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C1902
Map of the Public Parks and Recreation Reserves wi…
Scarce c.20th map of Sydney showing public parks and recreational areas marked in green by H.E.C. Robinson, extending from Killara in the north to Kogarah in the south and from Rookwood in the east to ocean.
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S/N: JRSNSW-1902V36P370–502728
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Full Title:
Map of the Public Parks and Recreation Reserves wi…
Date:
C1902
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
385mm
x 517mm
Paper Size:
416mm
x 540mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1902
Description:
Scarce c.20th map of Sydney showing public parks and recreational areas marked in green by H.E.C. Robinson, extending from Killara in the north to Kogarah in the south and from Rookwood in the east to ocean.
Collections:
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers: 91/283
Biodiversity Heritage Library: doi.org/10.5962/p.358913
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers: 91/283
Biodiversity Heritage Library: doi.org/10.5962/p.358913
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
