Coloured ink used to mark lines of paper maps. Could be used in pen or as a "wash" to colour areas with a soft sable hair paint brush Strict cartographic guidance was provided by the FCV’s 1947 publication - “Handbook of Conventional Signs and Symbols for Use in Forest Mapping and Plan Drawing”. It was slow and exacting work but very rewarding.Pelikan coloured inks in small glass bottlesPelikan forests commission victoria (fcv), mapping, forest measurement, surveying

Bottle of ink designed for filling fountain pensProstrate ink bottle made of glass with plastic screw top capPelican Fount India/Drawing Ink for fountain pensink, pelikan, gunthner wagner, germany, nener

The Zeiss Sketchmaster was used to transfer information from aerial photographs onto scale maps. The operator views the aerial photograph and the map simultaneously and manually traces detail from the photograph onto the map. It utilises the principle of the camera lucida, patented in 1806. Various lens combinations were used on a to adjust for scale and then “rubber sheet” the image to line up topographic features like streams and roads. The photo information was then laboriously transferred using a light table onto large A0 paper maps or translucent drafting film. The maps were later hand coloured with either Derwent pencils or delicately painted with Pelikan ink wash. This item is kept at Erica.Zeiss Sketchmaster. c1970s. Includes adjustable stand, various lens in sperate box, adjustable light, map holder and magnetsforests commission victoria (fcv), forest measurement, mapping, surveying