1842 Kingston Map of Adelaide, South Australia

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The Kingston map represents colonial Adelaide at the beginning of 1842.

The map was lithographed in London and prints arrived in Adelaide in June 1843. Maps could be bought from Platts' Library in Hindley Street in several finishes – the National Library of Australia's (NLA) copy being "mounted and a case" at 32 shillings (compared to 25 shillings unmounted). The State Library of South Australia (SLSA) also holds a copy of the map and has useful interpretative information on featured and extant buildings.

The mounted map consists of printed paper tiles stuck onto cards with a linen backing to allow folding. At 163 x 122 cm, it is physically very large – in the accompanying photo the map is not fully opened out! NLA's high resolution scan resolves the minute detail (particularly the map reference numbers) by splitting the image into four – selecting the "Down a Level" link reveals these higher resolution images.

In seeking to make the map's information more accessible, I transcribed the map references and recorded Adelaide acre numbers where applicable. I then placed the features on an online geo-rectified version of the map. I present this information in the form of an interactive map and a reference table.

The table is helpful to look up a particular location, for example the Tavistock Buildings, which can then be generally found on the map by hovering the mouse over map pins to close in on the desired place. Alternatively you can, within the map, "browse data" and filter by description. For example, "ch" will display churches, chapels and schools. The map and table are below.

Technical: For the interactive map, I first georectified / georeferenced each of the four NLA high resolution files and then made a mosaic from them in MapWarper. I then used the result as the custom background in uMap. (I want to switch to using the same background directly from NLA's georectified map environment once this map becomes available there.) More information: S.T. Gill in Maps.

 

David Coombe. Original October 2020. Updated May 2021. Formatted 27 December 2023.

CITE THIS: David Coombe, 2020-2021, 1842 Kingston Map of Adelaide, South Australia, accessed dd mmm yyyy, <https://coombe.id.au/1840s_South_Australia/1842_Kingston_Map.htm>

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Interactive Map

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Reference Table

Note: within the parts of Adelaide – north and south – reference numbers follow the same sequence as acre numbers. (Additional places are noted on the map without having a reference number and these appear at the end of the table.)

Adelaide	Map Ref.	Acre	Place
North	1	704	H. Watson, Esq'r.
North	2	704	Quakers Meeting House
North	3	705	E. Trimmer Esq'r.
North	4	720	Dr. Davies
North	5	720	W. James Esq'r.
North	6	741	H. Jones Esq'r.
North	7	750	M. Moorehouse Esq'r. Protector of Aborigines
North	8	750	M. Smillie Esq'r.
North	9	763	R. Gouger Esq'r. Colonial Treasurer
North	10	801	Mrs. Sharpe
North	11	806	Capt'n. Finnis
North	12	966	George Stevenson, Esq'r.
North	13	969	Thomas Wilson, Esq'r.
North	14	994	J. Baker Esq'r.
North	15	1025	Mrs. S. Stephens
North	16		Government Iron Stores [and stables]
North	17		Thomas Gilbert Esq'r, Colonial Storekeeper
South	1	8	J. Hagen & Co.
South	2	8	Mr. Morphett's Offices
South	3	9	Trinity Church
South	4	9	Rev'd. C.B. Howard Col'l Chaplain
South	5	15	Bank of South Australia, E.Stephens Esq'r.
South	6	17	Post Office
South	7	19	Smart & Wilson, Solicitors
South	8	21	Bank of Australasia, R.F. Newland Esqr.
South	9	31	Capt'n Butler, 96th Regt
South	10	31	John Morphett Esq'r
South	11	35	Rev'd. T.Q. Stow [Tavistock Buildings]
South	12	36	Ja's Frew & Co. [Tavistock Buildings]
South	13	40	John Newman & Co.
South	14	44	South Australian Co's, Commercial Offices
South	15	44	W. G. Lambert & Son, Auctioneers
South	16	45	Southern Australian Printing Office, A. McDougall
South	17	47	Adelaide Auction Comp'y N. Bentham Esq'r
South	18	47	Australian Arms Hotel
South	19	48	E.N. Emmett & Co.
South	20	48	Hall, Elder & Co.
South	21	48	Baptist Chapel
South	22	51	Victoria Hotel
South	23	51	Navarino House, Dinham & Harvey
South	24	51	J. Nonmus, Auctioneer
South	25	52	London House, Hodges
South	26	52	Ja's. Sanders & Co.
South	27	52	R.F. Macgeorge
South	28	56	"Register," &c. Printing Office, Robert Thomas & Co.
South	29	71	Tasmanian Hotel
South	30	72	Royal Admiral Hotel
South	31	74	H.W. Phillips & Co.
South	32	74	South Australian Club House
South	33	75	Town Council Room
South	34	75	S.A. Insurance Co., John Browne Esq'r.
South	35	78	August, Cooke & Co.
South	36	78	Murray, Greig & Co.
South	37	78	John Woodforde Esq'r, Surgeon
South	38	78	John Snooke & Co.
South	39	80	Richman & Primrose (Distillery)
South	40	81	Adelaide Market
South	41	81	J. & S. Bennett
South	42	81	Matthew Smith, Solicitor
South	43	82	Chas. Flaxman Esq'r
South	44	85	Bunce & Thompson
South	45	87	Miss Bathgate's Boarding House
South	46	88	W. Giles Esq'r, Manager S.A. Comp'y
South	47	88	John Newman Esq'r.
South	48	89	William Bartley Solicitor
South	49	95	W. Peacock (Tannery)
South	50	103	Fordham's Hotel
South	51	105	A.H. Davis Esq'r
South	52	105	B.M. Da Costa Esq'r
South	53	105	E.C. Gwynne, Solicitor
South	54	105	H. & F. Jones
South	55	105	Rev'd J. Egglestone
South	56	106	Wesleyan Chapel
South	57	106	Barracks
South	58	110	Resident Magistrate's Court & Offices
South	59	113	V. & E. Solomon
South	60	113	Southern Cross Hotel
South	61	135	A.H. Davis & Co.
South	62	146	Wm. Wyatt Esq'r, Surgeon
South	63	151	J.G. Nash Esq'r, SUrgeon
South	64	176	Theatre
South	65	181	Wesleyan Chapel
South	66	190	Borrow & Goodier, builders
South	67	196	South Australian School
South	68	205	Congregational Church
South	69	212	Garratt & Fisher
South	70	233	Gorton & Andrews
South	71	236	Public Offices (Colonial Secretary's Office, Treasury, Assis't Comm'rs Office, Surveyor Gen'ls Office, Registrar's Office, Auditor Gen'ls Office, Judge's Office, Bankrupt Court)
South	72	243	Royal Bush Hotel
South	73	249	Chapel & Sunday School
South	74	251	Port Lincoln Hotel
South	75	264	E. Wright Esq'r, M.D.
South	76	273	Cha's Beck & Co.
South	77	277	A Forster Esq'r (Agent to G.F. Angas)
South	78	313	Cha's Mann Esq'r
South	79	316	R. Ferguson (Iron Stores)
South	80	322	G.S. Kingston Esq'r
South	81	346	A.M. Mundy Esq'r, Private Secretary
South	82	347	J.A. Jackson Esq'r, Colonial Secretary
South	83	381	Scotch Kirk
South	84	326	Music Saloon
South	85	408	Government Stores & Commisariat
South	86	413	Rev'd. R. Drummond
South	87	479	Chapel
South	88	566	Mrs Hutchinson
South	89	567	D. Sutherland Esq'r
South	90	580	Osmond Gilles Esq'r
South	91	581	St John's Church
South	92	584	Rev'd J. Farrell
South	93	614	Supreme Court House
South	94	614	His Honor the Judge
South	95	614	T. Burr Esq'r, Dept'y Surv'r Gen'l
South	96	674	John Hallett Esq'r
South	97	679	Capt'n Duff
South	98	696	W.B. Edmonds Esq'r
South		382	Craigie Place
South		203	Proposed site for new Post Office
South		237	Survey Stables
South		158	Croxall Buildings
South		95	Bernard Buildings
South		84	Caroline Place
South			Adelaide Jail
South		36	Tavistock Buildings