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Australia Beyond the Fatal Shore
Companion website to the PBS series written and hosted by Robert Hughes. The website introduces you to some of the individuals Robert Hughes talk with and about about as he explores the history and culture of Australia.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/australia/
SNOWY - The Making of Modern Australia
History of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme covering social, political, cultural and industrial aspects.
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/snowy
Restoration of Mawsons Huts
Site detailing the history and restoration of Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson's huts.
http://www.antdiv.gov.au/default.asp?casid...
Timeline of Aboriginal Resistance
Short descriptions of incidents of aboriginal resistance to European invasion.
http://www4.tpgi.com.au/2juls/resistance.h...
Australian Australia
Historical and cultural information about Australia and Australians.
http://www.australianaustralia.com/page/Hi...
Australian Explorers
Provides detailed accounts of men who explored and mapped the continent of Australia. Designed especially for elementary school students.
http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_expl...
The Public History Site
A site offering information, contacts and resources for historians working in the public sphere. Contains a wide range of links.
http://www.publichistory.uts.edu.au/
Nineteenth Century Exploration of Australia
Features an 1893 map of explorers' routes, plus links to online biographies of the explorers, and the text of a book chapter on Australian exploration by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/australia/
Totalisator history a world's first
The history of the invention of the world's first automatic totalisator in Australia in 1913 by George Julius.
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/ind...
Rare Maps Digitisation Project
A selection of rare maps from the National Library of Australia.
http://www.nla.gov.au/rmaps/
Lassereria
Encyclopedia and commentary on the search for Harold Lasseter and his lost gold reef.
http://www.lasseteria.com
Australian History
Overview from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with links to cited attractions.
http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/history.html
Radical Tradition
Articles on "the history of working class struggle and anarchism in Australia".
http://www.takver.com/history/index.htm
Australian History on the Internet
Part of the National Library of Australia site, this site includes many interesting links, including Australian historical documents online.
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html
Australia's Cultural Network
The online gateway to Australian cultural websites, events, news, and resources.
http://www.acn.net.au/
Convict Creations
Historical background on Australian convict culture, information on a selection of artists, and convict-inspired crafts.
http://www.convictcreations.com
Anne-Maree Whitaker
Anne-Maree Whitaker is an independent professional historian. She has published widely in Australian Catholic and Irish Australian topics. Her latest book is about Joseph Foveaux.
http://www.geocities.com/joseph_foveaux/
Australian High Court Judges from Federation
Timeline of Judges, plus selected verdicts.
http://www.geocities.com/pwdyson/highcourt...
Australian Medical Pioneers Index
A comprehensive biographical database of Australian doctors to 1875. Includes background material on medical history, colonial medical life, medical qualifications and timeline
http://www.medicalpioneers.com
An Anthology of the Discovery of Australia
What the first visitors saw and why they attached names to coastal features. Includes quotes, with comments in italics, from their diaries, especially from Matthew Flinders.
http://kr.cs.ait.ac.th/~radok/discaust/
Account of a Voyage around the World
English translation of the nineteenth century Welsh Work "Hanes Mordaith o amgylch y Ddaear". Includes the original Welsh text.
http://oldwelshbooks.net/hlc/hm/hmc.html
History of Australia
General history of Australia, from the World History Archives.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/24/in...
Documenting a Democracy - Australia's story
Through this site you can see some of the documents that helped create the Federation of Australia.
http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/
German-speakers in Australia
History of German-speakers in Australia, of their immigration and of their contribution to Australia.
http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/dnutting/ge...
History of Morse in Australia
A fascinating look into the early days of wireless telegraphy in Australia with photographs from the Overseas Telecommunications Commission archives.
http://www.satellite-terminals.com/radio_h...
Australia, Australians & Us.
A lighthearted, Historical, Geographical and Cultural look at Australia and events that shaped Australia into what it is today, designed for non Australians and those foreign to our shores.
http://australasia.freewebsitehosting.com
Indigenous Peoples: the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia
Illustrated and carefully annotated guide to links focused specifically on the history, lore, sacred traditions, arts, and beliefs of the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.
http://www.mythinglinks.org/ip~australia.h...
The Flight of Ducks
An award winning Australian on-line documentary based on a camel expedition to Central Australia in January 1933. Contains cinefilm, photographs, journals, Aboriginal objects and on-line discussion.
http://www.acmi.net.au/FOD/
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