Interactive site that can be explored in various ways. e.g. Chronologically, by individual and family, by place. Excellent teacher resources also available.
Search cultural institutions for Australian images. See pictures of Australia’s past and present including: photographs, objects, maps and works of art.
Presents the museums artefacts virtually with information about items; some crossreferenced in Trove. Searchable by current displays, collections, database of all items, blog, podcasts and videos.
Access millions of Australian and online resources: books, images, historic newspapers, maps, music, archives and more.
Excellent resource for studying different aspects of Australian history through the investigation of artifacts in various collections. The education section has many supporting resources.
The education collection is designed to help teachers and students make the most of the wide range of moving image resources on the site. The clips in this collection are accompanied by teachers’ notes created by specialist curriculum writers.
Includes original records, reference books, maps, plans, pictorial works, newspapers, journals and card indexes.
Historical, archival and contemporary Tasmanian information, images and more.
Interactive Time line for Tasmania, Australia and World immigration patterns.
A comprehensive index of all convicts transported to Tasmania and those who were convicted (through the convict system) in the colony was created by indexing all original records we hold from the beginning of transportation in 1804 until 1853 when transportation ceased. The latest entry in the database for the locally convicted convicts is 1893. About 76,000 people are indexed. Examples of convict records can be viewed.
First Fleet Online consists of information about the convicts who were transported to Australia in 1787.
Brief information on the ships, provisions and people of the First Fleet.
Includes an interactive map and timeline of the voyage of the First Fleet.
Artists of the First Fleet
A fully searchable edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing 197,745 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court. If you are new to this site, you may find the Getting Started and Guide to Searching videos and tutorials helpful.
Search the whole of the Proceedings and all published Ordinary's Accounts (for the period 1679 to 1772). You may combine keyword searches with queries on tagged information including surname, crime, and punishment.
Discover Collections takes you on an online exploration of highlights of the Library's rich historical and contemporary collections. Encounter wonderful historical treasures and read intriguing stories about our history, environment, society and culture. Discover unique maps, paintings and photographs, letters and personal journals, books and newspapers.
A fascinating insight into the first encounters with the original inhabitants and amazing insights into how European explorers discovered, charted and settled this vast land.
Includes option for simplified information. Created by a teacher.
An overview of Ned Kelly and the people and events associated with him.
Take on the role of a gold digger and try your luck on the goldfields.
A comphrehensive site that explores all aspects of gold and its history in Australia. Teaching resources also available.
This site is aimed to clear up the numerous misconceptions about the 'Kelly Story', without necessarily seeking to establish a particular point of view.
Sate Library of Victoria - information about workshop and links to primary source material and video footage of armour - soundscape of Glenrowan attack and historical investigations.
Comprehensive list with biographical information provided for each.
Part of the Australina Guttenberg project, a long page with many links to relevant resources and biographical information.
From Museum Victoria, the history of Melbourne is presented from its early days, through to goldrushes, the 1880s boom times through to the 1950s. Text and archival images capture the architecture, developments and social aspects of the different periods.
Government site summarising move to Federation. Includes links to further information.
The National Archives Australia’s Prime Ministers website seeks to enhance understanding of Australia’s national leadership and political history and provide a view of our political history. Includes digitised historical documents.
Australia has had 27 Prime Ministers since Federation in 1901. Follow the links below to learn about their lives and the times in which they lived.
Summary of key elements with links to further information.
Film clips and teachers' notes demonstrating life during the Depression.
Film clips of various Australian industries and settlement drives.
Belongings tells the stories of post WW2 migrations through personal mementos, photographs and memories.
Film clips relating to various campaigns, defence and women's involvement in conflicts.
Mapping our Anzacs gives you three ways to commemorate the original Anzacs: locate a service person, add to the scrapbook, build a tribute
The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a museum, and an extensive archive. Its purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those Australians who have died in war. Its mission is to assist Australians to remember, interpret and understand the Australian experience of war and its enduring impact on Australian society.
Comprhensive information and digitised records from the Gallipoli campiagn.
Comprehensive coverage and history of the war with images and news reports from the time.
Based on the book and the movie, this interactive site explores the artefacts from the suitcase and the historical invistigation that uncovered the tragedy of Jewish Hana's life during WW2.
Section of the BBC site where objects are organised in a time sequence.
A collection of artifacts and exhibitions that delves into the history of the world.
Explore the ancient past through games, interacting with historic aspects and videos.
Explore ancient civilizations through the alphabetical listing.
British Museum interactive site covers crafts & artisans, geography, time, tombs & ancestors and writing.
British Museum site includes Geography, Buddha, early Hinduism, Indus Valley, Time and Writing.
Take a tour through Tokyo during the period of the Tokugawa shoguns, and learn about the history, illustrated with woodblock prints.
Section of the New Zealand Encyclopedia. The 'Section' link provides links to articles on different historical aspects.