All
Mark Stevens - The City of Sydney Archivist - has just released the first
version of the Historical Atlas of Sydney.
This consists of digital copies of map series in the Council Archives that
can be viewed and downloaded as PDFs:
Trigonometrical Survey of Sydney, 1855-1865
Doves Plans of Sydney, 1880
Atlas of (some) Suburbs of Sydney, ca 1885
Rygate & West's Plans of Sydney, 1887
Fire Underwriters' Plans of Sydney, ca 1917-1939
City Building Surveyor's Details Sheets, ca 1956
The address is:
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/AboutSydney/HistoryAndArchives/Archives/S
ervicesForResearchers/SearchTools.asp
The maps are not delivered georegistered, but they will be in the future
here and as part of the Dictionary of Sydney.
http://www.dictionaryofsydney.org/www/html/7-home-page.asp
cheers,
Andrew
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Andrew Wilson
Archaeological Computing Laboratory
Digital Innovation Unit in the Humanities and Social Sciences
Room 314, Madsen Building F09
University of Sydney 2006 Australia
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lab: +61 (0)2 9351 3142
fax: +61 (0)2 9351 3644
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