Historical Imagery Newcastle 1944

Created 11/08/2025

Updated 11/08/2025

First Complete Aerial Coverage for Greater Newcastle 1944A Collaboration between Transport NSW and Spatial Services NSW have successfully digitised an created an ortho mosaic from complete set of aerial photographs of Newcastle as it looked in 1944.The Department of Main Roads (DMR) commissioned the aerial photography during World War II, as part of its aerial surveys.This is the first aerial coverage of greater Newcastle, ever completed, so it is very significant.MetadataContent TitleHistorical Imagery Newcastle 1944Content TypeAerial ImageryDescriptionHistorical Aerial Imagery Ortho Mosaic of Newcastle 1944Initial Publication Date19/04/2024Data Currency19/04/2024Data Update FrequencyOtherContent SourceData provider filesFile TypeImagery LayerAttributionNAData Theme, Classification or Relationship to other DatasetsImagery and Land coverAccuracySpatial Reference System (dataset)GDA94Spatial Reference System (web service)EPSG:4326WGS84 Equivalent ToGDA94Spatial ExtentGreater Newcastle Area and Road CorridorsContent LineageData ClassificationUnclassifiedData Access PolicyOpenData QualityTerms and ConditionsCreative CommonStandard and SpecificationData CustodianCustomer Experience & Insights, DCS Spatial Services346 Panorama Ave Bathurst NSW 2795Point of ContactCustomer Experience & Insights, DCS Spatial Services346 Panorama Ave Bathurst NSW 2795Data AggregatorCustomer Experience & Insights, DCS Spatial Services346 Panorama Ave Bathurst NSW 2795Data DistributorCustomer Experience & Insights, DCS Spatial Services346 Panorama Ave Bathurst NSW 2795Additional Supporting InformationTRIM Number

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Title Historical Imagery Newcastle 1944
Language English
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/b96ae113-0167-4ada-8a9a-06b23b0c42e4
Remote Last Updated 10/08/2025
Contact Point
Spatial Services (DCS)
?datansw@customerservice.nsw.gov.au
Reference Period 10/08/2025
Geospatial Coverage New South Wales
Data Portal DataNSW

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This dataset was originally found on DataNSW "Historical Imagery Newcastle 1944". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://data.nsw.gov.au/data/dataset/nsw-1-4d500b694e7a49dea249c89fd74308f6