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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
Mathematics

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

History
Explore ancient cultures - new section on ancient americas

Geography
Literature & Language

Encyclopedia of mythology, folklore & legend
Sports

HickokSports.com - History history & results of hundreds of sports

........  Specialised Australian Reference  ................................................................................................................

Fact Sheets on Indigenous Australia, Environment, Frogs, Reptiles, Birds, Mammals, Fish and other marine animals, Insects, Spiders, Marine and other invertebrates, Fossils and Dinosaurs, Geology, Water, Science

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.

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

Select the newspaper from the National Library links page.

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

........  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.

EdNA Online Search this educational database

........  Trivia  ...................................................................................................................................................................

........  Top 100's  ............................................................................................................................................................

World's Top 100 Wonders for travellers

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

Music - Top 100 lists in songs, video, dance. Also includes the worst pop songs ever.

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

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

  • Songs

  • Stars

  • Movie Quotes

  • Heroes & Villains

  • Thrills

  • Laughs

  • Passions

The Top 100 [Channel 4 British site]

This page updated on 14/03/2009