Report on The Entrance To The Macleay River (1890)
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New South Wales Harbours. Drawing No. 2. Macleay River. Plan of River from Rainbow Reach to North Head Shewing Works Recommended by Sir John Coode In His Report Dated 18th December 1890. The Proposed Works Are Shown in Red Colour. The Contours represent depths in fathoms below Low Water Tides: those above Coal Store being reduced to Low Water Spring Tides at No. 2 Tide Gauge, or 8 inches above Low Water at Entrance. Note. This Plan was prepared from a Survey made, by Commander F. Howard, in 1887. Spring Tides rise 4 ft. 6 ins. Photo-Lithographed at the Government Printing Office, Sydney, New South Wales. (Click on image for high resolution)
New South Wales Harbours. Drawing No. 1. Macleay River. General Plan of River from Belgrave Falls to the Sea Shewing Works Recommended by Sir John Coode In His Report Dated 18th December 1890. The Proposed Works Are Shown in Red Colour. The Contours represent depths in fathoms below Low Water Tides: those above Coal Store being reduced to Low Water Spring Tides at No. 2 Tide Gauge, or 8 inches above Low Water at Entrance. This Plan has been compiled from a Survey of the River, between Rainbow Reach and North Head, made by Commander F. Howard in 1887, and from the Parish Maps of the adjoining District. Photo-Lithographed at the Government Printing Office, Sydney, New South Wales. (Click on image for high resolution)
Macleay River report on entrance to. by Sir John Coode. Sydney : George Stephen Chapman, Acting Government Printer, 1891.
Acknowledgment of Aboriginal Country
The Dunghutti people are the traditional custodians of the land surrounding the Macleay River catchment and the Apsley River catchment. This work respectfully honours the First Australian People, the Aboriginal People of this land.
Special Collections, in the Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle (Australia) acquired this Report in 2021.
The Report on the Entrance to the Macleay River was prepared by Sir John Coode, an English civil engineer. It concerned proposed improvements that could be made to the River Entrance; such as installing two breakwaters and training banks to regulate the river’s entrance.
Sir John Coode, K.C.M.G
Sir John Coode (1816-1892) was a respected harbour engineer, who visited Australia in 1878 and 1885 to inspect and eventually report on possible improvements that could be made to the rivers, harbours and port infrastructure around the country.
Post compiled by Gionni Di Gravio, OAM,
University Archivist & Chair, Hunter Living Histories.
