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Creator: Cross, Joseph.
Title: Map of part of the colony of Port Phillip [cartographic material] : exhibiting the situation and extent of the sections of land marked off for sale at Sydney on the 12th September 1838 / engraved & published by J. Cross.
Scale: Scale [1:31,680]. 1/2 an inch to one mile.
Publisher: London : J. Cross, 1839.
Date: 1839
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map : hand col. ; 31.2 x 26.1 cm.
Notes: Cadastral map of the colony at Port Phillip in Victoria showing parishes, sections and acreages of land to be sold, reserves and towns.

Chronologically the last of the four known variations; the scale bar now shows divisions.

"Jika Jika Parish is divided in 25 Acre allotments the greater part of which are already sold."; "Engraved & Published by J. Cross 18 Holborn London August 12th 1839"; Artwork closer to the hand shown on the copy in Port Phillip Association Papers than to James Thomson's editions.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1289
Subjects: Real property -- Victoria -- Port Phillip Bay Region -- Maps.
Port Phillip Region (Vic.) -- Maps.
Port Phillip Region (Vic.) -- 1839 -- Maps.
Call Number: MAP RM 1289
Amicus Number: 26877530
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1289