Kalgoorlie SH51-09 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Australia’s legendary gold-mining heartland—mapped from Coolgardie and Ora Banda to Kalgoorlie–Boulder

Covering Kalgoorlie–Boulder, Coolgardie, Ora Banda, Broad Arrow, and surrounding Eastern Goldfields country, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides a clear, authoritative regional overview of one of Australia’s most historically important and economically significant mining districts. It brings together major settlements, goldfields, transport corridors, industrial infrastructure, salt lakes, woodland plains, and an extensive network of exploration and access tracks.

From the historic gold-rush centres of Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie to modern mine operations, the Great Eastern and Goldfields highways, railway corridors, and the celebrated Goldfields water pipeline, the map delivers invaluable big-area context. It is designed for mining and exploration teams, engineers, emergency services, land managers, heritage researchers, and experienced travellers working across this complex regional landscape.

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 remote-area navigation.

Explore adjoining coverage with 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

• Outstanding mining-region perspective — major goldfields, settlements, access routes, and supporting infrastructure shown in one coherent view

• Rich historical context — connects iconic gold-rush towns, former mining localities, old railway routes, woodlines, and the Goldfields water pipeline

• Professional-grade cartography — suited to exploration teams, engineers, emergency services, surveyors, and land managers

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

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

🗺️ What you’ll see

• Kalgoorlie–Boulder, Coolgardie, Ora Banda, Broad Arrow, and historic goldfields localities

• Mine areas, exploration tracks, industrial sites, airfields, and remote infrastructure

• Great Eastern Highway, Goldfields Highway, railways, and the Goldfields water pipeline corridor

• Salt lakes, drainage features, granite outcrops, woodland plains, and low ranges

• Roads, reserves, vegetation patterns, and administrative boundaries

• Contours, spot elevations, and clear grid overlays for accurate positioning and large-area planning

Field travel note: Mine roads, exploration tracks, leases, and industrial sites may be private or restricted. Heavy vehicles operate throughout the region. Confirm permissions, current road conditions, fire and weather risks, fuel, water, communications, and emergency arrangements before entering remote country.

📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: Kalgoorlie SH51-09

• 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

• Mining, mineral-exploration, geology, and field-support teams

• Engineers, surveyors, contractors, and infrastructure planners

• Emergency services, transport operators, and regional coordinators

• Environmental, pastoral, and land-management professionals

• Heritage researchers, educators, prospectors, and students

• Goldfields travellers, four-wheel-drive tourers, 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 work across the Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie goldfields with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.