State Library of Western Australia Digitised Maps 1840-1985

Brief description

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.\r\n\r\nHighlights 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. \r\nThis set also includes the Historic map series 1880-1890 which has been captured as its own dataset.

Full description

SLWA Digitised Maps 1840-1985 CSV - This CSV file contains limited bibliographic data from this collection including title of map; author; publisher; description of resource and a link to the image on the SLWA website.\r\nTools used to create this dataset:\r\nAACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing Rules RDA - Resource Description and Access LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings\r\n
SLWA Digitised Maps 1840-1985 MODS - This MODXML file contains limited bibliographic data from this collection including title of map; author; publisher; description of resource and a link to the image on the SLWA website.\r\nTools used to create this dataset:\r\nMarcEdit MODSXML AACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing Rules RDA - Resource Description and Access LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings\r\nAbout MODSXML: Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) is a schema for a bibliographic element set that may be used for a variety of purposes, and particularly for library applications. The standard is maintained by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress with input from users.
SLWA Digitised Maps 1840-1985 MARC - This MARCXML file contains limited bibliographic data from this collection including title of map; author; publisher; description of resource and a link to the image on the SLWA website.\r\nTools used to create this dataset:\r\nMarcEdit MARC21XML AACR2 - Anglo American Cataloguing Rules RDA - Resource Description and Access LCSH - Library of Congress Subject Headings\r\nAbout MODSXML: Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) is a schema for a bibliographic element set that may be used for a variety of purposes, and particularly for library applications. The standard is maintained by the Network Development and MARC Standards Office of the Library of Congress with input from users.