Tag: Historic Maps

Visit to the Archives of the Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, Taunton, United Kingdom

December 14, 2018

Visit to the Archives of the Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, Taunton, United Kingdom on the 8th and 9th May 2008.  By Doug Lithgow (Originally prepared for the UON’s Coal River Working Party, now Hunter Living Histories) It was my pleasure to visit the archives of the Hydrographic Department Ministry of Defence at Taunton in … More Visit to the Archives of the Hydrographic Department, Ministry of Defence, Taunton, United Kingdom

Australia in 1846

May 25, 2014

This early Australian map was digitised from our Stevens Family Collection (A5762). Please click on the image for a large high resolution copy (11MB) Title: Australia Date: [c.1846] Scale: English Miles 69 to a Degree.Drawn & Engraved: W. & A.K. Johnston Johnston, Alexander Keith (1804-1871) Edinburgh, W. & A.K. Johnston; Glasgow, Robert Weir, – Lumsden … More Australia in 1846