Portion of plan of Eastern Sources of the Torrens previously forwarded to the London Office [South Australia Company map] |
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| Title : | Portion of plan of Eastern Sources of the Torrens previously forwarded to the London Office [South Australia Company map] |
![Portion of plan of Eastern Sources of the Torrens previously forwarded to the London Office [South Australia Company map]](https://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/samemory/FoundationDocuments/BRG42_119/BRG42_119_32.jpg "Portion of plan of Eastern Sources of the Torrens previously forwarded to the London Office [South Australia Company map]")
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| Source : | BRG 42/119/32 | |||
| Date of creation : | ca.1854 | |||
| Format : | Map | |||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | |||
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| Description : |
Plan of Eastern Sources of the Torrens, showing land purchased 1 December 1853 on sections 7021-7023, 7025 and 7028, shown in green, in the vicinity of Mount Pleasant. Three other sections, 6611, 6624 and 6625, north east of Birdwood, are also shown in green. All the sections are located on the north side of the River Torrens. Ink with watercolour on paper, ink notation. No scale given. Stamped with date 17.2.[18]54; signature 'E.R.S.' in left hand bottom corner. The South Australian Company maps (BRG 42/119) are part of the company's business records collection. The South Australian Company records consist of items from the London and South Australian offices. These include minutes, correspondence, the original 1836 Deed of Settlement, reports, legal documents, financial records, maps, plans, photographs and newspaper cuttings. The maps are of particular interest as they give an insight into and detailed description of South Australian land in the pre-settlement era. It is interesting to see how the names of places have in some cases, changed over time. Many references to bodies of water, including rivers and coastlines, now appear differently on modern maps. Many of the maps refer to 'Hundreds'. A Hundred signifies an area of approximately 259 square kilometres. Once land was surveyed into a Hundred it was declared by the Governor and ready for sale. The survey was restrictive and did not always include prime land. |
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| Related names : | Mount Pleasant Region (S. Aust.) Torrens, River, Region (S. Aust.) Birdwood (S. Aust.) River Torrens (S. Aust.) |
| Coverage year : | 1854 |
| Period : | 1836-1851,1852-1883 |
| Place : | Mount Pleasant |
| Region : | Adelaide metropolitan area,Mt Lofty Ranges and Eastern Plain |
| Further reading : | Australian dictionary of biography Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press; London; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1966-. Vol. 1, pp.15-18: George Fife Angas; vol. 1, pp. 443-444: William Giles; vol. 2, pp. 176-177: David McLaren; vol. 2, p. 481: Samuel Stephens Capper, H South Australia: containing hints to emigrants, proceedings of the South Australian Company, a variety of useful and authentic information, a map of the eastern coast of Gulf St. Vincent, and a plan of Adelaide. 2nd ed., considerably augmented. London: Robert Tyas, 1838 Hodder, Edwin. George Fife Angas, father and founder of South Australia. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1891 Hodge, CR Encounter Bay, the miniature Naples of Australia Adelaide: Gillingham Printers, 1981 Perkins, Arthur James. South Australia; an agricultural and pastoral state in the making: first decade, 1836-46. Adelaide: Govt. Pr., 1939 Pike, Douglas. Paradise of dissent: South Australia 1829-1857. 2nd ed. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1967. pp.196-220, ch. 9: 'The South Australian Company' Price, Archibald Grenfell. Founders & pioneers of South Australia Adelaide: Preece, 1929 Sutherland, George The South Australian Company; a study in colonization London; New York: Longmans, Green, 1898 |
| Internet links : | SA Memory, Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 South Australian Company State Library of South Australia Library Guide: South Australian history: Mapping sources for SA history State Library of South Australia Library Guide: South Australian history: South Australian Company |
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