| Creator: |
Victoria. Dept. of Crown Lands and Survey. |
| Title: |
Continental Australia [cartographic material] : from the most recent information & materials supplied by the survey departments of the several colonies / William Slight, engraver.
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| Scale: |
Scale [1:3,168,000]. 50 statute miles to one inch.
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| Publisher: |
Melbourne : Constucted & engraved at the Department of Lands & Survey under the direction of A.J. Skene, M.A. Surveyor General of Victoria, The Honble, Richard Richardson, M.P. Commissioner of Lands & Survey, 1st October 1880. |
| Date: |
1880 |
| Material Type: |
Map |
| Physical Description: |
1 map : col., dissected and mounted on linen ; 138.1 x 171.2 cm., folded to 37 x 47 cm., in cover. |
| Notes: |
Map of Australia showing towns, railways, telegraph lines, drainage, and featuring the time-dated routes of explorers by land. Annotations on vegetation and water in the interior are also given. Relief is shown by hachures and spot heights.
Table at bottom left of map entitled: Routes of exploration laid down on map.
Presentation copy: His Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor of Wales. Presented by the Hon. R. Richardson, M.P. Minister of Lands, Victoria.
Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1917 |
| Subjects: |
Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps.
Australia -- 1880 -- Maps.
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| Call Number: | MAP RM 1917 |
| Amicus Number: |
5369746 |
| To cite this item use: |
http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-rm1917 |
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