[Geological Survey of Victoria 1:31,680 quarter sheets] [cartographic material] / geologically surveyed by C.D.H. Aplin and others ; outline and writing engraved by J.D. Brown ; slight hills lithographed by Richard Shepherd
- Bib ID:
- 1945052
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Geological Survey of Victoria
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MAP RM 2335 copy
- Related Online Resources:
- Map index at National Library of Australia
- Scale:
- Scale [1:31,680]. Two inches to a mile (E 141°00'--E 150°00'/S 34°00'--S 39°00')
- Description:
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- Melbourne : Surveyed, engraved and published under the direction of Alfred R. C. Selwyn, Government Geologist at the Geological Survey Office, Melbourne, [1860-1917]
- maps : col. ; 35 x 52.7 cm. or smaller + index.
- Full contents:
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- 1NE [Portions of the parishes of Bulleen, Jika Jika, Boroondara and Keelbundora.]
- 1NW [Portions of the parishes of Doutta Galla, Jika Jika and Maribyrnong.]
- 1SE [Portions of the parishes of Cut Paw Paw, Derrimut and Truganina.]
- 1SW [Portions of the parishes of Cut Paw Paw, Derrimut and Truganina.]
- 2NE [Portions of the parishes of Morang, Yan Yean, Kalkallo and Wollert.]
- 2NW [Portions of the parishes of Bulla Bulla, Kalkallo, Mickleham and Yuroke.]
- 2SE [Portions of the parishes of Wollert, Will Will Rook, Morang, Nillumbik and Keelbundora.]
- 2SW [Portions of the parishes of Tullamarine, Bulla Bulla, Yuroke, Will Will Rook and Wollert.]
- 3NE [Portions of the parishes of Wallan Wallan and Bylands.]
- 3NW [Portions of the parishes of Wallan Wallan, Merriang, Darraweit Guim, Chintin and Bylands.]
- 3SE [Portions of the parishes of Kal Kallo, Linton, Merriang, Toorourrong and Yan Yean.]
- 3SW [Portions of the parishes of Darraweit Guim, Merriang, Kalkallo, Mickleham and Bolinda.]
- 4SW [Portions of the parishes of Glenburnie, Bylands, Chintin, Forbes and Willowmavin.]
- 5NW [Portions of the parishes of Baynton, Langley, Cobaw and Carlsruhe.]
- 5SE [Portions of the parishes of Springfield, Lancefield, Rochford and Forbes.]
- 5SW [Portions of the parishes of Cobaw, Lancefield, Rochford, Newham, Carlsruhe and Woodend.]
- 6NE [Portions of the parishes of Monegeetta, Chintin, Rochford, Lancefield, Springfield, Rochford, Havelock, Kerrie and Darraweit Guim.]
- 6NW [Portions of the parishes of Woodend, Rochford, Monegeetta, Kerrie, Macedon and Newham.]
- 6SE [Portions of the parishes of Havelock and Kerrie.]
- 6SW [Portions of the parishes of Gisborne, Macedon, Bullingarook and Kerrie.]
- 7NE [Portions of the parishes of Bollinda, Mickleham, Bulla Bulla, Holden and Buttlejorrk.]
- 7NW [Portions of the parishes of Holden, Buttlejorrk and Yangardook.]
- 7SE [Portions of the parishes of Holden, Bulla Bulla, Tullamarine, Maribyrnong, Kororoit and Yangardook.]
- 8NE [Portions of the parishes of Derrimut, Maribyrnong, Kororoit and Pywheitjorrk.]
- 8SE [Portions of the parishes of Tarneit and Truganina.]
- 8SW [Portions of the parishes of Mooradoranook, Pywheitjorrk, Tarrneit, Werribee and Mouyong.]
- 9NE [Portions of the parishes of Metcalfe, Edgecombe, Emberton, Langley, Carlsruhe and Lauriston.]
- 9NW [Portions of the parishes of Elphinstone, Metcalfe, Edgecombe, Drummond, Fryers and Lauriston.]
- 9SE [Portions of the parishes of Lauriston, Carlsruhe, Burke and Woodend.]
- 9SW [Portions of the parishes of Holcombe, Burke, Fryers, Drummond, Edgecombe, Lauriston, and Glenlyon.]
- 10NE [Portions of the parishes of Trentham, Tylden, Woodend, Macedon and Burke.]
- 10NW [Portions of the parishes of Coliban, Glenlyon, Trentham, Holcombe and Burke.]
- 11SE [Portion of the parish of Ballan.]
- 12NE [Portions of the parishes of Parwan, Gorrockburkghap, Merrimu, Korkuperrimul, Gorong, Yallock, Yaloak and Bungeeltap.]
- 12SE [Portions of the parishes of Balliang, Mouyong, Parwan and Gorrockburkghap.]
- 13NE [Portions of the parishes of Redesdale, Spring Plains, Langwornor, Kimbolton, Lyell, Glenhope and Hawkestone.]
- 13NW [Portions of the parishes of Sutton Grange, Harcourt, Ravenswood, Mandurang, Sedgwick, Lyell and Hawkestone.]
- 13SE [Portions of the parishes of Emberton, Hawkestone, Glenhope, Metcalfe and Redesdale.]
- 13SW [Portions of the parishes of Faraday, Chewton, Hawkestone, Metcalfe, Harcourt and Sutton Grange.]
- 14NW [Portions of the parishes of Bradford, Neereman, Shelbourne, Baringhup and Maldon.]
- 14SE [Portions of the parishes of Castlemaine, Muckleford, Chewton, Faraday, Harcourt and Walmer.]
- 14SW [Portions of the parishes of Baringhup, Maldon, Tarrengower and Moolort.]
- 15NE [Portions of the parishes of Guildford, Strangways, Fryers, Castlemaine, Muckleford, Chewton, Tarrengower and Yandoit.]
- 15SE [Portions of the parishes of Yandoit, Holcombe, Fryers and Franklin.]
- 16NE [Portions of the parishes of Franklin, Holcombe, Glenlyon, Wombat and Bullarook.]
- 16SE [Portions of the parishes of Wombat, Bullarook, Bullarto, Dean and Korweinguboora.]
- 19NE [Portions of the parishes of Anakie, Lara, Wurdi Youang, Balliang and Mouyong.]
- 19SE [Portions of the parishes of Anakie, Lara, Wurdi Youang, Yowang, Moranghurk and Woornyaloak.]
- 19SW [Portions of the parishes of Durdidwarrah, Darriwill, Wabdallah, Burtwarrah, Coole Barghurk, Anakie and Yowang.]
- 20NE [Portions of the parishes of Mambourin, Deutgam, Cocoroc, Werribee,Tarrneit and Truganina.]
- 20NW [Portions of the parishes of Wurdi Youang, Bulban, Mambourin, Mouyong and Werribee.]
- 20SE [Portions of the parishes of Cocoroc, Murtcaim and Deutgam.]
- 20SW [Portions of the parishes of Wurdi Youang, Bulban, Cocoroc, Murtcaim and Woornyaloak.]
- 21NW [Portions of the parishes of Truganina and Deutgam.]
- 23NE [Portions of the parishes of Bellarine and Paywit.]
- 23NW [Portions of the parishes of Woornyaloak and Murtcaim.]
- 23SE [Portions of the parishes of Bellarine and Paywit.]
- 23SW [Portions of the parishes of Moolap and Bellarine.]
- 24NE [Portions of the parishes of Moranghurk, Yowang, Moorpanyal, Gherineghap and Darriwill.]
- 24SE [Portions of the parishes of Corio, Moorpanyal, Gherineghap and Barrarbool.]
- 26SE [Portions of the parishes of Bamganie, Coole Barghurk, Burtwarrah, Shelford East and Carrah]
- 28NE [Portions of the parishes of Duneed, Conewarre, Barrarbool, Puebla and Corio.]
- 28SE [Portions of the parishes of Puebla, Paraparap, Duneed and Jan Juc.]
- 29NE [Portions of the parishes of Bellarine and Paywit.]
- 29NW [Portions of the parishes of Conewarre, Moolap and Puebla.]
- 29SE [Portion of the parish of Nepean.]
- 29SW [Portions of the parishes of Puebla and Conewarre.]
- 34SE [Portions of the parishes of Corinella, Jumbunna, Wonthaggi North and Woolamai.]
- 34SW [Portions of the parishes of Corinella, Woolamai and French Island.]
- 40NW [Portions of the parishes of Warrandyte, Bulleen, Ringwood and Nunawading.]
- 42B [Portions of the parishes of Maryborough, Wareek, Rathscar, Bung Bong and Bet Bet.]
- 47A1 [Portions of the parishes of Krambruk and Wongarra.]
- 51SW [Portions of the parishes of Baynton and Glenhope.]
- 52NE [Portions of the parishes of Carisbrook, Moolort, Eddington, Baringhup, Tarrengower and Craigie.]
- 52SE [Portions of the parishes of Tarrengower, Craigie, Rodborough, Sandon, Eglington, Glengower, Campbelltown and Moolort.]
- 53dSW [Portions of the parishes of Painswick, Barp, Moliagul, Tarnagulla, Dunolly, Waanyarra, Archdale and Bealiba.]
- 57NE [Portions of the parishes of Glengower, Campbelltown, Smeaton, Eglinton, Bullarook and Tourello.]
- 63dSW [Portions of the parishes of Borung, Wedderburne, Korong, Kinypanial and Kurraca.]
- 64NE [Portions of the parishes of Cargerie, Lawaluk, Bamganie, Warrambine, Enfield, Meredith and Shelford West.]
- 67NE [Portions of the parishes of Wonthaggi North, Wonthaggi, Woolamai and Kirrak.]
- 67NW [Portions of the parishes of Woolamai and Phillip Island.]
- 67SE [Portion of the parish of Wonthaggi.]
- 75NW [Portions of the parishes of Jeetho, Jeetho West, Poowong, Poowong East, Jumbunna, Jumbunna East and Korumburra.]
- 75SW [Portions of the parishes of Jumbunna, Jumbunna East, Korumburra, Kongwak and Wonthaggi North.]
- 76SW [Portions of the parishes of Kirrak, Wonthaggi and Drumdlemara.]
- 80NW [Portions of the parishes of Dargile, Costerfield, Knowsley East and Heathcote.]
- 81NW [Portions of the parishes of Carlyle, Gooramadda and Chiltern West.]
- 81SW [Portions of the parishes of Carlyle, Lilliput, Chiltern West, and Chiltern.
- Biography/History:
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In 1856 Alfred Selwyn, who headed the Geological Survey Office in Melbourne from 1852, commenced a systematic program of surveying beginning with Central Victoria and the country around Melbourne which would result in an untitled map series, known informally as the Quarter Sheets. Selwyn engaged a draftsman plus sufficient staff to establish four field parties under geologists Norman Taylor, Christopher Aplin, George Ulrich and Richard Daintree. The survey teams followed a grid pattern through Central Victoria, commencing in Melbourne. Since no reliable topographic maps had been officially produced, Selwyn's geologists had to create their own by using existing cadastral maps as a base which were then overlaid with the geological details. The maps produced had to be large for sufficient ground detail at the scale of 2 inches to the mile but each maps was to be printed in four portions (hence the name Quarter map series) for ease of handling. The maps are annotated, often only in part, with names of the parish or county they partly encompass. Annotations also included geological notes, sometimes on the map itself or in the left or right margins. Most of these maps were published between 1861- 1868.
- Notes:
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- Historically the first colour printed geological series produced in Australia following the discovery of gold in 1851. As there was no topographic series of Victoria when work commenced in 1856, the geologists spent up to three years surveying the topography and one year determining the geological strata. The first map of quarter sheets of Melbourne were colour printed in 1859 using a conventional hand press but this was very slow & expensive as each sheet had to pass through the press once for each colour. Consequently these maps were not offered for sale until April 1860. Though colour printing was still in its infancy in the 1850s, Thomas Ham, who headed from 1857 the Lithographic Branch of the Government Printing Office in Melbourne, purchased from England the latest steam-powered lithographic press to provide both efficiency and quality. Printing commenced in November 1860 and production increased 4-5 times and costs became more affordable. By the end of 1860 another four maps had been produced. By December 1868 when the Geological Survey was abolished, 59 quarter sheet maps had been produced.
- Some sheets issued in two editions or versions.
- Some sheets published by: Dept. of Public Lands, Victoria and Department of Crown Lands and Survey.
- Note that this map series was accompanied by two separately produced supplementary geological sheets featuring cross-sectional profiles of the coastline including additional geological notes.
- Other surveyors, engravers and lithographers include : J.L. Ross, Norman Taylor, Richard Daintree, R.A.F. Murray, Stanley Hunter Field, W.H. Ferguson, James Stirling, C.D. Oyly, T. Ham, J. Pittman, E. Gilks, J.M. Coakley and W.E. Bennett.
- MAP RM 2335 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-3121571322
- National Library of Australia holds multiple copies of some sheets.
- Subject:
- Time Coverage:
- 1846, 1917
- Other authors/contributors:
- Also Titled:
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- Also known as: Quarter sheets
- Geological sheet accompanying Quarter sheet 14SW entitled: Section from the north east corner of the Quarter Sheet 14 S.W. (Maldon) through Mt. Tarrengower thence across the Lodden near Bryant's Station to the Baringhap and Carisbrook Road
- Geological sheet accompanying Quarter sheets 67NE, 67SE & 76SW entitled: Sections to accompany Geological Quarter Sheets 67 N.E., 67 S.E., & 76 S.W.
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