Guide to the Byrne Goodrick and Ian Angus Map Collection, 1925-1956

Summary

Collection number:

MFC 22

Extent:

58 maps, 1018 data sheets and 4 booklets items and in 6 boxes + 6 folders + 1 canvas pouch + 1 wooden box

Language:

English

Availability:

Not for loan

Background

Biographical Note:

Byrne Ernest Goodrick was born in Ballarat, Victoria on 27 September 1921. He began work in the Victorian Department of Crown Lands and Surveys in 1939 as a Junior Draftsman. He served with the 2/1 Australian (Corps) Topographic Survey Company (more generally referred to as the 2/1 Topographic Survey Company) in WWII in the Middle East and the Pacific and returned to the Lands Department in 1945. He began working with the Division of National Mapping (NATMAP) as Chief Draftsman and later as Chief Cartographer, Chief Executive Officer in 1977 and NATMAP delegate to the Technical Sub-Committee of the National Mapping Council and was Chairman from 1977 to 1980, 1982.

In 1976 he received the Member of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty the Queen for his public service in the mapping of Australia. He played a prominent part in many of the significant mapping based projects undertaken in Australia. He was a Foundation Member of the Commonwealth Public Service Board Standing Committee on Drafting Standards, the International Cartographic Association, and the Australian Institute of Cartographers. In 1981 he was seconded to the United Nations as a Cartographic Expert in the Philippines Coast and Geodetic Survey. Byrne was involved in mapping for sight-impaired persons, known as Tactual Mapping or Tactile Mapping, developing many of the techniques associated with such mapping. He was appointed tactual mapping consultant by the Division of National Mapping. He retired as Chief Executive Officer, Cartography at NATMAP in 1984.

Ian Angus (presumably Ian Armstrong Angus), had a long career at the Department of Civil Aviation, including as Assistant Inspector of Aerodromes in WWII, and later as a Senior Draftsman. Angus and Goodrick were involved in the Australian Public Service Drafting Grades Review in the mid-1960s.

Immediate Source of Acquisition:

Acquired in the 1970s from Ian Angus and Byrne Goodrick.

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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