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Agriculture

• AgNet - Australian Agriculture
• National Farmer's Federation Australia
• Department of Primary Industries - has links to a wide range of Government information and resources including farming and agricultural information. 
• Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry - Australia - Commonwealth Government site
• ABC Rural - covers rural news and events, plus a wide range of links.
• Weather predictions - Bureau of Meteorology web page providing details about the season ahead

Ancient History (see also History)

• Exploring Ancient World Cultures
• BBC Ancient History Site - covers Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, Vikings, Anglo Saxons and British Prehistory.
• The Ancient Greek World - University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.

ANZAC Day

• Gallipoli and the Anzac Commemorative Site

Archives

• Australian Archives

Art Galleries & Museums

• Museum of Contemporary Art - Sydney, NSW
• National Gallery of Australia
• National Gallery of Victoria
• National Gallery of Art - Washington D.C., USA.
• Tate Online - The British Tate Galleries online site.
• The National Gallery - London
• The Louvre Museum - France
• Collections Australian Network - a gateway to art galleries and museums throughout Australia

Astronomy

• Nine Planets
• Astronomy Picture of the Day - NASA site with a different picture or image each day plus an explanation.
• Astronomy Now Online - British astronomy magazine.
• Australian Astronomy - the official web site of the Astronomical Society of Australia.

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Biographies

• Australian Dictionary of Biography - Australia's pre-eminent dictionary of national biography. Here are over 10,000 scholarly biographies of significant Australians who died before 1980.  (See also our online Database "Biography Resource Centre" for additional information)

Botany

• Australian National Botanic Gardens
• National Biological Information Infrastructure - Botany - A US site created by the Centre for Biological Informatics of the U.S. Geological Survey

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Collective nouns

• Beastly garden of wordy delights - a collection of collective nouns for animals

Consumer Protection

• Australian Consumers' Association - Choice
• Australian Competition & Consumer Commission

Copyright

• Australian Copyright Council

Countries of the World (See also databases such as World Book or Encyclopedia Britannica)

• World Factbook - statistical information on most world countries.
• Infoplease - Countries of the World - basic general information.
• Library of Congress - Portals to the World - links to a range of web sites for countries.

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Drug Information

• adin (Australian Drug Information Network) - a search engine that brings together more than 1800 websites relating to alcohol and other drugs, and searches them for your areas of interest.

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E-books

• The Online Books Page - a website facilitating access to over 20,000 books that are freely readable over the Internet.
• Project Gutenberg Free Ebook Library

Employment

• Career.com.au 
• mycareer.com.au

Endangered Species

• WWF Endangered Species
• WildAid - A US non-profit organisation targeting illegal wildlife trade
• IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
• Threatened Species & Ecological Communities - An Australian government site

Environmentalism

• Greenpeace
• World Resources Institute - information on environmental issues, including biodiversity, forest resources, climate protection, health & environment, coastal & marine resources, protecting the atmosphere & sustainable agriculture.
• United Nations Environment Programme - details about UNEP's work and environmental issues.

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Films

• Internet Movie Database
• ACMI - Australian Centre for the Moving Image

Flags

• Flags of the World - At this site you can read over 25,000 pages about flags and view more than 51,000 images. The site is well organised and pages are ordered by country, last update or title.

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Gambling

• Victorian Commission for Gaming Regulation - includes research reports on impact of gaming in Victoria

Genealogy

• Mormon Records - Family Search

Geography

• National Geographic - Web site of the National Geographic magazine.

Government - State & Federal

• Department of Immigration & Citizenship
• Commonwealth Department of the Treasury - A link to the "Do we have any of your money" publication can be found at this site.
• Australian Commonwealth Government - entry point to locate information about commonwealth departments and services.

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Health (see also Medicine and Databases for links to our range of Health subscription databses)

• WHO - World Health Organisation
• HealthInsite - links to health site that cover topics such as heart disease, diabetes, asthma, cancer and children's health. Developed by the Commonwealth Department of Health & Aged Care.
• Better Health Channel - a State Government site which covers a range of health information from illnesses and treatments to healthy living tips and great recipes.

History

• This Day in History
• Encyclopedia of World History
• BBC History Site - British history under to topics Ancient History; Church and State; Society and Culture; Science and Discovery; Wars and Conflict.

How Stuff Works

• How Stuff Works - Articles at this informative site explain how hundreds of things work, from elements of the human body to space-age technology. Features include: Fact of the day, quote of the day plus today's question.

Humanitarian

• World Vision
• Oxfam Australia
• Auscharity - Online directory listing registered Australian charities.
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - information relating to the needs of refugees including UNHCR resettlement activities.
• Relief Web - access to breaking news on complex humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters plus a "Background" section which has links to specialised information on many countries.

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Immigration

• Department of Immigration & Citizenship

Insects

• What's That Bug? - this site includes pictures of various species of insects and bugs. If you still have trouble identifying a particular bug, then you can attach a digital photo or write a good description and send it to these specialists!.

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Languages

• iLoveLanguages

Law & Legislation

• Commonwealth Consolidated Legislation - database containing consolidated copies of all Commonwealth of Australia Acts except Appropriation & Supply Acts.
• Law for You - Basic information on legal matters
• Australian Legal Information Institute 

Literature (See also our Literature Databases)

• Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Local Government

• Local Government Victoria Website - includes Guide to Local Governement

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Mathematics

• History of Mathematics

Medical (See also Health and our subscription Health databases)

• VICNET Health Page - links to a range of web sites.
• Intute: Health and Life Sciences - a UK site that provides links to biomedical Internet resources
• Medicine Net - A US based site that contains relevant and easy to understand medical information.
• British Medical Journal 
• American Family Physician - provides a range of articles from this journal.

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Olympics

• Australian Olympic Committee - news and information about our Australian Olympic Team
• Australian Paralympic Committee - Governing body for Australian paralympic athletes.
• International Olympic Committee Site - includes range of links to other Olympic sites and information about the International Olympic Committee.
• Beijing 2008 - Official site of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
• Check the Hot Topics site for further information and links

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Physics

• Stephen Hawking's Universe

Place Names

• AUSLIG Place Name search - details of Australian place names

Poetry

• Bartleby.com - collections of poetry
• Poetry Archives - collections that can be searched by by first line, author or title.

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Religion

• The Catholic Encyclopedia

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Science

Space

• NASA Home Page
• International Space Station
• Shuttle Missions
• Hubble Space Telescope Pictures

Sport

• Official Australian Football League Website

Statistics

• Australian Bureau of Statistics

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Taxation

• Australian Taxation Office

Travel

• Plan Book Travel - provides touring information for all states and capital cities, plus specific areas such as the Great Barrier Reef or the Outback.  Gives details about accommodation, events and things to see.
• Rough Guides
• Lonely Planet Guides
• Getaway - details from the TV show.
• Tourism Victoria - holiday and tourism information about Victoria
• TravelMate - lots of tips including accommodation, travel planning, tours and Map Maker - a section which creates a map of your trip.

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University of the Third Age

• U3A Online - a virtual University of the Third Age - designed to encourage older people to take part in lifelong learning activities for pleasure.

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World War I

• First World War.com - This site holds an impressive amount of valuable cultural, historical, and social documentation of "the Great War." The site begins with some highlighted collections, such as Peace and Truce on the Western Front, Photo Reconnaissance, and Keeping 'em on The Farm. You can  browse through different sections that offer a broad portrait of the causes of the war (How it Began), the different political and military leaders involved in the conflict (Who's Who), and the war's technological innovations (such as flamethrowers and machine guns) that made this first modern war possible.

World War II

• Remember: Cybrary of the Holocaust

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Library Based Web Directories

• The National Library of Australia's list of useful Internet sites
• DeskRef: sources for quick answers
• Librarian's Index to the Internet - general subjects, maintained by librarians in the US.
• Blue Web'n - a searchable library of 1800+ outstanding Internet learning sites categorised by subject area, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools).