Browne SG51-08 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Historic desert highways, rugged inland ranges, and vast spinifex plains—mapped with authority across the Gibson Desert

Covering Browne and a remote section of Western Australia’s Gibson Desert, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides a clear, authoritative regional view of classic inland expedition country. From the Browne and Young ranges to gravelly sandplains, red dunes, rocky drainage lines, and isolated desert tracks, it brings together the terrain and access information needed to understand this immense landscape.

The sheet includes Everard Junction, where the historic Gunbarrel and Gary Highways meet, along with Mount Everard, the Browne Range, Young Range, and surrounding Pila Nature Reserve—formerly known as Gibson Desert Nature Reserve. It is an essential planning reference for experienced four-wheel-drive travellers, conservation teams, geologists, land managers, and emergency coordinators operating far beyond settled areas.

At 1:250,000 scale (1 cm = 2.5 km), this is the largest scale at which published topographic maps cover the entire Australian continent—ideal for regional planning, land management, emergency coordination, and serious outback navigation.

Explore adjoining sheets and confirm coverage using the official AUSTopo 1:250,000 map index.

🧭 Why this map stands out

• Updated mapping (2025) — aligned to modern Australian datums for confident, current use

• Historic desert-route context — the Gunbarrel Highway, Gary Highway, Everard Junction, and adjoining tracks shown in one coherent view

• Professional-grade cartography — relied on by emergency services, engineers, geologists, and land managers

• Dual coordinate systems — seamless transition between office planning and field navigation

• Printed in Australia — precision output, locally finished and quality-checked

🗺️ What you’ll see

• Contours and spot elevations across the Browne Range, Young Range, low hills, and desert plains

• Red dunes, gravelly sandplains, creeks, wash areas, and intermittent drainage features

• The Gunbarrel Highway, Gary Highway, Everard Junction, and remote access tracks

• Vegetation patterns, reserve boundaries, and named localities

• Clear grid overlays for accurate positioning and large-area planning

📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: Browne SG51-08

• Map currency: 2025

• Coordinates: Geographical & MGA

• Datum: GDA2020, AHD

• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

• Sheet size: 800 mm (W) × 500 mm (H)

💧 Field-Ready Options for Rugged Use

Choose the format that best suits your intended use—from lightweight trip planning to demanding all-weather fieldwork.

✅ Standard Paper

• Printed on 100 gsm FSC® coated paper

• Produces crisp, clear text and finely defined map symbols

• Lightweight and convenient for general reference or protected field use

• An economical choice for trip planning, research and office applications

✅ Waterproof and Tearproof Tyvek®

• Made from genuine DuPont™ Tyvek®, an advanced synthetic material composed of pure polyethylene fibres

• Waterproof, tear-resistant, foldable and extremely lightweight

• Printed using HP pigment-based inks for a permanent waterproof finish

• Suitable for backpacks, vehicles and exposed field conditions

• Ideal for bushwalkers, emergency personnel and outdoor professionals

• Provides exceptional durability without the weight and bulk of lamination

✅ Laminated

• Fully encapsulated between two 80-micron gloss laminate sheets

• Highly resistant to water, stains, smudges and tearing

• Draw on the surface with whiteboard markers for route planning or instruction

• Use Mark-It-Dots to identify campsites, hazards, access points or other locations without marking the map permanently

• Wipeable and reusable

• Ideal for offices, classrooms, operations centres and repeated field reference

🎯 Who it’s for

• Emergency services and remote-area coordinators

• Environmental, conservation, and land-use managers

• Geologists, surveyors, engineers, and infrastructure planners

• Educators and students

• Experienced four-wheel-drive travellers and expedition planners

🇦🇺 Our commitment

Every AUSTopo map we supply is printed and finished in Australia, colour-managed for accuracy, hand-checked, and packed with care—so it arrives ready for real-world use.

Plan, brief, and explore the Browne region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.