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- For a significant new work, see "A Comparative Monograph on the Australian and U.S. Higher Education Systems", only available through the WWW.
- Australian Uni online is a commercial site with much useful information from most universities.
- National Tertiary Education Union
- Australian Education International, formerly Australian International Education Foundation Council (AIEF).
- IDP, Australia's International Education Organisation.
- Open Learning Australia
- Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee
- EdNA, Education Network Australia. Extensive directory of education related sites.
- Australian Film and Television Radio School, Sydney.
- A general list of top level sites at universities is maintained at the Australian University Web Servers from the Australian Vice Chancellor's Committee.
- A slightly more detailed list which includes Physics Departments in addition to top level university sites is the Australian University Home Pages from University of New South Wales.
- See also the extensive directory of school, TAFE and other educational organisations, from the Aussie index. Includes basic list of universities.
- For specific Technical and Further Education resources, see the TAFE NSW site.
- TAFE Queensland
- Central Queensland TAFE
- A relatively complete listing of primary and secondary schools can be found at Australian Schools on the Internet
- Australian and New Zealand Student Services Association.
WWW VL Index
Major directories to information on the web:
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander WWW Resource Directory from Sydney University Koori Centre.
See the Directory of related sites given by the Koori Centre at Monash University.
Don't forget the official WWW Virtual Library for Aboriginal Studies and the associated VL for Australian Indigenous Languages.
Organisations and groups:
- Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies at the ANU maintains the Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive and a useful library. See page of references of value.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, (ATSIC).
- Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.
- Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Branch.
- National Aboriginal History and Heritage Council, "1938 day of morning proposal".
- Federation of Independent Aboriginal Education Providers.
- Aboriginal Studies Association, New South Wales Department of School Education.
- Koori Net from the Koori Centre at Sydney Uni.
- Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council, Western Australia.
- Tobwabba Art Shop, Forster Local Aboriginal Land Council, NSW.
Contemporary Issues
- Bringing them Home, the complete report of the National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from Their Families. A part of the Reconciliation and Social Justice Project.
- Native Title Cases Archive, from the Department of Anthropology, University of Western Australia.
- The issue of getting Koori sites on the internet is addressed in several articles. See Where are all the Aboriginal Home Pages?, and Strategies for Building an Indigenous Australian Cybercommunity: The KooriNet Project.
General Topics
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research from Department of Health Studies at Edith Cowan University, includes numerous links to full-text reports.
- Visit the Australian Indigenous languages resources
Other sites of value:
- See the list of Indigenous Resources on the web from the ABC.
- Index of sites related to Aboriginal studies.
- Aboriginal Art, from Monash University is constantly under construction, but offers some good examples of artwork.
- VICNET maintains an Aboriginal page.
WWW VL Index
The National Library of Australia is taking the lead in electronic publishing. See the article National Strategy for Provision of Access to Australian Electronic Publications: A National Library of Australia Position Paper.
The Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee is sponsoring a Symposium on Australian Electronic Publishing to be held in Sydney on 30 May 96. A significant web page is available which gives some related links from that Symposium.
See especially the AVCC Collected Reports from the Electronic Publishing Working Group, Key Issues in Australian Electronic Publishing.
Guide to e-journals
- The NLA is currently gathering a listing of Australian e-journals. At present this comprehensive listing of Australian published or Australian oriented material includes over 1000 separate journals with a presence on the web. Also see Margaret Henty's article "Electronic Journals and the National Library of Australia" for an update on what the NLA is doing and planning in the field. This paper was presented at the Australian Library and Information Association seminar in Sydney on 31 August 95.
e-lists
- Of special interst is the H-ANZAU Discussion List dealing with the history of Australia and New Zealand. It is run from Michigan State University and edited at James Cook and Melbourne University in Australia and is supported by the Australian Vice-Chancellors' Committee. Subscription is essential to all academics interested in this subject. You may subscribe directly from this site. There is also an Archive of prior messages.
- Subscribe to news list maintained at the Australian National University, the "Coombslist".
Specific e-journals and databases
- Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History, joint project from University of Melbourne and James Cook University.
- Architecture Australia, official magazine of the RAIA.
- Journal of the Australian War Memorial.
- Australian Humanities Review, from La Trobe university.
WWW VL Index
The World-Wide Web Virtual Library - AUSTRALIA