Naretha SH51-16 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

The Trans-Australian Railway, historic sidings and immense saltbush plains—mapped with authority across Western Australia’s remote Nullarbor interior

Covering Naretha, Rawlinna and the surrounding western Nullarbor country, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map provides an authoritative regional view of one of Australia’s most isolated and strategically important inland corridors.

The sheet brings together the Trans-Australian Railway, historic railway settlements, remote access tracks, limestone plains and vast saltbush and bluebush country. It is an essential reference for infrastructure work, emergency planning, environmental management, historical research and experienced travellers operating far from conventional services.

At 1:250,000 scale—where 1 cm represents 2.5 km—this series offers the largest published topographic scale covering the entire Australian continent. It is particularly valuable for regional planning, remote logistics, land management and understanding the relationship between the railway corridor and the surrounding Nullarbor landscape.

Not sure which sheet you need? Use the official AUSTopo 1:250,000 Map Index to locate the correct map for your area.

🧭 Why this map stands out

• Current 2025 mapping — prepared using modern Australian mapping standards and datums

• Important railway coverage — Naretha, Rawlinna and the Trans-Australian Railway corridor shown in one coherent regional view

• Exceptional remote-area context — valuable for interpreting access routes, isolated infrastructure and immense inland distances

• Professional-quality cartography — suitable for operational planning, research, fieldwork and geographic reference

• Dual coordinate information — supports both office-based planning and practical field navigation

• Printed in Australia — produced at high resolution, carefully finished and individually quality-checked

🗺️ What you’ll see

• Naretha, Rawlinna and other features associated with the Trans-Australian Railway

• The railway corridor and adjoining remote-access routes

• Contours and spot elevations across broad limestone and saltbush plains

• Tracks, bores, tanks, rockholes and isolated infrastructure

• Drainage depressions, vegetation patterns and administrative boundaries

• Clearly defined grid information for positioning and large-area planning

📐 Map details at a glance

• Scale: 1:250,000

• Series: AUSTopo — Australian Digital Topographic Map Series

• Coverage: Naretha

• Sheet reference: SH51-16

• Map currency: 2025

• Coordinates: Geographical and MGA

• Datum: GDA2020 and AHD

• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

• Sheet size: 800 mm wide × 500 mm high

• Sheet finder: View the AUSTopo 1:250,000 Map Index

💧 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 this map is for

• Railway, communications and infrastructure teams

• Emergency services and remote-area coordinators

• Environmental and land-management professionals

• Geologists, researchers and field survey teams

• Experienced outback travellers and expedition planners

• Historians studying the Trans-Australian Railway and its settlements

🇦🇺 Our commitment

Every AUSTopo map supplied by Mapworld is printed and finished in Australia. Each map is colour-managed for accuracy, individually checked and carefully packed so it arrives ready for professional, educational or field use.

Plan, research and explore the Naretha region with confidence. Select your preferred finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your field kit or reference collection today.