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NRS-20975 | Richmond Valley Topographical Survey Field Books

NSW State Archives Collection
AGY-1114 | Department of Lands [I]
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This series of field books was created as part of an Unemployment Relief Council led project which undertook surveys within the Richmond Valley area, spanning from Casino in the east to Tenterfield in the west and north to the Queensland border. The primary purpose of this project was to work on improvements to existing infrastructure, particularly roads and bridges. Aneroid Level field books in this series contain the following information:

  • Field Book number
  • Purpose of survey
  • Dates of survey
  • Portion or allotment and section number; parish and county; municipality or shire; city, town or village
  • Aneroid marks, barograph plots, time of survey, temperatures recorded in the field and at the camp
  • lengths as measured, corrections for slope, temperature and lengths deduced
 The series is arranged alphanumeric. All books have been denoted with an alphanumeric record number beginning with "RVTS" letter prefix and followed by a number.
 

Created: 1933-08-02 to 1934-11-28

Data time period: 1933-08-02 to 1934-11-28

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