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Our Catalogue: A complete list of the holdings of the National Library of Australia, including further material on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples not included in this directory.

Bringing them Home Project : A project being managed by the National Library of Australia to collect and preserve the stories of Indigenous people and others, such as missionaries, police and administrators involved in or affected by the process of child removals.

PictureAustralia : An internet service providing access to images covering all aspects of Australiana that are housed in significant online pictorial collections in Australia and New Zealand. The 17 participating institutions include the State Library of Tasmania, National Gallery of Australia, Australian War Memorial and National Library of New Zealand.

PictureAustralia Trails : Indigenous Australia : An image trail highlighting pictures which relate to Indigenous Australia from the collections of all the participating PictureAustralia agencies.

Resources on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People : An online guide to the National Library of Australia's collections relating to Indigenous Australia, including printed material, government publications, newspapers, maps, music, pamphlets, ephemera and electronic resources.

Papers of Edward Koiki Mabo (MS 8822) : A detailed finding aid describing the Mabo papers (MS 8822) which are housed in the National Library of Australia's Manuscript Collection. Eddie Mabo was the successful principal plaintiff in the 1992 High Court ruling on native title.

Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts (RAAM) : A database listing collections of personal papers and non-governmental organisational records held by Australian libraries and archives.

Australian Historic Records Register (AHRR) : A database administered by the National Library of Australia, that describes archival material of historical significance held in private ownership in Australia. The Register contains records identified as part of the Australian Bicentennial Historic Records Search, which was carried out from May 1987 to April 1988.

Other sites

Mura (AIATSIS) : The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies online catalogue.

CASL Member Libraries : Links to the State Libraries' home pages.

indigenous.gov.au : The Indigenous Portal provides online access to Indigenous services and information located on government Internet sites.

National Archives of Australia (includes PhotoSearch and RecordSearch) : The home page of the National Archives of Australia, the principal repository of Australian Commonwealth government records, which provides links to its PhotoSearch and RecordSearch facilities.

National Archives of Australia Fact Sheets : A range of fact sheets providing Introductions to the records the National Archives of Australia hold on Indigenous Australians.

Screensound: Search the National Collection of Screen & Sound : The entry point for searching for sound recordings and moving images in the collections of ScreenSound Australia : the National Screen and Sound Archive.

ScreenSound: Indigenous Material : A page providing introductory comments on the Indigenous collections of ScreenSound Australia.

ScreenSound: Recordings by Australian Indigenous Artists, 1899-1998. : This ScreenSound Australia Collection Guide contains an alphabetically arranged discography of commercially issued sound recordings by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Aboriginal Languages of Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages :Has annotated links to over 140 resources for about 50 Australian Indigenous languages.

Glossaries

Frontier : A glossary compiled by the ABC in conjunction with the "Frontier" documentary series.

The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History, Society and Culture : This award winning publication is the only authoritative reference work which covers all the disciplines that comprise 'Aboriginal Studies'. With around 2000 entries and 1000 photographs, illustrations and maps, the Encyclopaedia covers eighteen major subject areas, is extensively cross-referenced and indexed, and has 1800 bibliographic references. The Encyclopaedia is presented in an attractive, two-volume, hard cover boxed set.

This resource is not available online but the books and/or CD-ROM may be ordered from this link on the AIATSIS site.

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