Historical information

This was a map made in the period before Cardinia shire was created in 1994.

Significance

With intricate labelling of lot allocations, this map is a invaluable research potential for understanding the settlement of the area and its development in the first half of the 1900s.

Physical description

A paper map with yellow shaded areas and black ink.

Inscriptions & markings

On Left Side: Pakenham (lot numbers throughout the map)
Top side: Gembrook, Tonimbuk
Right Side: Bunyip, Koo-wee-rup East
Bottom Side: By Authority: / H.E. Daw Government Printer / Melbourne
Koo-wee-rup

Bottom Right Corner:
NOTE: The allotments colored brown are freehold. In respect of which the name. The Area, and the Date where given, are the particulars set out in the Crown grant as issued by the Lands Department. / After the issue of the Crown Grant, all subsequent dealings are effected at the office of titles, Queen Street, Melbourne, and particulars as to present registered ownership, boundaries, subdivisions, etc., may be obtained by search at that office. /
This plan has been compiled from the Lands Department Record as at June 1944 / Nar-Nar-Goon / County of Mornington / Drawn and reproduced at the department of lands and survey, Melbourne Price 2/. June 1944