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C1920
Map of Sydney Harbour and Surrounding Districts New South Wales -showing reserves on the foreshores of the Harbour available to the public for recreation
Mapmaker:
Department of Lands Sydney
Wonderfully detailed large scale plan of Sydney Harbour issued by the New South Wales, Department of Lands in 1920. There is a superb decorative title at top left with a scale of distances and a colour key. The key provides … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Map of Sydney Harbour and Surrounding Districts New South Wales -showing reserves on the foreshores of the Harbour available to the public for recreation
Date:
C1920
Mapmaker:
Department of Lands Sydney
Condition:
Minor wear to folds, Small area of paper loss at top rightotherwise in good condition, laid onto archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
960mm
x 550mm
Paper Size:
1000mm
x 595mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1920
Description:
Wonderfully detailed large scale plan of Sydney Harbour issued by the New South Wales, Department of Lands in 1920. There is a superb decorative title at top left with a scale of distances and a colour key. The key provides information on: Recreation reserves, Railways, Tramways and Ferries. An unusual feature of the map is the inclusion of numerous Aboriginal place names below the English ones. This is the Fourth edition of this rare map.
Collections:
National Library of Australia: Bib ID3081158 (3rd edition 1919)-
National Library of Australia: Bib ID1622629 (5th edition 1923)
