History of our nation - from the State Library of NSW.

A Multicultural History of Australia

ANZAC site - visit Gallipoli Today 

Aboriginal History -  National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Educational Website

Formal Apology to Australia's Indigenous Peoples - text of speeches from Hansard.

• Multimedia coverage of "The Day We Said Sorry" - Slide show from Sydney Morning Herald.

Australian Timeline   split into centuries

Australian History Brief Timeline

Australia through time from Virtual Australia

100 Years of Australian Innovations - from 1901-2000 a timeline of Australian inventions

Australia on the Map

• Quick History 
• FAQ's
• Did you know?

• Discovery of Aust

• Captain Cook

• First Fleet

• Early Settlement

• Convicts

• Explorations

• Gold Rush

• Federation

• Aust at war

• Aust - 1940's to1960's

• Modern Aust & Politics

• Aust in the 21st Century

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.

Pacific Explorers Library

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

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

Sydney's Early History

The Rum Rebellion & William Bligh

The Macquarie Era

Timeline - The Governors of NSW - their biographies

The Governors of NSW Quiz

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

  The Governors of NSW Activity

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.

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.

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