Milton in 1850

A map of the Milton area in about 1850, held in the archives of the Department of Natural Resources and Mines.

This is likely to be the oldest map pf the Milton area. It is dated from 1850 and bears the following inscription by the assistant surveyor-general James Warner:

Plan of a series of small allotments in the western suburbs of Brisbane, County of Stanley, Surveyed pursuant to instructions contained in Surveyor-General’s letter No. 50/33.

This map has featured in previous pages about the waters of Milton and the legend of the lost lagoon. The original is held in the archives of the Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines.

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You can explore a specially prepared version of this map in the Google Earth window below. (You may need to zoom in a bit before you can see the map clearly.)

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Last modified: April 13, 2013