Historical information
These 35 photographs were taken at an Army Survey Regiment Open Day at Fortuna Villa, Bendigo on the 24th of February 1990. This occasion was one of several events held to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Australian Survey Corps. Although historical tours of Fortuna occurred on a regular basis, this was the first technical open day since 1972. The Royal Australian Survey Corps recognised that an Open Day was the best way for the local community in Bendigo to gain an insight into the unit’s important role as Defence’s map production agency, its technical equipment, and its economic importance to Bendigo. It also gave them an opportunity to tour through historic Fortuna Villa. This occasion is covered in more detail in page 143 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4. Refer to items 6434.27P and 6436.18P for more photos of the Open Day taken inside Fortuna, the garden areas and production areas of Lithographic Squadron. Photo prints of some of these photos were scanned and catalogued in items 6247.30P and 6291.6P.
Physical description
These 35 photographs were taken at an Army Survey Regiment Open Day held at Fortuna, Bendigo on the 24th of February 1990. The 35mm colour and black & white negatives photographs were scanned at 96 dpi and are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) - Photo, black & white, 1990. CPL Neale ‘Tex’ Houston with visitors in Aerotriangulation Section.
.2) - Photo, black & white, 1990. L to R: MAJ Peter Clark and WO2 Neil ‘Ned’ Kelly with visitors in Aerotriangulation Section.
.3) - Photo, black & white, 1990. SGT Bruce Hammond with visitors in Aerotriangulation Section.
.4) - Photo, colour, 1990. SGT Bruce Hammond with visitors in Aerotriangulation Section.
.5) - Photo, colour, 1990. SGT Steve Gloster with visitors in Aerotriangulation Section.
.6) - Photo, colour, 1990. L to R: CPL Noel Brinsmead and CPL Darren Wilkinson with visitors in Aerotriangulation Section.
.7) - Photo, colour, 1990. L to R: CPL Noel Brinsmead with visitors in Aerotriangulation Section.
.8) - Photo, colour, 1990. MAJ Peter Clark with visitors in Aerotriangulation Section.
.9) - Photo, colour, 1990. CPL Mark Lander with visitors in Plotting Section.
.10) - Photo, colour, 1990. SSGT Andy Boath with visitors in Plotting Section.
.11) - Photo, colour, 1990. SPR Stuart Bowd with visitors in Plotting Section.
.12) - Photo, colour, 1990. CAPT Roger Hancock with visitors in Plotting Section.
.13) & .14) - Photo, colour, 1990. AUTOMAP 2 - CPL Peter Peterson with visitors.
.15) - Photo, colour, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 - L to R: SSGT Graham Johnston, SPR Grant Davis with civilian visitors.
.16) - Photo, colour, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 - L to R: CPL Steve McGuiness, SSGT Graham Johnston with civilian visitors.
.17) - Photo, colour, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 - civilian visitors.
.19) - Photo, colour, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 - L to R: unidentified, SPR Tony Jackson, CPL Mark Westbrook, SSGT Bob Bright, with civilian visitors.
.20) - Photo, colour, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 - L to R: WO2 Adrian ‘Charlie’ Creedy, CPL Mark Westbrook, SPR Mick Duggan with civilian visitors.
.21) - Photo, colour, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 - L to R: SPR Mick Duggan, CO LTCOM Rene van den Tol, SSGT Bob Bright, CPL Mark Westbrook with civilian visitors.
.22) - Photo, colour, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 - L to R: SPR Damien Nolan, unidentified, SPR Peter Smyth with civilian visitors.
.23) - Photo, black & white, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 - L to R: SPR Peter Smyth, CAPT Steve Hledik, SGT Martin Evans, MAJ Neil Taylor with civilian visitors.
.24) - Photo, black & white, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 - L to R: SPR Mick Duggan, CPL Mark Westbrook with civilian visitors.
.25) - Photo, black & white, 1990, AUTOMAP 2 – LCPL Sandy Winn with civilian visitor.
.26) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Display of digital storage media.
.27) & .28) - Photo, colour, 1990. Cartography - SPR Ian Baldwin with civilian visitors.
.29) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Cartography - SPR Ian Baldwin with civilian visitors.
.30) - Photo, black & white, 1990. Cartography - SGT Sherri (Dally) Burke with civilian visitors.
.31) - Photo, colour, 1990. Cartography - L to R: SGT Sherri (Dally) Burke, SSGT Dennis Learmonth with civilian visitors.
.32) - Photo, colour, 1990. Cartography – SGT Barry Hogan with civilian visitors.
.33) & .34) - Photo, colour, 1990. Cartography – CPL Dan Cirsky with civilian visitors.
.35) - Photo, colour, 1990. Cartography – L to R: SPR Jeanette (Lane) Dury-Lane, CPL Diane (Thomas) Soutar with civilian visitors.
Inscriptions & markings
.1P to .35P – no annotations
