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John Carmichael, Map of the Town of Sydney<\/em>, 1837. National Library of Australia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back in May the Sydney Morning Herald<\/em> took a look<\/a> at an exhibition of maps of Sydney. Cartographica: Sydney on the Map<\/em><\/strong><\/a> presents reproductions rather than originals, and runs until 1 Sept 2019 at Sydney\u2019s Customs House<\/a>. Free admission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Back in May the Sydney Morning Herald took a look at an exhibition of maps of Sydney. Cartographica: Sydney on the Map presents reproductions rather than originals, and runs until 1 Sept 2019 at Sydney\u2019s… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[496,50,1351],"class_list":["post-1787486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-australia","tag-exhibitions","tag-sydney","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5882,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2017\/11\/mapping-the-results-of-australias-same-sex-marriage-referendum\/","url_meta":{"origin":1787486,"position":0},"title":"Mapping the Results of Australia’s Same-Sex Marriage Referendum","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"15 November 2017","format":"link","excerpt":"When it comes to maps of the results of Australia's same-sex marriage referendum (or, to be more precise, postal survey), it's a mixed bag. 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