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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
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Australian History
Overview from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with links to cited attractions.
http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/history.html
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Australian Australia
Historical and cultural information about Australia and Australians.
http://www.australianaustralia.com/page/History/238
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West Gate Bridge Memorial
Memorial site dedicated to workers on the West Gate Bridge which collapsed during construction on
October 15 1970
http://www.westgatebridge.org
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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/
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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
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Convict Creations
Historical background on Australian convict culture, information on a selection of artists, and
convict-inspired crafts.
http://www.convictcreations.com
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LASSETERIA.
Encyclopedia and commentary on the search for Harold Lasseter and his lost gold reef.
http://www.lasseteria.com
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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
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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
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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=2149
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Gold and Gumboots - A History of Staghorn Flat, Victoria
A book by Ian Touzel featuring an account of squatters, gold, selectors, innovation, faith, and
rural life with color and black and white photos. Contains order information.
http://www.staghornflathistory.com/
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The Geddes Mystery - Brian Jones, Spectrum: The true story of William Goodwin Geddes
The Geddes Mystery is about Queensland pioneer, William Geddes, 'The Lord of Caboolture' and the
adventures of his son Goodwin Geddes, whose disappearance in 1877 sparked one of Australia's
longest investigations.
http://www.geocities.com/braljo/Geddes.html
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History of Morse in Australia
A fascinating look into the early days of wireless telegraphy in Australia with photographs from
the Overseas Telecommunications Commision archives
http://www.satellite-terminals.com/radio_history/default.htm
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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/
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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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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/germanaustralia/
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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
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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/
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Timeline of Aboriginal Resistance
Short descriptions of incidents of aboriginal resistance to European invasion.
http://www4.tpgi.com.au/2juls/resistance.html
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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.
http://www3.turboweb.net.au/~mcneillc/keefe/
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"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.
http://www3.turboweb.net.au/~mcneillc/index.htm
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Ruyton Girls' School: Celebrating Australian Federation
A collection of links about civics and citizenship and Australian nationhood themes.
http://federation.ruyton.vic.edu.au/
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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.
http://www3.turboweb.net.au/~glmuseum/index.htm
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Australian High Court Judges from Federation
Timeline of Judges, plus selected verdicts.
http://www.geocities.com/pwdyson/highcourt.html
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Radical Tradition
Articles on "the history of working class struggle and anarchism in Australia".
http://www.takver.com/history/index.htm
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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.
http://www.acn.net.au/
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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/
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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.html
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Rare Maps Digitisation Project
A selection of rare maps from the National Library of Australia.
http://www.nla.gov.au/rmaps/
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Blue Mountains History Plaza
History of Australia's Blue Mountains. Historic photos & news articles, essays, related links
& multi-domain regional search facility.
http://info.mountains.net.au/history/
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Australian Explorers
General information on eleven different explorers for primary school children.
http://www.davidreilly.com/australian_explorers/
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The Waltzing Matilda Story
Humpin' the Bluey Pty Limited-- the international home of Waltzing Matilda.
http://www.waltzingmatilda.com/
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VICNET History Page
Historical societies and groups in Victoria and around Australia are listed here.
http://www.vicnet.net.au/history/
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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://www.ozemail.com.au/~bconlon/index.html
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History of Australia
General history of Australia, from the World History Archives.
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/24/index-c.html
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Australian Studies Net: History resources
Many Australian history resources, lists overseas resources as well.
http://austudies.org/info/docs.html
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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/
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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
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Register of Committee Reports
An index of reports from committees of the House of Representatives and Joint Committees from 1970
to 1996.
http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/reports/index.htm
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