Maps & Plans

The False Map Discovery of gold and the heavy influx of immigrants and goods to Victoria brought intense rivalry between Melbourne on Port Phillip Bay and Geelong on Corio Bay, about which centre could attract the most people and trade. Melbourne interests published a misleading map, called 'The False Map', which elongated Port Phillip northwards, to place Melbourne much closer to the gold fields and the Murray River than Geelong.

'Sketch of the Ballarat Goldfield, 1851, University of Ballarat Historical Collection.

Samuel Huyghue's Plan of Attack of the Eureka Stockade, 03 December 1854.

Eureka Site Plan, 1870