Subject guides: Architecture, Design and Planning: Locating Information : Australian Historic Resources. Standards and Patents

Standards and Codes in Architecture, Design and Planning

Information on obtaining Standards and Patents can be found at the

NCC: National Construction Code (formerly known as BCA: Building Code of Australia)
Useful for architectural and design science searchers.
AACA : The Architects Accreditation Council of Australia
The Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA) is the national organization responsible for advocating, coordinating and facilitating the National Standard of Competency for Architects

ARCH: Australian Architecture Database
Source documents include journal articles, exhibition reviews, obituaries, editorials, conference proceedings, news items, project articles, and award features.
Trove : Find and get Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more
Trove helps you find and use resources relating to Australia. It’s more than a search engine. Trove brings together content from libraries, museums, archives, repositories and other research and collecting organizations big and small.
NSW GOV. Digital Heritage Library
State Library NSW: Architectural Plans & Technical Drawing Collections
The Library collects architectural plans and drawings to document the built environment in NSW
City of Sydney: Collections
Archives, historic photographs, maps, house and building histories of Sydney.
Google Scholar
Good for broad searches of scholarly literature from both free and subscription sources. Also useful to find references which cite other academic articles.
Heritage NSW
We work to protect, manage and celebrate heritage across NSW.
DOCOMOMO ( Australia )
Australia is a national not-for-profit organization run by volunteers involved in architecture, academia and conservation