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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 history; print resourcesNational Library of Australia: A guide to the printed resources relating to Australian history at the National Library. In addition to the works mentioned here the Library holds a large range of primary and secondary resources on this topic.
Australian history: selected websitesNational Library of Australia: These are selected sites for researching Australian history on the Internet and provide a starting place for researchers in this field. They lead to a diverse range of information on Australian history resources as well as providing links to other useful sites.
Australian Human Rights Commission: Administers anti-discrimination and human rights laws in Australia. The site provides links to publications of the Commission including reports, legal research, statistics, and educational material.
Australian Indigenous IndexState Library of New South Wales: The Australian Indigenous Index (previously INFOKOORI)is an index to the Koori Mail (http://www.koorimail.com/), a national fortnightly newspaper published in Lismore, NSW, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The first issue was 23 May 1991. It reports on people, issues and events that affect indigenous peoplesfrom all over Australia - from an indigenous perspective. The Index also includes biographical material on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples form the magazines: Dawn (1952-1969), New Dawn 1970-1975) and Identity (1971-1982). Other historical information about Aboriginal people and communities from newspapers published in NSW, is also being added to the Index.
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS): Information is included about the resources and collections of AIATSIS, including Mura (AIATSIS catalogue), family history sources, and the Australian Indigenous Cultural Network. There are also web links to subjects such as education, children and families, health, languages, land rights and native title, and law.
Australian Institute of Criminology: Australia's national research centre for crime and justice. Contains a wide range of Australian criminal justice statistics which can be browsed by region or topics such as courts, fraud, cybercrime and policing. Some selected international crime statistics are also included.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)Australian Institute of Health and Welfare: The AIHW is Australia's national agency for health and welfare statistics and information. Topics covered include: ageing and aged care, housing and homelessness, population health, alcohol and other drugs, mortality, diabetes and hospitals. Access is also provided to a number of data cubes and to METeOR, AIHW's Metadata Online Registry.
Australian Key Journals: Periodicals Contents IndexAustralian National University and Proquest: The Australian Key Journals Index provides access to the tables of contents of 82 Australian journals in the social sciences and humanities, from the date of their first publication to 1991. Journals indexed in the database include Adelaide Law Review, Architecture Australia, Art and Australia, Australian Book Review, Australian Economic Review, Australian Literary Studies, Australian Women's Weekly, Business Review Weekly, Federal Law Review, Journal of Industrial Relations, Overland and Westerly. The project was co-ordinated and developed by the ANU Library with University of Adelaide Library and the National Library of Australia and ProQuest Information & Learning. This version of the database is made available free of charge to students and scholars within Australia.