Historical list of place names of NSW

Find fascinating resources from our archives showing how names and places were carefully recorded before the digital age.

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Historical map of NSW

Historical map of NSW

Find a map showing all divisions of NSW for the Crown Lands Acts.

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Extract of a letter about the Historical List of Place Names book.

Places Names 1976 letter

Read a letter from last century depositing the original Historical List of Place Names book into the Information Bureau (Lands) library.

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Part of the preliminary pages of the Historical Place Names of NSW book.

Place Names of NSW book

See how cities, towns, villages, bores, stations and lakes were listed in 1954.

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