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C1925
Map of Sydney.
Mapmaker:
Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson (1874 - 1955)
Rare large scale detailed map of Sydney by H.E.C. Robinson. This second edition (1925) shows the final design for the Sydney Harbour Bridge with a note in red stating, ‘North Shore Bridge under Construction“‘. The first edition of this map … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Map of Sydney.
Date:
C1925
Mapmaker:
Herbert Edward Cooper Robinson (1874 - 1955)
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid onto archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
660mm
x 917mm
Paper Size:
675mm
x 940mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1925
Description:
Rare large scale detailed map of Sydney by H.E.C. Robinson.
This second edition (1925) shows the final design for the Sydney Harbour Bridge with a note in red stating, ‘North Shore Bridge under Construction“‘. The first edition of this map issued in 1923 (SLNSW/ CALL NUMBER: M Z/M4 811.17/1923/1) shows Bradfield’s earlier design for a cantilevered bridge which the NSW Legislative Assembly passed a bill for the construction but did not proceed as the Legislative Council rejected the legislation on the basis that the money would be used for the war effort.
Held in the following collection:
National Library of Australia, LA ID 44541200
Mapmaker:
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.
