Rare copy of a Beck-inspired tube map – for Australia

When the now classic Harry Beck designed tube map was first released in the 1930s, it proved so popular that a version – complete with tube roundel – soon appeared on the other side of the world, in Sydney.
A rare copy of the Sydney map is now being offered for sale by London-based map specialists Altea Gallery.
Sydney railway map (c) Altea Gallery
Sydney railway map (c) Altea Gallery
Prior to Beck, although diagram style maps had long been used inside trains — similar to the o