Measurement and Money

Web Sites for Genealogists - An Australian gateway site for tracing your family history by Cora Num

State Library of Victoria, Research Guide, What it used to cost. This comprehensive guide to costs in 19th and 20th century Victoria covers what groceries used to cost, what houses used to cost, what people used to earn, the basic wage and further resources. New

Metric Conversion Weights and Measures by Arrow Scientific. This site includes distance, weight and volume calculators.

Niel Brandt's Timelines and Scales of Measurement Page with files available for downloading in several formats.

How Much is That? Use this site to compare the purchasing power of the British Pound (1264-2006) and the US dollar (1665-2006) plus other variables between the past and today.

Reserve Bank of Australia Inflation Calculator (1901-2005). For example this calculator shows that something costing $10 in 1970 would cost $26.93 in 1980 and $58.71 in 1990. Updated

Reserve Bank of New Zealand CPI Inflation Calculator (1862-2007). This can be used to calculate the difference in purchasing power for an amount of money between two dates, as provided by the user.

The National Archives (UK) Currency Converter shows the value of old money (from 1270) in today's currency and also its spending power in terms of goods of the day.

Current Value of Old Money. This gateway site has links to many online resources for calculating the value of money, goods, services and wages over the centuries for many countries. It includes a Scots Currency Converter; Cost of crossing the Atlantic in 1843; The Cost of Living in London, mid-1700s; The Norwegian Krone: How much is it worth...?; Money and Prices in France plus much more. Currently there are no Australian links.

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Measurement and Money