After several years of planning, the Dictionary of Sydney website is now live, at www.dictionaryofsydney.org
The website is well worth exploring. A simple browse of the entries gives an indication of the wealth of information contained in the Dictionary. You can search for artefacts, buildings, events, natural features, organisations, people, places (including short histories of a suburb) or structures. From what I have seen, the entries are clearly written, usually between 500-1000 words and have been tightly edited. So far, the content amounts to more than 600,000 words. There is a good selection of maps which can be browsed.
The Dictionary is bound to burgeon in time into something gigantic, so the structure has been kept fairly simple, allowing it to accommodate material indefinitely. It will be interesting to see what it becomes in the future, but it has made an encouraging beginning.
The website is well worth exploring. A simple browse of the entries gives an indication of the wealth of information contained in the Dictionary. You can search for artefacts, buildings, events, natural features, organisations, people, places (including short histories of a suburb) or structures. From what I have seen, the entries are clearly written, usually between 500-1000 words and have been tightly edited. So far, the content amounts to more than 600,000 words. There is a good selection of maps which can be browsed.
The Dictionary is bound to burgeon in time into something gigantic, so the structure has been kept fairly simple, allowing it to accommodate material indefinitely. It will be interesting to see what it becomes in the future, but it has made an encouraging beginning.
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