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Australian culture

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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
Australian Centre for Independent Journalism: Includes ACIJ news, general broadcasting and journalism news, ACIJ online publications, a toolbox of journalism resources, details of ACIJ special projects and information on journalism and research courses.
Author: Australian Centre for Independent Journalism
Subjects: australian culture, journalism
DeweyClass: 079.94
Resource type: documents
Australian Literary and Historical Texts: Database of 18th, 19th and early 20th century Australian poems, short stories, novels, reference works, historical narratives, and memoirs, searchable by title, author, date, publisher, genre, and opening lines. Contains texts by writers such as Joseph Banks, Christopher Brennan, Adam Lindsay Gordon, Henry Kendall, and Andrew Barton Paterson.
Author: University of Sydney Library
Subjects: australian culture, text collections
DeweyClass: 820
Resource type: directory
Australia's Cultural Network: Coordinates and connects Australia's online cultural services and activities. Includes a cultural website finder, which offers a directory of archives, festivals, film and video, galleries, government, indigenous heritage, libraries, literature, museums, music, natural heritage, magazines, performing arts, radio and television, science and sport resources.
Author: Australian Federal Department of Communications and the Arts
Subjects: australian culture
DeweyClass: 994
Resource type: index
Discovernet: Information about the collections of Australian museums and galleries, including approximately 350,000 item records and images from over 50 institutions.
Author: Australian Museums OnLine (AMOL)
Subjects: australian culture, museum links
DeweyClass: 069
Resource type: documents, images
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
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
Guide to Internet Information Sources for Australian Journalists: Guide to sources of factual or background information for journalists and researchers, with an emphasis on Australian material. Sites listed by category, including Arts and Entertainment; Indigenous Issues; Rural and Regional; and Reference Shelf.
Author: Weaver, Belinda
Subjects: australian culture, internet resource directories, journalism
DeweyClass: 070.4
Resource type: index
Medical Journal of Australia: The Medical Journal of Australia aims to be the premier forum for information and commentary on clinical medicine and health care in Australia. It publishes original clinical research, reviews and educational articles, together with commentary and informed debate on standards of clinical practice, and on social, ethical, legal and other issues related to health care.
Author: Australian Medical Association
Subjects: australian culture, clinical medicine, health care, medical ethics, medical research publications
DeweyClass: 610
Resource type: journal
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
OzPoet: Gateway to Contemporary Australian Poetry: Offers a monthly showcase of submitted poems, recordings of readings, information about poets themselves, and a listing of forthcoming workshops and competitions.
Author: Savage, Gillian
Subjects: australian culture, poetry links
DeweyClass: 809
Resource type: poems
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
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
WWW Virtual Library: Aboriginal Studies: Set of links to Aboriginal resources covering the history, language, art, culture, spirituality, and intercultural relationships of the people.
Author: Ciolek, T. Matthew
Subjects: anthropology, australian culture
DeweyClass: 301
Resource type: articles