University of Sydney Subject Guides - Geospatial Data

Sydney - Historic Maps

Sydney Metropolitan Detail Series , a series of LandsDepartment maps covering Sydney and its inner suburbs from the 1880s to the 1910s. This is a fascinating source of information for local history, land use and urban studies, as these maps show the outlines of buildings and they help researchers to understand the historical development of Sydney and suburbs. Key maps and the entire series (over 700 sheets) can be viewed online
Fire & Accident Underwriters Association's Block Plan City of Sydney, 1919-1940
The Lands Department's Parramatta Detail Series of 1895
Historical Atlas of Sydney - contains digital version of historical maps of Sydney

The Geosciences Map Collection also has many historical and other maps available. Information on visiting the collection is available here.

Selected sites:

ANZLIC
The peak intergovernmental organisation providing leadership in the collection, management and use of spatail information in Australia and New Zeland
Australian Antarctic Data Centre
Provides data management and spatial data services to Australia's Antarctic programme
Australian Spatial Data Directory (ASDD)
Aims to improve access to Australian spatial data for industry, government, education and the general community through effective documentation, advertisement and distribution.
ECAI - Electronic Cultural Atlas Initiative - a global consortium of people who share the vision of creating a distributed virtual library of cultural information with a time and place interface.
ESRI Australia
Offers a complete range of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology
Geosciences Australia
Provides geoscientific information
GIS Dictionary
includes terms from all areas of GIS
Maps of Australia
Search over 100,000 maps of Australia held in Australia's libraries, from the earliest mapping to the present
Spatial Sciences Institute SSI
Provide representation, support and services for the expanding comunity of spatial practitioners