AUSTRALIA FROM SURVEYS MADE BY ORDER OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT COMBINED WITH THOSE OF D'ENTRECASTEAUX, BAUDIN, FREYCINET, &c, &c BY JOHN ARROWSMITH. 1838. London, Pub'd. 1st May 1838, by John Arrowsmith, 35 Essex Street, Strand.

[WEST SHEET] Extent E 112° TO E 137°30'

OVERLAP

The sheets are designed to be joined along E 134°. On the west sheet the area between E 134°and E 137°30' is not fully updated

INSET:

Bottom right. [Eastern hemisphere]

Description

Shows

COLONIES:

SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

REGIONS:

ARNHEM LAND, TASMAN LAND, DAMPIER LAND, DE WITT LAND, ENDRAGT LAND, EDEL LAND, VLAMING LAND, LEEUWIN LAND, NUYTS LAND.

COUNTIES: (WESTERN AUSTRALIA)

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

BOUNDARIES:

The boundary between New South Wales and Western Australia shown at 129°E. The territorial limits of the Colony of Western Australia first formally defined by Letters patent dated 4th March 1831. Prior to that date the western boundary of New South Wales was by Letters patent of 6th July 1825, proclaimed at Sydney 20th Dec. 1825 extended to 129°E).
The western boundary of South Australia is shown at 132°E declared on 28th December 1836. (McLelland, M. H. 1971, p. 672-4, 677)

EXPLORERS

Lt. George Grey and Lt. Franklin Lushington in Dec. 1837- April 1838, Lt. Lort Stokes in 1838.

NOTES ON COASTS

See West 1838/1

REFERENCE:

Tooley T 81

NOTES

The map is notable for its blank interior. Almost all the information is coastal in nature except for the south-west corner of the continent. The name WESTERN AUSTRALIA has now been added to the map. Fifteen counties are named and delimited on the map with the exception of Kent which lacks northern and eastern limits.
Also in the 1839/1(1838/2) state of the map in King Sound new names appear from Lieut. Lort Stokes survey. He has renamed the Sound in honour of Phillip Parker King who had previously named it Cygnet Bay. The following names appear; Beagle Bay, King Sound, Roe's I., Hope Inlet, Disaster B. Valentine I., Fitzroy R., Mary I., Pt. Torment, Stokes Bay and Port Usborne. (Hordern, Marsden 1989, p.62, 63 map, 72 and 82 and loose map)
Names appear following George Grey's expedition to Hanover Sound (Dec.1837) accompanied by five men one of whom was his close friend Lt. Franklin Lushington. The course of the Glenelg River appears and also shown are Lushington's farthest and Lt. Grey's farthest. (Cannon, Michael 1987, p. 186)

Changes AND ADDITIONS

COLONIES:

The name WESTERN AUSTRALIA added

NOTES

In King Sound new names appear from Lieut. Lort Stokes survey. He has renamed the Sound in honour of Phillip Parker King who had previously named it Cygnet Bay. The following names appear; Beagle B., King Sound, Roe's I., Hope Inlet, Disaster B., Valentine I., Fitzroy R., Mary I., Pt. Torment, Stokes Bay and Port Usborne. (Hordern, Marsden 1989, p.62, 63 map, 72 and 82 and loose map)

Names appear following George Grey's expedition to Hanover Sound (Dec.1837) accompanied by five men one of whom was his close friend Lt. Franklin Lushington. The course of the Glenelg River appears and also shown are Lushington's farthest and Lt. Grey's farthest. (Cannon, Michael 1987, p. 186)

Key Dates

1616 - 1838

Situation date

May 1838

Map Publication Date

Original sources

Hydrographic Office (UK)
Charts
King Sound ca. 1:280,000 Com. J.L. Stokes L2364 1838
King Sd-West coast-Carlisle Hd to Disaster B. ca.1:73,000 Com J.L. Stokes L2364a 1840
King Sd-West coast-Foul Pt Anche.& Reefs 1:36 500 Com. J.L. Stokes L2364b 1840.

Related entries

Timeline

West Sheet, W 1838/1
West Sheet, W 1839/1 (1838/2)
West Sheet, W 1840/1
West Sheet, W 1840/2
West Sheet, W 1840/3
West Sheet, W 1841/1
West Sheet, W 1842/1
West Sheet, W 1846/1
West Sheet, W 1847/1
West Sheet, W 1850/1 (1848/1)
West Sheet, W 1850/2 (1850/1)
West Sheet, W 1850/3 (1853/1)
West Sheet, W 1856/1
West Sheet, W 1858/1
West Sheet, W 1862/1
West Sheet, W 1862/2
Australia [West Sheet], W 1884/1
Australia [West Sheet], W 1887/1

Institutional and Other Holdings

Bodleian Library

• Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet &c. &c., 800.11 t.1 (26); Bodleian Library. Details

Mitchell Map Collection, State Library of New South Wales

• Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government [cartographic material] : combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet &c. &c. / by John Arrowsmith, 1838., Z/MC 804/1838/1; Mitchell Map Collection, State Library of New South Wales. Details

National Library of Australia Map Collection

• Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government [cartographic material] : combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet &c. &c. / by John Arrowsmith, MAP RM 782B; National Library of Australia Map Collection. Details
• Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government [cartographic material] : combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet &c. &c. / by John Arrowsmith, 1838, MAP RM 782A; National Library of Australia Map Collection. Details

Royal Geographical Society

• Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government combined with those of D'Entrecasteux, Baudin, Freycinet, etc, 1838, mr (Australia S/Div.2); Royal Geographical Society. Details

Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc.

• Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet &c. &c. [cartographic material] / by John Arrowsmith, 1838, RGS Australiana Coll. (J) 912.94 A779; Royal Geographical Society of South Australia Inc. Details

State Library of South Australia

• Australia from surveys made by order of the British Government combined with those of D'Entrecasteaux, Baudin, Freycinet &c. &c. [cartographic material] / by John Arrowsmith, 1838, C 900; State Library of South Australia. Details

Published resources

Books

• Cannon, Michael, The exploration of Australia, Reader's Digest, Sydney, 1987, 304 pp. Details
• Hordern, Marsden, Mariners are warned! : John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843, Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1989, 359 pp. Details
• Tooley, Ronald Vere, The mapping of Australia and Antarctica, Holland Press, London, 1985, 649 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• McClelland, M. H., 'Colonial and state boundaries in Australia', The Australian Law Journal, vol. 45, November 1971, p. 679. Details