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Aboriginal Australia: History, Culture, and Conflict __ "Aborigines are Australia's indigenous people. Recent government statistics counted approximately 400,000 aboriginal people, or about 2% of Australia's total population." You will find a lot more. - From Infoplease - http://www.infoplease.com/spot/aboriginal1.html 

Australia History __ "Australia's original inhabitants, known as Australian Aborigines, have the longest continuous cultural history in the world, with origins dating back to the last Ice Age. Although mystery and debate shroud many aspects of Australian prehistory, it is generally accepted that the first humans travelled across the sea from Indonesia about 70,000 years ago." And the story continues. - From lonelyplanet.com - http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/australasia/australia/history.htm 

Australia History __ Australia has a brief history and this is a brief overview of it. - From traveldocs.com - http://www.traveldocs.com/au/history.htm 

Australia - History __ Subjects include prehistory, early European exploration, penal settlements, the development of political institutions, treatment of aborigines, and contemporary Australian culture. - From cartage.org.lb - http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/ 

Australian Cultural Timelines __ Dreamtime, the Wreck of the Batavia, transportation of convicts, and Ned Kelly's last stand are just a few of the things you will learn about here. - From convictcreations.com - http://www.convictcreations.com/history/timeline.htm 

Australian Gold Rush History __ You can tour the Gold Rush Museum and read many documents pertaining to the gold rushes in Australia. - illustrated - From Australian National Maritime Museum - http://www.anmm.gov.au/gold150/gold150.htm 
 
Australian History __ A wealth of resources found here. - From Trinity College - http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/subjects/sose/austhist/default.htm 

Australian History __ You will find historic outlines of Australia from pre-1788 to 1901 and a timeline from 1901 to present. - From Government of Australia - http://www.dfat.gov.au/aib/history.html 

Australian History on the Internet __ A compilation of history resources to be found online. - From National Library of Australia - http://www.nla.gov.au/oz/histsite.html 

Australian and Sydney History __ "The Sydney region, referred then by the local aborigines as Warrane, itself has been inhabited for at least 50,000 years. Only recently have 50,000 year old grindstones been found in the Sydney region, predating any previous finds worldwide. Does this mean bread-making was invented here?" This and much more. - illustrated - From Interactive Arts - http://members.ozemail.com.au/~tourism/sydney/history/sydhist1.html 

A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson __ You may download a full text in PDF format. - From University of Sydney - http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/setis/id/p00044 

Constitutional Convention __ Contains the final transcript of the Constitutional Convention held at Old Parliament House, Canberra 2 February to 13 February 1998, which debated the issue of whether Australia should become a republic. - From Parliament of Australia - http://www.aph.gov.au/hansard/conv/hancon.htm

Documenting a Democracy - Australia's Story __ You will find an online collection of the documents which gave birth to the Nation of Australia. "After a search which covered Australia and extended to England, Australia's founding documents – the 'birth certificates' telling the story of our democracy – are brought together for the first time." - From Commonwealth of Australia - http://www.foundingdocs.gov.au/home.htm 

The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1771 __ You may download a full text in PDF format. - From University of Sydney - http://purl.library.usyd.edu.au/setis/id/P00021 

European Discovery and Settlement of Australia __ "In 1770 Captain James Cook finally ended the mystery of Terra Australis Incognita for the European world. Although partly discovered and mapped to the west and north by Dutch traders and explorers, and by English pirate, William Dampier, until Cook's four-month cruise on the Endeavour up the east coast of what he called New South Wales in 1770, the maps of the time showed a blank - the east coast was unknown to, and uncharted by, the European world." You will find the rest of the story here. - illustrated - From Government of Australia - http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/australianhistory/ 

First Families 2001 __ "The First Families 2001 pilot program funded by the State Library of Victoria, was designed to draw together stories of Australian families to celebrate the Centenary of Federation in 2001. This pilot program, with content contributed by the public, became a significant and innovative program marking the Centenary of Federation." You will find timelines, family trees, galleries and more. - illustrated - from State Library of Victoria - http://www.firstfamilies2001.net.au/ 
 
First Queensland Regiment __ Learn about Queensland's oldest Victorian era re-enactment unit. History, uniforms, old weapons and more. - illustrated - From Anthony Cryan - http://members.iinet.net.au/~cryanaj/moreton/moreton.html 

Indigenous Australians at War __ This website is about Australian Aboriginal servicemen in the defense of Australia. there is a lot of information including stories, history, roll of honor, medals and awards, memorials, exhibitions and much more. - illustrated - From Garth O'Connell - http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/statuepark/620/ 

National Archives of Australia __ "The National Archives promotes good government recordkeeping and encourages community awareness and use of valuable Commonwealth records in its care." You will also find several online features and articles including a photo search which allows you to access and get the title of over 500,000 photos with over 80,000 of available online. - illustrated - From National Archives of Australia - http://www.naa.gov.au/ 

Nineteenth Century Exploration of Australia __ A wonderful overview of this period in Australian history. You will find an onsite link for each of the explorers. - by Charles H. Smith & Jennifer Rakestraw - http://www.wku.edu/~smithch/australia/ 

Significant dates in Australian History from 1486-1915 __ A timeline of early Australian history which actually goes to 1945. - From Project Gutenberg - http://gutenberg.net.au/timeline.html 

World History Archives: The History of the Commonwealth of Australia __ Detailed click-to-read histories of Australia including economic history, cultural history, social history and many many more topics. There is a wealth of information here and it will take you some time to get through it all. - From World History Archives - http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/24/index-c.html

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