Historical Map: Tramways System of Perth, Australia, 1920

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An absolutely lovely official government map of Perth’s burgeoning tram network in 1920. The Western Australian state government had taken over the system from private operators just a few years prior to this. The alternating colours along the routes would seem to indicate fare segments, at a penny per segment. Five pence fare to Nedlands!

The map is beautifully drawn, and has two cleverly integrated insets to show the longer routes out to Osborne Park to the north and Victoria Park over the Swan River to the south.

Compare with this map from the 1940s.

Source: Wikimedia Commons

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