What can I research from home? - the history of a house

Online resources can change or be updated over time, so it's good to revisit a topic every so often. Researching your property or house is of interest to many, and there are lots of great resources to help.
All states or territories have their own records and places to search for property information, and the older the history of settlement in the area you are researching, the more patience and perseverance may be needed. As with all local or family history, some records may be lost, incomplete, or information just wasn't recorded.

If you are just starting out, the NSW State Archives and Records has two great webinars on this subject you can watch- researching your house and property, and how to read a parish map. Here's the link to the webinar page :

https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/archives/webinars

There are other webinars on the NSW State Archives and Records website, covering a range of topics, that may also interest you or help you in your research. It's really worthwhile to see what's available, it may make the difference between being able to find a piece of information, and getting stuck in your search.

The National Library of Australia has a webinar on how to trace the history of your house, covering where to find records and maps in the different states and territories, and how to use different online resources across the National Library website, and using Trove. They have a page with other webinars that also cover searching for family and local history. The more information you have on how and where to search, the more it will help you. Here is a link to the National Library of Australia's YouTube channel for their webinar on house history searching :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD6UWkwVY5E&feature=youtu.be

The National Library of Australia's webinar recordings page can be found here :

https://www.nla.gov.au/content/past-webinar-recordings#

These are really fantastic resources and I would encourage you to take a look if you are findimg it difficult to know where to start.

While I was looking at the resources on Trove, I found a piece of Wagga Wagga's history I didn't know about- Wagga Wagga was one of the places that was considered for the nation's capital around 1900. Sydney and Melbourne each didn't want the other to be chosen, so a Capital Sites Inquiry Board was established to determine what to do.

Above : detail from a map, 1900,  in the National Library of Australia collection

It just goes to show, you never know what you might find! Happy searching :-)