Map Collection - Aerial Photos

The Map Collection holds aerial photographs providing detailed coverage over a range of dates for the Melbourne Metropolitan Area. It also holds limited coverage of most Victorian Cities and Towns and some coverage of Other Areas of Interest. The collection includes around 15,000 hard copy aerial photos.
Please note that references to scale throughout this document are approximate.

This collection is devoted to academic study and copies are not available to private individuals due to copyright restrictions.

For information on the Victorian Goverments current aerial photography project go to VicMap Imagery.

Victorian aerial photography dating from 1930's to 1994 can be accessed in hard copy form only at the Land Information Centre, 57 Cherry Lane, Laverton North, 3826.

Photographic prints and enlargements can be ordered from the following suppliers of Aerial Photography Services.

Online satellite photography for major cities of Australia and the world can be viewed from these sites. In many case this includes :

Nearmap - Australian Capital cities. Web browser. Regularly updated. Coverage maps

Google Earth - World. Download interface and instal required.
Google Maps - World. Web browser.

Microsoft Bing Maps - World.

Flash Earth - World. Web browser. Combines several aerial photography online sources.

Open Street Map - OpenStreetMap allows you to view, edit and use geographical data in a collaborative way from anywhere on Earth.

Explore Victoria - 2004, 05 & 06. From the Victorian Department of Sustainability. Includes many other layers.

For more information on any of the following holdings, or other aerial photography, please contact the Map Collection.

Map Collection Melbourne Area Holdings

The major holdings include:

Digital:

• Melbourne, 2007-8 colour, digital (ecw)
  (0.35 metre pixels, covers Melbourne and region)
• Melbourne, 2006-7 colour, digital (ecw)
  (0.35 metre pixels, covers Melbourne and region)
• Melbourne, 2005-6 colour, digital (ecw)
  (0.35 metre pixels, covers Melbourne and region)
• Melbourne, 2001 colour, digital (ecw)
  (0.35 metre pixels, covers Melbourne and region)
• Melbourne, 1945 b+w, 1:5,000
  (selected photomosaics of the Melbourne urban area)

Hardcopy Only:

• Melbourne, 1989 colour, 1:15,000
  (complete coverage of Melbourne and region)
• Melbourne, 1970 b+w, 1:10,000
  (complete coverage of the Melbourne urban area)
• Melbourne, 1945 b+w, 1:5,000
  (selected photomosaics of the Melbourne urban area)
• Inner Melbourne, 1992 colour, 1:5,000
  (enlargements of inner Melbourne)
• Melbourne CBD, 1945-1992, scale varies
  (coverage at approximately five year intervals)

Victorian Cities and Towns

List of Victorian towns for which aerial photography is held, in alphabetical order of placename.

Other Areas of Interest

Aerial photographs are also held for a number of areas of interest around Victoria, such as the Otways, Wilsons Promontory and the snowfields areas; please contact the Map Collection for details of these aerial photographs.