Trove
Trove is an online search engine developed by the National Library of Australia. At the click of a button, you can access a large and unrivalled repository of Australian material.
Browse for historical & current newspaper articles. A great source of contemporaneous material.
There are also digitised versions of various magazines, e.g. The Australian Women's Weekly (1932 - 1982).
On Clickview
Log on to Clickview Online through the Library Online Databases page on the Melbourne High School Portal
- Land kinship and culture - historical and currentThis excellent program explores the role of indigenous culture in both traditional and urban societies.
Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Australian Dictionary of Biography"The Australian Dictionary of Biography is Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. In it you will find concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of the lives of significant and representative persons in Australian history."
Australia Links
Australian Aboriginal History Timeline is an extensive timeline, beginning with Ancient history and moving right through to the present day. From Creative Spirits website, a personal project of Jens Korff.
- Indigenous AustraliaIncludes information about language, culture, The Dreaming, social structure, land, achievement and food. A good starting point.
- Land issues time linefrom Lore of the Land.
- Aboriginal Historyby Aboriginal Heritage Office. A brief and accessible history of the Aboriginal peoples of Sydney. Look also at the Languages tab.
- Australian Indigenous cultural heritageAustralian Government site with links to other sites
- War and invasionCulture Victoria site
Individual Aborigines
- PemulwuyDictionary of Sydney
