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Gazetteers are dictionaries of place names that describe towns and villages, parishes, districts, rivers and mountains, population size, and other geographical features. Additional information may include major manufacturing works, canals, docks, railroad stations, and postal stations. Gazetteers usually include only the names of places that existed at the time of publication. The place names are generally listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. | Gazetteers are dictionaries of place names that describe towns and villages, parishes, districts, rivers and mountains, population size, and other geographical features. Additional information may include major manufacturing works, canals, docks, railroad stations, and postal stations. Gazetteers usually include only the names of places that existed at the time of publication. The place names are generally listed in alphabetical order, similar to a dictionary. | ||
This Government sponsored website for Australian Gazetteers is:<br | This Government sponsored website for Australian Gazetteers is:<br>http://www.nla.gov.au/map/gazetteers.html | ||
You can use gazetteers to identify the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and church jurisdictions of those places. For example, one gazetteer gives the following description of Nelson: "One of the original districts of the county of Cumberland, N.S.W." Another describes it as "a parish in the hundred of Windsor, and county of Cumberland, N.S.W." | You can use gazetteers to identify the places where your family lived and to determine the civil and church jurisdictions of those places. For example, one gazetteer gives the following description of Nelson: "One of the original districts of the county of Cumberland, N.S.W." Another describes it as "a parish in the hundred of Windsor, and county of Cumberland, N.S.W." | ||
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The following is one national gazetteer that identifies historical places in Australia: | The following is one national gazetteer that identifies historical places in Australia: | ||
Wells, William Henry. ''A Geographic Dictionary or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies, 1848''. Facsimile edition. Sydney, Australia: Council of the Library of New South Wales, 1970. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4597&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o&columns=*,180,0 994 E5w], Microfilm Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*,180,0&titleno=412885&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o++ 1439040 ]item 9 to 1439041 item 1, Microfiche [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=521302&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o&columns=*,180,0 6343447].) | Wells, William Henry. ''A Geographic Dictionary or Gazetteer of the Australian Colonies, 1848''. Facsimile edition. Sydney, Australia: Council of the Library of New South Wales, 1970. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=4597&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o&columns=*,180,0 994 E5w], Microfilm Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*,180,0&titleno=412885&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o++ 1439040]item 9 to 1439041 item 1, Microfiche [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=521302&disp=A+geographical+dictionary+or+gazetteer+o&columns=*,180,0 6343447].) | ||
Sources for historical place names are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | Sources for historical place names are listed in the Place Search of the Family History Library Catalog under: | ||
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Vine Hall, Nick. ''Tracing Your Family History in Australia: a guide to sources''. Second Edition. Albert Park, Victoria, Australia: N. Vine Hall, 1994. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=299262&disp=Tracing+your+family+history+in+Australia&columns=*,180,0 994 D23v].) | Vine Hall, Nick. ''Tracing Your Family History in Australia: a guide to sources''. Second Edition. Albert Park, Victoria, Australia: N. Vine Hall, 1994. (Family History Library Call Number [http://webview/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=299262&disp=Tracing+your+family+history+in+Australia&columns=*,180,0 994 D23v].) | ||
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