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Manuscript plan of 'The Town of Port Gawler, South Australia' [C 1191] • Archival map/chart

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Summary

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.

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Physical description

Map
hand drawn
1 plan : ink on paper ; 122 x 97.5 cm, in frame 144 x 120 cm.

Dates / Publication details

1840

Cartographer

Chauncy, Philip Lamothe Snell

Subject

Stephen, George Milner, 1812-1894
Allen, William, 1788-1856
Ellis, John, 1803-1873
Land sales -- South Australia
Port Gawler (S.A.) -- History

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Historical information

The town of Port Gawler was proposed but never built. The land was owned by George Milner Stephen (son-in-law of Governor Sir John Hindmarsh) whose advertisements for the property exaggerated the benefits of the location and made false claims about the price paid for a large portion of the land by Captain William Allen and Captain John Ellis. Stephen made two defamation claims after newspapers reported that he had exaggerated the sale price, and was himself accused of perjury. Allen and Ellis commissioned this plan in early 1840 with the clear intention of continuing to develop the town, but the plan appears not to have been published and the township never eventuated. The land continued to form part of Buckland Park. Discussion of the circumstances of the planned town and the controversies can be found in 'South Australian Register', 23 May 1956; 'Pastoral Pioneers of South Australia', vol. 1, 1925, p. 70, and 'The case of the Honorable George Milner Stephen', approximately 1840.

Digitisation information

Date

14/02/2023

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

16,422 x 19,861 pixels (326.2 MP)

Size

978.50 MB

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