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A digital photo bank of archival photographs and other images of the City of Sydney, mostly dating from 1900.

This site features key Australian legal and constitutional documents, which tell the story of Australia's democracy.

From Captain Cook onward. Lots of interesting links.

History of Australian Places Index

Provides an index that lists cities, towns, suburbs and places in Australia with links to web pages that  give the history of that location.

History of Sydney 

This site explores Sydney’s history through images, text, memories and voices. Visit our on-line exhibitions, check out the Archives, find out about our first peoples through Barani or take a look at our publications to see what the City’s History Program is up to.

Holograph journal of the voyage of H.M.S. Endeavour during which Cook discovered Eastern Australia and circumnavigated New Zealand. Bound with the journal is a copy of a report from John Hutchinson, surgeon of the Dolphin to Capt. Samuel Wallis, 16th May 1768, of observations on the effects of saloop, portable soup, mustard and vinegar, distilled water and beef fat on scurvy.

Provides assistance in locating a wide variety of materials such as books, web sites, pictures and manuscripts relating to the Federation of Australia.

New South Wales Heritage Office

Through our website you can find out more about the rich and diverse heritage of NSW. You can also check the State Heritage Inventory to find out if a place is listed, or download guidelines and publications on heritage policy and  management.

The online catalogue of National Library of Australia's Pictorial Collection, containing descriptions of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs and three-dimensional objects, and over 30,000 digitized images.

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.

Provides information about the Royal Australian Historical Society and its activities. It also contains information about Australian and New South Wales history, historic Sydney landmarks, and lists of contents of the RAHS

Sydney Sidetracks

This is a project of the ABC to make content about Sydney available on line and in context.  It includes some images from the State Library and is available both online and for mobile devices so you can look at the information when you are in the area. They are calling for stories to be added.

For primary school children. Includes pictures and maps.

The gold rushes of the nineteenth century and the lives of those who worked the goldfields - the 'diggers' – are etched into our national folklore.

The Eureka rebellion, often referred to as the 'Eureka Stockade', is the only armed rebellion in Australia's history and a key event in the development of Australian democracy.  

Provides a database of First Fleet convicts, diary extracts, stories and letters of the time and links to other information about Australia's past.

The European Discovery of the Pacific

This version of a talk by a cartographic historian discusses the European discovery of the Pacific Ocean by Vasco Nunez de Balboa in September 1513 and how a 1507 world map published in Strasbourg appears to show "America North and South as two very large island-continents ... and beyond them lies an ocean stretching some thousands of miles west." Includes image of the 1507 map. From a UK retailer of maps and travel books.

My Story: Edmund Hillary & Mt. Everest

Learn about the first known ascent to the summit of Mount Everest, which was accomplished by New Zealand explorer Edmund Hillary and Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay in 1953. Features a description of different legs of the trek, facts about Mt. Everest, a 1996 interview with Hillary, a photo history of Hillary, and profile of Norgay. Also include a lesson plan, glossary, and list of heights and first ascents of other famous mountains. From Scholastic

Can be used to search for all historical events or, after selecting a particular decade, use the search box to narrow it down to events affecting a particular country or subject.

Discovery School

Links, lesson plans, games and puzzles for history students and teachers.

Provides websites catalogued and evaluated by the Institute of Historical Research, University of London.

This companion website to a 1992 Library of Congress exhibit contains documents made available by the Russian Archival Committee, covering "the entire range of Soviet history from the October Revolution of 1917 to the failed coup of August 1991." Exhibit topics include Joseph Stalin, the murder of Sergei Kirov, the secret police, Gulag labor camps, the Ukrainian famine, Chernobyl, perestroika ("Mikhail Gorbachev's program of economic, political, and social restructuring"), relations with the U.S. (including the Cold War), and more.

Collection of links to websites about ancient cultures around the world. Includes sites about Africa, Asia Minor, Aztecs, Celts, China, Egyptians, Greeks, Hebrews, Incas, India, Inuit, Muslims, Mongolia, Persia, Romans, Viking, and wonders of the ancient world.

An extensive list of Asian, Middle Eastern and South American ancient history sites.

Covers Roman, Greek and medieval Byzantium/Constantinople.

Follow online, as ancient civilizations are unearthed. Get full access to frequently updated field notes, Q&A with archaeologists, personal journals, and more!

Includes an index of all the rulers of the Roman Empire from 27 BCE to 1453, biographies of major figures, a history of imperial dynasties, an index of significant battles, and maps of the changing empire.

Just for kids.

Find out about the birth of political society and the influence of ancient Greece on Western civilization.

A collection of digitized photographs and maps to support the teaching of history at the upper secondary school and university level.

Follow a timeline, check out the pyramids, hieroglyphs, mummies and more.

Very thorough coverage for kids

More than one thousand years after the pyramids were built, Egypt reached its apogee. In the time that is now known as the New Kingdom, spectacular conquest and unimaginable wealth came to Egypt's Empire. Includes a timeline.