From Western Australia Government
JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

State Library of Western Australia Digitised Maps 1840-1985

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

JSON format icon JSON RDF format icon RDF ISO19115-3 XML

This dataset contains bibliographic records and persistent URLs for the digitised maps held within the State Library of Western Australia’s map collection, including cadastral and town-site maps across the state of Western Australia. The maps range from the early 1840s to the mid-1980s and include land use, zoning, lot numbers, boundary measurements, terms of sale, and locality plans; as well as distances from utilities, landmarks and businesses. Highlights include the Lindsay J. Peet Collection of Cadastral Maps; town-site maps from the WA Department of Lands and Surveys; the Australia Soviet Military City Plans, Perth; and the Polus Antarticus states, which show the South Pole and Australia prior to the discoveries of Tasman in 1642 and 1643-44. This set also includes the Historic map series 1880-1890 which has been captured as its own dataset.

Files and APIs

Tags

Additional Info

Field Value
Title State Library of Western Australia Digitised Maps 1840-1985
Language English
Licence Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/36bd6d24-69e0-4a0a-a7af-5adb08879be3
Remote Last Updated 26/05/2022
Contact Point
State Library of Western Australia
info@data.wa.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1850 - 01/01/1985
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
{
  "coordinates": [
    [
      [
        [
          128.84765625000003,
          -11.523087506868514
        ],
        [
          128.67187500000003,
          -34.88593094075316
        ],
        [
          114.43359375000001,
          -37.020098201368114
        ],
        [
          110.91796875000001,
          -19.973348786110602
        ],
        [
          128.84765625000003,
          -11.523087506868514
        ]
      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "MultiPolygon"
}
Data Portal Western Australia Government

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Western Australia Government "State Library of Western Australia Digitised Maps 1840-1985". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.data.wa.gov.au/dataset/state-library-of-western-australia-digitised-maps-1840-1985