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Aboriginal Studies Sites:

Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library

http://www.ciolek.com/WWWVL-Aboriginal.html  Recommended by almost every site re Aborigines. Excellent links to other sites, and regularly updated with links to other government and institutional sites. Easily the best site found.

Introduction to Aboriginal Arts and Culture

~http://www.ozemail.com.au/~hallpa/intro.html   An excellent introductory site with detail on culture, anthropology, division of labour, and the complexity of Aboriginal society.

Aboriginal Australia

http://www.aboriginalaustralia.com.au/  An excellent resource site, including clickable map for regional variants in aboriginal life, discussion /mailing list, educational resources. Recommended.

The Australian Indigenous Population

http://www.webnet.com.au/clients/koori/ -Brief perspectives on indigenous culture.

A History of the Koori People of the Dandenong-Pakenham Region.

 http://members.xoom.com/athw/    A history of the Koories of the Kulin Nation of Melbourne - their way of life, their interaction and conflict with the first European settlers and their destruction. A consideration of the legacy left by these events - issues all Australians must eventually face. A really good site with information specific to the tribes and conflict of settlement in Victoria.

The Archaeology of The Dharawal People of NSW -Images of The Royal National Park

http://www.freeyellow.com:8080/members5/bursill/  An interesting archeological view of the Royal National Park. Good information and photographics of archeological sites. Pages slow loading due to photos, but these are worth the wait. PEDS also available for purchase on CD-ROM

Australian Aborigines - History and Culture, Research Project

http://matilda.aaa.com.au/bizskills/  Site of the Dharawal Aboriginal Tribal Elders Association - You need to look at this for projects and fact sheets. Excellent material and a site you can return to. It is MUST SEE site - the fact sheets and information are great. The newsletters informative and you can take part in the discussion through message boards. If you are seriously interested in Aboriginal History and Cultural Studies, you have to visit here. Aboriginal Encyclopedia, Dictionary and all included. It really is a great site.

Aboriginal Languages of Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Languages

http://www.dnathan.com/VL/austLang.htm  Searchable database of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages .

Prehistoric Stone Artifacts of Australia

http://artalpha.anu.edu.au/web/arc/resources/paa/arcrock.htm   This site from Peter Hiscock, Dept. Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, carries high resolution photographs and information about stone artifacts in Australia. Good site for archeological insight and information.

The Stolen Generation

http://www.hreoc.gov.au/social_justice/stolen_children/j8_1_4.html  Read. Hear. Learn.

Yothu Yindi on the Web

http://www.yothuyindi.com/  Great Site, great band, great info.

 

First Settlement and other sites of Interest to Colonial History

 

Watkin Tench  (1759-1833). A Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay (SETIS electronic text)

Watkin Tench  (1759-1833). A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson (SETIS electronic text)

The history and people of the First Fleet

Why Botany Bay?

Women Convicts - 1788

Convict Women 1788 - 1828

The First Fleet Homepage

The Second Fleet - Report on Same- From the “Sydney Cove Chronicle” 1790

The Third Fleet - Details of transports and convicts

Matthew Flinders  Journal

John Macarthur

Decisions of the Superior Courts of New South Wales, 1788-1899 - R-Vs Macarthur- The Trial of John Macarthur, 1828

South Australian convicts

The Papers of Joseph Banks

Convicts and the Probation Sydstem

The Rum Rebellion

The New South Wales Corps- Britannica Article

The Rum Corps

Copy of a letter received by Banks from William Bligh, titled `An Account of the Rebellion', 30 June 1808

Series 35.40 `Abstract of and some Remarks on The Trial of John McArthur [sic] Esq....', 2 February 1808

Some Remarks on the present state of the Colony of Sidney [sic] in New South Wales ...', 4 June 1806-

Early (free) Settlers to NSW

Lachlan Macquarie

The Journals of Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie

Irish Rebels to Australia - Sources

The Pastoral Ascendancy - The squatting age in Australia

Life on the Goldfields

The Letters and Journals of J.C.S. Handt, 1832-1835

The Letters of William Hulme - 1850

A Short History of Unions in N.S.W

Precursors to Federation - Australian Political Growth 1840-1880

Federation Gallery

Chinese Immigrants and Chinese-Australians - A guide to sources

Immigration Restriction Policy

Literature in Australia and New Zealand - The Colonial Period

A HISTORY OF NEWCASTLE UNIONS IN THE YEARS OF PEACE - 1919-1943
by Alexander Buik McLagan (Electonic Text)

The founding of Newcastle and its local history

Colony and Empire A Broad Background to Australia's Subservient Relationship with Britain by Thomas Ross

THE HISTORY OF FEMALE PROSTITUTION IN AUSTRALIA-by Raelene Frances

Towards a History of the Self Reliant Family In Australia by Andrew Burbidge

Women in Australian Unions

Victorian Nurses in the Boer War

The Boer War