Zahel’s Estate, Balgowlah
1886. Colour lithographic subdivision plan, printer’s line “Gibbs, Shallard & Co., Sydney” lower margin, 101 x 72cm. Old folds, foxing, tears and losses to margins visible. Linen-backed.
A sweeping black-and-pink title ribbon sits above a carefully tinted subdivision map showing allotments between West, Wood, Condamine, Griffiths, Harbord and Balgowlah streets, with Manly Cove and North Harbour providing the geographical anchor. Display text includes “Zahel’s Estate, Balgowlah”, “Sylvan Park, Manly Cove” and “For auction sale on the ground, Sat. 20th March 1886 at 3.30.” Mills & Pile are named as auctioneers and C.A. Atchison as licensed surveyor; the lower margin carries the imprint of Gibbs, Shallard & Co., Sydney. The State Library of New South Wales records several surviving 1886 Zahel’s Estate plans for the same 20 March sale, confirming the campaign date and Balgowlah location across multiple examples. The sheet vividly combines survey information, promotional typography and transport geography in an early North Shore land-sale campaign. Held in the SLNSW and Northern Beaches Council Local Studies.
Item #CL210-33
Price (AUD): $1,650.00 other currencies