Hi everyone,

I am looking for a road map of south australia from the 1970's but searches online are not finding what I need.

any help would be very much appreciated.

frank

I've got some old aeronautical charts of that area from the 60's...about 25 of them for most of Australia which I could try to copy. They contain more info than the usual road map. Alternatively in 2nd hand shops/Lifeline they always have old road atlas's for sale from that era. 

Good Luck.

EDIT...also have quite a few old 4 mile to the inch fabric backed maps from 1946 for most of Queensland which include every feature even tanks and bores. Old ****ies love poring over these charts (Toowoomba is home to many many retired ****ies).

Don't forget to check the Op-shops. You never know what you'll find there. I just saw a heap of Road Maps in one of mine today.  None that old though.

Have you tried the Rare, and Second-hand Book shops ?  I've seen old maps in them before today, and not out-rageously priced either.

Cheers,

Sheba.

I always look there first for anything I want KFT.  Would you believe Marj. said she'd love to get a Doggie Carrybag before she left on Monday, and guess what I found at the Op-shop two days later.   I'm taking it out to her next Tuesday, before she leaves the dam.

Cheers,

Sheba.

KFT hi

Is it service station style maps you are looking for or real maps.

I am having trouble throwing out old maps, Golden Fleece, Shell, BP style road maps and even some auto club ones from pre eighties.

Could you be a little more precise on what you would like.

I be home by the next weekend if that helps. Ralph.

KFT good morning.

We are presently just north of Newcastle and have a few stops on the way home. Should be there by Friday but Saturday at the latest. Ralph.

Here is a piece of an Amoco road map.
It is undated, but shows the Stuart Highway before it was realigned and surfaced.

Cheers,

Peter

And a sketch showing the 1:250,000 maps I have from the 60s.

The green line is the Woomera Range Road that was mostly bitumen, but "off limits" to the public.

Cheers,

Peter

Peter thank you so much

the 1:250000 maps Kingoonya, Gairdner and Torrens would cover the area I am looking into.

Yes mostly gravel back then with occasional bits of bitumen.

some sections were at the time undergoing rebuilding and I suspect some sealing as well.

I used to have quite a collection of old road maps from servos(they were usually free in those days) but it seems I have lost them during a move or a cleanup.

thanks mate

frank

A section of the Stuart Highway a few km west of Pimba was notorious any time there was any rain.
Our trip south in 1974 was wet all the way from Uluru and this was the scene along that stretch..........

Cheers,
Peter

Second attempt with the pics....

Duplicate...