OpenHistoricalMap/Projects/Newcastle

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Information and guidelines for creating and editing Open Historical Map content of the Newcastle, Lake Macquarie and Hunter Valley region

Online image and information resources:

General local history resources:

Localities:

Ash Island:

Historical maps:

Digital maps must be georeferenced (to locate them geospatially) and rectified (to correct for distortion) for use as OHM map sources. Suggested resources for storing and rectifying maps are:

General maps (rectified)

Date Abbreviation Citation Coverage Valley Notes Map url (iD and JOSM)
1798 1798 Shortland map 'An eye sketch of Hunter's River' Newcastle, Fullerton Cove https://mapwarper.net/maps/69265 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/69265/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1801 1801 Barallier Ensign Francis Louis Barrallier. ‘Coal Harbour and Rivers, On the Coast of New South Wales, surveyed by Ensign Barrallier, In His Majesty’s Armed Surveying Vessel, “Lady Nelson”, Lieut. James Grant, Commander, in June and July, 1801. By Order of Governor King’ Newcastle, Paterson, Clarence Town Y distorted https://mapwarper.net/maps/39851 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/39851/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1816 1816 Jeffries 'Part of Hunter's River (or the Coal River)', surveyed by Lt Jeffries March 1816 Newcastle, Stockton https://mapwarper.net/maps/69264 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/69264/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1828 1828 Dangar map Map of the River Hunter, and its branches cartographic material. Newcastle, Gloucester, Muswellbrook Y distorted https://mapwarper.net/maps/39852 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/39852/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1830 1830 Armstrong Plan of Newcastle by John Armstrong Newcastle https://mapwarper.net/maps/70137 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/70137/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1844 1844 Newcastle The Town of Newcastle and its Harbour Newcastle https://mapwarper.net/maps/69236 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/69263/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1851 1851 Stokes map Admiralty Chart No 2117 Australia, East Coast, Newcastle Harbour (published 1852) Newcastle CBD, Stockton, Walsh Point, Carrington (east) https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps//6255 https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/tile/6255/{z}/{x}/{y}.png   
185x 185x Newcastle "Map of Newcastle, N.S.W., and environs" Newcastle, Wickham, Tighes Hill https://mapwarper.net/maps/78266 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/78266/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1855 1855 AA Co AA Company Estate planned subdivision Newcastle, Junction, Newcastle West https://mapwarper.net/maps/77694 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/77694/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1858 1858 Plan No. 5 Plan No. 5, Harbour of Newcastle NSW, "On the Coalfield of New South Wales"      Newcastle, Stockton https://mapwarper.net/maps/69870 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/69870/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1866 1866 Sidney map Newcastle Harbour by Commander Sidney Newcastle, Stockton, Moscheto Island tip https://mapwarper.net/maps/68854 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/68854/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1871 1871 Gowlland Gowlland, John Thomas Ewing & Loxton, J. F & S.T. Leigh & Co. (1871). Australia East coast New South Wales Hunter River Retrieved February 12, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-230008903 Harbour, North and South Arms, Raymond Terrace local distortions https://mapwarper.net/maps/79682 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/79682/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1878 1878 Harbour 1878 Newcastle Harbour soundings (redrawn in 1976) Port Waratah, Stockton, Carrington, Newcastle https://mapwarper.net/maps/69227 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/69227/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1882 1882 Sidney map Newcastle Harbour soundings by Capt Sidney Port Waratah, Stockton, Carrington, Newcastle https://mapwarper.net/maps/70138 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/70138/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1885 1885 Kahibah land titles Parish of Kahibah Land titles 1885-1991 Blacksmiths, Cockle Creek, Dudley https://mapwarper.net/maps/77514 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/77514/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1887 1887 Sidney map Newcastle Harbour by Commander Sidney (land detail very similar to 1882 Sidney) Port Waratah, Stockton, Carrington, Newcastle https://mapwarper.net/maps/41688 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/41688/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1888 1888 Sidney map Newcastle Harbour by Commander Sidney (land detail very similar to 1882 Sidney) Port Waratah, Stockton, Carrington, Newcastle https://mapwarper.net/maps/68992 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/68992/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1890-

1929

Water Board Sh XXX YYYY-YYYY Index Map - Hunter District Water Board Plans of the 1890s

Various maps dated from 189X to 190X - use sheet number and year range in abbreviation,

Example: Water Board Sh 227 1909-1919

Description: https://hunterlivinghistories.com/2019/06/07/hdwb/

Most areas of Newcastle and suburbs populated at 1890-1929 Index map:

https://mapwarper.net/maps/61584 Set: https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/browse?filter=eyJudGlkcyI6WyI3Il19&bid=95155

Some combined maps:

Ncle West: https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/77708/{z}/{x}/{y}.png Ncle East: https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/77759/{z}/{x}/{y}.png Throsby Ck along Hannell St: https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/77638/{z}/{x}/{y}.png

1893 1893 Parrott map Map of the country around Newcastle, Major T.S.Parrot

(March 1893)

Raymond Terrace, Tilligery Crk, Newcastle, Swansea https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps//5539 https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/tile/5539/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1901 1901 Hunter Valley Drainage areas of the Hunter Valley entire valley Y https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps//6254 https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/tile/6254/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1902 1902 Harbour 1902 Newcastle Harbour soundings, L.S.Kenny

(Aug' 1902, redrawn in 1976)

Mayfield E, Stockton, Kooragang coal loaders, Wickham, Newcastle good detail and well aligned https://mapwarper.net/maps/70042 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/70042/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1910 1910 Barrett map 1910 Survey by Corporal Barrett (surveyed Oct'1910) Merewether, Newcastle, Mayfield, Lambton seems distorted around Port Waratah https://mapwarper.net/maps/41684 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/41684/{z}/{x}/{y}.png   
1911 1911 Lynch map 1911 Survey by Corporal Lynch of northern Lake Macquarie Argenton, Adamstown, Swansea https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps//5534 https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/tile/5534/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1913 1913 Newcastle Survey 1913 Government survey map Newcastle, Maitland https://mapwarper.net/maps/78264 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/78264/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1940 1940 Survey Newcastle 1940 Newcastle survey map (published 1941) Maitland, Newcastle, Dudley https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps//5516 https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/tile/5516/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1941 1941 Survey Lake Mac 1941 Lake Macquarie survey map (published 1942) Most of Lake Mac, Lake Munmorah https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps//5517 https://warper.wmflabs.org/maps/tile/5517/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1942 1942 Harbour 1942 Harbour soundings map, Parry (created 1916, corrns 1942)
2021 DCS NSW 2021 Current DCS NSW aerial maps NSW standard iD layer (image dates using

Local or subject specific maps

subject dates abbreviation location title notes url url for iD or JOSM
coal 1800-1960 BHP coal outcrops Wallsend, Newcastle, dudley, teralba BHP Coal Geology - Sheet 2A - [Newcastle] coal seam outcrops https://mapwarper.net/maps/77657 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/77657/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
1960 Coal seams Wallsend, Newcastle, Belmont BHP Coal Geology - Sheet 0A - [Newcastle] Borehole and other seams ends in 1960s https://mapwarper.net/maps/90917 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/90917/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
elevation 2015 2015 contour map Newcastle, Minimi, Beresfield, Swansea Newcastle DEM LIDAR 5m at 1m contours useful for identifying pre-colonial low-lying areas and ridgelines for roads. https://mapwarper.net/maps/78592 https://mapwarper.net/maps/tile/78592/{z}/{x}/{y}.png
Redhead suburb 1940 1940 GSA aerial Redhead, Dudley (part) Source: Geoscience Australia earliest aerial image https://mapwarper.net/maps/77473

Real estate (subdivision) maps:

Lachlan Wetherall's index: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=17-TucksB6QzPjQRtUsEvwvMA6Zw&femb=1&ll=-33.03555474056326,151.63340259110802&z=14

Land title maps:

https://hlrv.nswlrs.com.au/

Aerial images:

DCS NSW aerial images
Year Newcastle Maitland Redhead Belmont Notes url (iD or JOSM)
1944 Y Y Y excellent resolution https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/tileservices/Hosted/HistoricalImagery1944/MapServer/tile/{zoom}/{y}/{x}
1954 Y Y Y as above but edit year
1965 Y Y
1966 Y Y Y
1971 Y Y
1974 Y Y Y
1976 Y Y Y first colour
1984 Y Y Y
1987 Y Y
1990 Y Y
1993 Y Y
1996 Y Y
1998 Y Y
2001 Y Y
2006 Y Y

DCS NSW: the NSW geospatial historical image viewer at: https://portal.spatial.nsw.gov.au/portal/apps/sites/#/homepage/pages/map-viewers

GSA: the Geoscience Australia aerial image archive (unrectified, not all are downloadable) at: https://imagery.aerialphotography.fsdf.org.au/

Publications:

Abbreviation Title Author Year Publication details
Brown (2015) Belmont: From the Dreaming to Federation Brown, Paul 2015 ISBN 978-0-646-93 544-7
Tramways (1999) Tramways of Newcastle Keenan, David; McCarthy, Ken & Willson, Ross 1999 Transit Press; ISBN 0909338 1 59
BHP History (1999) A Future More Prosperous: The History of the Newcastle Steelworks 1912-1999 Jay, Christopher 1999 BHP; ISBN 1 8766340 6 5
John Darling Colliery (1992) Happenings Beneath Belmont: The history of John Darling Colliery and the story of its people Fallins, Hillary 1992 ISBN 0646097288
Newcastle Tracks (2017) Tracing Tracks through Newcastle Longworth, Jim & Fleming Grant 2017 ARHS; ISBN 9780987340832
DMR Report yyyy NSW Dept of Main Roads annual reports 1933- 1988 https://www.opengov.nsw.gov.au/searches?page=6&size=10&query=*&fromDate=&toDate=&agencyId=25059&typeId=11&titleOnly=&sortBy=

Open History Map guidelines

Referencing sources

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