Lex Scripta: Australiana

Australian Reference Resources.
Fabulous Facts about Australia
Provided by the Australian Surveying and Land Information Group, a unit of the Federal Department of Industry, Science and Resources.
Centenary of Federation Queensland
Guide to Queensland's celebration of our Nation's centenary.
Oz Guide
Internet information sources for Australian Journalists.
PictureAustralia
A gallery of people, places, events and objects comprising Australia's heritage as documented in pictures.
Australian War Memorial
Archive of Australia's military history.
Archives of Australia Gateway
Portal to archive sites around Australia.
This Month in Australian History
From the Accurate Eye FactFinder.
Virtual Australia Website
Everything that makes you feel good about being Australian.
Blackmask Online - Books Online - Australian Books Online
Links to Australian e-texts

.Australian Cultural Icons

The Man from Snowy River
Waltzing Matilda
The FJ Holden
The Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme
Surf Life Saving Queensland
Ginger Meggs

Advance Australia Fair
The Stockman's Hall of Fame
The School of the Air
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Sydney Opera House
The Big Pineapple

Great and Famous Australians

Sir Donald Bradman
Lieutenant James Cook, RN
Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith
Lieutenant Matthew Flinders, RN

Professor Sir Walter Murdoch
Sir Joseph Banks, Bt, KCB, FRS
Sir Joseph Banks, Bt, KCB, FRS
Who was Who in Federation

Centenary of Federation Queensland's website provides biographies of:

Sir Samuel Griffith
Thomas McIlwraith
Sir James Dickson
John Murtagh Macrossan
Sir Henry Parkes

Sir Edmund Barton
Sir George Reid
Alfred Deakin
Sir John Quick
Charles Kingston

Prime Ministers of Australia
From the National Museum of Australia.
Past Prime Ministers
From the (current) Prime Minister's Website.
Australians
The ABC's "five-minute profiles on notable and interesting Australians".
We Remember Biographies
Biographies and images of forty-five Australians who have made significant contributions to the country.
Explorers of Australia
Martin Westphal, from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany, reproduces Sixteen Explorers Of Australia, published by the Bank of New South Wales in 1965.
Bright Sparcs
A register of over 3,000 people involved in the development of science, technology and medicine in Australia, including references to their archival materials and bibliographic resources.
Australian Rulers
A complete list of Governors-General and Prime Ministers, and State Governors and Premiers, and Territory Administrators and Chief Ministers.

Australian Places
AUSLIG Australian Place Names Search
Australian Heritage Commission Register of the National Estate
Australian Heritage Bibliography
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Australian Delicacies

Vegemite
Wheet-Bix
Wheet-Bix Recipes
Minties

Arnott's Biscuits
Golden Circle Cannery
Milo
Bundaberg Rum

Australian Slang.

Virtual Australia Dictionary
Koala Net's Australian Slang
Larry's Aussie Slang and Phrase Dictionary
Aussie Slang
True Blue Australian Slang Source

Feather Foot's Aussie Slang Page
Aussie Slang and Sayings Page
Luke's Australian Slang Page
A simple guide to the Australian language
Aussie Rhyming Slang

Australia Day Links
National Australia Day Council
Australia Day Message - Queensland Premier
Australia Day Council of New South Wales
Australia Day Committee (Victoria)
Australia Day Council (Tasmania)
Australia Day Council of South Australia
Australia Day Council of the Northern Territory
Rochedale State School - Australia Day Page
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2002 Year of the Outback Links
Outback 2002 Website
Queensland Year of the Outback
Kenniff Centenary and Moot, Mitchell Qld.
Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, Longreach Qld.
Waltzing Matilda Centre, Winton Qld.
New South Wales Year of the Outback
Western Australia Year of the Outback
South Australia Year of the Outback
Year of the Outback Website
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Australian Bushrangers
The Bushranger Site (School of Curriculum Studies, University of New England)
The Dictionary Of Australian Bushrangers
Australian Bushrangers Website
Australian Bushrangers (Ned Kelly's World website)
The Kenniff Brothers
Kenniff Centenary and Moot, Mitchell Qld.
The Trial of Australia's Last Bushrangers
Hunters Store - Kenniff Information
Ned Kelly
Ned Kelly's World
Ned Kelly: Australia's Iron Outlaw
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Waltzing Matilda: the original (Queensland) version
the text
the manuscript and the original score
midi file of the original version
(2 kB download)
performance of the original version by John Williamson
(360 kB download in "Real Media" format*)
more information

*for information about "real media" player software, click here