Map Shewing Explorations in Australia.

Scarce, large scale c.19th hand coloured lithographed wall chart, showing the chronology of the exploration of Australia.

Shown are the results of early coastal discoveries by the Dutch, Cook, Baudin and Flinders

A key at top right lists the inland explorers, the dates of their explorations and their results. In Tasmania, Flinders’s explorations in Moreton Bay; Harvey’s Bay; Grant’s discoveries in the Lady Nelson; Mounts Gambier and Schanck; Cape Northumberland; Cape Bridgewater; Portland Bay; Cape Otway; Islands in Bass’s Straits; Hunter’s River, Flinders at the south coast, Flinders’ explorations (concluded), The Blue Mountains, Oxley’s explorations, Oxley’s second journey, Captain King’s explorations, King’s second voyage, King’s third voyage, King’s last voyage, The first overlanders, Cunningham’s discoveries, Sturt discovers the River Darling, Sturt traces down the Murray River, Mitchell on the Darling, Mitchell discovers Australia Felix, Early explorations round Adelaide and Melbourne, Grey upon the North-West coast, Grey upon the west coast, Stokes and Wickham’s discoveries, The Flinders range and Gippsland, Eyre overland to Western Australia, Frome and Horrocks, Leichhardt’s expedition, Leichhardt’s journey, Sturt and the desert, Sturt’s central expedition, Western Australia, Mitchell on the upper Barcoo, Kennedy’s first journey and Leichhardt’s last, Another disastrous expedition, Roe, Gregory, and Fitzgerald in Western Australia, Lake Torrens again, and a search for Leichhardt, Austin in Western Australia, Gregory traces up the Victoria River, Lake Torrens again, The discoveries of Babbage, Warburton and F. Gregory, A. C. Gregory explores the Barcoo, Stuart’s first journeys, Stuart at the centre of Australia, Stuart’s second journey, Burke and Wills’ expedition, Fate of Burke and Wills, Search for Burke, Howitt rescues King, F. Gregory on the north-west coast, Norman at Carpentaria, Walker’s discoveries, Landsborough’s discoveries, McKinlay’s journey across the continent, Howitt’s journeys, Stuart’s last journey.

From: Julian E. Tenison-Wood, A history of the discovery and exploration of Australia, or, An account of the progress of geographical discovery in that continent from the earliest period to the present day