[talk-au] Australian Historical Maps (Was: Re: 'Break in' the list)

[James Andrewartha]

On Tue, 24 Jul 2007, Ian Sergeant wrote:

> > I've found in some areas of Sydney that the historical maps available
> > online at the National Library and State Library can be useful for street
> > names.
>
> No, you can find them online.
>
> Look here ->
>
> http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/online/maps.cfm
>
> There are some very detailed images, with every street meticulously hand
> written across hand drawn maps of Sydney and Suburbs circa 1920.
>
> Again, likely not accurate enough for mapping from, but good for street
> names for older suburbs.

For Perth, I came across http://shanemiles3248.fotopic.net/c781873.html
which is out of copyright as it was published before 1955.

James Andrewartha