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Statistics: websites
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.
Australian sites
Australian Bureau of Statistics This site provides detailed information, statistical summaries, selected publications including the catalogue, annual reports, the ABS Yearbook and links to relevant external statistics websites. Some pages of interest are:
- Topics @ a Glance - Selected information and statistics grouped in categories such as: Economy, Environment and Energy, Industry, People and Regional.
- Statistics on a range of topics including: Population, Tourism, Employment, Income and Inflation.
- Links to other Australian and International statistical sites.
Statistics Internet resources The Australian Parliamentary Library provides links to Australian, and some overseas, statistical sources on the Internet. It also includes a subject index.
www.gov.au A gateway that provides access to the information and services of the Australian, State, Territory and Local Governments. A good way to locate statistics for particular jurisdictions is to go to that government's home page and use the site search function.
Overseas statistical agencies
Some of the major overseas government statistical agencies, the equivalents of the Australian Bureau of Statistics, provide comprehensive, free information from national to local levels.
FedStats gateway is the United States portal to Federal Government agencies' statistics.
National statistics online provides statistics on the United Kingdom's economy, population and society at national and local level.
Eurostat is the European Union's statistical information service, and is also available in French and German language versions.
United Nations Statistical Databases provides global statistical information from a single entry point.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: print resources
- Australian biography: print resources
- Australian birth, marriage and death records
- Australian censuses and musters: print resources
- Australian companies: print resources
- Australian electoral rolls: print resources
- Australian history: print resources
- Australian history: selected websites
- Australian law: selected websites
- Australian literature: print resources
- Australian literature: selected websites
- Australian politics and government: print resources
- Australian politics and government: websites
- Australian science and technology: selected websites
- Book reviews and literary criticism: print resources
- British Parliamentary publications and information
- Cemetery records
- Law reports and court records: print resources
- League of Nations: print resources
- Newspaper indexes
- Pacific resources
- Ship and passenger records
- Statistics: print resources
- Statistics: websites
- Theses: print resources
- United Nations: print resources
- United States congressional publications and information
