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Grafton - New South Wales, Australia

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Location of Grafton,
New South Wales
© Geoscience Australia

The city of Grafton is situated on the Clarence River in north-eastern New South Wales. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2009), 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

• Grafton false colour before and after
• 1987 Grafton true colour
• 2009 Grafton true colour
• 1987 Grafton false colour
• 2009 Grafton false colour

In this false colour swipe comparison, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Grafton’s main areas of growth have occurred to the north and south of the city in the satellite suburbs of Junction Hill, Koolkhan, and Clarenza. Residents have also been developed in South Grafton around Rushforth. Rural residential blocks have been established in multiple areas surrounding the city, particularly within Waterview Heights. Also notice the significant growth of Bom Bom State Forest south of Grafton.

	1987 Grafton 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 September 1987 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 368KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2009 Grafton 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 23 September 2009 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 359KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1987 Grafton false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 11 September 1987 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of purple and white. Vegetation appears as light green to yellow, with drier areas appearing lighter. Water is displayed as dark blue to black. Download high resolution image [JPEG 374KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2009 Grafton false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 7 (mid-infrared), 5 (mid-infrared) and 1 (visible blue) respectively Image taken on 23 September 2009 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 388KB] © Geoscience Australia

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