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William Bradley's Map of Sydney Cove, March 1788

This map is an online re-creation of William Bradley's map of Sydney Cove, March 1788. It was the first map to depict the British settlement established in New South Wales.

The border indicates the area encompassed by Bradley's map.

Click on the coloured areas and symbols on the map for more information, or on one of the links below to show that location on the map. Zoom in to see what has taken the place of the 1788 structures.

This map was created by CartoGIS, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU, and the National Centre of Biography, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU, 2017.