Application for claim 1039, June 11 1861 [cartographic material] : [portion from larger map]
- Bib ID:
- 4399890
- Format:
- Map
- Author:
- Mitford, E. R. (Eustace Revely), 1811-1869
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. MAP Roberts collection 5 copy
- Scale:
- Scale not given (E 137°29'/S 34°11')
- Description:
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- 1861
- 1 map : col. ; 18 x 29 cm.
- Series:
- Samuel Edward Roberts map collection ; no. 5
- Biography/History:
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In 1861 Mitford claimed to be the original discoverer of the area described as Claim 1039. That area was known to hold rich copper deposits, and pre-existing claims to the area were soon asserted by other parties in court. The confusion was compounded by allegation by Mitford of surveying inconsistencies at the Survey Office. The claim was ultimately awarded in 1861 to Sir Walter Watson Hughes of Bald Hill who went on to form the Moonta Mining Company. Mitford continued to petitioned this award until 1869.
- Notes:
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- Portion from larger map showing "Tipara [Tiparra] Springs" and Crown Lands on Yorke Peninsula. Also features at top of map claimant name 'Ryan'. Tiparra Springs lies south of the town of Moonta. "Application for claim 1039" and date are pencilled lightly at bottom of sheet. Examination of the hand-writing and other stylistic elements of other documents by Mitford support the conclusion that this map was produced by Mitford.
- Ink on paper.
- Attributed to Eustace Reveley Mitford.
- MAP Roberts collection 5 copy Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1898050187
- See related items held in this collection: 12, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 33.
- On verso: manuscript sketch, attributed to Mitford, of architectural arch and banner reading "Welcome Prince Alfred Duke of Edinburgh". See similar item : MS 3351.
- Subject:
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- Mines and mineral resources -- South Australia -- Yorke Peninsula -- Maps
- Mines and mineral resources -- South Australia -- Moonta Region -- Maps
- Mineral claims -- South Australia -- Yorke Peninsula -- Maps
- Mineral claims -- South Australia -- Moonta Region -- Maps
- Yorke Peninsula (S.A.) -- Maps
- Moonta Region (S.A.) -- Maps
- Time Coverage:
- 1861
- Also Titled:
- [Ms section from larger map showing Tipara Springs]
- Related Records:
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This belongs to the Samuel Edward Roberts map collection.
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Artistic
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1869
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1885
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