Retromaps is a new way to access historical survey plans for properties throughout the Perth metropolitan area. By making these plans accessible anywhere, anytime, this slice of Perth’s history is no longer constrained by the limitations of accessing paper archives. If you’ve wondered how government records of today will be used in the future, Retromaps shows how records from the past have been creatively repurposed to serve new needs.
Check out Retromaps at https://mapping.sro.wa.gov.au. If you or people you know have lived or worked in Perth’s older suburbs, now you can see how your house (including sheds, water closets and ponds!) looked like up to a century ago. It's free and you can even download high definition plans.
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