Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
The SIX Portal acts as a single entry point through which to search, access and utilise the wealth of geospatial services and land and poperty information data for which Land and Property Information (LPI) is the custodian. There is a…
This book was compiled in 1954 by a Lands Officer, the late Ernest C. Gleeson, and it alphabetically lists all the place names in the NSW Eastern and Central Division Parish Maps at that time. There are an estimated 22,500…
City of Sydney Archives – Historical Atlas of Sydney – Royal Commission for the Improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs, 1909 – The final report comprising 50 foolscap-sized pages, dated 25 June 1909, includes over 300,000 words…
This collection contains digitised versions of maps and associated documents. These include: • City Section Survey Plans, 1833• Francis Webb Sheilds Plan of Sydney, 1844• City Detail Sheets, 1855• Trigonometrical Survey of Sydney, 1855-1865• Auction and Sale Lithographs, 1865-1935• Doves…
The Assessment Books record details of ownership, occupation, construction, and value for buildings in the City of Sydney between 1845 and 1948. They provide valuable information for family and property history which is not available from other sources. Digitised copies…
This collection includes 200,000+ maps including 40,000+ subdivision plans. Many are digitised and available online. The collection covers Australia, in particular NSW, the Pacific region, Antarctica and extends to the rest of the world. Some items of interest include: •…
This site has an guide to street names of Sydney in spreadsheet form that can be downloaded from this site. It has been compiled from sources, including old maps, council records, government publications and secondary sources. Every attempt has been…
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, by Rusheen Craig, to homestead leases…
NSW Land Registry Services Historical Land Records Viewer (HLRV) provides online access to more than 2.5 million images of historical maps, plans, titles and indexes. These titling related records provide a wealth of information about the land and its ownership…
Dictionary of Sydney – Sydney’s history online and connected. This resource is a historical digital repository that aims to gather resources on every aspect of human habitation in the greater Sydney area from the first arrival of people to the…