Goyder, George Woodroffe (10 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Mt Gambier], Kanawinka Writers and Historians Inc., 2007. Large quarto, xl, 312 pages with several colour maps and numerous facsimiles of original documents and illustrations (mainly from photographs). Flush-cut colour-pictorial card covers with wide French flaps; minor signs of use; an excellent copy. Number 438 of only 500 copies, and rare since the day it sold out soon after publication. George Woodroffe Goyder (1826-1898), South Australia's surveyor-general for thirty years, is best remembered for the eponymous Goyder's Line. For over 160 years, 'this line which separates agricultural from pastoral pursuits has held true - a feat of significance rarely achieved in the world'. This book 'tells more of this man's achievements as he tackled the colony's problems with a broad and lateral vision, taking into account all aspects of the landscape, from forestry and drainage, mining and railway construction to climate, soil and vegetation. The story of Goyder's valuations of the South Eastern Runs in 1864-65 is told through facsimiles of original notes, transcriptions, contemporary engravings, photographs and a series of fascinating maps, old and new. It also contains papers and commentary to create a context for the revaluations, including the first plans for the drainage scheme in the South East of South Australia' (publisher's blurb). A copy of the original prospectus is loosely inserted.

Condition: Very Good. [Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer], 1880. Foolscap folio, 1 page plus a detailed full-page map of the Hundred of Boucaut showing the land to be resumed. Drop-title; needle-holes and small notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now neatly disbound); tiny sealed tear to the top corner of both leaves; light marks and creases at the extremities; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 74 of 1880.

Condition: Very Good. [Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1880]. Foolscap folio, 2 pages plus a folding map (approximately 334 × 290 mm). Drop-title; needle-holes and small notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now disbound); in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 113 of 1880. The map ('Plan shewing Expired Annual Leases .') shows numerous parcels of land in the south-east of South Australia, with inset maps showing parcels on Kangaroo Island, the Yorke Peninsula, and the Riverland. The text gives the area in square miles, the location, and a description of the country.

Condition: Very Good. [Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer], 1880. Foolscap folio, 1 page plus a full-page map ('Hd. of Dudley. Aboriginal section No. 100 proposed to be cancelled, and re-surveyed as suburban lands'). Drop-title; needle-holes and small notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now disbound); a few tiny creases, chips and marks at the extremities; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 78 of 1880. The land in question is on Hog Bay, in what is now Penneshaw.

Condition: Very Good. [Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer], 1880. Foolscap folio, 2 pages plus a folding map (printed surface approximately 295 × 435 mm). Drop-title; needle-holes and notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now disbound); map folded, as issued, and a little tanned (mostly at the margins); in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 106 of 1880. The map shows runs on Kangaroo Island, along the Coorong, and inland from Rivoli Bay in the south-east; the text gives the area in square miles, the location, and a description of the country.

Condition: Very Good. [Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer], 1880. Foolscap folio, 1 page plus a large folding map ('Woolundunga Forest Reserve', sheet size approximately 505 × 405 mm). Drop-title; needle-holes and notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now neatly disbound); light tanning (particularly in the margins); tiny tear at the top corner-tips; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 87 of 1880. Woolundunga Forest Reserve in the Flinders Ranges is now known as Mount Brown Conservation Park.

Condition: Very Good. Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1880. Foolscap folio, 42 pages with numerous tables plus 4 full-page lithographed plans. Needle-holes and small notches in the left-hand margin where previously bound (now neatly disbound); two of the plans creased (a production flaw); in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 139 of 1880. The four plans show timber plantations at Bundaleer Forest Reserve, Wirrabara, Mount Muirhead Flat, and Woolundunga.

Condition: Very Good. [Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer], 1880. Foolscap folio, 2 pages plus 5 maps (4 full-page; one folding, sheet size approximately 334 × 302 mm). Drop-title; needle-holes and small notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now neatly disbound); a few trifling spots of foxing; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 112 of 1880. The maps are: 'Plan of Proposed Hundreds and Addition to Hundred No. 244, Cos. Taunton & Blachford' (folding); ' . County Burra'; '. County Mac-Donnell'; '. County Musgrave'; and 'Plan of Proposed Additions to Hundreds of Wirrega and Tatiara, Co. Buckingham'.

Condition: Very Good. [Adelaide, E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1880]. Foolscap folio, two consecutive Parliamentary Papers, 2 pages plus 2 folding plans; and 13 pages plus 5 folding plans. Six of the plans are approximately 280-290 × 420-435 mm or the reverse; one is 235 × 315 mm. Drop-title; needle-holes and small notches in the left-hand margin where sewn when bound (now disbound); plans a little tanned, with a short sealed tear to the first one; in excellent condition. South Australian Parliamentary Papers Numbers 161 and 161a of 1880. The seven folding plans show parcels of land in many areas of the colony, including the Barossa Valley, Eyre Peninsula, Murraylands, and the western suburbs of Adelaide. The text gives the area in square miles, the location, and a description of the country.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Rare and important detailed map of part of South Australia by George Goyder (1826-1898). The map extends from Yorke's Peninsula and Kangaroo Island, with the following detailed information: Railways, existing marked in narrow blue segment lines. Railways, in course of construction, two narrow blue lines. Railways recommended to be constructed, space double blue bars Land Sold and Selected in green Land held under mineral leases, in cross hatched diagonal blue lines. Land held under mineral claims, thin blue line Boundaries of Counties, black bars with alternating dots. Boundaries of Hundreds black bars Pastoral Lands are all the untinted areas (except a small area near the northern boundary of South Australia proper). From Goyder's, Plan of the southern portion of the province of South Australia: as divided into counties and hundreds, showing the most important settlements, post towns, telegraph stations, main roads, railways, &c compiled from official documents in the Office of the Surveyor General, Adelaide 1877 Collections: National Library Australia: Bib ID 1641997 State Library South Australia: 912.9423 P699d State Library New South Wales: Reference code (AuSN)b23940281-61slnsw_inst State Library Victoria: RARELTEF 912.942 So8P Paper Size: 650mm x 920mm (25.6" x 36.2"). Condition: In good condition, with centre fold as issued. Technique: Lithograph printed in colour.