SIX MAPS USING ONLINE MAP RESOURCES Jan Brady, Past History.

SIX MAPS

USING ONLINE MAP RESOURCES

Jan Brady, Past History


WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW18TH AND 19TH CENTURY LANGUAGECounty – geographically defined LAND

administrative areaHundred – smaller geographic land division,

common in England but only used in South AustraliaParish – a smaller CIVIL administrative geographic

land division which may be, but is not always, the equivalent of the ECCLESIASTICAL parish

District (1) – the name of an area where no county had been proclaimed

District (2) – the name given to a local area for local understanding – still used today but often called a locality


COUNTY OF CUMBERLANDTHE FIRST COUNTY

Established on arrival of First FleetCovered the Cumberland Plain- the basin

between the coast and the mountainsFrom Broken Bay in the northTo the Hawkesbury River and Nepean River in

the north and south westsThe Cataract River further southTo approximately Bulli today – ie the top of the

mountainSurrounded by Northumberland, Hunter, Cook

and Camden counties


THE NINETEEN COUNTIES – 1826THE LIMITS OF SETTLEMENT

Cumberland GloucesterDurhamNorthumberlandCamdenSt VincentHunterCookWestmorelandGeorgiana

KingMurrayArgyleRoxburghBathurstBrisbanePhillipWellingtonBligh

Knowing which country or parish helps you to work out where your family lived before spending time on SIXMAPS as these are the details listed on BDMs


THE NEXT DIVISIONSThe first land parcels were grants made to officialsLater land parcels may be deposited (NSW, WA),

registered (Qld), certified (Vic) or title plansThis divides the parcel into subdivisions.Within each numbered subdivision – on older maps

shown just as a number ‘in the background’ – will be a Section number also usually ‘in the background’.

Within that Section number will be an allotment number or Lot No.

Remember! Lot numbers do not reflect street numbers


GOING FORWARDNo matter how much or how little information you

have you CAN make progress – two advertisements

(1) The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 3 April 1813.Same Day. At Windsor, on the Premises of Joseph Quinn, at 11 o’Clock in the Forenoon, THE Provost Marshall will Cause to be set up for Sale by Public Auction, a Quantity of fine Pigs, the Property of the said Joseph Quinn (unless the Execution thereupon be previously superseded) He owed money

(2)The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, Saturday 1 May 1813At Cornwallis, on Thursday next, the 8th instant, on the Premises of Joseph Quinn at 12 o’clock at Noon. THE PROVOST MARSHAL will Cause to be Set up for Sale by public Auction, a Stack of Wheat, and a Quantity of Maize, the Property of the said Joseph Quinn (Unless the Execution there upon be previously superseded). He still owed money. The first sale did not raise enough.


GOING FURTHER FORWARD TO SIX MAPSThis Parish map is post 1810 but shows the original grants – know your history


NOW TO YOUR HANDOUTHow to access SIXMAPS

and how to navigate your way

around it

SIX MAPS USING ONLINE MAP RESOURCES Jan Brady, Past History.

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