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C1862
Plan of the Road from Bathurst to Rockley. County of Bathurst….
Very rare early colonial map of the proposed road from Bathurst to Rockley by Charles Arthur, printed in 1862. Rockley was surveyed in 1813, making it one of the oldest settlements west of the Blue Mountains. On 21 February, 1829 … Read Full Description
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S/N: NSW-1862-ROCKBATH–435013
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Full Title:
Plan of the Road from Bathurst to Rockley. County of Bathurst….
Date:
C1862
Mapmaker:
Unknown
Condition:
Minor toning to folds, otherwise in good condition.
Technique:
Lithograph.
Paper Size:
690mm
x 1010mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1862
Description:
Very rare early colonial map of the proposed road from Bathurst to Rockley by Charles Arthur, printed in 1862.
Rockley was surveyed in 1813, making it one of the oldest settlements west of the Blue Mountains. On 21 February, 1829 Governor Darling granted 1,920 acres in the area to Captain Watson Augustus Steel who named his property ‘Rockley’ after his birthplace in Wiltshire, England. Discoveries of gold and copper in the late 1840s brought prosperity to the town and at its peak was home to around 2-3,000 people. The village was officially gazetted in 1851 when local landholders requested that part of the stock reserve be surveyed into allotments so they could be purchased by tradesmen to service the local districts.
