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William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859)
A scarce and attractive early map of New South Wales and Tasmania with insets of the towns of Hobart and Sydney. Reference key to places and features located top left corner of the New South Wales map. Rare map of … Read Full Description
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A scarce and attractive early map of New South Wales and Tasmania with insets of the towns of Hobart and Sydney. Reference key to places and features located top left corner of the New South Wales map.
Rare map of New South Wales from Newcastle (Port Hunter) to Jervis Bay showing the extent of colonisation up to Throsby 1825.
The inset view looking west across present day Circular Quay, includes the hexagonal stone cottage named after Billy Blue, ‘an imposing Jamaican-born ex-convict and ferryman whom Governor Macquarie appointed constable and harbour master’.
The route of Throsby south of Sydney are shown.
Thorsby was one of the first settlers in the Illawarra district, where in November 1816 his stockmen already had a hut, and he was also one of the first to settle in the Moss Vale district. In August 1817 he explored the country west of Sutton Forest with Hamilton Hume, a family friend. In March and April 1818 he accompanied Surveyor-General James Meehan on a journey from the Cowpastures through Moss Vale to Bundanoon Creek and south-east to Jervis Bay; after the party divided Throsby reached the Shoalhaven River and Jervis Bay.
Additional notes such as, “Beautiful open country” and “well watered” were obviously intended for prospective emigrants.
References: Tooley 334 Plate 213
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National Library Australia: Bib ID585715
State Library NSW: Call Numbers M2 811/1824/1
Mapmaker:
William Home Lizars (1788–1859)
Lizars was born at Edinburgh in 1788. He was an artist and engraver, the son of Daniel Lizars, and brother of the surgeon John Lizars.
His sister Jean (Jane) Home married Sir William Jardine.His father was a publisher and an engraver and Lizars was apprenticed to his father. He furthered his studies at the Trustees’ Academy, Edinburgh. Lizars took over his fathers business on his death. Lizars met J. J. Audubon in Edinburgh in October 1826 and agreed to publish Audubo Lizars perfected a method of etching which performed the functions of wood-engraving, for illustration of books.
He died in Edinburgh on 30 March 1859, leaving a widow and family. Lizars took an active part in the foundation of the Royal Scottish Academy.
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