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Informit: Australian Heritage Bibliography - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subset (AHB-ATSIS), formerly HERA-ATSIS, produced by the Australian Heritage Commission, is a subset of the AHB database. AHB is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on Australia's natural and cultural environment. The AHB-ATSIS subset contains records that specifically relate to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Source documents include journal articles, unpublished reports, books, videos and conference proceedings. Emphasis is placed on reports written or commissioned by heritage agencies throughout the country. Subject coverage includes aboriginal rock art sites, ceremonial grounds and sacred sites; important historical and archaeological sites; historic buildings and structures; historic towns and precincts; coasts; forests; national parks; endangered species; wetlands; rivers; geological features; wilderness areas; and world heritage sites. Warning: There is the possibility that some records contained in this database may contain references to deceased people, sacred or secret material, inappropriate terminology or offensive language, which, though unintentional, may cause distress to some people.
Informit: Australian Heritage Bibliography (AHB), formerly HERA, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on Australia's natural and cultural environment. Source documents include journal articles, unpublished reports, books, videos and conference proceedings. Emphasis is placed on reports written or commissioned by heritage agencies throughout the country. Subject coverage includes national parks; endangered species; coasts; forests; wetlands; rivers; geological features; wilderness areas; world heritage sites; aboriginal rock art sites, ceremonial grounds and sacred sites; important historical and archaeological sites, and historic buildings and structures; and historic towns and precincts.
Australian Heritage DatabaseDepartment of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts: The Australian Heritage Database contains information about more than 20,000 natural, historic and Indigenous places.The database includes: places in the World Heritage List; National Heritage List; Commonwealth Heritage list;Register of the National Estate; List of Overseas Places of Historic Significance to Australia; and places under consideration, or that may have been considered for, any one of these lists. The information used to describe each place includes its values,legal status, significance, physical condition, history,location and boundaries, physical description, and bibliography Photographs of the place are included (if available) through links to the Australian Heritage Photographic Library Information about many Indigenous places in the Register of the National Estate is not available on the Internet. Search using latitude, longitude and map reference for places in New South Wales, Western Australia, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and External Territories.
Australian Heritage DirectoryEnvironment Australia: This site is a directory to Australian heritage resources available on the internet. It includes searchable databases (such as the Australian Heritage Places Inventory) and lists of the national and state heritage registers. It also includes links to funding, relevant legislation, government and non-government agencies and other key resources.
Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity CommissionAustralian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission: Information about human rights issues relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including information for employers, teachers and students. The site also includes statistical information.
Australian Institute of Marine ScienceAustralian Institute of Marine Science: Links to government information about marine science, including the full text of a number of electronic books.
Australian Mines AtlasGeoscience Australia: Information on Australian mineral resources and the minerals industry. Also provides online mapping of mineral resources, mines and processing centres.
Australian Network for Plant ConservationAustralian Network for Plant Conservation: The ANPC works to promote and develop plant conservation in Australia. Its website contains an internet directory of plant conservation resources, and links to relevant federal and state legislation regarding conservation.
National Library of Australia and Informit (RMIT): This database contains articles (many full-text) from the top 200 Australian journals, and article references on Australian political, economic, legal, social and cultural affairs. It is sourced from a wide range of periodicals, newspapers, scholarly journals, conference papers and books in the social sciences and humanities. Selected overseas sources are also reviewed for material on Australian subjects. Enhanced version of the APAIS database. Major journals indexed include: Abacus (Sydney), Adelaide Law Review, Antipodes, Art and Australia, Asian Studies Review, Australian Aboriginal Studies, Australian Academic and Research Libraries, Australian Bulletin of Labour, Australian Economic History Review, Australian Economic Review, Australian Historical Studies, Australian Journal of Labour Economics, Australian Journal of Psychology, Australian Literary Studies, Eureka Street, Indigenous Law Bulletin, Journal of Australian Studies, Journal of Industrial Relations, Labor Essays, Meanjin, Melbourne University Law Review, New Literatures Review, Oceania, Parergon, Policy: A Journal of Public Policy and Ideas, Quadrant, Southern Review, Sydney Law Review. This resource is available in alternative formats: Print 1945-2000.
Australian Research OnlineHosted by the National Library of Australia: This website provides access to the research outputs of Australia's universities including journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, theses, datasets, and images.
The Library holds a selection of theses and has several indexes to assist in locating Australian and overseas theses in other libraries. This guide contains selected print works only.
The Library holds many resources relating to both Australian and international statistics. These statistics cover all subject areas including demography, economics, industry and trade and represent both current and historical data. This guide contains selected print and microfilm works only.
The Library holds a large collection of material relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. This guide contains selected print works only.
These are general sites for researching the Pacific Ocean region on the Internet and provide a starting place for researchers in this field. They lead to a diverse range of information on on the Pacific region as well as providing links to other useful sites.
These are general sites for researching statistics on the Internet and provide a good starting place for researchers in this field. They lead to statistical information on a diverse range of specific topics as well as providing links to other useful sites both in Australia and overseas.
Mura Gadi is an online catalogue of the National Library of Australia's manuscript, pictorial and oral history resources relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Though it does not list the many books, periodicals and other publications in the Library relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, these materials can be found using the Library's online catalogue at http://www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/