Historical information

This is a set of 21 photographs of Lithographic Squadron equipment and personnel as well equipment operated by Cartographic Squadron, Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo circa 1975. The photos were mainly taken in the Printing, Camera, proofing and external buildings. Cartographic Squadron’s CPL Arty Lane operated the Fotosetter type setting machine, as shown in photo .21P for many years in a room on the top floor of Fortuna Villa. There is more information on the Ultra-MAN-III Printing Presses, the KLIMSCH Commodore camera, Gavin Neilson and the Fotosetter type setting machine on pages 70-71, and the Newkoni Komori printing press on page 120 of Valerie Lovejoy’s book 'Mapmakers of Fortuna – A history of the Army Survey Regiment’ ISBN: 0-646-42120-4.

Physical description

This is a set of 21 photograph of Lithographic Squadron equipment and personnel, Army Survey Regiment at Fortuna, Bendigo, 1989.
Black and white photographs .1P to .13P are on 35mm negative film and scanned at 96 dpi. Black and white photos .14P to .21P are on photographic paper and were scanned at 300 dpi.
.1) - Photo, black & white, c1975, tri-linear film punch.
.2) to .5) - Photo, black & white, c1975, Newkoni Komori printing press components.
.6) - Photo, black & white, c1975, Newkoni Komori printing press components, Alex Cook.
.7) - Photo, black & white, c1975, Newkoni Komori printing press components.
.8) to .12) - Photo, black & white, c1975, northern exterior of print buildings.
.13) - Photo, black & white, c1975, L to R: unidentified (x2), Jim Mulqueen, Ian ‘Lofty’ Turner.
.14) - Photo, black & white, c1975, Log Electonics film processor.
.15) - Photo, black & white, c1975, contact frame.
.16) - Photo, black & white, c1975, film tri-punch stud registration table.
.17) - Photo, black & white, c1975, Ultra-MAN-III Printing Presses.
.18) to .19) - Photo, black & white, c1975, KLIMSCH Commodore camera, Gavin Neilson.
.20) - Photo, black & white, c1975, map proof whirler.
.21) - Photo, black & white, c1975, Fotosetter type setting machine.

Inscriptions & markings

No personnel are identified. .14P, .16P to .19P and .20P to .21P are annotated with 5-digit numbers on top right corner of photo.