Australia
Australia
Australia Links
- Rare Maps Digitisation Project A selection of rare maps from the National Library of Australia.
- Radical Tradition Articles on "the history of working class struggle and anarchism in 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.
- Ruyton Girls' School: Celebrating Australian Federation A collection of links about civics and citizenship and Australian nationhood themes.
- Australian History Online Articles on events and people in Australia's history. Includes timeline and recommended books.
- Exploring Australia Collection of encyclopedia and other biographies of early explorers of Australia.
- Blue Mountains History Plaza History of Australia's Blue Mountains. Historic photos & news articles, essays, related links & multi-domain regional search facility.
- Australian History A good overview of Australian history, which includes history pre-European settlement as well as history after European settlement. Includes a timeline from 1901.
- Australian Explorers General information on eleven different explorers for primary school children.
- Timeline of Aboriginal Resistance Short descriptions of incidents of aboriginal resistance to European invasion.
- Australian History on the Internet Part of the National Library of Australia site, this site includes many interesting links, including Australian historical documents online.
- Long Road from Tipperary, Ireland to Gundagai, Australia. Story follows Michael Keefe, Irish Bounty Immigrant to New South Wales. It follows him and his family through 90 years of Australia's growth to Federation, union movement, political parties, war and 1930 Depression.
- Australian Studies Net: History resources
- The Public History Site A site offering information, contacts and resources for historians working in the public sphere. Contains a wide range of links.
- Bailup, Errors about The Kelly Gang The truth about the Kelly Gang. Points out errors in books and other reports on the Kelly Gang.
- SNOWY - The Making of Modern Australia History of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme covering social, political, cultural and industrial aspects.
- Australia's Cultural Network This site includes interesting articles and links relevant to Australia's history. Take the history path finder to narrow the items down to ones related to history.
- 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.
- The Waltzing Matilda Story Humpin' the Bluey Pty Limited-- the international home of Waltzing Matilda.
- History of Australia General history of Australia, from the World History Archives.
- 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.
- "Charcoal" Williams - Gold in Australia From Wales at the end of the 18th Century, the story follows "Charcoal" Williams and other free settlers, Irish political prisoners and convicts to New South Wales.
- The History of Forster An on-line book featuring the history of Forster, Tiona, Pacific Palms, Smiths Lake, Coomba and Bungwahl in the Great Lakes district of New South Wales.
- Ned Kelly: Australian Ironoutlaw A site devoted to the Kelly Gang and the Australian folk hero Edward Kelly. Biography, landmarks and exhibitions, depictions in the media and the arts, and image gallery included.
- Who was Ned Kelly? All about the infamous bushranger Ned Kelly.
- Holdfast: Catherine Helen Spence 1825 - 1910 Profile of the South Australian writer, teacher, and social and political reformer. Biography, list of works, quotations, and information about proportional representation.
- Australian High Court Judges from Federation Timeline of Judges, plus selected verdicts.
- Register of Committee Reports An index of reports from committees of the House of Representatives and Joint Committees from 1970 to 1996.
- VICNET History Page Historical societies and groups in Victoria and around Australia are listed here.
- Documenting a Democracy - Australia's story Through this site you can see some of the documents that helped create the Federation of Australia.
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