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Cartographer: John Stockdale
Title: : Plan of Port Jackson, New South Wales
Date: 1789 Size: 10 x 17 inches
Published: London
Description: This is the first European printed map of Port Jackson. It was surveyed by Captain of John Hunter when he was a commander of H.M.S. Sirius, flagship of the First Fleet.
Map Ref: AUNZ2803

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Cartographer: John Stockdale
Title: : Sketch of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson, in the County of Cumberland, New South Wales
Date: 1789 Size: 18 x 18 inches
Published: London
Description: The first printed map of the town of Sydney. Drawn just 7 months after the foundation of the colony. All of the buildings, both planned and constructed, are marked. A fine example of a rare and important map.
Map Ref: AUNZ2814

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Cartographer: Capt. James Cook
Title: : Mond van de Endeavour Rivier in Nieuw Zuid Wales - Botanie Baai in Nieuw Zuid Wales
Date: 1794 Size: 13 x 6 inches
Published: London
Description: Two maps of one sheet: A chart of the mouth of the Endeavour River on the left, and a coastal chart of Botany Bay on the right. From the Dutch edition of Cook's Voyages. Coloured.
Map Ref: AUNZ2594

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Cartographer: Franz Anton Schraembl
Title: : Karte aller Theile von Neu Sud-Wallis
Date: 1795 Size: 8 x 6 inches
Published: Vienna
Description: Rare, very early map of Port Jackson, Botany Bay, Broken Bay, and some of the interior of New South Wales.
Map Ref: AUNZ2536

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Cartographer: Louis-Claude de Freycinet
Title: : Plan du Port Jackson/Plan du Comte de Cumberland
Date: 1811 Size: 30 x 19 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Sydney. Two large-scale black and white charts on one sheet of Port Jackson and Sydney Harbour. BC
Map Ref: AUNZ2013

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Cartographer: Matthew Flinders
Title: : Chart of Terra Australis - East Coast. Sheet I
Date: 1814 Size: 18 x 25 inches
Published: London
Description: Matthew Flinders' important chart of New South Wales, including Sydney, surveyed during the first circumnavigation of Australia (1801-03).
Map Ref: AUNZ2771

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Cartographer: Philippe Vandermaelen
Title: : Partie de la Nlle. Galles du Sud.
Date: 1827 Size: 23 x 20 inches
Published: Brussels
Description: Early map of the colony of New South Wales, including Sydney. Knowledge of the interior is extremely limited with little marked other than mountains and rivers. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: AUNZ2525

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Cartographer: Justus Perthes
Title: : Neu-Sud-Wales
Date: 1828 Size: 15 x 11 inches
Published: Gotha
Description: New South Wales. A detailed map with original outline colour.
Map Ref: AUNZ2329

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Cartographer: Baron Hyacinthe de Bougainville
Title: : Plan du Port Jackson
Date: 1828 Size: 25 x 20 inches
Published: Paris
Description: Important plan of Port Jackson showing an early outline of the city of Sydney from a survey undertaken during Bougainville's circumnavigation.
Map Ref: AUNZ2546

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Map of the South East portion of Australia
Date: 1832 Size: 17 x 14 inches
Published: London
Description: Map of South Eastern Australia, detailing the progress of discovery in the interior of New South Wales up until 1832. Coastline from Adelaide to Brisbane.
Map Ref: AUNZ2667

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Cartographer: Rest Fenner
Title: : Colony of New South Wales
Date: 1836 Size: 6 x 5 inches
Published: London
Description: Early miniature map of the Colony of New South Wales showing only 9 counties and with most of the interior still unexplored. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: AUNZ2822

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Cartographer: John Arrowsmith
Title: : The South Eastern portion of Australia, compiled from the Colonial Surveys and from details furnished by Exploratory Expeditions
Date: 1838 Size: 24 x 21 inches
Published: London
Description: South-Eastern Australia drawn largely from official sources and surveys, this work and the editions that followed are of the utmost importance in the cartographic history of Australia. Original colour.
Map Ref: AUNZ2644

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Cartographer: Thomas Kelly
Title: : New South Wales
Date: c. 1840 Size: 8 x 10 inches
Published: London
Description: New South Wales. A detailed coastline highlights the sparsity of Australia's interior: "Arid desert country without water". Coloured.
Map Ref: AUNZ2632

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Cartographer: R.G.S.
Title: : Sketch of New England, Beardy Plains, the Clarence & Richmond Rivers New South Wales
Date: 1844 Size: 6 x 8 inches
Published: London
Description: Sketch map of the Northern Tablelands region of New South Wales, approximately halfway between Sydney and Brisbane. The route of Captain H.G. Hamilton is traced with a red line. Original hand-colour.
Map Ref: AUNZ2817

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Cartographer: Smith & Gardiner
Title: : Map of Sydney and Suburbs
Date: 1855 Size: 12 x 14 inches
Published: Sydney
Description: Rare separately-issued folding plan of Sydney issued at the "Educational Depository, Pitt Street Sydney". Original hand colour. Folded.
Map Ref: AUNZ2835

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Cartographer: William Hughes
Title: : New South Wales
Date: c. 1860 Size: 9 x 7 inches
Published: London
Description: Interesting map of New South Wales with an early use of the name "Riverina" to the west of the region, now a very fertile plain used for agriculture. Printed colour.
Map Ref: AUNZ2820

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