The National Library of Australia's Map Collection holds 600,000+ maps, 2,500 atlases and 800,000 aerial photographs of Australia, Papua New Guinea and Antarctica. Over 12,500+ maps are digitised and available online. There is also an extensive online Guide to Cartographic Links.
The National Library of Australia, Maps of Australia
site enables a geospatial search of catalogue records for over 100,000 maps of
Australia held in Australia's libraries. There are about 10,000 digitised maps
available and there is the option to limit searches to digitised maps only.
Mapco.
This site offers free access to Australian state (NSW and SA), city
maps and views. Currently items available include the Plan of the
Settlements NSW 1796, various collections of views and maps of Adelaide
(1836-1929) and maps of Gallipoli (1915).
Fairfax Walkabout Australian Travel Guide. The Australian A- Z gives detailed information on the location, history and attractions of over 1500 Australian towns and cities. A very useful site.
Legal
Terms in Land Records. This American site
has an alphabetical list, plus meanings, of many of the legal terms that appear
in deeds and legal proceedings relating to land. Please note that
terminology is not totally consistent with Australian legal usage. Quite a
few terms on the list are not used in Australia, a few have a different meaning
and some uniquely Australian terminology is missing.
Australian
Capital Territory
ACT Planning
& Land Authority. Click on Maps, land and survey data
for access to a searchable database of the origins and meanings of
Canberra's suburb and street names.
New South
Wales
Department of Lands, New South Wales. Click on Survey and Maps
then Maps and Imagery,
then Parish and
Historical for access to the Parish Map Preservation
Project.
This project offers online access to digitised historical parish,
county, town, municipal and pastoral maps for New South Wales.
Department of Lands,
Spatial Information Exchange (SIX). The
SIX viewer enables users to integrate and view a wide selection of NSW
spatial datasets, including property, cadastral and topographic
information, satellite data and aerial photography. Some browsers and
operating systems are not supported by this system so read the Important Information for New
Users.
State
Records New South Wales, Indexes Online to Land Records include Colonial
Secretary's letters relating to land 1826-1856; closer settlement and
returned soldiers transfer files 1907-1936 and 1951; returned soldier
settlement miscellaneous files; court of claims relating to land
1833-1835; Surveyor General's maps and plans 1792-1886; surveyors'
field books 1794-1860 and surveyors' letters 1822-1855.
State Library of New South Wales, Map Collection, Subdivision plans of Sydney and NSW towns. These lithographed land sale posters date from the 1880s to 1930s and are valuable chronicles of the past, recording the subdivision and development of land, and changes in land ownership. The full image is available with excellent, easy to use zooming facilities.
State Library of New South Wales, Map Collection, Digitised Detail Sheets (727) for Sydney and some suburbs. These detailed maps were produced by the Surveyor General (1880s-1890s) for sewerage purposes. They show street blocks with outlines of all buildings, street numbers of premises, sewer shafts and manholes. Full image are available with easy to use zooming facilities.[Call no. ZM Ser 4 811.17/1]
City of Sydney Council's online access to A Guide to Sydney City Street Names. This guide can be downloaded as a MS Exel file. It lists street name; status (C current street, R renamed, D disappeared); location, postcode, map and grid reference plus brief information about name origins, gazettal dates and cross references to other street names.
Sydney
Streets. This site includes an online video which features historic
photographs from the City of Sydney Archives with a commentary by city
historians Shirley Fitzgerald and Lisa Murray. Use the Guide to Sydney
Street Names (above) to discover the locations and name origins of Sydney's
streets, past and present. Plus there is lots of other fascinating material
available. New
Homestead Leases by Rusheen Craig. Originally land in Far West of NSW was divided into vast pastoral holdings. In 1884 homestead leases were introduced and a person could apply for a 'small' 10,240 acre homestead lease. The onlines indexes to homestead leases cover 1885-1914 and the Western Land Leases indexes cover 1903-1910.
Northern TerritorySouth Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society's South Australia
Place Name Database. A search returns the place name plus region and local
government authority.
Tasmania
LINC Tasmania. LINC (Learning and Information Network
Centre) brings together the services of the State Library of Tasmania, the
Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office (TAHO) and others. TAHO online indexes
include:
Public Record Office Victoria Digitised Land Records include the Treasurer's Correspondence Relating to Pastoral Runs (1838-1855).
The Land Channel. This Government site provides integrated access to land, resource and property information and services for the State of Victoria.
Western Australia