Another excellent resource out of the National Library of Australia has just been released which will be of use to both family and local historians. Maps of Australia enables a geospatial search of catalogue records for over 100 000 maps of Australia held in Australia's libraries, from the earliest mapping to the present.
'Maps of Australia' provides a 'Define Area' search to find maps. By drawing your area of interest on the overview map, catalogue records and images may be found for that area. A keyword search is also provided to allow searching on known topics or place names. Once a map is located, it may be requested from the indicated library or reading room. To date, there are about 4 000
digitised maps on this new website which will be added to Libraries Australia in 2009.
Source: eNewsletter of the National Library of Australia December 2008
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