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FEDERATION GATEWAY


Maps

The National Library of Australia’s Map Section has many maps relating to the Federation period. All maps pre-1900 are classed as rare and although most are catalogued, there are some which are still to be catalogued. The Map Section also has a number of railway maps showing development from this period. Please contact the Map librarian for more information.

The rare maps of the National Library can be searched by subject using Australia – (date). Some of the rare maps relating to Federation held by the National Library are listed below.

  • The Commonwealth of Australia[map] /George Philip & Son Ltd. The London Geographical Institute.Scale 1:10 000 000. 160 miles = 1 inch.[London :Published at Carmelite House, Carmelite Street,1908]. 1 map : col. ; 33.5 x 46.2 cm. Map of Australia prior to boundary between South Australia and Northern Territory.

National Library of Australia Call Number, Maps Section: MAP RM 2743

  • Commonwealth of Australia[map] /Reproduced from the map compiled, drawn and printed for the Commonwealth Government, by the Department of Lands, Sydney ... and published by the authority of ... the Minister of State for Home and Territories. Map of Australia showing roads, railways, telegraph, and cable routes. "Published with the Official Year Book of the Commonwealth No. 11, 1918". Scale [ca. 1 : 4 600 000]. Sydney :Dept.of Lands,1918(Melbourne : McCarron, Bird & Co., 479

National Library of Australia Call Number, Maps Section: MAP F 473

  • Map showing position of the Northern Territory in relation to the adjoining states of the Commonwealth [map] Surveyor General's Office, Adelaide ; A. Vaughan, Photo-lithographer. Scale [ca. 1:7 750 000]. Adelaide ;Surveyor General's Office1891.

National Library of Australia Call Number, Maps Section: MAP RM 2802

  • Map of New South Wales showing proposed federal capital sites [map]. Scale [1:1 837 440]. [Sydney] :Lithographed and printed at the Department of Lands,1902. 1 map : silk ; 60.3 x 71.2 cm. on sheet 66.9 x 78.1 cm

National Library of Australia Call Number, Maps Section: MAP RM 2073

Early concept and planning maps relating to the Federal capital can also be found in the collection, one of which is:

  • Rough suggestion of ground plan for the federal capital on the radiation principle[map]Rough sketch by G.V.F. Mann from Mr. Oliver's sketches.] Scale indeterminable. [s.l.] :G.V.F. Mann,July 1901. 1 map : ms., col., mounted on board ; 56.3 x 44.1 cm. Sketch plan for the proposed Federal Capital of Australia.

National Library of Australia Call Number, Maps Section: MAP RM 2479

  • Robinson, H E C. The Lady Northcote atlas of Australasia with an historical introduction on the discovery and exploration of Australia by Charles R. Long, geological notes by Leo A. Cotton, and an alphabetical index to places on the maps.[map] : Sydney :H.E.C. Robinson,1908. 52p. col. maps. 39cm. This atlas covers the development of the states after Federation.

National Library of Australia Call Number, Maps Section: MAP RaA 43 (copies 1-2)

  • National Council for the Centenary of Federation. (1999). Australia, it’s what you make it Centenary of Federation 1901-2001. Australian Women’s Weekly: Sydney. Pictorial map showing route of Pat Farmer's Run around Australia. Includes historical notes and comparative populations 1901-1996.

National Library of Australia Call Number, Maps Section: MAP G8961.E6222 1999

  • Hema Maps. Centenary of Federation, 1901-2001, Australia [map]. This map celebrates the Centenary of Federation 1901 - 2001. It includes ancillary maps showing the history of Australian Federation as well as a map showing Aboriginal tribal areas. It includes textual information about Australian Federation accompanied by photographs of prominent Australian's involved.

National Library of Australia Call Number, Maps Section: MAP G8960 2000

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Robinson, H E C. The Lady Northcote atlas of Australasia with an historical introduction on the discovery and exploration of Australia by Charles R. Long, geological notes by Leo A. Cotton, and an alphabetical index to places on the maps.[map] : Sydney :H.E.C. Robinson,1908. NLA Call No. Maps Section: MAP RaA 43 (copies 1-2)

 
   

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