Databases & Websites
Australian
Libraries Gateway: Online Exhibitions. Comprehensive listing
of links to online exhibitions created and maintained by libraries
throughout Australia.
Australian
Studies Resources: Electronic Texts Collection (University
of Sidney Library)
Dictionary of New
Zealand Biography (New Zealand Historical Association).
Contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who have
'made their mark' on the country, including the collected
biographies originally published in the printed Dictionary
of New Zealand Biography series between 1990 and 2000,
and in the parallel Maori-language series, Nga Tangata
Taumata Rau.
Digitized
Collections: University of Adelaide Library. Rare materials
and unique manuscripts from the University of Adelaide's
collections
valuable for scholarship and research or of general interest
to the State, national and international community.
Matthew Flinders
Collection (State Library of New South Wales). Matthew
Flinders, 1774-1814, was amongst the most accomplished navigators
and chartmakers of any age. In 1798 he sailed south from Sydney
in the sloop Norfolk, passed through Bass Strait and circumnavigated
Van Diemens Land (Tasmania), thus proving it to be an island.
From 1801 to 1803 he circumnavigated mainland Australia in
HMS Investigator, a voyage which would forever link him with
this country.
National
Library of New Zealand: Digital Collections
New
Zealand Historical Documents Online (NZHistory.net)
New Zealand
History Net. Extensive, well-presented, and searchable
coverage of New Zealand's history co-ordinated by the History
Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage, Wellington,
New Zealand.
South Seas: Voyaging
and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Pacific (1760-1800).
A history of European voyaging in the Pacific between 1760
and 1800. Site provides access to the full text of James
Cook’s
Endeavour Journal, as well as works by Joseph Banks, Sydney
Parkinson, and John Hawkesworth, among others.
Statistics
New Zealand
Te Ara: The Encyclopedia
of New Zealand ( Ministry for Culture and Heritage).
When complete, "Te Ara" will be a comprehensive guide
to the country’s peoples, natural environment, history,
culture, economy, institutions and society. An important
feature
of Te Ara is its Maori content. The Maori perspective is
presented with each theme, and entries with substantial Maori
content
are available in the Maori language. The site also makes
available the 1966 Encyclopaedia
of New Zealand in full, the first and last official encyclopedia
of New Zealand. Includes original drawings, maps, and photographs.
The Papers
of Sir Joseph Banks (State Library of New South Wales)
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Government and Federation Documents
Archives
New Zealand. Preserves and provides access to millions of government
records, including the Treaty of Waitangi, immigration and legal
records, films and photographs, documenting the government's impact
on New Zealand since 1840. A virtual
exhibition center presents some of these collections online.
Documenting a Democracy. A National Archives of Australia
site which offers 110 foundational documents by region.
Federation
Ephemera (State Library of New South Wales). During the
1890s, the national idealism inherent in the Federation debate
generated unprecedented local interest in printed Australiana.
Alfred Lee, whose album and story are featured here, was one
of the ardent collectors whose passion and rivalry has provided
us with a remarkably complete record of Australian history.
This record is vital to understanding the nation's identity
and 'printed ephemera' is one fascinating element.
Hansard's
Transcripts of the Parliament of Australia
National Archives of Australia
Parliamentary
Library Publications
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Periodicals
& Newspapers
Australian
Newspapers Online
Australian Periodical
Publications, 1840-1845
Papers Past: New
Zealand Papers and Periodicals (National Library of New
Zealand). A selection of 19th century New Zealand newspapers
and periodicals. The site currently contains digital images
of over 750,000 pages from 39 publications.
The
Electronic Journal of Australian and New Zealand History.
Founded
in 1996, the journal has evolved to become a peer-reviewed
forum serving H-ANZAU, H-Net's network for the history of
Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Maps
Historic
Maps of New Zealand (Auckland City Libraries). Searchable
database of heritage maps from throughout New Zealand, from
the 1830s to the 1950s.
Rare Maps Digitisation
Project (National Library of Australia)
Rare Maps
from the Collections of the State Library of New South Wales.
A selection of 85 manuscript and printed maps and charts
of the islands and the continents of the Southern Hemisphere
between the 16th and 18th centuries.
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Archives
and Catalogs
Australian
Collections at the British Library. The largest collection
on Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands in the United
Kingdom. From early colonial texts to contemporary literature,
the collection covers a broad range of humanities, social
science and general interest topics, and holds copies of the
first books to be published in Australia and New Zealand and
many significant works from the early days of publishing in
these countries.
The Register of Australian
Archives and Manuscripts (RAAM). Guide to collections
of personal papers and non-governmental organisational records
held by Australian libraries and archives.
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Encyclopedias
and Handbooks
The Oxford Companion to Australian History,
edited by Graeme Davison, Stuart Macintyre, John Hirst.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Location:
Green Library,
HASRC: Non-circulating (DU112 .O94 1998)
The Oxford History of New Zealand,
edited by Geoffrey W. Rice.
Auckland, N.Z.; New York: Oxford University Press,
1992.
Location:
Green Library, Stacks (DU420 .O9 1992)
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Journals
Australian
Historical Studies
Volume/date range: Vol. 23, no. 90 (Apr. 1988)-
Location: Green library, latest year or volume in Current
Periodicals; earlier volumes in SAL (994.005 .H673 1988-2004)
The New Zealand Journal of History
Volume/date range: v. 1- Apr. 1967-
Location: Green Library, latest year or volume in Current Periodicals;
ealier in SAL Stacks (D1 .N4 V.29-30 1968-2005)
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