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Weblinks Vol 2 No 5 Copyright: P Pledger 1998 ISSN 1328-8148
Aborigines - Civil rights
- ACTION
FOR ABORIGINAL RIGHTS
- http://home.vicnet.net.au/~aar/welcome.htm
- Produced by the group Action for Aboriginal Rights, this site provides
information on current Australian Indigenous issues such as Wik and reconciliation.
It also provides articles on Aboriginal History, Land Rights/Mabo, Health,
Deaths in Custody and Stolen Children.
- Aborigines - Land rights
NSW
Aboriginal Land Council
- http://www.alc.org.au
- The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council site contains newspaper
articles on land rights issues. It also looks at Native Title including
sections on pastoral leases, environmental issues and international issues..
- Anglo Saxons
Britannia:
The AngloSaxon Chronicle
- http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/asintro2.html
- Britannia's online version of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, which was
compiled on the orders of King Alfred the Great and maintained by scribes
until the middle of the 12th century.
- QUIZZES
Index
- http://www.graphyle.com/Mall/Quizzes.html
- Quiz questions on Anglo-Saxon Britain.
- Regia
Anglorum - Anglo-Saxon, Viking, Norman and British Living History 950-1066AD
- http://www.ftech.net/~regia/regblurb.htm
- A site based on research conducted by members of Regia Anglorum.There
is information about everyday life in the period as well as weapons and
warfare.
- Animals - Australia
- Australian
Animal Information at Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary
- http://www.koala.net/animals/animals.htm
- Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary Aussie Animal information centre has facts
about koalas, kangaroos, wallabies, and other marsupials like, the Tasmanian
Devil, dingo, echidna, reptiles and amphibians.
- Astronomy
- Ask
An Astronaut
- http://www.nss.org/askastro/home.html
- From the National Space Society, this is a site that features astronauts
such as Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn, Kathryn Thornton, and the Apollo 17 crew.
It has other links and students are able to ask an astronaut questions.
- StarChild:
A learning center for young astronomers
- http://guinan.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/StarChild/StarChild.html
- This site has information at two levels, junior primary and primary
about the solar system and space.
- Ballet
- CyberDance
- Ballet on the Net - Home Page
- http://www.thepoint.net/~raw/dance.htm
- This site has a collection of over 3,500 links to classical ballet
and modern dance resources on the Internet.The sites are arranged under
the headings of: Companies, Education, News & Information , People
& Organizations , International and other links.
- Cats Family
- Big
Cats On-line
- http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/
- This site has an introduction to the various species of cat living
in the wild today. It includes the: Leopard, Lion, Tiger, Jaguar, Cheetah
and Puma, and also introduces all of the lesser known cat species that
live in the wild.
- Cats!
Wild to Mild
- http://www.nhm.org/cats/
- Topics covered at this site include: Cat Facts, Biology, Behavior,
Conservation, Cats A to Z, Egypt & Domestication, Cats in Native American
Cultures, Cat Lotto, Working With Cats, Cats on the Web, Teacher Curriculum
and Family Activities.
- Cats
- Cats
- Welcome from The Mining Co.
- http://cats.miningco.com/
- The Mining Co site has feature articles about cats, as well as information
about breeds, and caring for cats.
- rec.pets.cats
FAQ Homepage
- http://www.io.com/~tittle/cat-faqs/
- Cats FAQ homepage which has lots of information about cats, health
care, and resources.
- Child development
- Natal
Care - Development of the Baby
- http://www.familyweb.com/pregnancy/natal/natpt103.html
- This page desribes the development of the baby from conception to birth.
- Collective Bargaining
- Department
of Workplace Relations and Small Business - In the news
- http://www.dir.gov.au/other/thenews.htm
- Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business site which has
links to enterprise bargaining in the discussion papers.
- Labor
Herald
- http://www.alp.org.au/herald/herbar.htm
- Labor Herald article by Bill Ludwig, Australian Workers' Unions National
President and Queensland Secretary, advocating the role of trade unions
in collective bargaining.
- Sydney
Morning Herald - Wages growth through enterprise bargaining slows.
- http://www.smh.com.au/daily/content/980318/be/news8.html
- Sydney Morning Herald article, 18th March, 1998, that examines wages
growth through enterprise bargaining.
- Sydney
Morning Herald - Daily News - "Shifting IR goalposts" mean women
lose pay
- http://www.smh.com.au/daily/content/970408/national/national1.html
- Sydney Morning Herald article by Sally Sloane looks at the effect of
enterprise bargaining on women's wages.
- Using
local knowledge to make work better
- http://www.worksite.actu.asn.au/words/ebargain.htm
- ACTU Education site that defines enterprise bargaining and gives students
examples.
- Coca Cola
- http://www.midwest-plaz...ts/CokeImages/index.htm
- http://www.midwest-plaza.com/dkgifts/CokeImages/index.htm
- Many images of Coca Cola suitable for design students.
- POP
CENTRAL ARTICLE ...Haddon Sundblom
- http://www.nostalgiapubs.com/articles/sundblom.html
- Site that examines the influence that Haddon Sundblom had on the art
of Coca Cola advertising.
- CCA
Education Centre: History
- http://www.ccamatil.com/education/brochure/history.html
- Coca Cola Amatil Education Centre gives a brief history of Coca-Cola
and has links to Australian operations and the Coca-Cola production system.
- COCA-COLA
HISTORY AND COLLECTING
- http://www2.netdoor.com/~davidroy/cocacola.html
- A home page by David Roy, containing a brief history of Coca-Cola,
the bottles that have been used, the advertising slogans and other collectors
items.
- Kenmore's
Coca-Cola Image Page
- http://www.oocities.org/Heartland/Plains/5891/ck_img.html
- A collection of images of Coca-Cola.
- (liao@cs.stanford.edu)
Coke Story
- http://xenon.stanford.edu/~liao/cokestory.html
- This page features a collection of Coca-Cola links and a timeline of
the product's development.
- Comics
- Welcome
to the Comic Zone
- http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/
- Comic Zone has comics on-line featuring Peanuts, Snoopy, For Better
or For Worse, Dilbert and historical information about them.
- Dance
- Listing
By Dance Type
- http://www.artswire.org/Artswire/www/dance/type.html
- Dance Library has many links to different types of dance including
ballet, Irish, Jazz,Modern as well as dancers and choreographers.
- World
Wide Web Virtual Library: Dance
- http://artswire.org/Artswire/www/dance/dance.html
- A comprehensive collection of links to dance-related sites.The Dance
Page is co-maintained by Arts Wire and Dance USA.
- Dinosaurs
- New
Scientist Planet Science | The Rex Files | Everything you wanted to know
about dinosaurs
- http://www.newscientist.com/nsplus/insight/rexfiles/rexfiles.html
- New Scientist page which has information on dinosaurs, what killed
them, and dinosaurs in Australia.
- The
Nomad CyberQueens Dinosaur Pages
- http://www.widowsweb.com/nomad/dinos/dino1.html
- Information about dinosaurs.
- Disasters
- June
1997 Internet Resources
- http://www.ala.org/acrl/resjun97.html
- American Library Association's site which has annotated links to internet
resources on disasters.
- Dogs
- rec.pets.dogs
FAQ Homepage
- http://www.k9web.com/dog-faqs/
- A Dog FAQs homepage which has many frequently asked questions about
dogs, breeds and their care.
- Echidnas
- The
Echidna and I
- http://yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au/~tzvi/Echid_I.html
- An echnida page developed by Tavi that has facts, articles, photos,
depictions of echnidnas by Aboriginal Australians and a list of links to
echnidas.
- Endangered species
- Animal
Index
- http://www.thewildones.org/animal.html
- Index to articles about many animals, their habits, threats to survival
and conservation.
- Threatened
Species Network Index
- http://nccnsw.org.au/member/tsn/
- Threatened Species Network Website contains information about plants,
animals and ecological communities threatened with extinction throughout
Australia and what can be done to help save them.
- International
Wildlife Coalition - Protection of Wildlife, Endangered Species, Environment,
and Animals
- http://www.webcom.com/~iwcwww/welcome.html
- International Wildlife Coalition website which has links to wildlife
rehabilitation and a status report on endangered species.
- Fairies
- The
Faerie Encyclopedia
- http://www.oocities.org/Area51/Cavern/3351/
- A Fairy encyclopedia created by Rebecca Lehmann.
- Football, Australian Rules
AFL
Official Web Site - Home Page
- http://www.afl.com.au/
- AFL Official website which has official results and statistics as well
as links to all the players.
- Footy'98
- http://www.theage.com.au/footy98/index.html
- The Age football guide which includes very brief details about players
as well as articles about football issues.
- Guitars
- *** 1,000 Great Guitar
Sites on the Web ***
- http://home.vicnet.net.au/~guitar/
- Vicnet's site containing 1000 links to guitar sites around the world.
This site includes links to guitar playing, bands, chords guitar types,
makers and women.
- Heart - Diseases
- Cardio-Vascular
- http://www.drugbase.co.za/data/med_info/mi_card.htm
- Information about Heart Disease and the risk factors associated with
the disease . The site has links to medical aspects of heart attack and
heart malfunction including the role of cholesterol.
- Risk
Factors for Heart Disease
- http://www.bev.net/health/cardiac/risk.html
- This site lists and links to the major factors affecting heart disease.
Factors include: Smoking, High Cholesterol, High Blood Pressure, Physical
Inactivity, Diabetes, Stress, and Obesity. Information comes from the Blacksburg
Electronic Village Cardiac Health Web and links to the American Heart Association
in the United States.
- Industrial relations
- Maritime
Union of Australia
- http://mua.tcp.net.au/welcome.ssi
- Information from the MUA about the waterfront dispute, Ships of Shame,
history of the labour movement on the waterfront, container terminals,
and various Australian ports.
- Patrick
- The Australian Stevedore
- http://www.patrick.com.au
- Press releases and information about the Patrick stevedore company.
- Immigration and emigration
- ANU
- Centre for Immigration & Multicultural Studies
- http://coombs.anu.edu.au/SpecialProj/CIMS/CIMSHomePage.html
- Coombs Computing Unit, Research Schools of Social Sciences & Pacific
and Asian Studies at the ANU has established links to a number of relevant
sites dealing with the issues of immigration and multiculturalism. The
site has a number of links to sites relevant to the refugee issue.
- Face
the facts
- http://www.hreoc.gov.au/racedisc/facefact/section1.htm
- Questions and answers provided by the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity
Commission relevant to migration, immigration and multiculturalism. The
answers provided are factual and concise.
- Migration
Minister addresses
- http://www.minister.immi.gov.au/general/letter.htm
- Information from the Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.
Information includes a number of fact sheets on migration and the evolution
of policies on Multiculuralism.
- Kites
- Australian
Kite Association Website and E-Zine
- http://www.netspace.net.au/~peterbat/index.html
- Information about kite flying in Australia. The site includes plans
of kites designed by the pioneer of kite flying: Lawrence Hargrave.
- How
Does a Kite Fly?
- http://www.interlog.com/~excells/kites/fly.html
- Information about kite flyers, the history of kites, making your own
kite and links to other kite sites!
- Kites
and Kite Flying
- http://www.oocities.org/Colosseum/4569/home.html
- This site has information about kite history, modern kites, beginning
to fly kites, kite pictures, and links to other sites.
- Kite
Kites Kid Kids Teach Lesson Education
- http://sound.net/~kiteguy/
- This site was designed to encourage students and teachers to investigate
the history, design and flying of kites. The site has teaching strategies.
- Marijuana
- New
Scientist Planet Science: Marijuana special report
- http://marijuana.newscientist.com/
- A special report on many aspects of Marijuana from the New Scientist
magazine.
- Music
- MTV
Online Home
- http://www.mtv.com/
- Music reviews, news and information about special events.
- Music
Resource Shop
- http://www.schnet.edu.au/Docs/Home/DROLN/mitaire.html
- This site has links related to music genres including: Heavy Metal,
Jazz & Blues, Classical, Opera, Country and Western, and
the Ultimate Band List.
- Internet
Underground Music Archive
- http://www.iuma.com/
- This site has links to a wide variety of music sources including links
to alternative bands.
- Yahoo!
- Entertainment:Music
- http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/
- Yahoo lists links according to artists, history, instruments, lyrics,
education, film music, and trivia.
- IMMEDIA!
- http://www.immedia.com.au/
- This site features a music industry magazine which contains information
in the form of a subscription directory which provides information on music
news, reviews, and links to music related sites.
- a
c t i v a t e !
- http://www-personal.usyd.edu.au/~mcostain/
- Information on electronic music including:
trance, house, techno, hardcore, hiphop, triphop, jungle, break, beat,
ambient, dub, rave, gabba, and acid.
- Music, Australian
Australian
Music World Wide Web Site
- http://www.amws.com.au/
- The pages on this site contain: discographies, biographies, links and
news for many Australian artists.
T
r i p l e J
- http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/
- Triple j has music information for youth, from its radio station. The
site gives information about groups from around Australia and overseas.
It particularly focuses on issues and youth culture. The site has a collection
of sound files.
Olympic Games
- The
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games
- http://www.sydney.olympic.org/
- Official Sydney Olympic Games site with information about Sydney, Olympic
Games and links to other Olympic sites.
- Pandas
- Panda
Resources
- http://www.cyberpanda.com/panda/resource.html
- Numerous links to panda sites around the world.
- Park, Ruth
- Ruth
Park: A Celebration
- http://www.nla.gov.au/3/friends/ruth/
- Information about Ruth Park's life and work as well as commentary on
her work from Elizabeth Riddell and others. 'A Fence around the Cuckoo',
writing for children and young adults, and her novel 'Some Sorcery in Subconscious'
are examined.
- Particles (Nuclear Physics)
- The
Particle Adventure
- http://pdg.lbl.gov/cpep/adventure.html
- This site the examines the inner workings of the atom via the theory
of fundamental particles and forces, called the Standard Model. It also
explores the reasons physicists want to go beyond this theory. In addition,
it provides information on particle decay.
- Rainforests
About
Us
- http://www.rainforest-alliance.org/au.html
- The Rainforest Alliance is an international organization for the conservation
of tropical forests. The site features conservation programs, rainforest
information and resources for teachers.
- Science fiction and fantasy
Fantasy
& science fiction for children
- http://www.stark.kent.edu/library/new/linda/main.htm
- This site has lists of books, popular authors, and links of interest
to young people who read fantasy and science fiction.
- Silverchair(Band)
- the
silverchair home page
- http://www.soundworld.hl.com.au/swsilv.html
- This site contains pictures, interviews, discography, music, guitar
tabs, lyrics, bass tabs, merchandise, news archives, vote, comments and
videos.
Tasmanian Tiger
Tasmanian
Tiger
- http://www-mcnl.tamu.edu/~justin/tastour/fauna/tiger.html
- Brief information about the Tasmanian Tiger that includes a movie.
- Tasmania
PWS - Wildlife - Thylacine
- http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/wildlife/mammals/thylacin.html
- Detailed information including photographs and information about sightings.
Also information about the thylacine's habits, breeding and feeding.
- The
Tasmanian Tiger.
- http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/exhibits/scientia/wwwjul96/chrzaszcz/tiger.htm
- Detailed text information about the Thylacine.
- thylacine
- http://www.tased.edu.au/tmag/thylacine.htm
- Brief information and photographs of the Thylacine from the Tasmanian
Museum and Art Gallery. The museum is establishing a major exhibition on
the Tasmanian Tiger in the near future.
- Tennis
- Tennis
Australia
- http://www.tennis-aus.com.au/
- Latest news about tennis in Australia, the Davis Cup and Fed Cup as
well as tips from the Champs, player ratings, and links to other tennis
sites.
- Thalassemia
- Thalassemia
- http://www.allkids.org/Epstein/Articles/Thalassemia.html
- Information about Thalassemia from Doctor Bruce A. Epstein.
- Thalassemia
and You
- http://www.world-federation.org/mab/mab_thalassaemia.htm
- Brief information about Thalassemia ( Cooley's Anaemia) from the Medical
Advisory Board, Birmingham, UK.
- Joint
Center for Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders
- http://www-rics.bwh.harvard.edu/sickle/
- Information from the Harvard Medical School about Sickle Cell Disease
and Thalassemia.
- March
of Dimes: Thalassemia
- http://www.noah.cuny.edu/pregnancy/march_of_dimes/birth_defects/thalassm.html
- Information about Thalassemia and its effect on children, from the
New York On-line Access to Health site.
- Thalassemia
overview
- http://www-rics.bwh.harvard.edu/sickle/thalover.html
- Information about Thalassemia.
- The
Fight Against Thalassemia
- http://www.thalassemia.org/
- The Cooley's Anemia Foundation is a US voluntary health organization
that was set up to combat the fatal hereditary blood disease - Thalassemia
(also known as Cooley's anemia or Mediterranean anemia).
The Frequently Asked Questions at this site would be a useful starting
point for information about the disease.
- Yahoo!
UK & Ireland - Health:Diseases and Conditions:Thalassemia
- http://www.yahoo.co.uk/text/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Thalassemia/
- Links to sites related to Thalassemia.
- Berloni
Foundation
- http://www.abanet.it/fondazioneberloni/ing/
- Information from an Italian centre for research into Thalassemia.
- Differences
in Hemoglobin
- http://www.mcet.edu/humangenome/sicklecell/hemoglobin.html
- Information about Hemoglobin and its relationship to Thalassemia. There
are links to other parts of this site which is designed for student understanding
of Sickle Cell Disease.
- Tourist industry
Ecotourism
Association of Australia
- http://lorenz.mur.csu.edu.au/ecotour/EAAHome.html
- The Ecotourism Association of Australia site has information about
its goals, code of practise, and industry accreditation program.
- Accredited
Australian Ecotourism Guide.
- http://www.ozemail.com.au/~wildscap/ecoguide.html
- This page provides a listing of Nationally Accredited Ecotourism Operators.
- ECOTOURISM
EXPLORER - Research Page
- http://www.ecotourism.org/res.html
- A North American site that explains the meaning of Ecotourism and provides
research information.
- Ecotourism
in Australia
- http://www.chalmers.com.au/Mackay/Ecotour/index.html
- Research papers about Ecotourism in various parts of the world including
Australia.
- Ecotourism
in Australia and Canada
- http://edward.cprost.sfu.ca/438/muru.html
- A comparison between Ecotourism in Australia and Canada.
- Eco
Tourism introduction page
- http://tourism.gov.au/ecotour/index.html
- The Office of National Tourism page has a definition of Ecotourism,
brief information and links to Ecotips for travellers and an Ecotourism
Operators list.
- Ecotourism
Information Centre
- http://lorenz.mur.csu.edu.au/ecotour/pages/EcoTrHme.html
- This site has comprehensive information about Ecotourism including
definitions, market research, industry issues, experiential aspects, environmental
aspects, economic aspects and socia-cultural aspects.
- The
Ecotourism Resource Centre
- http://www.bigvolcano.com.au/ercentre/ercpage.htm
- This site has links to research papers and other Ecotourism sites.
- Eco
Tourism Tips
- http://tourism.gov.au/ecotour/ecotip.html
- Ecotourism tips for Australian travellers.
- Two
Way Track: Biodiversity Conservation and Ecotourism - Table of Contents
- http://www.erin.gov.au/life/general_info/biodivser_5/two_con.html
- Biodiversity Conservation and Ecotourism: an investigation of linkages,
mutual benefits and future opportunities. This is the title of this page
by N Preece, P Van Oostererzee and D James, published on the Department
of Environment, Sport and Territories site.