Australian Studies Links & General Resources

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National Library of Australia - Australian Subject Gateways to Internet Resources

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Australia - (dead link)
Topics include News, Academic Resources, Indexes, Government, Education, Business, Electronic Publishing, Information Technology and Networks, General Information and References, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Information.

AusIndex - Index of Australian Indexes
The most complete of the general indexes

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ANZAC Day (25 April)
 From the ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee (Queensland)

API Network
Australian Public Intellectual
Australian Studies Curtin University
"...is a free electronic gateway specialising on matters Australia. In association with Fremantle Arts Centre Press, the University of Queensland Press and the Division of Humanities Curtin University of Technology, it links public intellectuals through its mailing list, online Forum, chat room and regular posting of news relating to book, journal and ezine publications, conferences, events, tours and funding opportunities in the field of Australian Studies."

Australia and New Zealand Studies - (dead link)
"...current discussion strands from the electronic scholarly forum H-ANZAU" and quarterly archives.

Australia-ASEAN relations - (dead link)
A guide to the Sources of Information
"The purpose of this selective guide is to assist researchers working in the field of Australia's relations with ASEAN and its member nations (Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam)."
By Oliver Mann


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Australian Australia
The All Australian Information and Educational Resource

The Australian Dance Collection: A Directory of Resources
"...is an ongoing project to list Australian dance resources, across a variety of media, that are currently accessible in major Australian research collections."
Sections include: Artistic Directors ; Choreographers ; Dancers ; Dance Companies ; Dance Festivals ; Dance Productions ; Oral History Interviews.
National Library of Australia

Australian English Glossary from A to Zed
Original by David Stybr.
- FAST Area Studies Program, University of Tampere, Finland

Australian Information Server in History and the Humanities
Department of History & Politics at James Cook University of North Queensland, and the Department of History at the University of Melbourne

Australian Internet Directories
An annotated meta-directory

Australian Science at Work
"A register of the many industries, corporations, research institutions, scientific societies and other organisations that have contributed to Australia's scientific, technological and medical heritage, with references to their archival materials and a bibliography of their historical published literature."
By the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre

Australian Science Archives Project
Includes "Hundreds of links to resources in the history of science, technology and medicine, archival information and more."

Australian Severe Weather
Sections include: Weather Photography ; Storm News & Chasing ; Tropical Cyclones ; Weather Data & Links ; Wild Fires ; Observation Techniques ; Weather Photo Catalogue ; Tornadoes.
By Michael Bath and Jimmy Dequare

Australian Studies Network - (dead link)
"...is aimed primarily at academics located outside of Australia. It will be of special value to those academics in less electronically developed, or less well funded, locations."
Includes a nice collection of off-shore associations and centers

BabyBoomWomen @ Work2020 - (dead link)
"...is part of a research project undertaken at La Trobe University in Melbourne, Australia. The project explores how women of the baby boom generation (i.e., those born between 1946 - 1964) envisage paid work after the age of 65, and the policy implications of an ageing female workforce."

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."

Earth Science Australia

EdNA Online
Education Network Australia
"Australia's Gateway to Resources and Services for Education and Training"
"...is a service that aims to support and promote the benefits of the Internet for learning, education and training in Australia. It is organised around Australian curriculum, its tools are free to Australian educators, and it is funded by the bodies responsible for education provision in Australia - all Australian governments."

Great Australian Web Sites - (dead link)
A good site for government links
Australian Embassy in Washington.

Guide to Internet Information Sources for Australian Journalists
You don't have to be a journalist to benefit from this collection of resources.
Belinda Weaver, Library Liaison for Journalism, Social Sciences and Humanities Library, University of Queensland Library

Kiosk: Journal of Geo-Politics: Australia - (dead link)

Native Nursery
A Comprehensive Internet Site Relating to Native Australian Flora and the Environment

Old Australian Food Recipes
"...apart from over 450 delicious old Australian favourite foods, gives an insight into Australian family humour, poetry, history, our speech, old Aussie icons and much more. Also included are dozens of artists pictures of our fauna, flora, buildings, etc."
Compiled and Collected by Errol J Brewer

Online Collaborative Learning in Higher Education - (dead link)
"This is a web site devoted to world's best practice in online collaborative learning in higher education, and related topics: here you'll find links to online articles, books, journals, and other relevant information. We hope that the information provided here will be of use to researchers and practitioners working in this area."
By Tim Roberts, Lissa McNamee, Sallyanne Williams, Central Queensland University, Australia

Peter Nicholson
An introduction to the work of this Australian poet.
Sections include: Introduction ; Essay ; Poetry ; Student Reference ; Notebook/Chronology.

Social Science Hub
Resources for Anthropology and Sociology. Websites, news, newsgroups, mailing lists, conferences, publications, data archives and research tools with an Australian focus.
Sections include Links ; Research Tools ; Interactive ; Data Archives ; News ; Publications.

Yahoo - Australia and New Zealand





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