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C1893
Map of the County of Cumberland N.S.W.
Mapmaker:
Higinbotham & Robinson
Very rare map of Sydney and environs, extending from Wiseman’s Ferry in the north to Bulli in the south and west to Mulgoa. The map includes roads, railway lines, tramways, towns, suburbs and heights at railways stations. There are numerous estates marked and places … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Map of the County of Cumberland N.S.W.
Date:
C1893
Mapmaker:
Higinbotham & Robinson
Condition:
Minor repairs to folds, otherwise in good condition. Laid onto archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
590mm
x 890mm
Frame Size:
835mm
x 1113mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1893
Description:
Very rare map of Sydney and environs, extending from Wiseman’s Ferry in the north to Bulli in the south and west to Mulgoa. The map includes roads, railway lines, tramways, towns, suburbs and heights at railways stations. There are numerous estates marked and places names that no longer exist or have been renamed.
Shown is the
private
railway
owned
by
Benjamin
Christian
Simpson.
Simpson’s
Railway
Act
was
passed
on 13
June
1893 which allowed a
railway
be
built
from
Rosehill
to
Dural. The
State
Government
took
over
Simpson’s
Railway
in
1901.
Mapmaker:
The complicated history of the business of Higinbotham and partners, reflects the difficulties encountered by many private map publishers in colonial Australia, attempting to fill the demand for maps for newly created municipalities that the government were unwilling to provide.
Higinbotham, Robinson and Harrison were establish in 1882 and operated from Macquarie Place, in 1885 they were at 99 Pitt Street, and in 1887 Higginbotham had obtained permission to produce maps from government survey information but in the same year Harrison withdrew from the partnership. By April 1888 Higinbotham and Robinson was declared bankrupt, among the assets listed for sale were a stock of maps and the rights to 21 real estate maps of municipalities, which presumably represents the firm’s output to this time.
After being discharged from bankruptcy Higinbotham and Robinson continued in business together and by 1891 they were operating from 62 Elizabeth Street and nearby Wentworth Court. In 1895 Herbert Robinson set up on his own, operating as HEC Robinson, and developed a very successful business publishing maps and directories until his death in 1933.
With Higinbotham, Robinson and Harrison
1882-1885 – Macquarie Place
1885-1886 – 99 Pitt Street (late 1886)
With Higinbotham and Robinson
1886-1888 – 99 Pitt Street (from late 1886)
1889-1894 – 62 Elizabeth Street–Wentworth Court
Reference: Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney by Andrew Wilson, 2012
