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SIX MAPS
USING ONLINE MAP RESOURCES
Jan Brady, Past History
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
Jan Brady, Past History
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
Jan Brady, Past History
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
Jan Brady, Past History
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
Jan Brady, Past History
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Auction, a Quantity of fine Pigs, the Property of the said Joseph Quinn (unless the Execution thereupon be previously superseded) He owed money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.
Jan Brady, Past History
GOING FURTHER FORWARD TO SIX MAPSThis Parish map is post 1810 but shows the original grants – know your history
Jan Brady, Past History
NOW TO YOUR HANDOUTHow to access SIXMAPS
and how to navigate your way
around it