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General Encyclopedias
Special Encyclopedias
Nature
BBC Nature - Animals  Select from the fact files drop down menu

Animal pics

exZOOberance - Celebrating the Animal Kingdom!

This site is easily navigated & has hundreds of photos about animals. Animals are grouped into 'They Swim, Walk or Fly'.

Science

Science

Inventors & Inventions

Famous Inventions A to Z

Wonders of the World Databank from Building Big

Mathematics

FactMonster's Conversion Calculator convert units of measurement, time, weight, length, astronomy, etc.

 

Geography

CIA World Fact Book

Encyclopedia of New Zealand

 

Encarta World Atlas 

History

Explore ancient cultures - new section on ancient americas

Mr Donn's Ancient History

BBC Schools Primary History - Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Anglo Saxons, Vikings, Children of WW2, Children in Victorian Britain.

Literature & Language

Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore & legend

Sports

HickokSports.com - History history & results of hundreds of sports
Specialised Australian Reference

Word Map is mapping Australian words, phrases or expressions. Search by word or region.

Australian Governments Portal  Australian Governments Info. Page links to Federal, State & Territory departments

eGold: Electronic Encyclopedia of Gold in Australia

Australian Screen Education  - The 938+ clips in this collection are accompanied by teachers’ notes created by specialist curriculum writers. Expert curators’ notes also provide useful background material. Clips in this collection have been selected for their educational value and any clips that are considered potentially disturbing carry clear classification warnings.

Select the newspaper from the National Library links page

Dictionaries

Hard to Find
Jennifer's Language Page - find out how to say common greetings & phrases from hundreds of countries/regions around the world. Names of Animals - Males, Females, Babies & Group. Collective Nouns
For Teachers
White Pages - search for an Australian phone number Where Is - search for a street/place in Australia & how to get there.
Trivia

AnyDay - Scope Systems

This Day in History

Yahoo!News - Today in History

 the meaning & history of names

Famous Birthdays

 

Guinness World Records

Australia Day Quizzes  

 

Top 100's
World's Top 100 Wonders for travellers

Top 100 This-And-That's of the 20th Century

The Top 100 [Channel 4 British site]

Top 10's World Geography lists

 

AFI's Top 100 lists in the last 100 years
  • Movies

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ABC's My Favourite Book - Top 100 books as voted by ABC listeners December 2004

ABC's My Favourite Film - Top 100 films as voted by ABC listeners November 2005

This page updated on 04/01/2010