Architecture Resource Guide, page 4

Online resources

This selection of links to key websites provides easy access to a broad range of additional resources for research and study.

Miles Lewis

http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/staff/milesbl/
This is the internet location of professor Miles Lewis, architectural historian, at the faculty of Architecture Building & Planning, University of Melbourne. While the contents of this site is of general interest, the Research Databases are the most relevant:

• Australian Building a Cultural Investigation: a survey of building methods in Australia and The Portable Building: a survey of prefabrication are both available at:
  http://www.abp.unimelb.edu.au/staff/milesbl/ 
• Melbourne Mansions database
  This searchable database on major Melbourne houses of the 19th century is the result of a project funded by the Australian Research Council. A book based upon this material is in preparation, but is not mounted here. The database can be searched by location, name of architect, and company. It contains internal provision for emailing comments back to Professor Lewis.

Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/picman/about.cfm
Picman is the Pictures catalogue of the Mitchell Library (Australiana), State Library of New South Wales. There are over 700 records for original architectural drawings or collections on Picman. Many records have images attached.

Public Record Office of Victoria

http://www.prov.vic.gov.au/
Readers can register as a user and search the online catalogue.

Royal Australian Institute of Architects

http://www.architecture.com.au/i-cms?page=1
You can search the current  ‘Australian Directory of Architects and Building Designers’ which contains information about each of the State Chapters.

University of Melbourne Archives

http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/archives/archi.html
This site gives a detailed description of the Architectural collections held by the Melbourne University Archives by Mark Richmond.