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A rare first edition of the exploration of Torres Strait, The Great Barrier Reef, and the coasts of New Guinea during the 1840s by HMS Rattelsnake on their hydrographical voyage as set about by…[more]

A beautiful map of the Australian region and Pacific. The map is surrounded by a very decorative border depicting scenes from the Pacific.

This map comes from one of the last ornate…[more]

Hams map of Melbourne is one of the earliest and best of the city. Victoria had only been officially proclaimed the year before and it shows Melbourne just before the boom of the gold rushes when…[more]

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This map displays a Celtic style border that provides a good frame for the map. This map is from a popular American atlas that would have been in many family homes and been a key note of reference…[more]

This interesting small map was most likely part of a board game or some other game or set. It shows several Pacific Islands and Australia. On each is marked the population of its major city/town.…[more]

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An exceptional, beautiful, interesting and very rare map of Victoria, which is most well known for its detailed central vignette of a goldfields scene showing a man holding a flag and at his feet…[more]

The famous map by Rapkin had been issued by Tallis since 1851. It had also included a number of vignettes surrounding the map including local animals, aboriginals and pictures of scenary. This…[more]

One of the first maps of Queensland, made less than a year after the foundation of the colony late in…[more]

Proeschel's very rare seperately published map of New South Wales

Proeschel was born in France in 1809 and moved out to Victoria to participate in the goldrushes in 1852. Basing himself in…[more]

This map of the world with decorative border was updated and modified from Rapkin's original series of maps featured in Tallis' famous 1851 atlas publication and associated…[more]

The expedition of Burke and Wills is one of Australia's most unfortunate. Robert Burke and William Wills left Melbourne on August 20 1860 with horses and camels brought from India. Together with…[more]

A heavily illustrated map of Australasia with many vignettes surrounding the map. The vignettes include scenes of the native population in Australia, New Zealand, and Pacific Islands including…[more]

Evidence continues to imerge that points to Proeschel's atlas being the first national atlas to be printed in Australia. William Baker did publish 'The Australian County Atlas' in Sydney in 1843,…[more]

One of the first maps printed of the new colony of Queensland (1859). This very large map by Proeschel is very detailed and is canvas mounted, folding down into a booklet form.…[more]

Map showing the Australian states very similar to how they are today. The map shows 68 counties in NSW. 38 in QLD, 24 in VIC, 14 in SA, and 26 in WA. Inset maps of both Tasmania and the…[more]