1895 BROOKING John East Kimberley Wyndham

Lithographic map of the East Kimberley Electoral District with hand drawn annotations including that of the Electoral District boundaries laid on linen. We assume that this map was used to define new electoral boundaries and may be unique, being the amended and updated copies of this map to the 1st November 1900?The general area covered is from Camera Point near Robinson Reach in the west, EastWest Arm on the Cambridge Gulf and Wyndham. The map extends south to Macphee Creek and the Durack holdings are shown to the boundary of the Colony. Shows all pastoral leases and their owners.John Sherlock Brooking was Deputy Surveyor General from 1887 to 1890 and became acting Surveyor General in 1890 when John Forrest, his predecessor, relinquished the position, to become Treasurer and Premier of Western Australia. Brooking acted in the position for six years before retiring