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This 1889 lithographed map by Wm. M. Bradley & Bros. offers a richly detailed and color-coded depiction of Australia and New Zealand, including inset maps of Tasmania and a full county breakdown of New Zealand. It reflects the late colonial administrative geography of the region as it stood prior to the Federation of Australia in 1901, and at a moment of expanding infrastructural and settler development across the Australasian colonies.
Australia is divided into its five major colonies of the period (Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria) each shaded in pastel tones for clear distinction. Major cities, telegraph lines, rivers, roads, and railroads are carefully annotated, with geographical features such as the Great Dividing Range, the Gulf of Carpentaria, and the Great Australian Bight prominently labeled.
New Zealand is inset in the lower right, presented in full with both the North and South Islands subdivided into 63 numbered counties, with a corresponding index at bottom. Another inset details Tasmania (then still commonly called Van Diemen’s Land), divided into its own counties with topographical and infrastructural features shown at a smaller scale.
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