Link: MAPCO Website : Free High Quality Australian Maps Online

[MAPCO]

Hello All.

I am writing to introduce a free online map website, designed to assist family historians.

For those who are not familiar with the website, it is:

MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online
http://mapco.net

The site currently has 23 high quality maps and sets of views of Australia, plus 4 Australian related maps of the Gallipoli peninsular. The direct links to the index pages are:

Australian State and City Maps and Views

Other Maps, Views and Charts

Take a look at some of these other maps to see how the site operates:

Plan Of Sydney With Pyrmont, New South Wales; The Latter The Property Of Edwd. Macarthur Esqre. Divided Into Allotments For Building. 1836.

Plan Of The City Of Adelaide In South Australia With The Acre Allotments Numbered And A Reference To The Names Of The Original Purchasers Surveyed & Drawn By Colonel Light 1837

The District Of Adelaide, South Australia, As Divided Into Country Sections. From The Trigonometrical Surveys Of Colonel Light, Late Survr. Genl. 1839

Wyld's Map of South Australia, New South Wales, Van Diemens Land, and settled parts of Australia c1858

Wyld's Map of Australia, Compiled From The Nautical Surveys, Made By Order Of The Admiralty, And Other Authentic Documents c1863

Captain Sweet's Views of Adelaide and South Australia 1866-1885

The Ebb And Flow Of War : The Gallipoli Withdrawal (1916)

Map Of Sydney Harbour And Surrounding Districts 1926

For U.K. researchers, a recent addition to the site of particular note is:

Map Of London 1868, By Edward Weller, F.R.G.S.
http://london1868.com

This is a huge, highly detailed and beautiful map of London. Note that this map has its own domain name (which is easy to remember), but it is still part of the MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online website.


The MAPCO website is a philanthropical project, designed to raise awareness and appreciation of history using old maps and photographs. The website displays many high quality historical maps and views, with an emphasis on London, U.K., and Australia. The MAPCO website is a free access site, and will remain so.

This site is intended primarily as a research aid for genealogical and historical researchers. The maps, prints and views on the MAPCO website are displayed free of charge for the use of students, historians and genealogists, to assist with heritage and family history research.

The site is regularly reviewed in the U.K. press and historical/family history magazines, and the National Library of Australia has recognised the website as a digital resource of cultural significance, and now archive the site annually for posterity. I am solely responsible for the entire administration of the site; that is, and I do all of the scanning, digital image work, and web page design, and financial administration.

The MAPCO website is updated regularly, with new maps being displayed every month. Check back regularly to see what has been added.

I do hope that you find this site useful and informative. Enjoy the MAPCO website. It is free!

Kind regards,

David Hale,
Adelaide,
South Australia.

MAPCO : Map And Plan Collection Online


Map Of London 1868
http://london1868.com

[MAPCO]

A Map Of The Hundred Of Onkaparinga, South Australia, 1899 is now on display on the MAPCO website. The map and website are free to view.

http://mapco.net/onkaparinga1899/onkaparinga.htm

This map shows the Hundred of Onkaparinga, spanning the Adelaide Hills, in the year 1899. Produced by the Surveyor-General, this map accompanied Parliamentary Paper No. 161 relating to the purchase of land at Forest Range known as Woolshed Paddock.

Details are:

I. Woolshed Paddock, Castambool Estate, about three miles north-easterly from Marble Hill, sections 73, 74, 75, 76, and 77, hundred of Onkaparinga. Area, 656 acres garden and grazing land.
II. Vendor - A.G. Phillips.
III. Price paid (including improvements), £984; land tax assessment, £1 13s. 4d.

I hope that you find this map of interest. Enjoy!

[MAPCO]

Hello All.

Two of Colonel Light's early maps of Adelaide have just been completely revised and improved on the MAPCO website, as part of the MAPCO Revised project.

They are:

The District Of Adelaide, South Australia, As Divided Into Country Sections. From The Trigonometrical Surveys Of Colonel Light, Late Survr. Genl. 1839.
http://mapco.net/adel1839/adelaide.htm

The District Of Adelaide, South Australia, As Divided Into Country Sections. From The Trigonometrical Surveys Of Colonel Light, Late Survr. Genl. Updated To 1840.
http://mapco.net/adel1840/adelaide.htm

The enlarged map images make navigation and viewing much simpler than the original display format from 2006-7.

I hope that you find these updated maps of Adelaide a useful research aid.

Regards,

David.

[MAPCO]

Hello All.

Colonel Light's 1837 Plan Of The City Of Adelaide has been updated as part of the MAPCO Revised project:

http://mapco.net/adel1837/adel1837.htm

The enlarged map images make navigation and viewing much simpler than the original display format from 2006.

The page images of the "Second Annual Report Of The Colonization Commissioners For South Australia To Her Majesty's Principal Secretary Of State For The Colonies, 1837" have also been improved:

http://archivemaps.com/mapco/adel1837/colrep01.htm

I hope that you find these Adelaide updates useful.

Enjoy!

Regards,

David.