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Map of a portion of South Australia, north-west of Adelaide, explored by a party under Stephen Hack, 1857
Title : Map of a portion of South Australia, north-west of Adelaide, explored by a party under Stephen Hack, 1857 Map of a portion of South Australia, north-west of Adelaide, explored by a party under Stephen Hack, 1857
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Source : BRG 42/119/82
Date of creation : ca.1858
Additional Creator : Harris, W.G
Format : Map
Dimensions : 510 x 725 mm
Contributor : State Library catalogue
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Map of the country explored by Stephen Hack and party north of Streaky Bay in 1857 for the S.A. Government, with exploration routes shown extending east to the southern section of Lake Gairdner and nearly as far as Lake Gilles. The map includes part of the coast line of Eyre Peninsula from Streaky Bay to Venus Bay, and 17 different areas (lots 4-20) coloured dark brown (obscuring any printed information within), showing the extent of pastoral runs. These are summarised in a table within the map area.

Map by W.G. Harris, surveyor to the expedition. Scale approximately 1 inch to 10 miles; lines of latitude and longitude incorporated in map border. Stamped 10.9.[18]58.


Hack's explorations had discovered 4000 square miles of useful pastoral country. By late June 1857 his party was approaching the Gawler Ranges, and discovered well watered, grassy country. Hack rounded the southern end of Lake Gairdner and discovered what appeared to be permanent water at Yardea, Pondanna, Kodondo, Cockatoo Springs, Polturkana and Paney. The area seemed to be useful agricultural land. Good country was found north and west of the lake.

Subjects
Related names :
Angas, George Fife (1789 - 1879)
Coverage year : c.1857
Period : 1852-1883
Place : Streaky Bay, Lake Gairdner, Lake Gilles
Region : Mid North,Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback
Further reading :

Harrison, Robert. 'A South Australian miser,' Colonial sketches, or five years in South Australia with hints to capitalists and emigrants, London: Hall, Virtue and Co., 1862

Hodder, Edwin. George Fife Angas, father and founder of South Australia, London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1891

Linn, Rob. 'Angas, George Fife', Australian dictionary of evangelical biography, Sydney: Evangelical History Association, 1994

O'Neill, Sally. George Fife Angas, Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1972

Thredgill, B South Australian land exploration, 1856 to 1880 Adelaide : Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1922

Internet links :

Angas, George Fife. Personal papers, 1808-1880, PRG 174

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online George Fife Angas

SA Memory, SA People George Fife Angas

SA Memory, Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 George Fife Angas

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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