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C1919
Robinson’s Road, Rail & Tramway Map of S…
Scarce, large scale early c.20th detailed map of Sydney showing; roads, railway and tramway lines. Dating: 1905: The map shows the eastern suburbs line to the signal station at Outer Head which was completed in 1905. 1909: The line was … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Robinson’s Road, Rail & Tramway Map of Sydney & Suburbs.
Date:
C1919
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
713mm
x 953mm
Paper Size:
740mm
x 982mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1919
Description:
Scarce, large scale early c.20th detailed map of Sydney showing; roads, railway and tramway lines.
Dating:
1905: The map shows the eastern suburbs line to the signal station at Outer Head which was completed in 1905.
1909: The line was later extended to Watsons Bay in 1909 but not shown on this edition of the map.
1909: The Lane Cove line from Gore Hill is not shown but was completed in 1909.
1918: Cranbrook School is shown, completed 1918
By 1923 the Sydney transport system had one of the most extensive tramway networks in the world.
Collections:
Powerhouse-Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences: OBJECT NO. 2013/69/1
State Library New South Wales: 991008786159702626
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 4202349 1912?
Powerhouse-Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences: OBJECT NO. 2013/69/1
State Library New South Wales: 991008786159702626
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 4202349 1912?
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
