Status: COMPLETE

Introduction

This map is a digitised index to "Plan of the city of Adelaide, in South Australia : with the acre allotments numbered, and a marginal reference to the names of the original purchasers / surveyed and drawn by Colonel Light". For background on this map, see: https://coombe.id.au/1840s_South_Australia/1837_Adelaide_Map_Original_Purchasers.htm. For more information on the use of maps in this project, see: 1840s South Australia and artist S.T. Gill S.T. Gill in Maps. For related resources see: 1840s South Australia and artist S.T. Gill.

Online Map

This online map consists of: 1. default map background - see Map Source below 2. markers with pin representing the approximate location of each city acre / section and showing purchaser(s) information. A caption will pop up when you hover over a marker with the mouse. Click to get more information. Markers. Green: preliminary sections. Blue: auction sales. Layers. There is an invisible layer of locations for all acres which you may put to your own use. Map background. You can use the control at left to change the map background to a modern map or revert to the default "Original Purchasers, 1837" (see bottom of list).

Map Source and Georectification

National Library of Australia – MAP RM 1128 Plan of the city of Adelaide, in South Australia : with the acre allotments numbered, and a marginal reference to the names of the original purchasers / surveyed and drawn by Colonel Light https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-231422105/view I geo-rectified this map in MapWarper. David Coombe, 2023