The Historical Atlas of Sydney

contains digital versions of maps and associated documents.

Click on each section heading, alongside, to see more information about the information source.

Then select the map you are interested in from the drop down box, or in most cases from the index map

Alongside each map is a download button so you can download a PDF version of the map.

This PDF version can then be zoomed and panned so you can see the map sheet in detail. You can print the view on your screen by adjusting your print range settings to 'print current view'.

The downloadable PDF files require Adobe Reader to be seen correctly.

If you do not have Adobe Reader you can download it for free from:

www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

We plan to add more maps in the future.

City Section Survey Plans, 1833

Francis W Sheilds Plan of Sydney, 1845

City Detail Sheets, 1855

Trigonometrical Survey of Sydney, 1855-1865

Doves Plans of Sydney, 1880

Atlas of the Suburbs of Sydney, ca 1885

Rygate & West's Plans of Sydney, 1887

Royal Commission for the improvement of the City of Sydney and its Suburbs, 1909

Fire Underwriters' Plans of Sydney, ca 1917-1939

Civic Survey, 1938-1950

Planning Scheme Maps, 1945+

Town Plans, 1946-1948

Aerial Survey of the City of Sydney, 1949

City Building Surveyor's Detail Sheets, ca 1956

City Boundaries and Wards, 1842-2004

Other Maps - 19th, 20th, and 21st Century