European Discovery & the colonisation of Australia - a potted history of first contact with European mariners from 1606

European Exploration of Australia - Wikipedia has some excellent maps which can be enlarged showing the exploration of Australia onwards.

Ten Explorers - includes Flinders, Blaxland, Lawson & Wentworth, Forrest, Grey, Warburton, Sturt, Eyre, Leichhardt, Stuart,

Australian Explorers Library

Project Gutenburg - Explorers - very comprehensive site with lots of links, a great time line of Australian exploration and extensive maps of explorers' journeys.

Zoom Explorers of Australia  - Zoom School site which has summaries and detailed information easily identified in alphabetical order.

Nineteenth Century Exploration of Australia - An Australian History Resource Created by Charles H. Smith & Jennifer Rakestraw

General Information

Inland Explorers - UpfromAustralia's site gives a quick summary of some inland exploration - Crossing the Blue Mountains, Sturt, Burke & Wills, Stuart, Eyre & Lasseter's Reef.

Australian Explorers - Roma Reilly's site has a link to an easy-to-read version; includes maps.

European Exploration of Australia - Wikipedia has some excellent maps which can be enlarged showing the exploration of Australia

Burke Eyre

John Forrest Kennedy

Leichhardt Sturt

Robert O'Hara Burke & William John Wills

Detailed information on Burke & Wills

Burke & Wills Expedition from the State Library of Victoria site.

Burke's expedition - Project Gutenburg's site

Burke - Pacific Explorers Library

Burke & Wills - From Zoom Explorers

Charles Sturt

Sturt's expeditions - Project Gutenburg's site

Charles Sturt - Pacific Explorers Library

Charles Sturt - from Flinders Ranges Research

Charles Sturt - from the Australian Stamp website.

Captain Charles Sturt

Charles Sturt - from the Outback Legends site

John McDouall Stuart

Biographical Notes from the John McDouall Stuart Society. Includes the results of his expeditions & how his achievements have been recognised.

• Expeditions

• Maps (Coloured)

John McDouall Stuart - from Flinders Ranges Research

John Forrest

Detailed information about Forrest's expeditions.

John Forrest - Pacific Explorers Library

Edward John Eyre

Eyre's expeditions - Project Gutenburg's site

Eyre - Pacific Explorers Library

Ludwig Leichhardt

Leichhartd's expedition - Project Gutenburg's site

Leichhardt's journey - Pacific Explorers Library

Edmund Kennedy

Kennedy's expedition - Pacific Explorers Library

Edmund Kennedy - From Zoom Explorers

Ernest Giles

Ernest Giles - Project Gutenburg's site

Brief biography & photo

Peter Warburton

Crossing Western Australia - information on Warburton, Gosse & Giles.

Ten Explorers site - scroll down to Warburton.

Sydney's Early History

The Rum Rebellion & William Bligh

The Macquarie Era

Timeline - The Governors of NSW - their biographies

FAQ's about the Governor - good section on the Governor's residences in Australian History.

Government House - from the NSW Parliament site - facts about the Governors' House in Australian History.

The Governors of NSW Quiz

  The Governors of New South Wales - NSW DET Multistage HSIE Unit (Stages 2-3).

  The Governors of NSW Activity

 Encyclopedia

Australians at War - an overview from the Australian War Memorial. These short chapters cover Australia's involvement in war from the time of the first settlement at Sydney Cove in the 18th Century to our peacekeeping roles under United Nations auspices and the Gulf War. This material has been prepared by the Military History Section at the Memorial.

Indigenous Australians at War

Brave Women of Oceania - This page is dedicated to the women of the South Pacific area who have served history. Women at war and serving peace in Oceania have remained largely undocumented in history and nursing history.

Australian War Memorial Encyclopedia  - The Encyclopedia features answers to frequently asked questions about Australians at war. The Encyclopedia will allow you to search the contents of the Memorial's databases, and provides links to other resources.

National Archives of Australia - Mapping our Anzacs  - World War 1 Records online.

Australian Military Statistics  - This brief statistical survey of Australian involvement in war and peacekeeping operations since 1885 has been prepared by the Memorial's Military History Section; particularly those involvements which have had the greatest influence on Australian society: the First and Second World Wars and the Vietnam Wars. 

Australians at War - Clickable worksheet