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Australian Government - AusAID

  • Indian Ocean Disaster
    Sections include: News ; Background ; Australia's Response ; On the Ground ; Images ; Child Protection ; How You Can Help.
  • Tsunami Education Kit
    "The kit goes beyond the immediate disaster and examines how the disaster fits with bigger picture issues of poverty, development and aid...The kit provides a background for teachers and students on these issues through information and key questions, as well as providing activity suggestions for all age groups."

Australian Commonwealth Governments Entry Point
Information on Parliament, Legislature, Departments & Agencies

Prime Minister of Australia: Iraq Update

ANRO - Australian Agriculture & Natural Resources Online - (dead link)
Databases include: ABOA (published information on Australian Agriculture) ; ARRIP (current research on Australian agriculture and natural resources) ; ARRIP Archive ; Streamline (published information on Australia's natural resources) ; Geosearch (agro-ecological regions and drainage divisions in Australia) ; NamesNet (researcher names and addresses).

Australian Government - AusAID

  • Indian Ocean Disaster
    Sections include: News ; Background ; Australia's Response ; On the Ground ; Images ; Child Protection ; How You Can Help.
  • Tsunami Education Kit
    "The kit goes beyond the immediate disaster and examines how the disaster fits with bigger picture issues of poverty, development and aid...The kit provides a background for teachers and students on these issues through information and key questions, as well as providing activity suggestions for all age groups."

Australian Bureau of Statistics

Australian Greenhouse Office
Sections include: Publications ; Databases ; Science & Emissions Monitoring ; International Activities ; Government ; Business & Industry ; Community & Household ; Energy & Transport ; Natural Resources.

  • Climate Change
    An Australian Guide to the Science and Potential Impacts
    Edited by Barrie Pittock, 2003.

Australian Law on the Internet
National Library of Australia

Australian Law Online - (dead link)
"...is provided by the Australian Government to give all Australians access to Government legal information and services available nationwide."
Sections include: Commonwealth Legislation ; Commonwealth Court & Tribunal Decisions ; State & Territory Court & Tribunal Decisions ; State & Territory Legislation ; Attorney-General's Department ; Attorney-General ; Family Law Online ; Regional Law Hotline

Australian Institute of Marine Science

  • Mariner's Journal
    "The mariner's journal is a daily log of selective scientific cruises that will be presented via these pages. The purpose is to provide daily reports which will include information about the current location of the research vessel and the type of experiments or collections that are being undertaken."
  • Remote Data Stations - Weather and Oceanographic Buoys
     "...a series of remote data stations situated on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland and Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia."

Australian Libraries Gateway (ALG) - Pathways to Australian Information
Sections include: Australian Search Engines ; Australian Government ; Guides to Australian Information Online ; News & Information Services ; Post, Email & Telephone Directories.
- National Library of Australia

Chronology of Parliaments
 Listing since 1901

Commonwealth Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs (DETYA) - (dead link)

  • Education - (dead link)
    • Higher Education - (dead link)
      • Higher Education Institutions in Australia - (dead link)

Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Resources - (dead link)

Crime Research Centre
"In addition to developing a statistical database, the Centre has been at the forefront of evaluative criminal justice research in Western Australia. The focus has been on producing research which is both scholarly and of relevance to the needs of professionals involved in the formulation, development and implementation of criminal justice policy."
Joint initiative between the State government and the University of Western Australia Law School.

Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Department of Industry, Tourism and Resources

  • Geoscience Australia
    "...is the national agency for geoscience research and geospatial information."

Documenting a Democracy - (dead link)
"...the main map of Australia where you choose a set of documents to see. Australia's founding documents are at the centre of the site. There are eight different sets of original constitutional instruments: a set for each Australian State, one for the Northern Territory, and the set for the Commonwealth of Australia, established by Federation in 1901


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Environmental Australia On-Line
Topics include Priorities, Heritage, Natural Heritage, Biodiversity, Marine, State of the Environment, and Library & Education

  • Australia State of the Environment 2001 Report
    "This site contains the entire contents of the Australia State of the Environment 2001 Report and the seven supporting theme reports that provide the background information."
  • Australia State of the Environment 1996 Report
  • Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) - Antarctica Online
    "The AAD houses staff performing a range of administrative and support functions for Australia's Antarctic Program. Its administrative role takes in management of an antarctic research grants scheme, which supports antarctic studies undertaken by scientists from research institutions around Australia and in other countries. AAD scientists have a major research input into the Australian Antarctic Program, covering the fields of biology, glaciology, atmospheric physics and medical science."
    • Australian Antarctic Data Centre
      "...the Data Centre addresses Australia's Antarctic Treaty obligation to facilitate full and free exchange of the results of scientific research...The Data Centre is also responsible for surveying, mapping, geographical datasets for use in a Geographic Information System and the Gazetteer of the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard and McDonald Islands. Most of the Data Centre's information is on-line."
    • Australian Antarctic Magazine
      "...It seeks to inform the Australian and international Antarctic community about the activities of the Australian Antarctic program. It is produced twice-yearly, with contributions from AAD officers and from external organisations and individuals."
    • Antarctic Research
    • Classroom Antarctica (K12)
      "...is designed to help both teachers and students gain a greater awareness of the global importance of Antarctica, of Australia's role in Antarctica, past and present, and our commitment to its future. We can learn much from studying Antarctica and the Southern Ocean and their ecosystems, how scientific programs are supported there and how people live in the harsh, isolated environment."
  • INFOTERRA Australia - (dead link)
    Guide to Australian Environment Resources
    "...provides a single access point for information about Australian government environment programs and services."
  • Wildlife Australia - (dead link)

First Women in Australian Parliaments - Historical Note
Department of the Parliamentary Library, Research Note 55 1996-97
By Janet Wilson & Consie Larmour

Government On-Line Directory (GOLD) - (dead link)

Governors-General - (dead link)
Listing since 1901

High Court of Australia

Historical Parliamentary Information
Parliamentary Library, Parliament of Australia

IP Australia
"IP Australia is the federal government agency that grants rights in patents, trade marks and designs...IP Australia incorporates the Patent, Designs and Trade Marks Offices. It is a division of the Department of Industry, Science and Resources (ISR) but operates independently and reports directly to the Minister."

LawNet
"The Premier On-Line Source of Legal news, Views and Services" for Australia.
Sections include Legal Tools ; Publications ; Training ; Community ; Primary Materials.
From OzEmail

Leaders of the Opposition since 1901

Minister for Industry, Science and Resources

  • Department of Industry, Science and Resources - (dead link)
    • CSIRO Australia Online
      Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation
      "The emphasis is on bringing teams together from different scientific fields to find solutions to major problems facing Australia."

Ministries since 1901 - (dead link)

National Library of Australia

  • Pandora Archive - (dead link)
    Preserving and Accessing Networked Documentary Resources of Australia
    "...selected Australian online publications such as electronic journals, organisational sites, government publications and ephemera."
    National Library of Australia and Partners
  • Federation Gateway
    "The National Library of Australia's Federation Gateway has been created to assist you to locate a wide variety of materials like books, web sites, pictures and manuscripts relating to the Federation of Australia...The National Library of Australia has a rich collection of this material which includes early maps from the Federation period, papers from the various Federation movements and conferences of the 19th Century, photos and ephemera relating to Federation as well as information on the recent debates on Australia's constitutional future."

National Native Title Tribunal

National Security Internet Site - (dead link)
"In the event of a National Security Incident this page will provide statements from Commonwealth and State Agencies."

Parliament of Australia

Parliamentary Library
Includes a nice selection of Internet Resource Guides and available online is their Research Note and Research Papers series.
Parliament of Australia

Prime Minister of Australia: Iraq Update

Prime Ministers since 1901

Productivity Commission

The Public Record
"Your Guide to the Latest Issues, Events and Debates in Australia"
Sections include: Parliament ; Issues & Events ; Elections ; News ; Forums ; Watch & Listen
From the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Researching Australian Law
LLRX Feature - Published January, 2003, Updated May 2006.
By Nicholas Pengelley, Law Librarian and Professor of Law, Queen's University (Kingston, Ontario).

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