Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying

Explore our current displays on this virtual tour.

• Collections and services
• Historical research resources
• Museum history
• Research enquiry form

• Cadastral maps
• Parish and county maps
• Historical topographic maps
• Historical orthophoto maps

• Parishes and historical land administration
• Freehold land administration
• Crown land administration
• Land ballots

• Evolution of Queensland's borders
• Queensland's surveying history
• Historical surveying processes
• Notable historical profiles

View the image gallery of historical artefacts of instruments, accessories and equipment.

View videos featuring aspects of the surveying and mapping history of Queensland.

• Historical photographs catalogue

Read about the state’s history of aerial photography and imagery, as well as the archive preservation project.

Queensland mapping history including the development of map products and use of technical processes.