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41. FreeCartographic Links : Selected Websites

National Library of Australia: Selective links to Australian and overseas map and cartographic websites, libraries, government agencies and calculators.

42. Onsite(CDROM)1828 Census of New South Wales

This was the first New South Wales census. It was held in November 1828 and is the only census to survive in full to the present day. It aimed to record all the inhabitants of the colony at the time, and provides the individual's full name, age, place of residence, ship of arrival, occupation employer's name and place of residence.

43. Onsite(CDROM)1841 Census South Australia

Gould Genealogy: View the actual 1841 census together with a modern index and biographies. Population at 01 January - 15,485 persons. The 1841 census is the only one in South Australia for which any detailed records survive.

44. LicencedChina Academic Journals (Web)

China National Knowledge Infrastructure: This resource indexes thousands of research level Chinese language periodicals published in the People's Republic of China. Areas covered include economics, politics, law, humanities, engineering science, agriculture, medicine, and electronics. Available for document delivery to Australian libraries.

45. LicencedChinamaxx digital libraries

Beijing Superstar Information Technology: Chinamaxx E-books database covers a variety of subject areas in Social Sciences and Humanities on China Studies. Contains over 780,000 Chinese titles. Available for document delivery to Australian libraries.

46. OnsiteConsumer Sciences Index - CSI

Informit: Covers children, clothing, consumer economics, consumer education, craft, family, fashion, food, health, home economics, teaching, housing, marriage, nutrition and textiles.

47. LicencedCountries and Their Cultures

Thomson Gale: This resource focuses on cultures and countries around the world, specifically what is and is not shared culturally by the people who live in a particular country. Entries contain descriptive summaries of the country in question, including demographic, historical, cultural, economic, religious, and political information. This online book is part of the Gale Virtual Reference Library.

48. FreeDART Europe E-Theses portal

Association of European Research Libraries: The DART consortia of European research libraries provides researchers with a single European Portal for the discovery of electronic theses and dissertations. Theses originate from 300 universitities in 19 European countries. Theses are available in full text.

49. FreeDawn and New Dawn

AIATSIS: Dawn and New Dawn were magazines published between 1952-1975 by the New South Wales Aborigines Welfare Board, with the aim of providing interesting information and an exchange of news and views. The Dawn and New Dawn also served as a way for people to keep in contact. Today the magazines are a valuable source of family history information as they include details of births, deaths, marriages and baptisms, as well as hundreds of photographs. They also contain articles about the conditions and activities on reserves, stations, homes and schools throughout New South Wales. During its time of publication the magazines were also used to highlight the work of the Aboriginal Welfare Board. An index to biographical information contained within the newspapers is available on the Australian Indigenous Index produced by the State Library of New South Wales.

50. FreeDOAB: Directory of Open Access Books

OAPEN Foundation: A collection of open acces, peer reviewed books from academic publishers. Covers all subject areas.

Our subject guides

"Mura Gadi : a guide to manuscript, pictorial and oral history materials relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the National Library of Australia"

Mura Gadi is an online guide to significant manuscripts, pictures and oral histories in the National Library of Australia relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples prior to 2003. Although 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/

"Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; print resources"

A guide to the print resources relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders at the National Library of Australia

"Australian censuses and musters; print resources"

A guide to printed information relating to census and muster resources at the National Library of Australia. A large proportion of the census information held at the National Library is kept in microform format. Further information on how to find these items can be found in Family History Sources in the Newspapers and Microforms Reading Room (available on eResources).

"Statistics; Research Guide"

A guide to finding sources of statistics at the National Library of Australia. Refers to both Australian and overseas statistics. Includes material held in print, microform and online formats.

"Theses; print resources"

A guide to finding theses at the National Library of Australia. Refers to print format material held at the Library only.