South Eastern Portion Australia Compiled by Arrowsmith John (3 results)

One of John Arrowsmith's superb maps of Australia, this one highlighting the gold districts, and surprisingly, not listed in Tooley or Trove. The map encompasses the coast from Moreton Bay to Spencer Gulf, with an inset map of Australia in the top left corner. The newly proposed New South Wales/Queensland border has been instituted, however the question of the western Queensland border has been avoided by the inset of Australia in the top left corner. (Interestingly, the vignette map of Australia shows the northern border of NSW being an extension of the northern border of South Australia, and "North Australia" is above both of them, not Queensland.) There are 4 lists on the map, "Reference "Gold Fields in New South Wales" ; Counties of New South Wales (68 are listed); "Routes of Travellers into the interior listing 14 expeditions from Oxley in 1817 to Streleski (sic) [Strzelecki] in 1840; Counties in Port Phillip (24 are listed). "London Pubd 2d Jany 1858, by John Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square". 24 x 20 1/2". Steel engraving with original hand color, central fold. Excellent condition.

N/A. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: N/A. Engraving with line hand coloring. Plate No. 35. From The London Atlas of Universal Geography Exhibiting the Physical and Political Divisions of the Various Countries of the World. Sheet size: 21 3/4 x 26 1/2". Inventory#: p715pmat.

Map of the south eastern Australia with the gold fields of New South Wales and Victoria marked in gold. Arrowsmith was privy to the most recent information from the colonies as the cartographer for the British Crown, and his maps are not only detailed and up-to-date but works of art. There is text in the upper central quadrant "Reference Gold Fields in New South Wales" which includes the names of the fields along with those in the new colony of Victoria. All gold fields are shaded in gold while the holdings of the Australian Agricultural Co. appear in purple, which is quite striking. There is also outline color in blue. 68 counties listed under New South Wales, and 24 listed in Port Phillip (a carry over from the era before Victoria was named.) Printed in the lower right hand corner is a list detailing the "Routes of Travellers into the interior" from 1817 to 1840. "London Pubd 2d Jany 1853, by John Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square". 24 x 20 1/2". Printed on thin paper with the original folds strengthened. Libraries Australia ID 46007789. Tooley page 250 #84.