Photograph - Tasks Demonstrated by Royal Australian Survey Corps Technicians, c1990s

Historical information

This is a set of 17 photographs of technicians from the Royal Australian Survey Corps undertaking technical tasks circa 1990s. Photos .1P to .9P were taken at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo. Photos .10P to .15P and .17P of students operating survey equipment, were taken at the School of Military Survey, Bonegilla and survey stations surrounding Lake Hume. The base camp at photo .16P was probably taken at Sandy Creek, near Tallangatta Victoria, during the field phase of a basic or advanced RA Svy training course. CPL Steve Nokes appearing in photo .17P was attending the 1/90 Map Control Survey Course.

Physical description

This is a set of 17 photographs of technicians from the Royal Australian Survey Corps undertaking technical tasks at the Army Survey Regiment, Fortuna, Bendigo, and the School of Military Survey, Bonegilla c1992. Colour photos are on 35mm slide film and were scanned at 96 dpi. Photo .17P is in black & white, printed on photographic paper and scanned at 300 dpi. The photos are part of the Army Survey Regiment’s Collection.
.1) – Photo, colour, c1992, Aerial photography Assessment, SGT Tony Grivell.
.2) – Photo, colour, c1992, Aerial photography Assessment, L to R: WO2 Noel McNamara and LCPL Grant Lloyd.
.3) – Photo, colour, c1992, Wild PUG4 point transfer device, LCPL Mark Fedden.
.4) – Photo, colour, c1992, AUTOMAP 2 Graphic Edit Workstation, unidentified technician.
.5) – Photo, colour, c1992, Heidelberg Speedmaster 102 computer-controlled five colour lithographic offset printing press, CPL Nick Vanderzwan.
.6) – Photo, colour, c1992, Daylight film contact frame, SPR Ken Labourchardiere.
.7) – Photo, colour, c1992, Heidelberg Speedmaster 102 Map Colour Evaluation Workstation, SGT Stuart Ridge.
.8) – Photo, colour, c1992, Map proof evaluation, CPL John Bragg.
.9) – Photo, colour, c1992, Wohlenberg MCS-2 guillotine, unidentified technician.
.10) – Photo, colour, c1992, Wild T2 Theodolite, L to R: SPR Matt Arnold, SPR Kim Baker.
.11) – Photo, colour, c1992, Wild T2 Theodolite, L to R: SSGT Bob Bright, SPR Kim Baker.
.12) to .14) – Photo, colour, c1992, MRA-7 Tellurometer, CPL Mark Bourne.
.15) – Photo, colour, c1992, Plane Tabling, CPL Mark Bourne.
.16) – Photo, colour, c1992, School of Military Survey base camp, Sandy Creek, VIC.
.17) – Photo, black & white, 1990, MRA-7 Tellurometer, CPL Steve Nokes.

Inscriptions & markings

.1P to .16P - There are no annotations.
.17P – annotated on back ‘CPL NOKES WITH MRA7 ON 1/90 MAP CONTROL COURSE’

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