Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
Also see Gazetteers.
Also see Directories and Handbooks.
Also see Plans.
Also see Land Records.
The National Library of Australia and the State Library of Victoria have map collections; many of these have been digitized and may be seen online. Local libraries also hold maps. See Libraries.
TROVE - IMAGES, MAPS AND ARTEFACTS
This includes
To find these using keywords: use the pulldown menu to do a specific search for "Images, Maps and Artefacts".
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA - MAP COLLECTION
The map collection includes over 800,000 maps, from early European charts to current mapping of Australia, in print and digital form. All online maps are freely available for download, in high resolution.
https://www.nla.gov.au/what-we-collect/maps
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - MAP COLLECTION
Australian maps, especially those covering Victoria, are the main focus of this collection, though the Library also has many maps from overseas. As well as over 110,000 maps the collection includes geographical and cartographic reference books and atlases.Over 25,000 maps and plans have been digitised and made available online through the catalogue including the majority of their historical Victorian county and parish maps, MMBW, auction and fire insurance plans.
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/search-discover/explore-collections-format/maps
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - MAPS FOR FAMILY HISTORY
https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/mapsforfamilyhistory
STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA - MAPS FOR LOCAL HISTORY
https://guides.slv.vic.gov.au/mapsforlocalhistory
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, MAP COLLECTIONS
https://digitised-collections.unimelb.edu.au/handle/11343/19
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE - ARROWSMITH'S AUSTRALIAN MAPS
John Arrowsmith produced the largest scale maps, constructed mostly from official government sources, of the British colonies during the early to mid nineteenth century period.
http://www.asmp.esrc.unimelb.edu.au/
GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA - MAPS OF AUSTRALIA
https://www.ga.gov.au/data-pubs/maps
OLD MAPS ONLINE
This is a gateway to historical maps in libraries around the world.
https://www.oldmapsonline.org/
VICNAMES - THE REGISTER OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES
This allows you to search all registered and recorded place names in Victoria; it holds approximately 200,000 road names and approximately 45,000 place names.
https://maps.land.vic.gov.au/lassi/VicnamesUI.jsp
GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA - PLACE NAME SEARCH
The Gazetteer provides information on the location and spelling of more than 370,000 geographical names across Australia and its external Territories as at January 2012. The supply of data is coordinated by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and is derived from State, Territory and Commonwealth Government agencies.
http://www.ga.gov.au/placename
FAMILYSEARCH - PLACE SEARCH
This provides various locations for a given name as well as alternate names. It provides the exact location, historical information and research links.
https://www.familysearch.org/research/places/
THE GETTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE - GETTY THESAURUS OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES ONLINE
http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html
Victorian Birth, Death and Marriage Indexes have place name abbreviations which may be difficult to correctly interpret.
Adding to the difficulty there were many place name changes over the years.
STEVE PARKER - VICTORIAN BDM PLACE NAME ABBREVIATIONS LIST
https://bdmabbreviations.steveparker.id.au/
VICTORIAN PLACE NAME ABBREVIATIONS AND ALTERNATIVE NAMES - A GENEALOGY RESEARCH AID
This is provided by Kathleen M Fanning.
TALL TREES FAMILY HISTORY - VICTORIAN PLACE NAME ABBREVIATIONS
http://myweb.westnet.com.au/talltrees/services4.html
SUSIE ZADES - PLACE NAMES IN VICTORIAN BDM INDEXES
http://zades.com.au/gandd/index.php/thisthat/vicbdmind
WIKIPEDIA
Places may be found on Wikipedia.
VICTORIAN PLACES
This includes 1600 destinations throughout Victoria, Australia. It looks at the history of every town, city, suburb, village and settlement with a population of over 200 people.
https://www.victorianplaces.com.au/
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