Sketch of the country north of Mount Remarkable [South Australia Company map] |
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Title : | Sketch of the country north of Mount Remarkable [South Australia Company map] |
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Source : | BRG 42/119/81 | |||
Date of creation : | ca.1858 | |||
Additional Creator : | Loveday, Richard John | |||
Format : | Map | |||
Dimensions : | 560 x 375 mm | |||
Contributor : | State Library catalogue | |||
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Description : |
Plan of the country extending from below Mount Remarkable to Werta Werta in the Far North, all inside the so-called 'Torrens Basin'. Routes of Mr. Eyre, Capt. Frome, Capt. Sturt, Mr Goyder, Capt. Freeling and Mr Jacob shown by lines. Natural features and localities named. The parts tinted brown show land taken up for pastoral purposes. Lithographed by R.J. Loveday, Royal Engineers. No scale given; lines of latitude and longitude incorporated in map border. Stamped 10.9.[18]58. This area was explored by Mr Eyre, Capt. Frome, Capt. Sturt, Mr Goyder, Capt. Freeling and Mr Jacob. 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. |
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Related names : | Far North Region (S. Aust.) Frome, Edward Charles, 1802-1890 Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869 |
Coverage year : | c.1858 |
Period : | 1852-1883 |
Place : | Mount Remarkable to Werta Werta |
Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
Further reading : | Frome, Edward Charles Colonial surveying Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia, 1962 South Australia South Australian Company Prospectus of the South Australian Company London: The Company, 1835 South Australian Company records 1835-1949, BRG 42 Sutherland, George The South Australian Company; a study in colonization, London; New York: Longmans, Green, 1898 The Wakefield companion to South Australian history editor: Wilfrid Prest, Adelaide, Wakefield Press, 2001 |
Internet links : | SA Memory, South Australian Company: Collection description SA Memory, South Australian Company: History 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 |