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8 items extracted from CO 13/96 (folios 13-15, 105 and 118-120 respectively). South...
Catalogue reference: MPG 1/738
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This record is about the 8 items extracted from CO 13/96 (folios 13-15, 105 and 118-120 respectively). South... dating from 1857 in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1857
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8 items extracted from CO 13/96 (folios 13-15, 105 and 118-120 respectively). South Australia. (1) (2) and (4) 3 maps of the country between Mount Remarkable and Lake Torrens showing routes followed by Eyre, Frome, Sturt, Goyder and Freeling. No scale shown [1 inch to 16 miles, calculated]. Lithographed, by R J Loveday; coloured. (3) Map of the same area as (1) (2) and (4) on a smaller scale [1 inch to about 30 miles, calculated]. MS on tracing paper. (5) Sketch of the sea-mouth of the river Murray. Soundings (in feet). Scale: 1 inch to 200 yards. By J W Pullen Esq, Colonial Marine Surveyor. 'Traced from an authentic copy of the original Chart supplied by the Durveyor General to the Harbor Department. B. Douglas'. (6) 'The Mouth of the Murray from the survey by B Douglas Esq Naval Officer and Harbor Master April 22nd. 1857'. Scale: 1 inch to 200 yards. Lithographed by Rich[ar]d J Loveday RE. (7) The Mouth of the Murray and the channel to the Goolwa. From the survey by B Douglas Esq Naval Officer and Harbor Master May 5th. 1857'. Scale: 1 inch to about 500 yards. Lithographed by M O'Reilly RE. (8) Plan showing the several routes examined and reported on for Railway Communication between Adelaide, the Murray and the Burra. Scale: 1 inch to 8 miles. Lithographed by R J Loveday RSM. Dimensions of sheets: (1), (2) and (4) each 39.4 cm x 61 cm; (3) 27.9 cm x 32.4 cm; (5) 44 cm x 52 cm; (6) 44 cm x 54.5 cm; (7) 42.5 cm x 61 cm; (8) 37.5 cm x 50.8 cm.
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