Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
Helping you trace your family history in Australia and elsewhere
This PDF file by Kathleen M Fanning lists 3,000+ commonly used place names from the civil registration indexes for Victoria, Australia. There is also a useful Victorian Alternative Place Names List detailing the many places that had their names changed…
This site invites you to hop on the historic W-class tram and hop off at any one of over 1600 destinations throughout Victoria (Australia). Along the way you can discover the history of every town, city, suburb, village and settlement…
These online interactive plans provide a historical record of Melbourne streetscapes and comprise of three levels of linked plans which include the outline of every building, the garden layout and the ownership boundaries. TIP: Check the How to use the…
The Cultural and Special Collections includes the following material online:• Architectural Atelier Drawings• Library’s Special Collections – includes the Australian Medical Journal 1856-1921• Map Collections – Historic maps from around the world. Emphasis is on Australian and historic maps• Programs…
This site allows you to search all registered and recorded place names in Victoria. There are 200,000 road names and approximately 45000 place names. It includes geographic features such as mountains and rivers, bounded localities such as suburbs, towns; cities…
This Government site provides integrated access to land, resource and property information and services for the State of Victoria.
Findmypast is a commercial family history site offering access to a worldwide collection of records. There are free searches available but a subscription or Pay As You Go is needed to access transcripts and/or copies of the digitised original records. The Australasian Census, Land…