Victorian Genealogy
Finding People and Places in Victoria, Australia.
FAMILYSEARCH - A GEOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OR GAZETTEER OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BY WILLIAM HENRY WELLS PUBLISHED 1848
The full title: A geographical dictionary or gazetteer of the Australian colonies : their physical and political geography together with a brief notice of all the capitals, principal towns and villages, also of rivers, bays, gulfs, mountains, population and general statistics. Published by W. and F. Ford, Sydney 1848.https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/412885?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - VICTORIAN GAZETTEER AND ROAD GUIDE BY ROBERT P. WHITWORTH 1865
This was published by F. F. Bailliere in Melbourne in 1865.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/219357?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - THE VICTORIAN ALMANAC FOR 1865, 1871, 1875, 1880, 1885, 1890, 1896, 1900
The 1865 volume has a small gazetteer for the colony of Victoria.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/219339?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - LISTS OF GOVERNMENT TOWNS AND VILLAGES, PARISHES, COUNTIES, CITIES, TOWNS, ETC. : (UNDER LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT) RUNS, ETC., IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA 1876
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/238196?availability=Family%20History%20Library
ANCESTRY - VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA, BAILLIERE'S GAZETTEER AND ROAD GUIDE, 1879
This may be browsed.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=60891
FAMILYSEARCH - VICTORIAN MUNICIPAL DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER, 1888-1900
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/224722?availability=Family%20History%20Library
FAMILYSEARCH - LISTS OF GOVERNMENT TOWNS, TOWNSHIPS, AND VILLAGES, PARISHES, AND COUNTIES IN THE COLONY OF VICTORIA 1894
This was published by Robert S. Brain in Melbourne in 1894.
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/219365?availability=Family%20History%20Library
ANCESTRY - WORLD FOREIGN GAZETTEER, VOLUME 1
This database of over 1.5 million entries contains name, description, country, and latitude and longitude for all sorts of cities, towns, and geographic features (lakes, rivers, etc.). Regions covered include Canada & Mexico, Western Europe, South America, and Australia. It is searchable.
https://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=3224
GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA - GAZETTEER OF AUSTRALIA
The Gazetteer provides information on the location and spelling of more than 370,000 geographical names across Australia and its external Territories as at January 2012. The supply of data is coordinated by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping and is derived from State, Territory and Commonwealth Government agencies.
http://www.ga.gov.au/placename
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