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Bird's Eye maps of Sydney
The Library has a popular collection of Bird's Eye maps of early Sydney. You can access them by following the links to the catalogue below.
For maps that aren't digitised, you will need to visit the Library to view them.
![The City of Sydney [a bird's-eye view] / M.S. Hill. 1888](https://libapps-au.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/accounts/142323/images/a128462.jpg)
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Birds eye view showing new wharves & approaches, Jones Bay, Pyrmont
This is one of many such views published in the Sydney Harbour Trust Commissioners report published in 1919 called 'The Port of Sydney Official Handbook'. (Mitchell Library location: 387.1099441/3).