Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1895

Brisbane and Suburbs showing Mount Coot-tha Park, 1895. This map, sheet seven, formed part of a series of Brisbane sheet maps drawn by government lithographer A.R. McKellar and published by the Surveyor-General’s Office, Brisbane 1895.  Comprised of 13 sheets, ‘McKellar’s Official Map of Brisbane and Suburbs’ was printed at the scale of six chains to an inch and contained minimal topographic information on Mount Coot-tha Park. Shown mainly as blank space, Mount Coot-tha Park and Toowong Cemetery contrast with the intricate detail on roads, suburbs and train lines. The outline of East Ithaca Creek and a track leading up it from the Ben Nevis estate provide the only indication of undulating relief. This dearth of topographic information was rectified in a later edition of McKellar’s maps. Collection of the Centre for the Government of Queensland