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Country south of Adelaide from O'Halloran Hill to Mt. Terrible including District C and portions of Districts B and D [cartographic material] / Surveyed by J. McLaren esqr., John Arrowsmith 10 Soho Square 1840

McLaren, J., 1840, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/28

Cadastral map of country south of Adelaide with relief shown by hachures. Shows land sections in Section C, north of Port Noarlunga to Aldinga Bay, and eastwards to the Willunga hills part of the Mount Lofty Ranges, including the section 258 on which Willunga was settled. Also includes part of Section B on the north side, from O'Halloran Hill, and Section D on the south, to Sellicks Beach. Land sections with occupiers' names are coloured.

Plan of the intended New Port, Adelaide, South Australia as designed by His Excellency Col. G. Gawler, K.H. &c, &c, &c, divided into Sections of 80 and 134 acres [cartographic material].

1840, Archival map/chart, C 1074

Map area from southern tip of Torrens Island to northern part of Albert Town and approximatley 3.5 miles from west to east. Shows islands, sections, numbers, some owners' names, public and government reserves, roads with some distances, notes and table of proprietors,and includes tidal information. Relief shown by soundings.

Plan of Port Adelaide Section 'A', 14th October 1840 [cartographic material] / by G.S. Kingston, Civil Engineer

1840, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/21

Plan showing the Company's section 'A' on the east side of McLaren Reach, Port Adelaide, with the S.A. Company's wharf and warehouse on the New Road, the Government sheds and Customs House on Government Reserve. Other buildings along Marine Parade are indicated. Signed by G.S, Kingston, 14 October 1840. Scale 1 inch to 5 chains. B&W photograph of ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation.

Plan of the old and new ports [cartographic material] : together with the plan and section of the South Australian Company's new road to Section A Adelaide South Australia

1840, Archival map/chart, C 186

Map of Port Adelaide area from 'Old landing place' to 'New port' and the Port River with soundings. Includes natural features, roads, government buildings and reserve. Compiler probably G.S. Kingston. Outside top border is added 'S.A. Coy v Port Adelaide Corporation "H.T.S. A." [over Supreme Court of S.A. stamp] 20/8/1913 for identification, entered Special Examiner". See History note in 'More info' section. (Presented to the S.A. Archives in 1930 by the South Australian Company).

Chart of Port Adelaide, South Australia [cartographic material] / drawn by F.H. Burslem

1840, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/3

This chart was compiled from Colonel Light's survey with soundings by S. Hamilton, drawn by F.H. Burslem of the Survey Department and engraved by W. Moffitt, Sydney. Shows coast, river with soundings, and Torrens Island. Includes natural features. Although dated 1839, map and detailed navigation notes on right hand edge date this version at 1840. Title of map at bottom right does not have its supporting kangaroos and emu figures as in map 120/2. Scale 2 inches to 1 mile. (On reverse side is printed the 1839 map without the text on left hand edge, another copy of map 120/2 in this series.) [Double sided map; previously C155 & C156].

Plan and section of the South Australian Company's road to the New Port and Section 'A' [cartographic material] / by G.S. Kingston, Civil Engineer

1840, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/8

Plan of the New Port and Section 'A' at Port Adelaide, showing the Company's proposed wharf, canal and new road to Adelaide. Also shows the 'Old Landing Place' with sections 423 and 443 indicated. Plan by G.S. Kingston dated 10 July 1840. Photograph made of Governor George Gawler's copy ca.1868; original watercolour. Scale 1 inch to 5 chains. Original signed by Kingston outside border of map.

The maritime portion of South Australia [cartographic material] : from Captn. Flinders & from more recent surveys made by the Survr. Genl. of the Colonies / by John Arrowsmith

Arrowsmith, John, Archival map/chart, C 934

Map of the South Australian coast from Fowler's Bay in the west to the Victorian border in the east with notes on vegetation and topography. Relief shown by hachures and bathymetric soundings. From Captain Flinders and more recent surveys made by the Surveyor General of the Colonies. Gives soundings, place names, notes on natural features and comments such as 'natives seen' near Coffin Bay, and 'met Le Geographe coming from the S.E.' in Encounter Bay near the mouth of the Murray'.

Chart of Port Adelaide, South Australia [cartographic material] / from the survey of Coll. Light, late Surveyor General of the province ; the soundings by S. Hamilton and drawn by F.H. Burslam of the Survey Department 1839 ; engraved by W. Moffitt, Sydney

Light, William, 1839, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/2

Chart of Port Adelaide, South Australia covering part of LeFevre's Peninsula and Torrens Island with land cover shown pictorially. Includes soundings for the coastal waters and Torrens River. Accompanying text is entitled 'Directions' and provides navigational directions to those sailing the Gulf of St. Vincent. The references under Remarks demonstrates the hopes of the Colony to provide anchorages for visiting vessels along the Torrens River and to provide access further up the River to the city of Adelaide. This chart was compiled from Colonel Light's survey with soundings by S. Hamilton, drawn by F.H. Burslem of the Survey Department and engraved by W. Moffitt, Sydney. Shows coast, river with soundings, and Torrens Island. Includes natural features. Dated 1839, but without detailed navigation notes that appear on 1840 version (map 120/3). Scale 2 inches to 1 mile.

Plan of the land at the New Port forming part of section 'A' [Port Adelaide] [cartographic material]

1840, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/13

Plan of part of section 'A' at the New Port, Port Adelaide, 'exhibited to those parties to whom portions of that land were offered for sale on 10 January 1840', signed by D. McLaren of the South Australian Company. Shows allotment numbers, owners' names (some illegible) and street names. A section at bottom right in pencil reads: 'Present incumbents of some of the allotments - Mildred, Levi, Mempis, Germein, Smith and Wakelin' with land measurements mostly illegible. No scale given. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink and very faint pencil notation. Includes canvas backing now separated from map.

Tracing from Plan of the survey of section 'A' Port Adelaide made by Messrs. Hindmarsh & Lindsay [cartographic material]

1840, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/22

Photographic copy of tracing from plan showing section 'A' Port Adelaide made by Hindmarsh and Lindsay on 21 November 1840. Subsequent alterations shown in red [on original map], made in compliance with application of 21 December 1893.The copy signed by E.S. Laurie for the Surveyor General on 7 February 1894. Retraced by archivist G.L. Fischer 11 May 1951. Scale 1 inch to 5 chains. Pencil tracing on photographic copy.

[Plan of sections 'A' and 'B' on Hindmarsh Reach, Port Adelaide] [cartographic material]

1840, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/12

Certified copy of Plan 18T showing sections 'A' and 'B' on the east and west sides of Hindmarsh Reach, Port Adelaide, as surveyed by Hindmarsh and Lindsay on 21 November 1840. Includes note by the surveyors relating to the survey measurements. This copy certified by the Surveyor General on 25 September 1913. Scale 1 inch to 5 chains. Ink and watercolour on waxed linen, ink notation. Numbered 149) at top left corner.

A general plan of the South Australian Company's works at Port Adelaide [cartographic material] / by Prescott and Hancock

1840, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/15

Plan showing 'the warehouses and sheds and the progressive state of wharfs' at Port Adelaide erected by the South Australian Company. A rudimentary wooden platform is shown on the end of the McLaren Wharf with the position of the lifting crane, a well and connecting bridge to the Government Reserve. An indication of the extent of vegetation surrounding an inlet in the area has been carefully executed by the artist. Signed by the architects Prescott and Hancock at right bottom corner, and dated January 5th 1840 at bottom left. 'No. 3' written at top left corner. Scale 1 & half inches to 50 feet. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation.

Sketch of the coast and adjacent country from Port Lincoln to Franklin Harbour [cartographic material] / by His Excellency Lt. Col. Geo. Gawler

1840, Archival map/chart, C 221

Copied from Gawler's original map by Thomas Burr. Shows river systems and mountains along the coast with notes on natural features. Negative copy of original in the Public Record Office, London.

Country between Escape Cliffs and Port Darwin explored by W.P. Auld [cartographic material] / traced by Jno.W.O. Bennett

1865, Archival map/chart, C 104

Office copy of map showing Auld's tracks from Adelaide River to Port Darwin and back to Adelaide River. Brief notes on natural features. Ink on tracing paper, Auld's tracks in red ink.

Track of T. Burr, D.S.G. and I. Hill Esq. [cartographic material]

1840, Archival map/chart, C 223

Shows area from about 9 miles south of Point Riley on Spencer's Gulf to Adelaide. Includes notes on natural features. Negative copy of original in the Public Record Office, London.

Plan of two special surveys near the Mouth of the River Murray [cartographic material]

c. 1845, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/120/10

Map of the River Murray from a point near the site of Monteith down to its entry into Lake Alexandrina, south of Wellington (called the Mouth of the Murray in the map's title) with land sections along the river, all numbered. Those marked 'S.A.C.' are the South Australian Company lands, 'J.M.' are John Morphett's, 'E.S.' are Edwards Stephens', and 'S.S.' for the Trustees of the late Samuel Stephens. The allotments in the townships of Wellington (surveyed in 1840 by John Morphett) and East Wellington are shown. The land west of the river is located in the Hundred of Brinkley. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink and pencil notation. No scale given.

Manuscript plan of 'The Town of Port Gawler, South Australia'

Chauncy, Philip Lamothe Snell, 1840, Archival map/chart, C 1191

Large hand-coloured manuscript plan of 'The Town of Port Gawler, South Australia', created by surveyor P.L. Snell Chauncy. The plan depicts the intended layout of the town between the two branches of the Port Gawler Creek, including a largely grid-pattern street layout, two squares and a circus, designated land for public gardens and a market, and a cemetery on the edge of the town. Allotments for sale are numbered. A small inset shows the location of Port Gawler within the Adelaide region. A scale in feet and chains is included. Some staining is apparent around the edge of the plan.

Adelaide River district showing exploring tracks [cartographic material] / traced by Jno.W.O. Bennett

1865, Archival map/chart, C 103

Shows Adelaide River region and Chambers Bay area with W.P. Auld's exploring tracks of 1864. Detailed notes on natural features. Ink and watercolour on tracing paper, Auld's tracks shown in red ink.

Lipson Cove and Lipson Island [cartographic material] / sketched by T. Burr

1840, Archival map/chart, C 220

This chart was sketched by Thomas Burr, with soundings by Thomas Lipson, Capt. R.N. Negative copy of original in the Public Record Office, London.

Part of South Australia to the eastward of the Gulf of St. Vincent; from Lat. 33 degrees to 35 degrees 40 minutes S [cartographic material] / John Arrowsmith

1840, Archival map/chart, C 218

Shows South Australia from Latitude 33 to 35 degrees 40 minutes South and Longitude 138 to 141 degrees. Compiled by John Arrowsmith from documents in the Survey Office, Adelaide. Includes river systems, mountain ranges and notes on natural features, also special surveys outlined (with legend). Part coloured lithograph, published in London by Arrowsmith.

The first Supreme Court in South Australia

c. 1840, Photograph, B 2132

Reproduction of a coloured sketch of the Supreme Court, probably made in the 1840s. The Court stood in Whitmore Square on acre 614 at the south east corner of the Square, and faced north. [See Kingston's map of Adelaide, 1842.]

Ayers family : SUMMARY RECORD

Ayers (Family), 1840, Mixed material, PRG 67

Papers of Sir Henry Ayers, Premier of S.A., including letters received from Lady Musgrave and Sir John Downer, and of his granddaughter, Lucy Lockett Ayers and his family, comprising correspondence relating to his political career, commissions of appointment, maps, including a plan of the Adelaide to Port Darwin telegraph line (1872, formerly C 725) in folded sections backed on canvas with blue leather cover with gold blocked title & Sir Henry Ayers' armorial book plate, manuscripts, newspaper cuttings, family papers, photographs and programmes. Also contains diaries of Lucy Lockett Ayers. Includes literary manuscripts. Additional papers comprise his personal files on education, South Australian Gas Company (when he was chairman), his parliamentary career in the Legislative Council, papers relating to wheat yields and land leases, and history of foundation of the state, finance and banking, and miscellaneous papers about agricultural and Crown Land /nationalization of land. Correspondents include R.C. Baker, Robert Barr Smith, W.H. Bundey, G.W. Goyder, H.R. Hancock, John Lewis, Dr. S. Magarey, Solomon Moody, Sir Charles Todd, Samuel Tomkinson and S.J. Way.

Sketch of the sea mouth of the Murray [cartographic material] / compiled by J.W. Pullen

1840, Archival map/chart, C 233

Shows Murray mouth, Hindmarsh Island and indicates location of shoals. Soundings given. Includes short note from George Gawler to his sister Jane Cox.

Development of Adelaide 1839-1914: series of lantern slides.

c. 1839, Photograph, B 72463/40-145

Series of 102 black and white lantern slides numbered 40-145, illustrating the development of Adelaide, 1839-1914. Some slides are of maps, lithographs and sketches made by nineteenth century artists and lithographers. The series juxtaposes views of Adelaide buildings and streets and key landmarks at several time periods, to show the changes and developments in Adelaide to 1914. The streets in focus in this series include King William Street, North Terrace, Stephen's Place, Rundle Street, Hindley Street, Pulteney Street, Grenfell Street, Pirie Street, Gouger Street, Gawler Place and Hindmarsh Square. The following slides are not held: 1-39, 63, 67, 81, 128.

Pullen family : SUMMARY RECORD

Pullen (Family), 1848, Mixed material, PRG 303

Papers of the Pullen family, including Vice-Admiral William John Samuel Pullen and his son William Charles Pullen, comprising correspondence, miscellaneous papers, photographs, artefacts and newspaper cuttings.

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