From 40 cartographers to two: street directories nearing end of the road
Australia's street directories will no longer receive annual updates, publisher Hardie Grant announced, as sales have plummeted to less than 20 percent of their 1970s-80s peak of 250,000 copies yearly. The cartographer workforce shrunk from 40 specialists to just two. Emergency services and older drivers still rely on the directories as GPS backups when technology fails.
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Published 18 Jul 2026, 20:18 UTC · Updated 18 Jul 2026, 20:21 UTC
Summary by OZbrief Editorial. Original report: ABC News – Politics. Editorial policy · Corrections
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