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Author	Ravenstein, F.
Title	General map of Australia and Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land [cartographic material] : showing the British colonies as divided into counties, 1857 / Drawn by F. Ravenstein.
Published/Produced	Edinburgh : Published by A. & C. Black : Lithographed & printed in colours by Schenck & McFarlane, 1857.

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General map of Australia and Tasmania or Van Diemen

General map of Australia and Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land: showing the British colonies as divided into counties, 1857 B/1/2

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Call Number	8950
Cover title	Australia and New Zealand.
Physical description	1 map : col.; ill.; dissected and mounted on linen; 94.4 x 115.9 cm., folded in cover to 25 x 30 cm.
Notes	Main map shows Australia and Tasmania. Extension map of New Zealand as inset. Names counties, shows towns and descriptions of land quality. Relief shown by hachures.
	"Drawn from the British and French Government surveys and other sources. With the new electoral divisions of the Colony of Victoria".
	Cover title "Australia and New Zealand". Inside cover annotated in ms with ownership details of members of Mitchell family, 1852 (date of arrival of Samuel Titus M. in Perth) and 1909 and inscription of presentation to Public Library of Western Australia by Ernest C. Mitchell, June 1951.
	Litho. of British Royal Arms (differenced with Prince Consort's motto in scroll) vignette ; Approach to Melbourne Wharfs. Insets: The principal commercial routes to Australia, New Zealand ; Plan of Sydney ; Mount Alexander Gold Region ; Colony of Victoria ; Norfolk Island.
	Map 279 from Ferguson Collection.
Subjects	Australasia -- Maps -- Early works to 1900.
Related names	Schenk & McFarlane.