South Australia shewing the division into counties of the settled portions of the Province from the Surveys of Captn. Frome R l. Engrs. Survr. Genl. of the Colony 1842. / John Arrowsmith. Scale [ca. 1:950 000 at 34° S]. London, Pubd. 10th July 1843 by John Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square. -- 1 map : col. ; 61 x 49cm. on sheet 68 x 57cm.

Description

Shows

COUNTIES:

FLINDERS, STANLEY, LIGHT, EYRE, GAWLER, ADELAIDE, STURT, HINDMARSH and RUSSELL

EXPLORERS' ROUTES:

[Edward John] Eyre's tracks of 1839 and 1840 are shown and Captain [Edward Charles] Frome's tracks of Sept. 1842 also [Thomas] Burr's track dated 1840. Burr was Deputy Surveyor General of the South Australia Survey Department.

REFERENCE:

Not in Tooley

NOTES

Shows the area south of 31°30'S and from the Eyre Peninsula eastwards to the Coorong. Relief shown by 'hairy caterpillar' hachuring. Nine counties are shown.

Key Dates

1836 - 1842

Situation date

10 July 1843

Map Publication Date

Related entries

Timeline

South Australia shewing the division into counties of the settled portions of the Province, 1843/1
South Australia shewing the division into counties of the settled portions of the Province, 1843/2
South Australia shewing the division into counties of the settled portions of the Province, 1846/1
South Australia shewing the division into counties of the settled portions of the Province, 1858/1

Institutional and Other Holdings

Dixson Map Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• South Australia shewing the division into counties of the settled portions of the province [cartographic material]from the survey of Captn. Frome, Rl. Engrs., Survr. Genl. of the Colony, 1842 / John Arrowsmith, 10 Soho Square., 1843, 84/153; Dixson Map Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

Published resources

Books

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