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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.

 

 We also welcome comments, corrections or suggestion for new links. Email us if you have something to contribute.
 

 Enjoy browsing the Web.

 

Wood carvings

 

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:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/apology/ 

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/02/12/1202760291188.html

 

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

Finally their voices will be heard

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): 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australias-stolen-generation-to-the-mothers-and-the-fathers-the-brothers-and-the-sisters-we-say-sorry-781543.html

 

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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/

Australian Demographic & Social Research Institute ANU College of Arts & Social Sciences

     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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Didgeridoo

 

 

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