Map of Brisbane City ca.1844

Map of Brisbane drawn by C. F. Gerler. This basic map has a numbered list of forty-eight locations in the bottom right corner. The list corresponds to places and residences on the map. The locations are represented by hand drawings of houses and other buildings with the numbers next to them. Trees, roads, and rivers are have also been included as a decorative flourish. Caption: Brisbane in 1844. Map of Brisbane drawn by C. F. Gerler. This basic map has a numbered list of forty-eight locations in the bottom right corner. The list corresponds to places and residences on the map. The locations are represented by hand drawings of houses and other buildings with the numbers next to them. Trees, roads, and rivers are have also been included as a decorative flourish. Caption: Brisbane in 1844. Map legend : 1. Andrew Petrie, 2, Handel, cattle drover, 3. Savory (the only baker), 4. Bensteads, sawyers, 5. T. Richardson (the only general store), 6. Convict Barracks, 7. W. Kent (druggist shop), 8. Fitzpatrick (the first Chief Constable), 9. The Lock-up, 10. The Constable's place (only two in all), 11. Slade's Post Office (old), 12. Slade's Pineapple Garden, 13. Church of England, 14. The Hospital, 15. Mort, milkman. 16. Wright's Hotel, 17. General Cemetery, 18. Tread and Windmill, 19. Edmonton's Paddock, 20. Old R. Jones, 21. Dr. Simpson (the first Commissioner), 22. Old Major Prior, 23. The Gaol, 24. Skyring's Beehives (soft goods shop), 25. Hayes, milkman, 26. Brothers Fraser (first houses), 27. Catholic Church, 28. McLean's Blacksmith's Shop, 29. Edmonston's butcher, 30. Bow's Hotel. 31. Taylor Shappart, 32. Montifeur (a financier), 33. W. Pickering, 34. Sergeant Jones, 35. Soldiers' Barracks, 36. Officer de Winton, 37. Commission Stores, 38. Queen's Wharf, 39. Captain Wickham's office, 40. Commissioner T. Kent, 41. Commissioner's Garden, 42. Captain Coley, 43. Government Gardens, 44. Father Hanley (the only priest), 45. Saw Pits, 46. Queen Street, 47. The Boat House and Boatman's House, 48. The First Tombstone (two graves). (Description supplied with photograph.) The Postmaster in 1844 was George M. Slade.