Progress on Australia's national, regional and other atlases

Summary

This paper updates reports on the progress of national, regional, and other atlases in Australia from 1964 to 1968, focusing on the revision of the Atlas of Australian Resources, particularly the second series, detailing published and in-preparation maps. It highlights special features of content and design, and discusses the advantages and difficulties of producing a national atlas as a continuing series. Progress on regional atlases is also reported, including the Atlas of Tasmania (published 1965) and four partially issued or in-preparation works: the Atlas of Resources of New South Wales, thematic map series for the Fitzroy Region and Burdekin-Townsville Region of Queensland, and the Atlas of Australian Soils. The paper concludes that these atlases are valuable for resource management and regional planning, but continuous updating faces challenges such as data coordination and resource allocation.