The Sydney Harbour Bridge map: commemorate the opening, 19th day of March, Lord, 1932

Scarce large scale humorous map of Sydney issued to celebrate the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

The is looking from Rushcutter’s Bay across the harbour to Kirribilli and Woolwich; and across the city to Centennial Park, Redfern, the Power House, Circular Quay and the Bridge. Includes bridge dimensions and the coats of arms of the Commonwealth of Australia, New South Wales and the City of Sydney, and the flora and fauna found in the state. The top shows a panoramic coloured view over water of the bridge from the Heads. The clear sky shows a flying biplane with an exhaust cloud containing the names of aviators Ross, Keith, [&] Kingsford Smith, Parer, Holden, Macintosh, Moncrieff, Hood, Ulm, Wilson, Gatty and Hinkler. The border contains a quote from a poem: “Breathes there a man with soul so dead who never to himself hath said ‘This is my own, my native land’? If such there be, go mark him well!” (from the Walter Scott poem, The Lay of the Last Minstrel, 6th canto).

Caption title. “This map was designed and drawn by Russell Sydney Lloyd of Bondi, Sydney; figures were drawn by Miss Vic. Cowdroy” –In image lower centre.