Websites on History

• Australian History on the Internet -Part of the National Library of Australia site, this site includes many interesting links, including Australian historical documents online.
• Documenting a Democracy - Australia's story -Through this site you can see some of the documents that helped create the Federation of Australia.
• History of Australia -General history of Australia, from the World History Archives.
• Australian Explorers -General information on eleven different explorers for primary school children.
• Rare Maps Digitisation Project -A selection of rare maps from the National Library of Australia.
• Indigenous Peoples: the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia -Illustrated and carefully annotated guide to links focused specifically on the history, lore, sacred traditions, arts, and beliefs of the Aboriginal Peoples of Australia by Kathleen Jenks, Ph.D.
• Australia's Cultural Network -Articles and links relevant to Australia's history. Take the history path finder to narrow the items down to ones related to history.
• Radical Tradition -Articles on "the history of working class struggle and anarchism in Australia".
• Australia Beyond the Fatal Shore -Companion website to the PBS series written and hosted by Robert Hughes. An introduction to some of the individuals Robert Hughes talks with and about as he explores the history and culture of Australia.
• German-speakers in Australia -History of German-speakers in Australia, of their immigration and of their contribution to Australia.
• Nineteenth Century Exploration of Australia -Features an 1893 map of explorers' routes, plus links to online biographies of the explorers, and the text of a book chapter on Australian exploration by naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace.
• Australian Medical Pioneers Index -A biographical database of Australian doctors to 1875. Includes background material on medical history, colonial medical life, medical qualifications and timeline
• Lassereria -Encyclopedia and commentary on the search for Harold Lasseter and his lost gold reef.
• Convict Creations -Historical background on Australian convict culture, information on a selection of artists, and convict-inspired crafts.
• An Anthology of the Discovery of Australia -What the first visitors saw and why they attached names to coastal features. Includes quotes, with comments in italics, from their diaries, especially from Matthew Flinders.
• Australian Australia -Historical and cultural information about Australia and Australians.
• Australia, Australians & Us. -A lighthearted, Historical, Geographical and Cultural look at Australia and events that shaped Australia into what it is today, designed for non Australians and those foreign to our shores.
• Totalisator history a world's first -The history of the invention of the world's first automatic totalisator in Australia in 1913 by George Julius.
• VL: Australia History -Extensive links to articles and scholarly resources from the WWW Virtual Library History Network, maintained by Philip George of Index NZ.
• Australian History -Overview from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, with links to cited attractions.
• Timeline of Aboriginal Resistance -Short descriptions of incidents of Aboriginal resistance to European invasion.