Australian Capital TerritoryACT 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.
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Web Sites for Genealogists, 2008 edition. Click here for details.
AustraliaThe National Library of Australia's Map Collection holds 600,000+ maps and 2,500 atlases. Over 6,600+ maps are digitised and available online. Other resources include Guides to aerial photographs, cartographic links, cadastral maps and gazetteers of Australia.
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 site has an alphabetical list, plus meanings, of many of the legal terms that appear in deeds and legal proceedings relating to land.
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 WalesState 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.
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 TerritoryQueensland
Queensland Place Names Online Search.
South Australia
Place Names Online, South Australian State Gazetteer with online searching.
South Australian Genealogy and Heraldry Society's South Australia Place Name Database. A search returns the place name plus region and local government authority.
VictoriaPublic 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
Landgate details
online title searches, aerial imagery and maps. There is information on
the history of country town names plus metropolitan suburb and street
names.
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