QTopo 8159-3 — Star

1:50,000 Topographic Map

A clear and detailed regional topographic map covering the Star area—an expansive landscape of open grazing country, low hills, creek corridors, and rural access networks. This 1:50,000 QTopo sheet provides the broad, reliable terrain overview essential for land-use planning, environmental fieldwork, emergency operations, and navigation across remote or semi-remote North Queensland terrain.

Produced by the Queensland Department of Resources, the QTopo 8159-3 (Star) map features accurate contouring, hydrology mapping, vegetation patterns, property boundaries, and infrastructure detail. Its mid-scale coverage is ideal for understanding landscape structure, watershed flow, and movement routes across large working rural environments.

Whether you’re conducting ecological surveys, coordinating rural operations, mapping hazards, or navigating remote countryside, this map provides the dependable geographic insight you need.

🗺️ Map Content and Features

At 1:50,000 scale—with 1 cm representing 500 m—the map includes:

• Contour lines defining ridges, hills, broad valleys, shallow rises, and drainage divides

• Hydrology features: creeks, tributaries, dams, waterholes, and seasonal drainage channels

• Roads & access routes: rural roads, station tracks, 4WD routes, fire trails, and management access paths

• Infrastructure including fencelines, powerlines, dams, rural buildings, stockyards, and communications towers

• Vegetation mapping showing woodland, scrub, open grasslands, forest fragments, and cleared agricultural zones

• Land tenure boundaries including pastoral leases, freehold land, reserves, and state-managed areas

• Named features such as hills, watercourses, locality names, and geographic reference points

• Points of interest valuable for surveyors, ecologists, land managers, and emergency services

Compiled from Queensland’s authoritative spatial datasets for accurate and consistent representation.

🧭 Who Uses This Map?

The Star 8159-3 Topographic Map is essential for:

• Surveyors & planners – landform analysis, boundary interpretation, development planning

• Environmental scientists & ecologists – watershed assessment, habitat studies, field surveys

• Emergency services & SES – flood planning, bushfire operations, access mapping

• Pastoralists & landholders – property layout, water planning, grazing management

• Forestry & fire crews – hazard reduction planning, track navigation

• Bushwalkers & travellers – exploring rural landscapes with confidence

• Educators & students – mapping, geography, environmental study

A dependable tool for wide-area understanding and on-ground decision-making.

💧 Field-Ready Print Options

Choose the finish that suits your terrain and conditions:

✅ Waterproof & Tearproof Tyvek®

• Printed on DuPont™ Tyvek®

• Completely waterproof, robust, and tear-resistant

• Perfect for harsh, dry, wet, or dusty field environments

✅ Laminated Edition

• Encapsulated in 2 × 80-micron gloss laminate

• Writeable surface suitable for whiteboard markers

• Resistant to moisture, dirt, oils, and repeated handling

📄 Standard Paper Edition

• Crisp, high-resolution printing

• Excellent for office planning, reference, and study

📐 Map Details

Title: QTopo 8159-3 — Star
Publisher: Queensland Department of Resources
Series: QTopo 1:50,000
Scale: 1:50,000 (1 cm = 500 m)
Dimensions: 710 mm (width) × 594 mm (height)
Coverage: Star and surrounding grazing lands, creek systems, low hills, and rural access networks
Material Options: Paper, laminated, or waterproof Tyvek®
Printed in: Australia
Edition: Latest available

🛒 Ordering & Options

• Folded paper map – lightweight and practical for general use

• Waterproof Tyvek® edition – designed for long-term durability in field conditions

• Laminated edition – tough, reusable, and ideal for operational planning

🎯 Summary

The QTopo 8159-3 — Star Topographic Map provides authoritative regional-scale mapping across a landscape of grazing properties, creek networks, ridgelines, and rural infrastructure. With its precise terrain detail and field-ready printing options, it is indispensable for surveyors, ecologists, land managers, emergency teams, and outdoor navigators.

Plan with purpose.
Navigate with confidence.
Explore with clarity.