Fremantle Harbor, [Fremantle Harbour] Western Australia. 1877 - (Plan of Improvements)
Perth: Government Printer, 1878. Original lithograph map, coloured in outline, 280mm x 170mm, framed and glazed, near fine condition.
Sir John Coode (1816-1892), distinguished English harbour engineer of the 19th century visited Western Australia with the purpose of advising Sir John Forrest and the WA Government on the development of Fremantle Harbour. In 1885 after having examined the river mouth at Fremantle, he made two reports on its use as a harbour. This map originally published with one of the reports shows Fremantle Harbour including Gage Road, Success Bank and Owen Anchorage and the proposed harbour improvements, breakwater and dock designs intended for the landing and loading of goods. Coode ruled out building a port in the river mouth as he believed it would continually silt up due to lateral sand drift but by then C.Y. O'Connor had been appointed the Colony's Engineer-in-Chief and proposed an inner harbour to be built in the mouth of the Swan River. O'Connor submitted his scheme, meeting opposition from Coode. Nevertheless, construction of O'Connor's proposed harbour began in 1892. Coode Street in South Perth is named after Sir John Coode. An uncommon map. Item #95515
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