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C1918
Manly
Scarce miniature c.20th map of Manly showing streets, tram lines and major thorough fares. Collections: National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2127818 (1923 edition) State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBER: 981.1/W State Library Victoria: SLT 058.944 W69 (1920)
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S/N: WSASSD-TP-NS-18167–471860
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Full Title:
Manly
Date:
C1918
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured lithograph.
Image Size:
122mm
x 77mm
Paper Size:
148mm
x 115mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1918
Description:
Scarce miniature c.20th map of Manly showing streets, tram lines and major thorough fares.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2127818 (1923 edition)
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBER: 981.1/W
State Library Victoria: SLT 058.944 W69 (1920)
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
