Plan of the Southern Portion of the Province of South Australia as Divided into Counties and Hundreds Showing Agricultural Areas Post Towns, Telegraph Stations, Main Roads and Railways; Compiled from Official Documents in the office of the Surveyor

Description

Very detailed large scale map of South Australia divided into hundreds and showing the agricultural areas. In this map, the ‘southern portion‘, refers to the fact that in 1863 the northern portion of Australia that later became known as the Northern Territory, was annexed to the colony of South Australia. In January 1911 it was transferred to the Commonwealth.