Discover the earliest Dutch charting of Terra Australis, unravel the fledgling development of our nation’s capital with maps illustrating Walter Burley Griffin’s vision of Canberra or take a look at the Atlas Coelestis, the largest star atlas ever published.
Explore our digitised maps by viewing the selection showcased below or browse through all digitised Maps in our catalogue. Over 8800 items from the Map Collection are now accessible online. To review our progress read Maps digitisation - progress so far and Digitisation - overview.
Robert Sayer & John Bennett The Oriental pilot... 1778
Robert Rowe A chart of the world on Wright's or Mercator's projection... 1797
A George III silver salver engraved with coat of arms of Captain James Cook 1785-1790
Smith & Gardiner's map of Sydney and suburbs 1855
W. B Stephen's map of Melbourne and suburbs 1863
Mullen's new tramway map of Melbourne and suburbs 1909
Frearson's plan of the city of Adelaide and suburbs 1874-1878
Frederick Augustus Franklin Sketch plan shewing proposed...
Wollongong 1882
D. MacDonald Map of New South Wales showing stock routes, tanks, wells... 1888
Johannes van Loon Scenographia systematis mvndani ptolemaici 1660
Gerard Hulst van Keulen
Planisphaerum Coelestum 1798
Adolf Stieler
Der sudliche gestirnte Himmel 1850
J. Andriveau-Goujon Les etoiles fixes divisees en constellations boreaeles et australes 1856
Thomas Mitchell
Chart of the Zodiac 1831
Philippe de La Hire
Planisphere celeste meridional 1705
C.F. Delamarche
Tableau analytique des differentes positions de la Sphere 1804
Johann Gabriel Doppelmayer
Tabula selenographica 1742
Nicolas Bailleul le Jeune Marking the second anniversary of the official apology to the Stolen Generations, the Library is making available recordings from the Bringing Them Home oral history project. In this interview, Mona Tur tells how she was threatened with removal from her mother, a traditional Antikirinja / Yunkunytjatjara woman. When she was eight years old, Mona was eventually sent to the United Aboriginies Mission at Oodnadatta, South Australia. Unlike many of her contemporaries, she was able to maintain strong links to her family and culture.