:''This title is related to nautical issues, and is not related to aviation in Australia'' Australian Pilot is a series of editions of Sailing Directions to navigators in

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

n coastal waters. Most editions were published by the

British Admiralty The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State. For much of it ...

Hydrographic Department. The publication was required to be used in conjunction with the British Admiralty Notices to Mariners, nautical charts and any supplements produced. The supplements and annual updates were given the same name as the publications. The first edition appeared in 1916. The 9th edition appeared in 2004. The different editions included variations of the number of volumes. Australia had its own

Australian Hydrographic Service The Australian Hydrographic Service (formerly known as the Royal Australian Navy Hydrographic Service) is the Australian Commonwealth Government agency responsible for providing hydrographic services that meet Australia's obligations under the SO ...

created in 1920, but the British nautical charts and sailing directions continued to be published after that time. The current Australian version of the Pilot and other relevant information is found in the Marine information manual. Most states of Australia have developed maritime safety maps and guides to their coastline that would complement and include the work of the British Admiralty work. A system of guides from the United States also exists for the same waters covered by the Australian Pilot. Earlier localised guides also existed in some states of Australia. Earlier regional guides preceded Hydrographic services and relied on collation from ships records.

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