Map of part of the Special Survey of the Western Sources of the Torrens [South Australian Company map] |
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| Title : | Map of part of the Special Survey of the Western Sources of the Torrens [South Australian Company map] |
![Map of part of the Special Survey of the Western Sources of the Torrens [South Australian Company map]](https://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/samemory/FoundationDocuments/BRG42_119/BRG42_119_39.jpg "Map of part of the Special Survey of the Western Sources of the Torrens [South Australian Company map]")
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| Source : | BRG 42/119/39 | |||
| Date of creation : | ca.1854 | |||
| Format : | Map | |||
| Dimensions : | 205 x 165 mm | |||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | |||
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| Description : |
Map of sections in the Special Survey of the Western Sources of the Torrens [Hundred of Talunga], annotated to show purchases of Sections 6252-6254 by the South Australian Company on 25 May 1854, shown in green. These sections are located between Gumeracha and Forreston. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. Scale 2 inches to 1 mile. Handwritten signature 'E.R.S.' in left hand bottom corner. (Original mounted on same sheet as maps 37, 38 & 40). The South Australian Company was formed in London on 9 October 1835 by George Fife Angas, an influential merchant and philanthropist and a member of the Board of Commissioners responsible for establishing the new colony of South Australia. The Company formed for the immediate purpose of encouraging the preliminary purchase of land based on the South Australian Act. The Act meant the Company was obliged to sell 35,000 pounds worth of land before the Imperial authorities would consent to the colonization venture. |
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| Related names : | Angas, George Fife (1789 - 1879) |
| Coverage year : | 1854 |
| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Place : | Gumeracha, Forreston |
| Region : | Mt Lofty Ranges and Eastern Plain |
| Further reading : | Angas, George Fife 1789-1879 Personal Papers, PRG 174 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 South Australian Company Prospectus of the South Australian Company London: The Company, 1835 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 : | Australian Dictionary of Biography Online George Fife Angas South Australian Company: Mapping 1852-83 SA Memory, Foundation of South Australia 1800-1851 George Fife Angas SA Memory, SA People George Fife Angas SA Memory, Taking it to the edge : Land: To the north - Goyder and Swinden see Swinden and Hack 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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