Map State The Colony of Western Australia, 1839/1

The Colony of Western Australia; from the surveys of John Septimus Roe, Esqr. , Surveyor Genl. and from other Official Documents in the Colonial Office and Admiralty, compiled by John Arrowsmith. [Pl. 36]. Scale [ca. 1:970 000 at 35°S]. S 30° 57'-S 35° 07'/E 113° 40'-E 120° 03'. London, Pubd. Octr. 1st. 1839 by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand.
1 map : col ; 50.0 x 61.0 cm.

Insets: Guildford, [Perth region], Kelmscott, Augusta, Perth, Fremantle

Description

Now shows 26 counties in the south-western portion of the Colony with explorers' tracks and profuse notes on landscape and vegetation. Some landholders identified.

TITLE:

Title changed from Discoveries in Western Australia to the above.

PLATE NO.

No plate number on the first state of this title

SCALE:

Remains the same but the scale-bar has been removed from beneath the bottom neat-line.

CO-ORDINATES:

These have been altered slightly enabling top neat line to be moved sufficiently to allow inclusion of new counties north of the latitude of Perth. The extra width is obtained by adjusting the longitudinal coverage to E 113° 40'-E 120° 03' allowing the inset maps to be expanded.

IMPRINT:

Now reads London, Pubd. Octr.1st. 1839 by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand.

INSETS:

Guildford, [Perth region], Augusta, Kelmscott, Perth, Fremantle

Guildford

North-east of Perth shows landholders 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.

[Perth region]

Extends from north of Guildford south to Cockburn Sound and east to Kelsmcott.
Shows the Swan, Helena and Canning rivers and surveyed allotments. Some landholders' names appear.

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.

COUNTIES:

MELBOURNE, GLENELG, GREY, CARNARVON, LANSDOWNE, DURHAM, VICTORIA, TWISS, PERTH, YORK, HOWICK, BEAUFORT, MINTO, GRANTHAM, MURRAY, WELLINGTON, WICKLOW, PEEL, HAY, GODERICH, NELSON, SUSSEX, LANARK, STIRLING, PLANTAGENET AND KENT

EXPLORERS' ROUTES:

New routes added are A[lexander] Collie up Swan and tributary, G[eorge] F[letcher] Moore, G. F. Moore and Brown [Peter Broun], J[ohn] S[eptimus] Roe north of Albany, J. S. Roe from York, Lt. [Henry William St Pierre] Bunbury, A[lfred] Hillman from Pinjarra, A. Hillman west from Albany, Lt. W[illiam] Preston from Augusta. The supposed track of convicts has been removed. Earlier routes that do not appear in these notes are described in the Notes of Discoveries in Western Australia

REFERENCE

Not in Tooley

NOTES

This first issue of The Colony of Western Australia is a remodelled Discoveries map, which was the earlier state of the map. It has been extensively revised and includes many new place names including places such as Rockingham, Pinjarra, Picton, Bunbury and Busselton on the west coast. On the south coast Normalup, Rame Hd., Irwin Inlet, Dillon Bay, Bremer Bay and Pt. Hood among others. New rivers flowing to the sea are the Lennox, Vasse and Capel into Geographe Bay and the estuary of an un-named river east of Pt. Knob. Rugged ranges north of Abany are now named the Stirling Ranges.

The coast line has been greatly altered and many new features are named.

Land allotments appear in the Swan, Avon and Toodyoy valleys, near Pinjarra and the Murray River, on the west coast at Busselton and near Picton, Waterloo and Williamsburg. Other blocks are shown near Albany and Wyndham and in the Vale of Kalgan.

New discoveries include the tracks of A. Collie in 1832 up a tributary of the Swan River and back via the Swan, this possibly being an examination of the 1500 acres granted to him.

G. F. Moore's May 1836 explorations are shown north from Guildford to the Moore R. then south-west following the river and thence south-east back to Guildford. A second exploration is shown north-east of Guildford to Northam and beyond with Brown [Peter Broun] in 1836.

J. S. Roe's journey is shown from Albany west and then north-east before turning north-west in Nov and Dec.1835. Pushing inland J. S. Roe's track appears Oct/Nov 1836 east of Perth from York to the Glenelg Hills thence north to latitude 31°45'S and from thence westward to the Moore R and thence southward to Guildford.

Tracks of Lt. Bunbury in Oct 1836 between Beverley and Williamsburg are shown.

A. Hillman's tracks from Pinjarra on the west coast eastward to Williamsburg in January 1835 appear, and his route west of Albany towards Pt Nuyts in July 1833.

Lt. W. Preston's track is shown from Augusta to the north in vicinity of Vasse Inlet in 1831.

The supposed track of convicts overland from Albany to Geographe Bay has been removed.

CHANGES AND ADDITIONS

TITLE:

Title changed from Discoveries in Western Australia to the above.

PLATE NO.

No plate number on the first state of this title

SCALE:

Remains the same but the scale-bar has been removed from beneath the bottom neat-line.

CO-ORDINATES:

The co-ordinates are altered slightly enabling top neat line to be moved sufficiently to allow inclusion of new counties north of the latitude of Perth. The extra width is obtained by adjusting the longitudinal coverage to E 113° 40'-E 120° 03' allowing the inset maps to be expanded.

IMPRINT:

Now reads London, Pubd. Octr.1st. 1839 by J. Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand.

INSETS:

A new inset included and the others updated.

Guildford inset shows more land holdings with holders' names to the west of the town. The market place has disappeared and is shown as private land. The title has been placed outside the top neat-line of the main map.

[Perth region]

New inset appears right centre. Extends from north of Guildford south to Cockburn Sound and east to Kelsmcott.

Shows the Swan, Helena and Canning rivers and surveyed allotments. Some land holders' names appear.

Two insets have been moved. These are Augusta and Kelmscott.

Augusta inset has been moved to the left neat-line under Perth. It is almost twice as large as previously with the addition of Hardy's Inlet showing blocks of land laid out along its western bank.

Kelmscott inset appears alongside that of Augusta and under that of Perth. A small portion of the top of Kelmscott inset has been removed with little loss of information.

Perth This inset has additional topographical detail of the Swan River, Hierrison Islands and Perth Water with allotments laid out on the promontory opposite Perth. Streets and allotments respectively, are named and numbered. Lakes to the north-west of Perth named. Much new development recorded.

Fremantle inset has been extended to show the north bank of the Swan River. Land holdings west of the town show land holders' names.

COUNTIES:

Now shows 26 counties instead of the previous 15. Boundaries of the counties have been adjusted.
New counties shown are MELBOURNE, GLENELG, GREY, CARNARVON, LANSDOWNE, DURHAM, VICTORIA, HOWICK, BEAUFORT, MINTO and PEEL.

EXPLORERS' ROUTES:

New routes added are A[lexander] Collie up Swan and tributary, G[eorge] F[letcher] Moore, G. F. Moore and Brown [Peter Broun], J[ohn] S[eptimus] Roe north of Albany, J. S. Roe from York, Lt. [Henry William St Pierre] Bunbury, A[lfred] Hillman from Pinjarra, A. Hillman west from Albany, Lt. W[illiam] Preston from Augusta. The supposed track of convicts has been removed.

NOTES

The Discoveries map, which was the earlier state of this new title has been extensively revised and includes many new place names including places such as Rockingham, Pinjarra, Picton, Bunbury and Busselton on the west coast. On the south coast Normalup, Rame Hd., Irwin Inlet, Dillon Bay, Bremer Bay and Pt. Hood among others. New rivers flowing to the sea are the Lennox, Vasse and Capel into Geographe Bay and the estuary of an un-named river east of Pt. Knob. Rugged ranges north of Abany are now named the Stirling Ranges.

The coast line has been greatly altered and many new features are named.

Land allotments appear in the Swan, Avon and Toodyoy valleys, near Pinjarra and the Murray River, on the west coast at Busselton and near Picton, Waterloo and Williamsburg. Other blocks are shown near Albany and Wyndham and in the Vale of Kalgan.

New discoveries include the tracks of A. Collie in 1832 up a tributary of the Swan River and back via the Swan, this possibly being an examination of the 1500 acres granted to him.

G. F. Moore's May 1836 explorations are shown north from Guildford to the Moore R. then south-west following the river and thence south-east back to Guildford. A second exploration is shown north-east of Guildford to Northam and beyond with Brown [Peter Broun] in 1836.

J. S. Roe's journey is shown from Albany west and then north-east before turning north-west in Nov and Dec.1835. Pushing inland J. S. Roe's track appears Oct/Nov 1836 east of Perth from York to the Glenelg Hills thence north to latitude 31°45'S and from thence westward to the Moore R and thence southward to Guildford.

Tracks of Lt. Bunbury in Oct 1836 between Beverley and Williamsburg shown.

A. Hillman's tracks from Pinjarra on the west coast eastward to Williamsburg in January 1835 appear, and his route west of Albany towards Pt Nuyts in July 1833.

Lt. W. Preston's track is shown from Augusta to the north in vicinity of Vasse Inlet in 1831.

The supposed track of convicts overland from Albany to Geographe Bay has been removed.

Key Dates

1829 - 1839
Situation date
1 October 1839
Map Publication Date

Institutional and Other Holdings

State Library of Western Australia

  • The Colony of Western Australia [cartographic material] : from the surveys of John Septimus Roe Esqr. Surveyor Genl. And from other official documents in the Colonial Office and Admiralty / compiled by John Arrowsmith., 24/5/10 (1839); State Library of Western Australia. Details

Published resources

Books

  • Ogle, Nathaniel, The colony of Western Australia : a manual for emigrants to that settlement or its dependencies : comprising its discovery, settlement, Aborigines, land-regulations, principles of colonial emigration, statistical, financial, and agricultural reports, also instructions and hints to settlers, directions for the anchorages, &c., with the most correct map extant, James Fraser, London, 1839. The map is contained in a pocket on the verso of the front cover. However some issues of this work have been found containing the map without the "36" plate number. Not all issues of this work are identical hence the phrase "with the most correct map extant' as copies have been found lacking any map and others with the combined Western Australia and Van Diemens Land, two maps on one sheet issue, by Arrowsmith. Details
  • Tooley, Ronald Vere, The mapping of Australia and Antarctica, Holland Press, London, 1985, 649 pp. Details

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The Colony of Western Australia, 1839/1
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