Zanthus SH51-15 — AUSTopo 1:250,000 Topographic Map (2025)

Trans-Australian Railway history, remote woodland, and immense inland distances—mapped with authority east of Kalgoorlie

Covering Zanthus and the surrounding interior approximately 210 kilometres east of Kalgoorlie, this AUSTopo 1:250,000 sheet provides a clear regional view of exceptionally remote country shaped by the Trans-Australian Railway. The rail corridor crosses a sparsely settled landscape of open woodland, mallee, shrubland, granite features, salt lakes, and broad low-relief plains on the eastern side of the Great Western Woodlands.

Zanthus began as a construction depot and railway siding during the building of the transcontinental line, which remains Australia’s vital east–west rail connection. From railway infrastructure and access tracks to drainage features, vegetation patterns, and isolated localities, this map delivers the dependable big-area context required for professional operations, historical research, and experienced remote-area travel.

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.

Need to confirm adjoining sheets or wider coverage? Explore 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

• Strategic rail-corridor coverage — the Trans-Australian Railway, Zanthus siding, and remote approaches shown in one coherent view

• True inland perspective — woodland, shrub plains, salt lakes, granite country, and access routes mapped across immense distances

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

• Dual coordinate systems — supports smooth transitions 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 low rises, granite features, plains, and subdued inland terrain

• Salt lakes, claypans, drainage lines, rockholes, and other scarce water features

• The Trans-Australian Railway, Zanthus siding, rail access routes, and associated infrastructure

• Remote roads, station tracks, localities, and place names

• Great Western Woodlands vegetation patterns, including open woodland, mallee, and shrubland

• Administrative boundaries and 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: Zanthus SH51-15

• Map currency: 2025

• Coordinates: Geographical & MGA

• Datum: GDA2020, AHD

• Projection: Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM)

• Sheet size: 900 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

• Rail, engineering, and infrastructure professionals

• Environmental, conservation, and land-use managers

• Geologists, surveyors, researchers, and heritage specialists

• Experienced remote-area travellers and expedition planners

• Educators, railway historians, and map collectors

🇦🇺 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, research, and explore the Zanthus region with confidence. Choose your finish and add this essential 2025 AUSTopo map to your kit today.