
Physical characteristics
System of arrangement and control
For ease of accessibility the National Archives of Australia has imposed a
single number control system to the volumes. The titles of the drawings are
arranged in both volumes by their Sal [Salisbury] number.
Relationships with other records
Finding aids
Access conditions
Series history
Provenance
Immediate source of acquisition
Custodial history
Quantity in agency custody
Disposal history
Publication note
Additional information
End notes
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