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C1926
No. 209 Road Map Newcastle District
Rare large scale detailed map of New South Wales extending from Port Stephens to Avoca Beach, with an inset of Maitland at lower right. Robinson produced a number of maps intended for excursions by car from Sydney. He was the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
No. 209 Road Map Newcastle District
Date:
C1926
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid onto archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
710mm
x 975mm
Paper Size:
740mm
x 1015mm
AUTHENTICITY
Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:
1926
Description:
Rare large scale detailed map of New South Wales extending from Port Stephens to Avoca Beach, with an inset of Maitland at lower right.
Robinson produced a number of maps intended for excursions by car from Sydney. He was the pioneer in producing and promoting car and bicycle travel in New SOuth Wales. He was keen cyclist and while travelling in the early 1900’s recorded his travels and subsequently using that information to produce maps containing all the useful information he had gathered such as: places to stay, fuel stops, suitable roads and tracks.
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
