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Title
William Stanley Jevons - 'Remarks upon the Social Map of Sydney, 1858', bound with 3 maps, 1854-1859
Creator
William Stanley Jevons, 1835-1882
Call number
B 864
Level of description
fonds
Date

1854-1859
Type of material
Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings
Reference code
456664
Issue Copy
Digitised
Physical Description
1 volume - 0.01 Meters
Textual Records - (manuscript)
Drawings
ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY

William Stanley Jevons arrived in Sydney in October 1854 to take up a position as assayer at the new Sydney Mint. In his private capacity, he became a pioneer in scientific meteorology, publishing his observations in Sydney newspapers. In 1857 Jevons took up wet-plate photography, producing portraits, interiors and landcapes. In 1858 he undertook a 'social survey' of Sydney. Jevons left Sydney in 1859, returning to England where he went on to publish studies in logic, economics and scientific method.
Scope and Content
1858; Manuscript in Jevons' hand, describing the economy of Sydney reflected in the classes of houses and the distribution of services and industry, in preparation for the production of a social map of the city. Jevons defines three classes of residences to be shown in colour on the map. He describes the city centre and surrounding areas including Surry Hills, Woolloomooloo, Ultimo, Redfern, Camperdown, Pyrmont, Glebe and Newtown, and includes pen and ink sketches. He also describes, in less detail, Goulburn, Melbourne and Ballarat.
1854; Woolcott and Clarke's map of the City of Sydney, with the environs of Balmain, Glebe, Chippendale, Redfern, Paddington, &c. : printed map on one sheet, 21 1/8"x17 1/2", engraved by J. Carmichael, Sydney, printed by Degotardi; no scale given. Mounted on fabric, folded and placed in a folder at back of volume.
April 1857; 'Descriptive Map of the District of Illawarra, N.S.W., April 1857'. Map, drawn by Jevons, showing natural features of the area between Bulli and Lake Illawarra.
Feb. 1859; 'Social Map of Goulburn, N.S. Wales, February 1859'. Map, drawn by Jevons, of the town of Goulburn showing types of shops and classes of houses.
Finding Aids
Read the transcription here: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D00007/a1760.html
Published Information
The first 32 pages were published in installments in the Sydney Morning Herald in November-December 1929.
Variant title

Listed in the Manuscripts Index Card Catalogue as : A Social Survey of Australian Cities, 1858-9.
General note

Microfilm copy available at CY 1045, frames 1-38
Digitised from the microfilm copy in 2007
Digital order no:Album ID : 823804
Subject
Ballarat (Vic.)--Social conditions--1834-1900.
Goulburn (N.S.W.)--Maps.
Goulburn (N.S.W.)--Social conditions--1851-1901.
Illawarra (N.S.W.)--Maps.
Melbourne (Vic.)--Social conditions--1834-1900.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Maps.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social conditions--1851-1901.
Sydney (N.S.W.)--Social life and customs--1851-1891
Place
Ballarat (Vic.)
Goulburn (N.S.W.)
Melbourne (Vic.)
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