The district of Adelaide, South Australia: as divided into country sections from the trigonometrical surveys of Colonel Light, late Survr. Genl / John Arrowsmith 35 Essex Street 1839. London, Published Feby 18th 1839, by John Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand.
Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed, 13th May 1839. -- Scale [ca. 1:43 500]. Scale 1" = 55 chains. -- 1 map : col. ; 62.0 x 51.0 cm. Marginal title: Third Annual Report of the South Australia Colonization Commissioners.

Description

Shows

TITLE:

Lower right had corner of map.

PLATE NO:

None. It does not at any stage appear to have had a plate number printed on the face

IMPRINT:

There are now two imprints centre lower margin which read:
London, Published Feby 18th 1839, by John Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street and under this Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed, 13th May 1839.

MARGINAL TITLE:

This title appears in the top right-hand corner outside the neat-line: Third Annual Report of the South Australia Colonization Commissioners

LANDHOLDERS

The map identifies purchasers of land sections

REFERENCE

F 2735
Colonization Commissioners for South Australia.
Third Annual Report of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies. 1838. Presented pursuant to Act 4 & Act 5 Will. iv. c. 95. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed, 13 May 1839. (255)

Tooley 112 but with addition of marginal title

NOTES

The map appears first as a normal Arrowsmith publication with the imprint shown as from his premises in 35 Essex Street.. The map is a cadastral plan of the area immediately surrounding Adelaide and covers an area from Port Adelaide in the north down to present day Brighton in the south (5 km beyond Glenelg which is shown on this map).

In Adelaide the map shows the roads, canals, schools, store, barracks, cemetery and hospital. Also shows surveyed sections numbered and available for sale in two sizes, small lots of 80 acres and large lots of 134 acres. Those sold are coloured and carry the landholders' names. The numbering system of surveyed lots is by two parallel sequences of numbers not immediately apparent unless the accompanying list of purchasers is available. Trigonometrical survey stations are marked.
There is an indication to prospective buyers of areas where the streams dry up in summer. The relief is shown by hachures and hill shading and vegetation is indicated.
Tributaries of the River Torrens are shown.

The 1839/2 state is the first indication that the map has been published officially.

In this 1839/3 issue there is now a clear statement of a Parliamentary printing, whereas in 1839/2 this is implied by the printer statement of the Hansards and the use of an official title statement of a Parliamentary Committee Report.

Changes AND ADDITIONS

IMPRINT:

A second imprint appears lower centre margin beneath the Arrowsmith imprint:

Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 13th May 1839.

PRINTER:

The printer statement 'James Luke G. and Luke J. Hansard Printers' has been removed.

NOTES

Other Locations

Annual report of the Colonization Commissioners for South Australia to His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies 1838. Ordered by the House of Commons to be Printed 13 May 1839. 1st (1836) - 4th (1839) Map facing p. 60. v. 1839
VSL Rareltf 325.9942 SO8A

Key Dates

1837 - 1839

Situation date

18 February 1839

Map Publication Date - Actually May 1839

Related entries

Timeline

The District of Adelaide, South Australia, 1839/1
The District of Adelaide, South Australia, 1839/2
The District of Adelaide, South Australia, 1839/3
The District of Adelaide, South Australia, 1839/4
The District of Adelaide, South Australia, 1839/5
The District of Adelaide, South Australia, 1840/1
The District of Adelaide, South Australia, 1841/1
The District of Adelaide, South Australia, 1841/2
The District of Adelaide, South Australia, 1841/3

Institutional and Other Holdings

Mitchell Map Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• The District of Adelaide, South Australia [cartographic material] : as divided into county sections, from the trigonometrical surveys of Colonel Light late Survr. Genl. / John Arrowsmith., 1839, XX/31; Mitchell Map Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Map Collection

• The District of Adelaide, South Australia [cartographic material] : as divided into county sections, from the trigonometrical surveys of Colonel Light, late Survr. Genl. / John Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, 1839, MAP T 112; National Library of Australia Map Collection. Details
• The District of Adelaide, South Australia [cartographic material] : as divided into county sections, from the trigonometrical surveys of Colonel Light, late Survr. Genl. / John Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, MAP RM 2627; National Library of Australia Map Collection. Details

State Library of South Australia

• The District of Adelaide, South Australia [cartographic material] : as divided into county sections, from the trigonometrical surveys of Colonel Light late Survr. Genl. / John Arrowsmith, C 72 B; State Library of South Australia. Details

State Library of Victoria, Maps Collection

• The District of Adelaide, South Australia [cartographic material] : as divided into country sections / John Arrowsmith ; from the trigonometrical surveys of Colonel Light., MAPS 831.112 BJE 1839; State Library of Victoria, Maps Collection. Details

Published resources

Books

• Ferguson, John Alexander, Bibliography of Australia, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1941-1969. Details
• Tooley, Ronald Vere, The mapping of Australia and Antarctica, Holland Press, London, 1985, 649 pp. Details