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Australia

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About Australia: A guide and travelogue for visitors to Australia, with information about its people, culture, commerce and the Australian lifestyle. Includes travel, shopping, lifestyle, business and news resources.
Author: Cardline Pty
Subjects: australia, australian business, australian culture
DeweyClass: 919.4
Resource type: promotion
All Australian: Collection of information about Australia including the constitution, national anthem, the system of government, Aborigines, songs and poetry, famous Australians, and common slang expressions.
Author: All Australian
Subjects: australia
DeweyClass: 919.4
Resource type: documents
Australia Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006: Detailed assessment of human rights practices in Australia. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
Author: US Department of State
Subjects: australia, australian government
DeweyClass: 323.94
Resource type: document
Australia: Government of the Commonwealth of Australia: Official information from the government of Australia.
Author: Australian Government
Subjects: australia
DeweyClass: 351.94
Resource type: government
Australian Archaeology: Collection of materials concerned with archaeology in Australia. Includes Dating Human Colonisation of Australia, Prehistoric Australian Artefacts, Jinmium Rock Art and the Archaeology of Whaling.
Author: Hiscock, Peter
Subjects: australia, world archaeology
DeweyClass: 939
Resource type: documents
Australian Bureau of Statistics: Official organisation providing national statistics which cover key indicators such as gross domestic product, unemployment rate, average weekly earnings, and company profits. Also features the most recent census information and data pertaining to themes including science and innovation, tourism, and health.
Author: Commonwealth of Australia
Subjects: australia, australian geography, australian government
DeweyClass: 919.4
Resource type: reference data
Australian Geographic: Magazine established in 1986 as a way of showing Australia in a positive light and inspiring young people to share in the adventure of being Australian.
Author: Australian Geographic Society
Subjects: australia, australian geography, geography societies
DeweyClass: 919.4
Resource type: magazine
Australian Government Entry Point: Web server of the Australian government. Includes access to state, territorial and local government information.
Author: Australian Government
Subjects: australia, australian government, national governments
DeweyClass: 351.94
Resource type: government
Australian History on the Internet: An extensive index of links to sources of Australian history from libraries, institutions, journals, and universities covering topics such as Aboriginal studies, convict histories and transportation, World War I, and archive materials.
Author: National Library of Australia
Subjects: australia
DeweyClass: 994
Resource type: index
Australian Languages: Provides links to material concerning the languages of Australia, including linguists and dictionaries.
Author: Nash, David
Subjects: australia, language distribution
DeweyClass: 499.15
Resource type: index
Australian Museum Online: National museum which aims to increase understanding of, and influence public debate on, the natural environment, human societies and human interaction with the environment. Online displays include selections from Nature Australia magazine, Sea Slug Forum, Ichthyology Fish Type Specimen Database, spiders, and information and images on Sydney's endangered landsnail species.
Author: Australian Museum
Subjects: australia, fish, marine biology education, natural history, spiders
DeweyClass: 508
Resource type: museum
Australian National Botanic Gardens: The aim of the ANBG is to grow, study, and promote Australia's flora. It maintains a scientific collection of native plants from all parts of Australia which are displayed for the enjoyment and education of visitors and are used for research into plant classification and biology. A herbarium of preserved plant specimens is closely associated with the living collection. There is an online guided walk along the main path.
Author: Australian National Botanic Gardens
Subjects: australia, australian natural resources, botanical gardens
DeweyClass: 580.73
Resource type: institution
Australian Natural Resource: An independent Web directory linking jobs, agencies, study information and other areas of interest in the area of environmental management, focussing mainly on Australia.
Author: Australian Natural Resource Web Directory
Subjects: australia, australian geography, australian natural resources
DeweyClass: 559
Resource type: index
Australian War Memorial: Commemorates Australian men and women who have served in war, giving an overview of Australian military history, an insight into the structure of Australia's forces, and military statistics. Also provides databases covering the Memorial's collections, online exhibitions, educational services, and family history research resources.
Author: Australian War Memorial
Subjects: australia, military history, warfare
DeweyClass: 355
Resource type: documents
Australian Wildlife: Marsupials: An overview of the diversity of marsupials that inhabit Australia. Provides details on the main groupings of marsupials based primarily on the taxonomic level of family. Featured stories, short notes and scientific reports are also available.
Author: Australian Wildlife
Subjects: australia, marsupials
DeweyClass: 599.2
Resource type: project
CIA World Factbook: Australia: Basic reference information about Australia, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
Author: CIA
Subjects: australia, australian geography, australian government
DeweyClass: 919.4
Resource type: document
EdNA: Education Network Australia: A large network of Australian education services including reference material such as government publications and information about courses, degrees and scholarships. Contains a section about children and the Internet, and offers information on online projects.
Author: Edna
Subjects: australia, australian culture, education links
DeweyClass: 370
Resource type: documents
Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History: Forum devoted to exploring how historians of Australia and New Zealand might employ new technologies in research and teaching, and also concerned with ways interactive multimedia can be most effectively used to represent the past.
Author: James Cook University
Subjects: australia, new zealand
DeweyClass: 993
Resource type: journal
Ethnologue Language Database: Australia: A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in Australia, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
Subjects: australia, australian culture
DeweyClass: 409.94
Resource type: document
Maps of Australia and the Pacific: Set of maps produced by the CIA covering Australia, New Zealand, and all the independent countries and dependencies in the Pacific Ocean.
Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Subjects: australia, australian geography, fiji, kiribati, micronesia, nauru, new zealand, palau, papua new guinea, samoa, solomon islands, tonga, tuvalu, vanuatu, world maps
DeweyClass: 912.9
Resource type: map collection
news.com.au: Online daily Australian news service, providing current events information, financial, sport and entertainment.
Author: News Limited
Subjects: australia, australian culture, international news
DeweyClass: 079.94
Resource type: news
Nineteenth Century Exploration of Australia: Features information on the exploration of the Australian continent in the 19th Century. Maps illustrate the routes taken, with each map section containing a list of explorers in that region, with links to related Internet resources.
Author: Smith, Charles & Rakestraw, Jennifer
Subjects: australia, australian geography
DeweyClass: 919.4
Resource type: documents, images
Picture Australia: Searchable and browsable image collection of people, places, events, and objects relating to Australia. Includes pictures of Sir Donald Bradman at the Adelaide Oval, Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Great Australian Bight of 1841, and a convict's uniform, and also presents 'trails' to follow relating to the Olympics, artists, wildflowers, authors, and birds.
Author: National Library of Australia
Subjects: australia, australian culture
DeweyClass: 994
Resource type: image collection
Political Resources on the Net: Australia: Listing of political resources relevant to Australia, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
Subjects: australia, australian government
DeweyClass: 320.994
Resource type: documents, index
Stories of the Dreaming: Collection of cultural stories from indigenous Australians throughout the country. Words specific to Australian language and culture are defined in a glossary for each story. Includes an account of the importance of storytelling for Australians, an explanation of the expression 'dreamtime', and information about the custodianship and the secret or sacred nature of the stories.
Author: Australian Museum and Australia's Cultural Network
Subjects: australia, australian culture, folklore
DeweyClass: 398
Resource type: museum
World Travel Guide: Australia: Basic reference information about Australia, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
Author: Columbus Press
Subjects: australia, australian culture, australian geography
DeweyClass: 919.4
Resource type: documents
World Upside Down - Australia 1788-1830: Online exhibition from the National Library of Australia, presenting a timeline-based history of the settlement of the continent by Europeans between 1788 and 1830.
Author: National Library of Australia
Subjects: australia, australian culture, australian libraries
DeweyClass: 994
Resource type: documents