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South Australia [cartographic material] / drawn and engraved by J. Archer

c. 1843, Archival map/chart, C 874

Map of portion of South Australia and eastern Australia with major place names. Lake Torrens represented incorrectly as a horseshoe shape, therefore this map was drawn prior to exploration of that area. Text on map shows South Australia as having four churches, three clergy and a population of 16,071. (First official census of 26 February 1844 gives the population as 17,366.).

Yankalilla in 1860 [cartographic material] / drawn by A.J. Blakeway

1933, Archival map/chart, C 213

Detailed map of the area between Normanville and Yankalilla and of the town of Yankalilla itself, giving names of owners/occupiers of buildings and their usage, also names of adjacent land owners. The map was drawn by A.J. Blakeway, Licensed Surveyor, from data furnished from memory by Oscar J. Herbert (son of Septimore Herbert, owner of 'Wissanger', Yankalilla, from 1842 to 1886). See newspaper cutting attached to map for details. Ink on waxed linen.

Sketch of Port River [cartographic material] : showing Old Port & 10 sec. A to K, from which the New Port developed / [compiled in Chief Draftsman's Office, Lands Dept.]

1937, Archival map/chart, C 232

Scan of hand drawn map of Port River, South Australia, showing the Old Port and 10 sections (A-K) from which the New Port developed. Includes Torrens and Garden Islands and railway line. Legend contains names of wharves.

Robt. S. Frearson's plan of the city of Adelaide : showing tram system and giving names of sections in suburbs [cartographic material] / compiled and published by Robt. S. Frearson...

1905, Archival map/chart, C 296

Street level map of Adelaide showing tram lines and city ward names in red. Lists tram sections starting from city. Includes prominent buildings and hotels, churches and post offices.

Plan of the district of Prospect [cartographic material] : proclaimed August 1st 1872

1872, Archival map/chart, C 214

Map showing the district of Prospect, Hundred of Yatala. Includes subdivisions of Rosebery, Collinswood, New Prospect, Nailsworth, Beaconsfield, Brecon Park, Sefton Park, Dingley Dell, South Enfield, Sleaford, Prospect Hill and Prospect Hill Extension, St. John's Wood, Prospect Village, Little Adelaide, Fitzroy, Ovinham and Ovingham North, Prospect North and West, Highbury, Reepham, and Islington. Includes street names, section and lot numbers, names and locations of hotels. Also shows cemetery, lime kiln, chapel and store. Lithograph, part coloured, with ink annotations.

Plan of the South Para [cartographic material] / [lithographed by F.H. Burslam]

1845, Archival map/chart, C 999

Plan of sections north of One Tree Hill between Little Para Survey to Murray & Reid's Special Survey, showing roads, rivers, numbered sections with list of proprietors. Shows proximity to Barossa Special Survey to the East.

Port Victor and environs [cartographic material]

Archival map/chart, C 304

Coloured map showing Port Victor, South Australia, and surrounding area, including The Bluff and Granite Island. Details include fishing grounds, roads and tracks, Inman and Hindmarsh rivers, some occupants names, and location of Aboriginal camp. Relief shown by form lines and pictorially.

Plan of the City of Adelaide [cartographic material] : showing the private streets, public buildings, churches, hotels &c

1851, Archival map/chart, C 229

Map of Adelaide city from Barton Terrace to South Terrace including street names, showing gaol, cattle market, council chambers, government house, soldiers barracks and horse police barracks.

Township of Palmerston [cartographic material] / drawn by Edwin S. Berry

Archival map/chart, C 1155

Cadastral map of Palmerston (Darwin), Northern Territory. Details include lot numbers, reserves, Government House, street names and first telegraph pole. Relief shown by hachures.

Glenelg - Clarendon area [cartographic material] / compiled from Reconnaissance surveys by W.H. Edmunds

Edmunds, William Herbert, 1943, Archival map/chart, C 306

Topographic map of the Glenelg to Clarendon area, from the Patawalonga Creek in the north west, Mount Osmond in the north east, Port Noarlunga in the south west and Kangarilla in the south east. Details include roads, petrol supply, churches, hotels, power works & factories, orchards & vineyards, railways, tramways, houses and Happy Valley and Mt. Bold reservoirs.

Plan of Overland Telegraph from Port Darwin to Port Augusta [cartographic material] / compiled and drawn in the Office of the Post Master General and Superintendent of Telegraphs by Alexander Ringwood ; Frazer S. Crawford, Photolithographer

Ringwood, Alexander, 1873, Archival map/chart, C 1093

Map of northern South Australia and Northern Territory showing the Overland Telegraph Line from Port Augusta, South Australia, to Palmerston in the north. Shows boundaries of counties and hundreds, telegraph line, natural features and notes and routes made by the Surveyor General, telegraph construction parties, etc. Relief shown by hachures. Details of the northern section from Palmerston to Katherine Station include coast, rivers and creeks, ranges, tablelands. Part 2 covers the area from the Roper River to Ashburton Range, Powell's Creek Station and Mt. Willieray just north of Tennant Creek and includes some notes on natural features.

Rough plan and sketch of the township of Kooringa [cartographic material] : the property of the South Australian Mining Association

1849, Archival map/chart, C 42

Hand drawn ink with watercolour town map of Kooringa, (now part of Burra) South Australia, dated 1849, annotated with later additions. Shows lots 1-330, owners' names, street names, natural and cultural features.

Plan of Gawler Town South [cartographic material] : situated contiguous to the River Gawler and to Gawler Town

Archival map/chart, C 503

Plan of Gawler Town South, South Australia. Shows lot numbers, street names, Gawler River, bridge and proximity to Gawler-Town, Bassett-Town and Gawler West.

Port Adelaide wharves and water frontages [cartographic material]

Archival map/chart, C 314

Maps of Port Adelaide. Enlargement A, and enlargement B, show Port River sectioned into Port Reach, Gawler Reach and Hindmarsh Reach. Plan C. shows coastline from Pt. Malcolm to St. Kilda, Light's Passage, Lipson Reach, Torrens Island and Garden Island. Gives section numbers and lot numbers for Port Adelaide, Birkenhead, Sandwell, Semaphore and Largs; names of companies occupying river frontage areas; also shows railways, reserves, schools. "The dark green line marks the Boundary of Properties which the President of the Marine Board recommends should be purchased."

Road plan of Adelaide Hills [cartographic material] / compiled by W.H. Edmunds

Edmunds, William Herbert, 1938, Archival map/chart, C 283

Topographic map of Adelaide Hills from Morialta Falls, Forest Range Heights in the north and Mylor in the south. Includes Norton's Summit, Cherryville, Ashton, Uraidla, Carey's Gully, Piccadilly, Crafers, Stirling, Aldgate, Bridgewater, Hahndorf, Heathfield, Longwood and Mylor. Shows hotels, ovals, churches, orchards, schools, roads and tracks, railways, rivers, petrol supplies and works. Many property owners and some of the larger estates named.

South Australia. Chart of the approach to Port Augusta [cartographic material] : showing established lights

Archival map/chart, C 853

Nautical chart of the approach to Port Augusta, South Australia showing Flinders Channel, Yatala Harbour and beacons. Includes details 'Notice to mariners', notes on natural features on land and depth in soundings.

Original buyers of town allotments in Eden Valley, Springton, Taunton and Craneford

Gottschalck, J., 1870, Archival map/chart, C 1189

A hand drawn map showing the layout of the towns of Eden Valley, Springton, Taunton and Craneford, together with a table which sets out the allotments and buyers of those allotments when sold. The signature looks like J. Gottschalck. The Springton allotments were sold by C. Tiederman [sic], 28 October 1864; the Eden Valley allotments were sold by C. v. Bertouch,17 March 1866; the Taunton allotments were sold by R. Jenkins, 6 August 1863; and part of Craneford allotments were sold by C. v. Bertouch, 9 December 1865. Purchasers of the Springton allotments were: Pienert, B. Laube, V. Matuschke, Plànges, Pietch, C.E. Tiedeman, Kleinschmide, J. Lützan, F. Wallace, M. D'Royly, E. Rattey, A. Matthews, A. Wegne, J. Lehman, Krantz, J. Koop, R.C. Gregory, C. Haby, Miss Forrest, E. Neiteman, F. Sheppard, Wallace & Rush, Stabernach, W. Bottroff, T. Paget, Gallow, Armory(?), Hagerty, Burke, Harris, Larke, Diekman, T. Dicker.

Rough sketch shewing levels taken along Strzelecki Creek from its junction with Coopers Creek

c. 1894, Archival map/chart, C 1190

A hand drawn scale map of Strzelecki Creek, showing its junction with Coopers Creek. Drawn on linen and sealed with wax. The map includes details of land elevation and floods marks which occurred previously in 1877, 1882, 1884 and 1892. The water level of Coopers Creek on 18 July 1894 is marked, giving a possible date for the creation of the map. Four waterholes are marked, three of which are labelled 'Burla [Burla]', 'Tourapi W.' and 'Little Tourap[i].' These appear to be variant spellings of locations later known as the Burlieburlie Waterhole and the Tooroopie and Little Tooroopie Waterholes.

[Sketch of South Australian Company's run west of Mount Gambier] [cartographic material]

c. 1850, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/2

Sketch of the South Australian Company's run west of Mount Gambier to Lake Bonney. The location of home station, huts and other features (21 in all) and their distance from Mount Gambier shown by numbers relating to key at top right hand corner of map. Suitability of different areas for sheep and cattle noted. Mount Shank[sic] and Bald Hill also shown. Names of adjoining landowners recorded, from Mount Gambier in clockwise direction: Sturt (now Mitchell's), Leake, D. Black, Messrs Mitchell & Johnson, Devenport[sic], Leake and Sturt. Ink on paper, ink notation. Signed by Alfred Swaine, Superintendent, at bottom right hand corner. No scale given but boundary lines of run shown in miles. Stamped 21.1.[18]51. (Original mounted on same sheet as map 3).

Plan of sections A - K, Port Adelaide [cartographic material]

c. 1843, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/11

Plan of sections A B C D E F G H I J & K, Port Adelaide; also section 916 "The Well" and 423 Albert Town. No scale given. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. Signed by William Giles, Interim Manager , S.A. Company. Stamped 18.11.[18]44. (Original on same sheet as map 10).

Western Sources of the Torrens [cartographic material]

1849, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/15

'Sketch of sections in the Special Survey of the Western Sources of the Torrens [Hundred of Talunga] purchased 31 August 1849 to secure both sides of the stream' (River Torrens) as per title on verso. Annotated to show purchases of Sections 6111, 6113, 6349 and 6349 by the South Australian Company, shown in green with other sections already owned by the Company. These sections are located south west of Gumeracha, near Cudlee Creek and south east of Forreston. Ink with watercolour wash on paper, ink notation. No scale given. Stamped with date 12.2.[18]50 and handwritten signature 'A.W.' in right hand bottom corner. (Original mounted on same sheet as maps 16-18).

Tracing of a portion of the survey at the sources of the Onkaparinga [cartographic material]

1851, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/16

Tracing of portion of a map of the survey at the sources of the Onkaparinga, annotated to show purchase of sections 5198 and 5199 in June and July 1851 by the South Australian Company. Ink on paper, ink notation. No scale given. Signed 'A.W.' Adelaide 25 July 1851. Stamped 18.12.[18]51. (Original mounted on same sheet as maps 15, 17 & 18).

Tracing of Sections purchased south east of Mount Torrens [cartographic material]

c. 1852, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/21

Tracing of map showing sections 6422 and 6427 purchased 7 October 1852, south east of Mount Torrens, by the South Australian Company. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. No scale given. Stamped with date 18.3.[18]53; handwritten signature 'E.R.S' at bottom left hand corner. (Original mounted on same sheet as map 20).

Tracing of section 5274 on the S.S. of the Sources of the Onkaparinga [cartographic material]

c. 1852, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/23

Tracing of map of section 5274 on the Special Survey of the Sources of the Onkaparinga, 69 acres purchased 14 August 1852. A later notation mentions the sale of adjoining section in 1871. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink and pencil notation. No scale given. Stamped with date 18.3.[18]53; 'E.R.S.' at bottom left hand corner. (Original mounted on same sheet as maps 22 & 24).

Tracing of sections at Rapid Bay purchased 1852 [cartographic material]

1852, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/28

Tracing of map of sections 1544, 1546-1549, 1558 and 1559 at Rapid Bay purchased 13 September 1852 and sections 1562 and 1563 purchased 30 July 1852. Shows nearby coastline of Gulf St. Vincent, location of boat harbour, roads and rivers. No scale given. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. Signature 'E.R.S.' bottom left hand corner. Stamped 18.3.[18]53. (Original on same sheet as map 29).

Tracing of sections in the Hundred of Onkaparinga purchased 1853 [cartographic material]

1853, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/29

Tracing of map of sections 5164 and 5165 in the Hundred of Onkaparinga, purchased 12 May 1853. These sections are on the north side of the township of Lobethal, coloured green along with 4 sections on the south side of Lobethal. No scale given. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. Signature 'E.R.S.' bottom left hand corner. Stamped 20.8.[18]53. (Original on same sheet as map 28).

Tracing of sections lately purchased on the Gilbert [cartographic material]

1853, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/30

Tracing of map of sections in the Hundred of Gilbert, a total of 1886 acres purchased 11 August 1853. These sections are mostly situated around the former township of Navan (Section 728), south of Riverton. No scale given. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. Stamped 20.8.[18]53. (Original on same sheet as map 31).

Tracing of sections purchased near Government Farm [cartographic material]

1853, Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/31

Tracing of map of sections 942, 947 and 956 [in the Hundred of Adelaide] near Government Farm, suburban to Adelaide, purchased 24 November 1853. (Section 942, the southernmost section, is located on the north east boundary with the present Belair National Park.) Sections near the township of Mitcham and north of the settlement of Coromandel Valley are also shown coloured green. No scale given. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. Stamped 17.2.[18]54. (Original on same sheet as map 30).

[Tracing of sections within the Hundred of Barossa] [cartographic material]

n.d., Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/55

Tracing of map showing scattered sections in the north and central parts of the Hundred of Barossa. Some sections in the Hundreds of Mudla Wirra, Adelaide and Munno Para are indicated on the left side of the map. No natural features, except for some unnamed river courses, are shown. Ink on paper. Numbered 5) in top left hand corner.

[Tracing showing sections in Hundred of Yankalilla(part)] [cartographic material]

n.d., Archival map/chart, BRG 42/119/62

Tracing of map showing scattered sections in the Hundred of Yankalilla. Some are located in the southwest part of the Hundred in the Delamere area, some near Gulf St Vincent and east of Second Valley, and some in the northernmost part along the Currickalinga [sic] Creek. Ink and watercolour on paper, ink notation. No scale given. Numbered 11) in top left hand corner. (Original on same sheet as maps 61 & 63).

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