Map State Discoveries in Western Australia, 1833/4

Discoveries in Western Australia from documents furnished to the Colonial Office by J. S. Roe, Esqre. Surv. Genl. With: Cockburn Sound / by J.S. Roe, Esqr., Survr. Genl.. of the Colony of Western Australia and With: King Georges Sound with its harbours; from Captn. Flinders' Survey, (1802) improved by documents in the Colonial Office to1833. [Pl.] 36.
Scale [ca. 1:970 000 at S 35°]. Scale 1 in. = 1.5 nm. [ca. 1:9120] and Scale [ca. 1:90 000]
London, Pubd. May 31st 1833 by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand. London, Pubd. May 31st 1833, by J. Arrowsmith, 33 East St., Red Lion Square and London, Pubd. May 31st 1833 by J. Arrowsmith, 33 East Street, Red Lion Square.

3 maps on 1 sheet : mounted on linen, col. ; 50 x 61.5 cm. and 28.5 x 31.0 cm. and 22.5 x 31.0 cm. combined on a sheet 54.0 x 94.0 cm.

Insets: Guildford, Augusta, Kelmscott, Perth, Fremantle and
Insets: Kingstown (in Rottnest Island). Scale 1" = 40 chains. [ca. 1: 31 680]. -- [Enlargement of Albany and environs] Scale 1" = 40 chains. [ca. 1: 31 680].
Note: Remarks by His Excellency Sir Jas Stirling.

Description

Shows

PLATE:

In this state two plates have been used. The Discoveries map is combined with a sheet containing two map titles respectively, Cockburn Sound by J. S. Roe and King Georges Sound with its harbours.

IMPRINT:

Remains as London, Pubd. May 31st 1833 by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand. The imprints for the other two maps are for 33 East Street, Red Lion Square

EXTENT:

The sheet size has been increased. In this format the map measures 50.0 x 61.5 cm for the Discoveries map and 51.0 x 31.0 cm for the map of the two sounds combined on a sheet 54.0 x 94.0 cm.

INSETS:

Guildford

North-east of Perth shows land holders W. Tanner and J. Stirling north of the Swan River and to the west of the Swan, W. Tanner, S. Dodds, F. H. Byrne, Capt. Picking and N. S. Talbot. The Helena River flows into the Swan from the east. Public buildings and streets named.

Augusta

Plan of the town at the mouth of the Blackwood River, land allotments shown fronting Flinders Bay.

Kelmscott

Plan of the settlement shown on the right bank of the Canning River with allotments laid out along the river bank.

Perth

Town plan shows allotments fronting the Swan River. St Georges Terrace named. Large areas of swamps behind the front streets overlie allotments. To the east along the right bank of the Swan are land holdings in the names of P. Brown, W. T. Graham, A. H. Stone, W. B. Andrews and P. Wicks. A burial ground is marked east of the town.

Fremantle

Town plan with streets and land allotments laid out and public areas designated.

NOTE

Lower left:

Remarks by His Excellency Sir James Stirling relate to landscape description and the names of the districts none of which have been regularly surveyed or defined.

COUNTIES:

TWISS, PERTH, YORK, MURRAY, GRANTHAM, WELLINGTON, WICKLOW, SUSSEX, NELSON, GODERICH, HAY, LANARK, STIRLING, PLANTAGENET AND KENT

EXPLORERS' ROUTES:

Shows the routes of Lt. William Preston, Dr. Alexander Collie, Ens. Robert Dale, Lt. A. Erskine, Capt. Mark John Currie, James Stirling, John Septimus Roe, John Garrett Bussell, Capt. Thomas Bannister, Dr. Thomas Braidwood Wilson and convicts

REFERENCE

Not in Tooley

NOTES

Shows the south-western tip of Western Australia from 31°S to 35°S and from the west coast inland to 120°E. Coastal explorations shown include Lt. W. Preston in the Colonist north from Fremantle in Nov. 1830, and with Dr. A. Collie south to the Bay du Geographe in 1829.

East and north of Perth are explorations by Ens. R. Dale in Oct. 1830 and 1831 of the Swan, Helena and Avon valleys. Lt. A. Erskine's route in 1830 is parallel and north of Ensign Dale's 1830 track from the Swan to the Avon valleys.

Capt. M. J. Currie's [1829] track going south from Cockburn Sound to Peel Inlet and returning appears.

Govr. James Stirling and J. S. Roe's [1830] tracks examining the Preston and Collie rivers flowing into Leschenault Inlet are marked.

A supposed track of convicts from King Georges Sound going north-west to the Vasse Inlet in 1830 appears.
In the south-west region the tracks of J.G. Bussell, from Vasse Inlet south to Augusta and back, in 1831 are shown.
An overland route established by Capt. T. Bannister's explorations from Fremantle to the south coast at Albany in Feb. 1831 appears.

Also in the vicinity of Albany the tracks of Dr. T. B. Wilson a naval surgeon, from Albany west as far as Wilson Inlet and north to the vicinity of present day Kendenup and back to Albany in 1829, are shown. In the same area Dr. A. Collie's track in April 1831 is sown as a circular route north and west of Wyndham.

Govr. James Stirling and J. S. Roe's route northwest of Albany in 1831 is marked and their track in the H.M.S. Sulphur travelling east from Albany along the south coast to C. Knob (119°15'E).

Ensign Dale's route from Albany north to the ranges and back in 1832 is also marked.

Lt. W. Preston's route is shown travelling west in 1831 along the south coast to Green Pt. by boat after disembarking from H.M.S. Sulphur just east of Rame Pt (Irwin Inlet) where his boat was wrecked. From this point the journey was overland via Augusta, Vasse Inlet and up the west coast to the Murray River (32°25'S) and the north to Cockburn Sound.

Changes AND ADDITIONS

PLATE:

In this state two plates have been used. The Discoveries map is combined with a sheet containing two map titles respectively, Cockburn Sound by J. S. Roe and King Georges Sound with its harbours.

IMPRINTS:

The imprints are, London, Pubd. May 31st 1833 by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand for the Discoveries map and London, Pubd. May 31st, 1833, 33 East Street, Red Lion Square for the map of the two sounds.

EXTENT:

The sheet size has been increased. In this format the map measures 50.0 x 61.5 cm for the Discoveries map and 51.0 x 31.0 cm for the map of the two sounds combined on a sheet 54.0 x 94.0 cm.

There is no change to the information contained in the Discoveries map.

See COCKBURN SOUND and KING GEORGES SOUND for a description of the other two charts on this sheet.

Key Dates

1829 - 1833
Situation date
31 May 1833
Map Publication Date

Institutional and Other Holdings

National Library of Australia Map Collection

  • Discoveries in Western Australia [cartographic material] : from documents furnished to the Colonial Office by J.S Roe, Esqre. Surv. Genl., MAP RM 2653; National Library of Australia Map Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Tooley, Ronald Vere, The mapping of Australia and Antarctica, Holland Press, London, 1985, 649 pp. Details

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Discoveries in Western Australia, 1833/4
Title
Discoveries in Western Australia, 1833/4
Type
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National Library of Australia Map Collection

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