Nabberu SG51-05 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Nabberu Basin, Mount Methwin, and Birriliburu Country—mapped across the remote desert margin north of Wiluna

Covering the Nabberu Basin, Mount Methwin, Granite Peak, and surrounding country north and east of Wiluna, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides a clear, authoritative overview of an exceptionally remote part of Western Australia’s interior. Low ranges, rocky ridges, broad drainage systems, arid plains, pastoral country, and mineral-exploration tracks create a complex landscape where dependable regional context is essential.

The sheet encompasses parts of culturally significant Birriliburu Country, early Canning Stock Route well country, pastoral infrastructure, and remote access routes extending toward the desert interior. Its combination of geological interest, sparse settlement, long distances, and limited services makes it particularly valuable for exploration teams, Indigenous ranger programs, environmental work, emergency coordination, and experienced expedition planners.

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

• Exceptional geological perspective — the Nabberu Basin, rocky uplands, drainage systems, and exploration country shown in one coherent view

• Serious remote-route context — stock-route country, station tracks, exploration roads, and desert access corridors clearly related

• Professional-grade cartography — suited to exploration teams, ranger programs, 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

• The Nabberu Basin, Mount Methwin, Granite Peak, and surrounding ranges and plains

• Creeks, floodouts, claypans, rockholes, and broad inland drainage systems

• Early Canning Stock Route well country and remote desert-access corridors

• Station roads, exploration tracks, airstrips, pastoral infrastructure, and isolated facilities

• Vegetation patterns, Aboriginal land, pastoral boundaries, and administrative features

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

Remote travel note: This is extremely isolated country with limited services and unreliable communications. Permits may be required for Aboriginal land, while pastoral and exploration tracks may be private or restricted. Confirm permissions, route conditions, fuel range, water, communications, recovery equipment, and emergency arrangements before departure.

📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: Nabberu SG51-05

• 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

• Traditional Owner organisations, Indigenous ranger teams, and heritage professionals

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

• Environmental, pastoral, and land-management professionals

• Emergency services, surveyors, engineers, and remote-area coordinators

• Canning Stock Route researchers and expedition planners

• Highly experienced four-wheel-drive travellers and outback tour operators

🇦🇺 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 Nabberu region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.