Participants at the Research Workshop, Gunning Library 22 August 2017. Photo courtesy Bronwyn Haynes. A dozen participants, including people from Gunning, Dalton, Collector, and Crookwell, attended the third workshop on local history research at the Gunning Library on Tuesday. This is part of an ongoing series run by the Gunning Library and the Gunning and District Historical Society. In this third workshop, we looked into the history of one's house or property. In this region, there is a rich heritage in Colonial and federation architecture. But discovering that history can be a big job. Participants employed a variety of techniques for discovering the story of their houses, uses the following online resources: Six Maps : Use this site to locate your property or to find the relevant plan numbers. Historical Land Records Viewer (HLRV) : Use this site to search the historical maps of the location of your house. Look for the notations on the old maps and sometimes ...
Upper Lachlan Shire, Southern Tablelands, New South Wales