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AIF Project  
URL:http://www.unsw.adfa.edu.au/hass/aif/
Category:Historical Studies  Australian and Pacific Studies 

The AIF Project centres on the construction of a database that records information on the 330 000 men and women who embarked for overseas service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1914-18.

Alfred Deakin Prime Ministerial Library  
URL:http://www.deakin.edu.au/alfreddeakin/
Category:Other Libraries & Documentation Centres  Australian and Pacific Studies  Australian Studies 

The Alfred Deakin Digital Archive is a collaborative project between the National Library of Australia and Deakin University. This site from the Deakin University Library contains a biography, timeline, photographs and resources on Alfred Deakin, federation and Australia during the early 20th century.

Argus Index 1870-1879  
URL:http://www.nla.gov.au/argus/
Category:Australian and Pacific Studies  Periodical Directories  Senior secondary history  Australian Studies 

The Argus was a major Australian metropolitan daily, published in Melbourne from 1846 to 1957. It is the primary resource for data on 19th century Australia and is widely recognised as the general Australian newspaper of record for this period. The Argus Index 1870-1879 was created as part of the Argus Index Project based at La Trobe University. The decade of the 1870s is the first index to the Argus to be made available in this form. As further decades are completed they will be made available online, as will the 1860s which so far has been issued only in hard copy. The entire Ned Kelly story is contained in this index.

Asia Source  
URL:http://www.asiasource.org/index.cfm
Category:Governance  Australian and Pacific Studies  Regional and National Studies 

AsiaSource is an online resource developed by the Asia Society to meet the need for timely, reliable, unbiased information and assistance regarding the cultural, economic, social, historical, and political dimensions of Asia. The site has links to maps, statistics, daily news coverage, country profiles, an Asia experts database and other resources.

Asian Currents  
URL:http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/ASAA/asian-currents.html
Category:General Asian Studies resources  Journals and publications  Australian and Pacific Studies  Regional and National Studies 

Asian Currents is a monthly email newsletter service of the Asian Studies Association of Australia. It is aimed at journalists, policy makers, business people, artists and educators. Each issue features articles by academics on regional issues, profiles of those working in areas related to Asia, useful websites and forthcoming events. You need to sign up to join the list, but it is free. You can also view and search every issue online at the same URL.

AustLit: the Australian Literature Resource  
URL:http://www.austlit.edu.au/
Category:Australian prose  Australian and Pacific Studies  Language & Literature 

AustLit is a non-profit collaborative collection of up-to-date and reliable resources on Australian writers and writing. It meets the information needs of Australian literature researchers, teachers, students and librarians from school to advanced tertiary and academic levels. AustLit works with contemporary scholars, literary researchers, librarians and publishers to ensure that its information is accurate and ever-expanding. AustLit is available through university libraries and by annual subscription to institutions and individuals.

Australia's Prime Ministers  
URL:http://primeministers.naa.gov.au/
Category:Australian Studies  Australian and Pacific Studies  Political Science & Policy 

The National Archives of Australia has created this website to enhance understanding of Australia's national leadership and political history; provide a view of our political history from the top through the documents dealt with by each of the 25 Prime Ministers; enable users to explore significant and original documents - many are available online; and make original records accessible through a portal to archives and libraries in Australia and overseas. The website is an entry point to information and features digitised documents from the National Archives collection. It also links to specially designed Prime Ministers pages on the websites of the National Archives of Australia, National Library of Australia, Australian War Memorial, Screensound Australia and the John Curtin Prime Ministerial Library.

Australia's War 1939-1945  
URL:http://www.ww2australia.gov.au/
Category:Senior secondary history  Australian history  Australian Studies  Australian and Pacific Studies 

Australia's War 1939-1945 is under progressive development in the lead-up to the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War. It covers all aspects of the war that involved Australians. There are images, sound, stories, maps, cartoons, and images. The website was produced in collaboration with the New South Wales Board of Studies.

Australia and the United Nations  
URL:http://www.dfat.gov.au/un/
Category:Countries of the World  Australian and Pacific Studies  Regional and National Studies  Political Science & Policy 

UN related areas in which Australia has made significant contributions and remains actively engaged are explored at this site. Information is presented about Australia's contribution in areas such as international security and disarmament, environment, human rights, targeted development programs, agriculture, refugees and international nuclear safeguards.

Australian APEC Study Centre  
URL:http://www.apec.org.au/
Category:Australian and Pacific Studies  Economics & Econometrics 

The Australian APEC Study Centre is a unit of Monash University in Melbourne. Its role is to research, to inform and to promote discussion on issues related to Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation. Current activities, announcements and publications are available from the site