Australian Links
This is a list of useful
Australian websites. The categorisation is rather loose since
several websites in one category cover a variety of content areas
and provide further links in other fields, too. The sites are listed
alphabetically according to the descriptions provided by the site.
These descriptions are formatted as a hyperlink, and the sites can
therefore be reached just by clicking on them. The Internet address
of each site is also provided. All the links below have been
checked , however, websites do change over time. Should you
experience difficulties in accessing a particular site, try deleting
the last part of the address so that only the root remains and then
you can use the search engine of that particular site.
E.g.: for Encyclopedia
Britannica instead of
http://www.britannica.com/search?miid=1110894&query=Australia
you can try
http://www.britannica.com
and then you can enter "Australia"
in the search field.
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The links are organised around the following
topics:
Aboriginal Matters - General
Aboriginal Matters - PM Kevin Rudd's Apology to the Stolen
Generations 2008
Arts
Bookshops
Education
Environment and Cities
Government, Politics, Economics & General
History
Humanities
Literature
Media
Museums and Libraries
Search
Sports
Aboriginal
Matters - General
Aboriginal Australia: Authentic Aboriginal Art, Craft and Culture
http://www.aboriginalaustralia.com/
Aboriginal Languages of Australia
http://www.dnathan.com/VL/austLang.htm
Aboriginal Studies - Aboriginal History
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVLPages/AborigPages/History.html
Aboriginal Studies WWW VL
http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Aboriginal.html
ATSIC - The
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
http://www.atsic.gov.au/
Australian
Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
http://www.aiatsis.gov.au/
CAEPR Home
Page
http://online.anu.edu.au/caepr/
Indig Home
http://www.indig.com/
Message Stick
http://abc.net.au/message/default.htm
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Aboriginal Matters - PM Kevin Rudd's Apology to
the Stolen Generations
On
February 13, 2008, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised for the hurt
caused by decades of state-sponsored treatment of indigenous
Australians.
These are links to reports and comments on the Apology PM Kevin Rudd
made to the Stolen Generations in the name of the Australian
Government:
From The Sydney
Morning Herald:
Kevin Rudd says sorry
Speech gets standing ovation in Redfern
Britain urged to back Rudd's apology
Thunderous applause in Sydney for Rudd's speech
A nation apologises
Long queue to witness Rudd speech
Family saddened by apology that comes too late for some
A nation shocked by tales of sorrow
Protest against intervention
Welcome ritual marks opening of Parliament
Tears for those who vanished, never to return
Mother's regret carried to grave
Bondi BBQ for live apology
Rudd's apology revealed
A simple word with so much meaning
Never, never again
The last of the white blindfolds
Britain refuses to apologise
Nanna Nungala Fejo shared sorrow and joy with PM
By fostering trust, apology can close gap
Relief, and renewed optimism
Apology flashes around the globe
Thanks - but now let's talk compensation
Libs stage boycott as Nelson heckled
Father's pain likened to other sorrow
One notable absentee
After 30 years of denial come tears of relief
School lesson: apologise when you make a mistake
Caught up in a scientific racism designed to breed out the black
Heal the past, embrace the future
A question of identity from a tender age
Leaders hope commitment to fix disadvantage will follow, fast
Radio callers outraged: I'm disgusted, says one
Full text:
Kevin Rudd's sorry speech
Full text:
Brendan Nelson's sorry speech
PM said sorry - and so said more of us
Multimedia
The nation apologises
Redfern, Canberra reactions
Backs turned on Brendan Nelson
Apology comes too late for this family
Photos, memories from NSW Aborigines Welfare Board
Why I need an apology
Reportage and comment
Kevin Rudd says sorry in Parliament
Full text of the Prime Minister's speech
Thunderous applause in Sydney
Libs stage boycott as Nelson heckled
Reaction outside Parliament House
Radio callers outraged and disgusted
Together we'll build a truly great nation
Thanks - but now let's talk compensation
Annabel Crabb:
Political division still rife
Mick Dodson:
An act of true reconciliation
The
day we said 'sorry'
Multimedia: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says sorry to the
stolen generations in Parliament.
Film puts stolen child in her mum's shoes
Healing born of tears
'None of this will be easy'
Tackling housing crisis must start with understanding concept of
home
From The Independent (UK):
-----------------------
Some background:
http://media.news.com.au/multimedia/2007/10/garma/
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Bark painting
Arts
ABC Arts Online:
Film
http://abc.net.au/arts/film/
ABC Arts
Online: Music
http://abc.net.au/arts/music/
ACMI
http://www.acmi.net.au/
AUSTRALIA COUNCIL FOR
THE ARTS
http://www.ozco.gov.au/
AUSTRALIA
COUNCIL : LITERATURE
http://www.ozco.gov.au/literature/
Australian
Country On-line
http://www.countrymusic.asn.au/
Australian Film
Institute
http://www.afi.org.au/
Australian Record
Industry Association
http://www.aria.com.au/
Culture and Recreation Portal Homepage
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/
Film Australia
http://www.filmaust.com.au/
Film Victoria
http://www.film.vic.gov.au/
GRIFFITH ARTWORKS
http://www.gu.edu.au/centre/artworks/
Music - Arts & Events
http://www.abc.net.au/message/blackarts/music/default.htm
Pictures Catalogue - National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/pictures/
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
http://www.soh.nsw.gov.au/
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
http://www.soh.nsw.gov.au/h/home.asp
The Sydney Symphony
http://www.sso.com.au/
The Space ABC
Arts Online: Books: Index
http://abc.net.au/arts/books/
The Space: ABC Online
Arts Gateway
http://abc.net.au/arts/
Yahoo! Arts
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/arts/
Yahoo! Entertainment>Music
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/entertainment/music/
YOTHU YINDI
http://www.yothuyindi.com/
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Dance at a corroboree
Bookshops
Dymocks Online
http://www.dymocks.com.au/
Gleebooks Book Shop
- Global Store with Books, Reviews and Ordering
http://www.gleebooks.com/
The Coop
BookShop - Welcome
http://www.coop-bookshop.com.au/
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Education
ABC Education -
Learn Gateway
http://abc.net.au/learn/
ABC Education - Learn Gateway - By Subject
http://www.abc.net.au/learn/bysubject/subjectarts0.html
Australian Education
Hub
http://www.australia.edu/windows.html
Australian National
University
http://www.anu.edu.au/
CASH
http://www.gu.edu.au/centre/cash/
Commonwealth
Department of Education, Science and Training
http://www.detya.gov.au/
Deakin University
http://www.deakin.edu.au/
education.gov.au
http://www.education.gov.au/
Griffith University
http://www.gu.edu.au/
IDP Portal - Home
http://www.idp.edu.au/
James Cook
University in Tropical North Queensland, Australia
http://www.jcu.edu.au/
KCL:
Menzies Centre for Australian Studies
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/menzies/
La Trobe
University - Melbourne - Australia
http://www.latrobe.edu.au/
Overview - Australia's Universities - The Australian
Vice-Chancellors' Committee
http://www.avcc.edu.au/australias_unis/overview/index.htm
Postgraduate
scholarship database for Australia
http://www.jason.unimelb.edu.au/
QUT | Queensland
University of Technology
http://www.qut.edu.au/
The Australian
Vice-Chancellors' Committee
http://www.avcc.edu.au/
The University of
Melbourne
http://www.unimelb.edu.au/
The University of Notre
Dame Australia
http://www.nd.edu.au/
The University of
Queensland, Australia
http://www.uq.edu.au/
The University of
Sydney Main Page
http://www.usyd.edu.au/
The University of
Western Australia
http://www.uwa.edu.au/
University Of
Tasmania WWW Service
http://www.utas.edu.au/
UNSW: The University
of New South Wales - Sydney Australia
http://www.unsw.edu.au/
Yahoo!
Education
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/education/
Yahoo! Regional > Countries > Australia > Education > Higher
Education
http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Australia/Education/Higher_Education/
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Cave paintings at Cape York
Environment and Cities
Adelaide City
Council : Home
http://www.adelaide.sa.gov.au/
Australian Botany pages
http://155.187.10.12/index.html
Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS)
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/output.cfm?ObjectID=3E48F86-AA1A-11A1-B6300060B0AA00014
Biodiversity
http://www.csu.edu.au/biodiversity.html
Brisbane City
Council
http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/
City of
Melbourne
http://www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/
City of
Sydney
http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/
City of
Perth
http://www.cityofperth.wa.gov.au/
Community.gov.au
- Home Page
http://www.community.gov.au/
Environment Institute
of Australia Home Page
http://www.eia.asn.au/
Environment
Portal Home Page
http://www.environment.gov.au/
Greenpeace
Australia Pacific
http://www.greenpeace.org.au/
National
Capital Authority Homepage: Canberra Australia's Capital
http://www.nationalcapital.gov.au/
Weather &
Flood Information
http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/
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Rainbow Serpent (Rock painting)
Government,
Politics, Economics & General
Before
proceeding to further links, please read the following:
In our
Australian classes we often tell you about important Australian
values, many of which were realised by the Labour government
(1972-1975) lead by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. It was during this
period that Australia dismantled the White Australia Policy and
officially adopted multiculturalism. The New York Times gives this
summary of his/their achievements:
"Mr. Whitlam, who championed indigenous rights and equality for
women, led the Australian Labor Party to victory in the 1972
election after 23 years in opposition. Once in power, his
administration moved quickly to abolish capital punishment,
university fees and military conscription. It also set aside funds
for specialized hospitals and created a national health system,
which still exists in altered form."
(the 1972 campaign poster)
(in 1975)
Mr. Whitlam was an important and influential figure of Australian
politics and public life even after his official political career.
He died on 21 October, 2014 at the age of 98, and the obituaries of
this great man offer an interesting insight into his life and
actions as well as a few Australian social issues.
Do read them if you are interested:
This NYT article is a good summary written for
readers outside Australia, i.e., it does not contain hints that only
Australians would understand.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/22/world/asia/gough-whitlam-former-australian-premier-who-showed-prescience-with-china-dies-at-98.html?_r=0
The next ones are from the Sydney Morning Herald:
A good overview:
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/smh-editorial/gough-whitlam-the-father-of-modern-australia-20141021-11930s.html#ixzz3GunGl0nk
Prime ministers following Whitlam remember here. It is particularly
interesting how one-time rival Malcolm Fraser and Whitlam grew to
be friends.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/gough-whitlams-legacy-malcom-fraser-paul-keating-kevin-rudd-julia-gillard-pay-tribute-20141021-1195z2.html#ixzz3GuqGuLfR
This one is by Australian writer, Tom Keneally,
author of Schindler's list (originally: Shindler's Ark), and The
Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith:http://www.smh.com.au/comment/gough-whitlam-a-monument-of-a-man-remembered-for-lifetime-of-action-20141022-119r1g.html
(1975)
The
political struggle that led to the affirmation of native title
enshrined in the Mabo and Wik decisions is the subject of this
momentous photograph. Appropriately, it was taken by Mervyn Bishop,
Australia's first Aboriginal press photographer and a noted recorder
of customary and contemporary life in Aboriginal communities. Bishop
caught the human as well as the historical significance of the
transferral of soil from the hand of a white prime minister, the
reformist Gough Whitlam, to that of a Gurindji elder, Vincent
Lingiari. Both men seem awed, even humbled, by the power of their
own gesture, enacted against a brilliant blue Australian sky. Land
at the Vestey-operated Wave Hill Station was handed back to its
traditional owners, the Gurindji people, in August 1975, after
decades of servitude and a nine-year walkout. The centrality of the
concept of land, or more properly of place, in Aboriginal culture
and consciousness is here given expression in a modern medium.
from The
Art Gallery of NSW Handbook, 1999.
Further
links:
Australasian Legal
Information Institute
http://www.austlii.edu.au/
Australia
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/bgn/index.cfm?docid=2698
Australia
http://www.polisci.com/world/nation/AS.htm
Australia in
Brief - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib2001/
Australia.gov.a
http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib2001/u - title page
http://www.australia.gov.au/
Australian Bureau of
Statistics
http://www.abs.gov.au/
Australian
Constitution - Beginners Guide
http://www.statusquo.org/Story.html
Australian Department
of Foreign Affairs and Trade
http://www.dfat.gov.au/
Australian Embassy
Budapest
http://www.ausembbp.hu/
Australian Government
http://www.austemb.org/gov.htm
Australian
Governments' Entry Point
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/gov/
Australian Greens
Online
http://www.greens.org.au/
Australian Human
Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Website
http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
Australian
Immigration Department - migrate to Australia
http://www.immi.gov.au/
Australian Labor Party
http://www.alp.org.au/
Australian
Trade Commission
http://www.austrade.gov.au/home/
Browse -
fed.gov.au
http://www.fed.gov.au/KSP/
CIA -- The World Factbook 1999
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Embassy of Australia,
Washington
http://www.austemb.org/
Encyclopædia Britannica
http://www.britannica.com/search?miid=1110894&query=Australia
Encyclopedia.com
from Electric Library
http://www.encyclopedia.com/
Governments on the
WWW: Australia
http://www.gksoft.com/govt/en/au.html
High Court of
Australia
http://www.hcourt.gov.au/
Liberal Party of
Australia Home Page
http://www.liberal.org.au/
Live in
Victoria
http://www.liveinvictoria.vic.gov.au/
Queensland Nationals
http://www.npa.org.au/
The Australian
Democrats
http://www.democrats.org.au/
The Australian
Journal of Management
http://www.agsm.edu.au/eajm/
The Department of
the Treasury
http://www.treasury.gov.au/
The Office
for Women
http://www.qldwoman.qld.gov.au/
VirtualTourist.com : Australia
http://www.virtualtourist.com/vt/c48/
http://adsri.anu.edu.au/demo-stats/aust
Yahoo! Australia & NZ
http://au.yahoo.com/
Yahoo! Business and Economy
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/business_and_economy/
Yahoo!
Government
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/government/
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Magic Carving
History
Australian History
on the Internet
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html
Centre for
Immigration and Multicultural Studies
http://cims.anu.edu.au/
Centre for Immigration
and Multicultural Studies, links
http://cims.anu.edu.au/links.html
Contents - The Eureka Stockade
http://www.statelibrary.vic.gov.au/slv/educate/publications/eureka/toc.htm
MAIS -
Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies - Database Access
and Information
http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/database/mais.htm
smh.com.au - The Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/specials/ethnicmap/index.html
The
Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History
http://www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/
The First Queensland (Moreton) Regiment - Main Page
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~adjutant/moreton/moreton.html
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Artists and their work
Humanities
API Network
http://www.api-network.com/cgi-bin/place.cgi?page=index.api
API Network -
Australia, World Wide Web Virtual Library
http://www.api-network.com/vl/
Australian
Humanities Review
http://www.lib.latrobe.edu.au/AHR/
JCU - Women's Studies: <i>Library and Internet Guide</i>
http://www.library.jcu.edu.au/subjectgds/Fac1/NetResources/womennet.shtml
OzLit@Vicnet
Australian Books and Writers
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~ozlit/index.html
Yahoo! Arts
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/arts/
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Literature
Australasian Drama Studies Journal
http://www.uq.edu.au/emsah/drama/australasiandramastudiesjournal.htm
SETIS:
the Scholarly Electronic Text and Image Service
http://setis.library.usyd.edu.au/oztexts/index.html
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Corroboree
Media
ABC - Presents -
Behind the News (BTN)
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/
ABC - Presents
- Behind the News (BTN) - Links
http://www.abc.net.au/btn/links/default.htm
ABC Education -
Learn Gateway
http://abc.net.au/learn/
ABC Education - Learn Gateway - By Subject
http://www.abc.net.au/learn/bysubject/subjectarts0.html
ABC News Online -
Home
http://abc.net.au/news/
ABC Online
http://www.abc.net.au/
ABC Radio
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/links.htm
ABC Radio National
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/
ABC Shop
Online
http://store.yahoo.com/abcshop-au/
Australian
Geographic
http://www.australiangeographic.com/index.cfm
Australian Media
Facilities Directory [AMFD]
http://www.amfd.com.au/
Financial Review
http://afr.com/
M/C media
and cultural studies
http://www.media-culture.org.au/
Message Stick
http://abc.net.au/message/default.htm
Network TEN : Welcome to
the Network TEN Australia website
http://www.ten.com.au/index.aspx
smh.com.au - The
Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.smh.com.au/
Special Broadcasting Service
http://www.sbs.com.au/sbs_front/index.html
The
Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
theage.com.au - The
Age
http://www.theage.com.au/
Thousands of
newspapers on the Net
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
Welcome to
i7.aol.com.au
http://i7.aol.com.au/
Welcome to
ninemsn.com.au
http://www.ninemsn.com.au/homepage.asp
Yahoo! News and Media
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/news_and_media/
873 2GB - News. Talk.
http://2gb.com/3.01/main.html
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Rock carving
Museums and Libraries
AMOL | Australian Museums
and Galleries OnLine
http://amol.org.au/
Australian Museum
Online - September Edition
http://www.austmus.gov.au/
Australian Museums
http://www.whatsthenumber.com/oz/know/museums.htm
Australian National
Maritime Museum
http://www.anmm.gov.au/
Australian War
Memorial
http://www.awm.gov.au/index_flash.asp
Australian War
Memorial - Authentic objects. Real stories.
http://www.awm.gov.au/
East Point Military
Museum
http://www.epmm.com.au/
Migration
Museum of South Australia
http://www.history.sa.gov.au/migra/migra-gal.htm
Mutiny on the HMS Bounty:
Bligh, Christian, Pitcairn, Norfolk
http://www.lareau.org/bounty.html
National Archives of
Australia
http://www.aa.gov.au/
National Library of
Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/
National Library of
Australia - Electronic Australiana
http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/
National Museum -
Welcome to National Museum
http://www.nma.gov.au/
Port Arthur
Historic Site, Tasmania - Welcome
http://www.portarthur.org.au/
Queensland
Museum
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/
Visiting
the Immigration Museum
http://immigration.museum.vic.gov.au/visiting.htm
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Search
aussie.com.au -
Australia's leading online business directory
http://www.aussie.com.au/
Garriga's
Australian Beyond ...The BlackStump
http://home.mira.net/~lions/index.html
Guide to
Australia
http://www.csu.edu.au/australia/
MacquarieNet - Channel 1
http://www.macnet.mq.edu.au/anonymous@4624275909+0/-/p/index.html
Mitchell And
Partners Welcome Pad for Netscape Navigator
http://www.mitchells.com.au/html/p1-ne_3.htm
National Library of
Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/
National Library of
Australia- Site Map
http://www.nla.gov.au/nlaSiteMap.html
Register of
Australian WWW Servers
http://www.csu.edu.au/links/ozweb.html
Welcome to
the land of Oz
http://www.ozbooks.com/asp/store/default.asp
WWW Virtual Library
http://vlib.org/Home.htm
Yahoo! Australia & NZ
http://au.yahoo.com/
Yahoo!
Reference
http://au.dir.yahoo.com/reference/
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Rock carving
Sports
Australia Sport International
http://www.asi.gov.au/index010000.cfm?CFID=1161345&CFTOKEN=9611847
Australian
Institute of Sport - Australian Rules
http://www.ais.org.au/austrules/
Australian Rugby
Union
http://www.rugby.com.au/
Australian Sports Web
- Australian Institute of Sport
http://www.ais.org.au/
Australian Sports
Web - Australian Sports Commission
http://www.ausport.gov.au/
Official Home of Australian Cricket
http://www-aus.cricket.org/link_to_database/NATIONAL/AUS/
Official Website of the
Australian Football League
http://afl.com.au/
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