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C1909
Commonwealth of Australia Trans-Continental Railway from Kalgoorlie, W.A. to Port Augusta S.A. 1063 miles, 3lch, 41Lks.
Rare and important map of the proposed Trans-Australian Railway. The proposed line is marked in red and existing lines in black. In 1907 legislation was passed, allowing for the route to be surveyed. The survey, completed in 1909, endorsed a … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Commonwealth of Australia Trans-Continental Railway from Kalgoorlie, W.A. to Port Augusta S.A. 1063 miles, 3lch, 41Lks.
Date:
C1909
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
472mm
x 760mm
Paper Size:
565mm
x 825mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1909
Description:
Rare and important map of the proposed Trans-Australian Railway. The proposed line is marked in red and existing lines in black.
In 1907 legislation was passed, allowing for the route to be surveyed. The survey, completed in 1909, endorsed a route from Port Augusta (the existing railhead at the head of Spencer Gulf in South Australia’s wheatfields) via Tarcoola to the gold mining centre of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia, a distance of 1,063 miles (1,711 km). The line was to be to the standard gauge of 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm), even though the state railway systems at both ends were narrow gauge at the time. Its cost was estimated at £4,045,000. Work proceeded eastwards from Kalgoorlie and westwards from Port Augusta through the years of the First World War. By 1915, the two ends of the line were just over 600 miles (966 km) apart with materials being delivered daily. Construction progressed steadily as the line was extended through dry and desolate regions until the two halves of the line met at Ooldea on 17 October 1917.
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National Library Australia: Bib ID 6102057
Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson (1857 - 1933)
Robinson was a founder of the (Royal) Geographical Society of Australasia in 1885, a member of the Geographical Society of New South Wales in the late 1920s and a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society of London. He made many valuable contributions to geographical science and was a delegate to the 1923 Sydney Regional Plan Convention. A friend and technical collaborator of Professor Sir Edgeworth David, he helped to produce David's monumental large-scale Geological Map of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1932. His draughtsmen also produced the maps for Donald Mackay's important aerial surveys of Australia from 1930. 1895 Wentworth Court-Robinson set up his own map-publishing business 1906 Phillip Street 1913 Permanent location at 221-223 George Street. 1917 H. E. C. Robinson Ltd was officially incorporated
