General References

Australia: Beyond the Fatal Shore	- EXCELLENT ... see an Australian timeline
Documenting A Democracy: Australia's Story	- OUTSTANDING ... investigate old documents
A history of Australia from cultureandrecreation.gov.au	- OUTSTANDING!! Find over 1800 websites and 800,000 pages about Australia's history, culture and recreation.
Australian Heritage Commission	- OUTSTANDING image database
Teaching Heritage	Professional development website for teachers of Australian history and geography from the Board of Studies.
History of Places in Australia	- find your place !!
Federation of Australia	- outstanding !!
Australia's Federation Gateway	- from The National Library of Australia
National Archives of Australia	National Library of Australia
Australian Museum	Australian War Memorial

		Indigenous Australia

The Australian Aborigine: Adnyamathanha People	OUTSTANDING By kids for kids. Take a tour of the Australian continent and learn about the indigenous people. Discover the lifestyle,beliefs, and social structure of the various groups from this ThinkQuest site.
The Bundjalung People	- of the Tweed valley, local, excellent !!
Stories of the Dreaming	- text, audio or video, OUTSTANDING !!
Aboriginal Tribes of NSW	- from Macquarie University
History of our ARRERNTE culture	- from the Pwerte Marnte Marnte Aboriginal Corporation's award winning Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre in Alice Springs, excellent.
Ngadjonji History & Culture	- OUTSTANDING site about the original inhabitants of the rainforest country around Malanda in Far North Queensland. Detailed information and old photos.
Aboriginal sites of New South Wales	- comprehensive information from NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service
The First Australians	- pre 1788

			Early European Settlement

British Colonisation of Australia	- complete unit for kids with questions to answer.
First Fleet Fellowship	- information and pictures of the ships.
First Fleet	- factual info.
CLAIM-A-CONVICT	- 17220+ convicts and 98 complete convict ships to NSW, convict details for the first 47 ships to NSW
Internet Family History Association of Australia	- excellent convict links
Journeys in Time - the Journals of Elizabeth and Lachlan Macquarie 1809-1822	- from Macquarie University, outstanding !!

			Particular Areas of Interest

Bushrangers	Australian Bushrangers - a database
	The Bushranger Site
History in songs	Australian Folk Songs - OUTSTANDING
Gold	GOLD - OUTSTANDING, explores the impact of the gold rush on Australia.It's all here.
	Sovereign Hill - EXCELLENT, lots of information here
	Life on the Goldfields - EXCELLENT (from State Library of Victoria)
Explorers	Australian Explorers 1
Australian Explorers 2	Abel Tasman, James Cook, George Bass, Matthew Flinders, Gregory Blaxland, John Oxley, Phillip Parker King, Charles Sturt, Thomas Livingstone Mitchell, Edward John Eyre, Ludwig Leichhardt, Augustus Charles Gregory, Edmund Kennedy, Robert O'Hara Burke, John Stuart, and John Forrest.
Early Explorers of Australia	During the Napoleonic Wars France and Britain dispatched naval expeditions of discovery to complete the mapping of Australia and "advance the limits of science". But why?
Explorers of Australia	- EXCELLENT for younger kids
Australian Inventions
The Story of the Hills Hoist	Tomorrow's World: Notable Australian World Firsts - EXCELLENT
Black box Flight Recorder	100 Innovative Australians - EXCELLENT
Other
Bunyips	- OUTSTANDING From the National Library of Australia . Play games, read Aboriginal stories and find out lots about bunyips.
Australian Family History Compendium	- an Internet resource for people researching their family tree
National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame	- history, artefacts and personal stories of Australia's pioneering women

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