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Narrabri - New South Wales, Australia

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Location of Narrabri,
New South Wales
© Geoscience Australia

The town of Narrabri is located in northern New South Wales on the Namoi River. These images were acquired from the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper sensor. True and false colour images for both a recent (2011), and an older (1988) 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

• Narrabri true colour before and after
• 1988 Narrabri true colour
• 2011 Narrabri true colour
• 1988 Narrabri false colour
• 2011 Narrabri 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. Residential development within Narrabri appears in the southern part of the town along the Namoi River, as well as a rural residential area east of town along Kaputar Road towards Mount Kaputar National Park. There is also a large industrial centre appears along the Newell Highway to support the rail freight. Notice the cotton fields north of town are in difference states of harvest between years.

	1988 Narrabri 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 31 January 1988 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 346KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2011 Narrabri 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 30 January 2011 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 348KB] © Geoscience Australia
	1988 Narrabri false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 1 (visible blue), 5 (mid-infrared) and 4 (near infrared) respectively Image taken on 31 January 1988 25m Resolution In these false colour images, urban areas appear as shades of red. Vegetation appears in a range of blue to green, with blue representing more irrigated or mature vegetation. Darker shades of blue or green represent forests or plantations, with lighter shades showing grasslands or agriculture. Bare ground or dense infrastructure appears bright yellow. Download high resolution image [JPEG 370KB] © Geoscience Australia
	2011 Narrabri false colour Landsat 5 TM satellite image Red, green, and blue hues are representing TM band’s 1 (visible blue), 5 (mid-infrared) and 4 (near infrared) respectively Image taken on 30 January 2011 25m Resolution Download high resolution image [JPEG 401KB] © Geoscience Australia

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