C1929

Robinson’s Week-End Motor Map of Sydney and adjoining Districts specially designed for projecting and recording Short Motor Tours.

Detailed large scale map of New South Wales for excursions by car from Sydney. The map was made the same year that the Governor of NSW, Sir Dudley de Chair, officially opened Tom Ugly’s Bridge (11 May 1929) and nearly … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Robinson’s Week-End Motor Map of Sydney and adjoining Districts specially designed for projecting and recording Short Motor Tours.

Date:

C1929

Condition:

In good condition, with folds as issued, laid onto archival linen.

Technique:

Lithograph printed in colour.

Image Size: 

603mm 
x 935mm

Paper Size: 

650mm 
x 975mm
AUTHENTICITY
Robinson's Week-End Motor Map of Sydney and adjoining Districts specially designed for projecting and recording Short Motor Tours. - Vintage Map from 1929

Guaranteed Vintage Item
dated:

1929

Description:

Detailed large scale map of New South Wales for excursions by car from Sydney. The map was made the same year that the Governor of NSW, Sir Dudley de Chair, officially opened Tom Ugly’s Bridge (11 May 1929) and nearly 9,000 vehicles crossed the bridge after the official opening.

Robinson was the pioneer in producing and promoting car and bicycle travel. He produced a number of maps specifically for this purpose. He was keen cyclist and wile travelling in the early 1900’s recorded his travels and subsequently using that information to produce maps containing useful information such as: places to stay, fuel stops, suitable roads and tracks.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 4612142

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

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