Mapping the war

The Library holds hundreds of maps documenting the progress of the war. Many of the maps were donated along with the diaries and collections of servicemen.

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The Library collected many printed maps during the War which illustrated the general areas where Australian servicemen were serving. These maps were published as newspaper supplements or were published by the Australian government and Australian commercial publishers such as HEC Robinson.

The Australian Woman's Weekly war map,
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The production of maps for military use was a major activity throughout the war. These maps were essential for the planning, execution and monitoring of activities across the battle fronts of Europe.

A significant number of military maps are trench maps. These illustrate the locations of trenches across the battles fields. A trench map consisted of a base map that showed roads, towns, rivers, forests and so on, over-printed with trenches; red for German, blue for British. Although some trench maps were printed with all the trenches of the same colour. Trench maps were updated on a daily basis using aerial photographs and intelligence reports.

Humoristische karte von Europa im Jahre 1914 ,
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In addition to these military maps, commercial publishers produced hundreds of maps to provide the general public with up to date information on the progress of the war . These maps also played an important role as families and friends followed the movement of their soldiers as they travelled and fought on the other side of the world.

Search our catalogue to find maps from the war period using the keyword 'cartographic' and ‘World War 1914-1918’ or using a battle field location eg. ‘Ypres cartographic’.

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War map 1915 [cartographic material] [Album view]

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1915
Call # M M4 200/1915/1
Digital ID: 
IE3545577
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Brooks's war map [cartographic material] : map of the seat of war [Album view]

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Call # M Z/ M2/ 200/ 1914/ 4
Digital ID: 
IE3693831
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Robur Tea war map [cartographic material] [Album view]

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Call # M M4 390.8/1915/3
Digital ID: 
IE3707837
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McCathie's war map [cartographic material] [Album view]

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Call # M Z/ M2/ 200/ 1914/ 6
Digital ID: 
IE3548189
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[ANZAC map of Gallipoli [cartographic material] : showing terrain and ternches from Chailak Dere to GabaTepe] [Album view]

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Call # M M2 390.8/1915/9
Digital ID: 
IE3708360
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Graphic map of the Dardanelles [cartographic material] [Album view]

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Call # M2 390.8/ 1915/ 3
Digital ID: 
IE3547065
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Distribution of enemy forces opposite 1st ANZAC Corp's front [cartographic material] [Album view]

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Call # M Maps/1032
Digital ID: 
IE3693884
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Heavy artillery bombardment map

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Call # M Maps/1079
Digital ID: 
IE3545097
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Hostile batteries smoke screens & place names

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Call # M Maps/1033
Digital ID: 
IE3708593
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Elise Edmonds, Senior Curator, Research and Discovery 

 

Leaving home

It was a six-week journey by sea from Australia to Egypt and after the excitement of enlistment, training and farewells some feelings of boredom were inevitable among the troops. 

Woollen comforts from home

It is estimated that over one million pairs of socks were knitted by Australian women and children during the war.