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Air View - Aerial Photography System This site from Land
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Australian Cartographic Resources Provides links to Australian cartographic resources available on the Internet such as links to publishers, map societies and map retailers.
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Australian National Shipwreck Database A database of all known shipwrecks in Australian waters. The Australian National Shipwreck Database is a joint project between the Commonwealth, States and Territories, and Australasian Institute for Maritime Archaeology.
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Australian National Mapping Agency Information about major Australian geographic features. Index to topographic maps and digital spatial data. Searchable gazetteer for 55,000 places. Includes the sun and moon times.
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Dangerous Beaches Mapping Project Contains worldwide maps of unsafe coastal beaches. Factors represented and discussed include geology (cliffs, rock reefs); marine organisms (sharks, jellyfish, and others); surf (dangerous waves, currents); and pollution. Also browsable by name of map. From the Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley.
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Fabulous Facts About Australia Information such as the area in sq kms of Australia and each State, the length of state borders, and the coastline, how to calculate the center of Australia, size of deserts, height of mountains, highest and lowest points, largest lakes, highest waterfalls and land tenure.
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Guide to Internet Information
Sources Find experts and contacts, and Net-based sources of Australian facts or background information, such as business information, cases, databases, directories, government information, legislation, reports, statistics, and trade figures. |
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History of Australian Places Index Provides an index that lists cities, towns, suburbs and places in
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Parish Map Preservation Project Digital images of historical Parish, Town, County and Municipal maps are available at this site. Images of Pastoral Maps, showing Pastoral Runs from the mid 1800's, can also be viewed. Current Parish Maps will be added as the project develops. The Parish Map Preservation Project is a cooperative effort involving the Department of Information Technology & Management, Department of Land & Water Conservation and the State Records Authority.
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The State Library of NSW contributes pictures and records from PICMAN to
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Place Names of Australia Gazetteer
Searches a database of over 274,000 geographic names provided to the
Committee for Geographical Place Names in
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Register of the National Estate - Place Finder Provides a database that contains 11,500 places and includes historic places, natural areas, and places of importance to indigenous people. Each place on the Register includes the statement of significance, a description, a report on the condition of the place, and a photograph if available.
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The SIX Gateway provides a single entry point through which to search, access and utilise the wealth of geospatial services and data managed by Lands, in many cases free of charge. It also provides opportunities for users to contribute to this state-wide resource. The SIX Gateway contains a wide range of property and topographic features as well as cadastral (land tenure) and address information that can be searched against.
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A comprehensive site for travelers and research.
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Everything for the holidaymaker.
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Cultural and Historical information on the country as well as practical details such as climate, train schedules, etc.
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This is the 2005 edition.
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Downloadable audio guide for selected European cities. Includes a Paris 1968 walking tour, a tour of Glasgow with the music group Franz Ferdinand, summer tours of Stockholm and Lisbon, Ian Rankin's tour of London, and guides to Rome, Athens, and Valencia. Also includes a guide to business travel for New York City.
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Just about any information about any country can be found here. For both the traveler and the student.
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This site, produced by the Economist magazine in partnership with the Economist Intelligence Unit, provides news, profiles, forecasts, and statistics on countries worldwide.
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Dangerous Beaches Mapping Project Contains worldwide maps of unsafe coastal beaches. Factors represented and discussed include geology (cliffs, rock reefs); marine organisms (sharks, jellyfish, and others); surf (dangerous waves, currents); and pollution. Also browsable by name of map. From the Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley.
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Finds the latitude and longitude of two places and calculates the distance between them (as the crows flies).
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Japan In-Depth: History & Culture: Traditional Annual Events Collection of descriptions of traditional annual festivals and events
in Japan, such as the Sapporo Snow Festival, Setsubun (bean-throwing festival),
Soma-Nomaoi (wild horse racing), Dai-Chochin Matsuri
(giant lantern festival), Shichi-Go-San (children's
shrine-visiting day), and Tori-no-Ichi (rake fair).
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Click on a country, and learn just how many languages are spoken.
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New Zealand: The Knowledge Basket Provides a wide range of
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This news site provides an overview of the Philippines, a country "mountainous and prone to earthquakes and eruptions from around 20 active volcanoes. It is often buffeted by typhoons and other storms." Includes a brief history, profile of leaders, timeline of key events, and description of local media. Features news stories, background on political issues, and links to related websites. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
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Contain selective links providing authoritative, in-depth information about the nations and other areas of the world.
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Heritage sites listed by the UNESCO World Heritage Commission.
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