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Title: Map of contour survey of the site for the federal capital of Australia [cartographic material] / reduced by photolithography from drawing on stone and printed by the Department of Lands, Sydney, New South Wales, from original plan by F.J. Broinowski by authority of the ... Minister for Lands, September, 1910.
Scale: Scale [ca. 1:9 600]. 800 feet to an inch. (E 149p0s08'/S 35p0s18')
Publisher: [Sydney : Dept. of Home Affairs?], 1910.
Date: 1910
Material Type: Map
Physical Description: 1 map : col. ; 60 x 65 cm.
Notes: "No. of litho. 10. 1009D".

"Originally drawn on stone by ... O. Fischer and A.G. von Stach under direction of E.S. Vautin, 1910".

"Surveyed under instructions from the Minister of State for Home Affairs [signed] Charles Robt. Scrivener, District Surveyor".

Contour survey with contours at 5 ft. intervals and spot heights, of area Canberra-Red Hill. Includes trig points, proposed railways, notes on topography and soils, 1891 flood level, and 2500 ft. grid.

Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-gmod20; Library's 2nd copy has handwritten note by F.W. Robinson on verso: "Contour survey of the site for the Federal Capital ... Gives approximate flood level in Duntroon area 1891."; Robinson collection.
Subjects: Australia -- Capital and capitol -- Maps.
Canberra (A.C.T.) -- Surveys -- Maps.
Australian Capital Territory -- Canberra -- 1910.
Call Number: MAP G8984.C3 1910
Amicus Number: 10606272
To cite this item use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-gmod20