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Department of Regional New South Wales
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NSW 1500K Simplified Surface Geology

The surface geology of NSW, including the type, location and age of rocks and deposits, and geological boundaries. The New South Wales 1:1 500 000 scale geology map represents an up-to-date synthesis of the surface geology of the state. The map has been compiled principally from 1:250 000 scale geological map data from the Geological Survey of New South Wales. This data has undergone substantial simplification and harmonisation both for display at 1:1 500 000 scale and to reconcile nomenclature and mapping mis-matches across the borders of its map tiles and jurisdictional boundaries. Due to the substantial simplification and generalisation which has occurred during editing, it is not recommended that the map or data be used at scales smaller than 1:1 500 000. For more detailed studies, the user is referred to the Geological Survey of New South Wales 1:250 000, 1:100 000 and 1:25 000 scale series geological maps.

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Field Value
Language English
Alternative Title NSW Simplified Geology
Edition 1
Purpose Geological information
Frequency of change Not planned
Keywords GEOSCIENCES-Geology
Field of Research (optional) Geology not elsewhere classified
Metadata Date 2009-05-01
Date of Asset Creation 2009-05-01
Date of Asset Revision 2009-05-01
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Equivalent Scale 1500000
Vector representation
Record 1
Object type
Surface
Object count
Geospatial Topic Environment
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Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
Temporal Coverage From 2009-05-01
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution Department of Regional New South Wales asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and Department of Regional New South Wales 2025"