Part of Southern Australia from 132 to 141 degrees of east longitude |
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Title : | Part of Southern Australia from 132 to 141 degrees of east longitude |
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Creator : | Torrens, Robert, 1780-1864 | ||
Source : | Colonization of South Australia | ||
Place Of Creation : | London | ||
Publisher : | Longman Rees Orme Brown Green and Longman | ||
Date of creation : | 1836 | ||
Format : | Book | ||
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Description : |
View a "zoomable" version. This map of Part of Southern Australia was published in Robert Torrens' book Colonization of South Australia, first published in 1835. Torrens was an advocate of emigration and a member of the South Australian Association which was agitating for a settlement in South Australia. The map reveals the current state of knowledge of the country at the time the book was first issued in June 1835, that is prior to actual settlement. It draws on the charting of the coast by Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin in 1802, including inland features such as Mounts Brown and Arden, Hummock and Barn Hills, the discovery of the River Murray and Lake Alexandrina by Charles Sturt in 1829, several rivers on the Fleurieu Peninsula by Collet Barker in 1830 and information about Kangaroo Island provided by Captain George Sutherland, a sealer, in 1831. Other than this the country is completely unknown, both for its geographical features and its real potential. Further exploration of the South Australian landscape would commence in earnest in late 1836 with the arrival of Colonel William Light, the Surveyor General who would assess the country for the best site for the main town, and subsequently by the colonists themselves as they pushed out from Adelaide in search of pastures for their stock and mineral wealth. By 1862, 26 years after first settlement, John McDouall Stuart would have explored through the centre of the continent to the North Coast of Australia, and ten years later a telegraph line along his route would connect Australia telegraphically to the rest of the world. |
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Related names : | Torrens, Robert, 1780-1864 Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814 Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869 Barker, Collet, 1784-1831 Sutherland, George, Captain, |
Coverage year : | 1836 |
Period : | 1836-1851 |
Place : | South Australia |
Further reading : | Williams, Gwenneth South Australian exploration to 1856 Adelaide: Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum, and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1919 Threadgill, Bessie South Australian land exploration, 1856 to 1880 Adelaide: Board of Governors of the Public Library, Museum and Art Gallery of South Australia, 1922 Torrens, Robert, Colonization of South Australia Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia, 1962 |
Internet links : | History of Australian exploration: Appendix: Chronological summary Wikipedia Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition : Torrens, Robert (1780-1864) Atlas of South Australia: exploration University of Adelaide Online Books: Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia during the years 1828,1829,1830,1831 with observations on the soil, climate and general resources of the Colony of New South Wales by Charles Sturt. State Library of South Australia, General Information Factsheets Online, Mapping sources for SA history |
Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing. Taking it to the edge August 2004- |