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Dubbo - New South Wales, Australia

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Location of Dubbo,
New South Wales
© Geoscience Australia

The city of Dubbo is situated on the Macquarie River, in central New South Wales. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2010), and an older (1987) scene are available below in high resolution JPEG format.

For acquisition of full resolution files see the Earth Observation Catalogue, or contact earth.observation@ga.gov.au

• Dubbo true colour before and after
• 1987 Dubbo true colour
• 2010 Dubbo true colour
• 1987 Dubbo false colour
• 2010 Dubbo false colour

In this true colour swipe comparison, colours appear as close as they would naturally to the human eye. Urban areas appear grey to white, trees and grasslands as shades of green and yellow, and water bodies as dark blue to black. Dubbo’s urban expansion has been predominantly to the west and east of town, with significant residential growth towards Mugga Downs, and also noticeable growth around Pioneer Park in East Dubbo. Note the vegetation colour difference between images. The very green pastural land surrounding Dubbo in the newer image is due to the heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding in December 2010.

	1987 Dubbo true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 14 December 1987 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 596KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2010 Dubbo true colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 3 (visible red), 2 (visible green) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 11 January 2010 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 660KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1987 Dubbo false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (Mid-infrared), 4 (Near infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 14 December 1987 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of cyan and purple, dry vegetation and soil as magenta to red, and forest or irrigated vegetation as shades of green. Parklands and ovals appear as bright green. Water bodies appear dark blue to black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 636KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2010 Dubbo false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (Mid-infrared), 4 (Near infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 11 January 2010 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 661KB] © Geoscience Australia

Topic contact: earth.observation@ga.gov.au Last updated: October 27, 2011