A page containing some links to web pages with maps connected with South West Victoria, Ballarat, its surrounding areas of Victoria, Australia and the world.
Australian Place Names & Maps
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1885 Maps of Counties of South West Victoria
The links below will take you to maps of the individual counties covering the south west and western areas of the state of Victoria adjoing the above areas of Central Victoria.
South Western Victoria - from Portland to Hamilton covering the counties of Normanby, Follett & Dundas
Borung - (Horsham, Stawell)
Dundas - (North of Hamilton)
Follett - (West of Casterton)
Hampden - (Mortlake, Camperdown)
Heytesbury - (South of Camperdown)
Lowan - (West of Horsham)
Normanby - (Portland, Port Fairy & north to Hamilton)
Ripon - (Ararat)
Villiers - (Warrnambool, north to Dunkeld)
1885 Maps of Counties around Ballarat
The links below will take you to maps of the individual counties surrounding the Ballarat area circa 1885. (File sizes of maps are shown in brackets)
Ballarat Region - shows the surrounding counties (157 kb)
Bendigo - Sandhurst, Kangaroo Flat, N of Ballarat (144 kb)
Bourke - E of Ballarat to Melbourne (125 kb)
Dalhousie - Kyneton, Malmesbury, Woodend, NE of Ballarat (123 kb)
Gladsone & Kara-Kara - St Arnaud, Dunolly, NW of Ballarat (199kb)
Grant & Grenville - Smythesdale, Buninyong, S to Geelong (137 kb)
Ripon - Ararat, Beaufort, Wickliffe, W of Ballarat (94 kb)
Rodney - Echuca, Rushworth, E of Bendigo (114 kb)
Talbot - Creswick, Castlemaine, N of Ballarat (112 kb)
Australia : External Map Links
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Victorian Touring Maps
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Australian Maps from Lonely Planet
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UK Historic Maps Online [old-maps.co.uk]
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London - 1827 (Greenwood's Map)
Greenwood's map of London is an engrossing historic document, hosted by Bath Spa University College.
A historical map with sites of Victorian London during the time of Dr. John Snow (1813-58), the prominent epidemiologist and anesthesiologist. Reynolds's map of modern London divided into quarter mile sections. Dimensions 29.5 x 19.5 inches. Published by James Reynolds, 174 Strand Street, London, 1857. Drawn and engraved by R. Jarman. Year in imprint altered to 1859. Transparent colors added by an unknown person.
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Gazetteer for Scotland
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The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, The University of Texas at Austin.
Map History / History of Cartography
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Almost 40 links to various German maps.