Age of Exploration Archive covers five centuries of journeys across the globe, scientific discoveries, the expansion of European colonialism, conflict over territories and trade routes, and decades-long search and rescue attempts in this multi-archive dedicated to the history of exploration.
Archives Unbound presents topically-focused digital collections of historical documents covering a broad range of topics from the Middle Ages forward-from Witchcraft to World War II to twentieth-century political history.
Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet provides current information about Aboriginal health and healthcare. It also links to relevant policies and programs on the topic.
AIATSIS focuses on the history and heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. The site includes resources, research and publications. It also has a section on Aboriginal family history.
The Biodiversity Heritage Library contains many books and archives on global biodiversity. Full text of rare and early publications relating to Western Australia is available.
The Church Missionary Society archive includes reports, correspondence and photographs of the Society, including its register of missionaries (1804-1918), annual letters of the missionaries (1886-1912) and centrally produced publications, Mercy and Truth and The Mission Hospital.
Design & Art Australia Online contains data about Australian artists, designers, craftspeople and curators. The site is a space for people to share and analyse data about Australian art and design history.
The First World War Portal contains personal and printed material, military files, ephemera and artwork highlighting the experiences of soldiers, civilians and governments on both sides of the conflict coverings an array of perspectives, wartime propaganda and recruitment material.
Frontier Life collection captures the lives, experiences and colonial encounters of people living at the edges of the English Empire from 1650-1920. Experience settlements across the various frontiers of North America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
Gale Literature Resource Center provides current, biographical and contextual materials on authors and their works in all genres and disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Source of curated content from Australian, New Zealand and International sources covering important issues relating to Australia and New Zealand. Featuring authoritative and continuously updated reference material and focused on an Australian and New Zealand perspective, this user-friendly
LitFinder provides access to literary works and authors throughout history and includes more than 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays. The database also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.
Gale Primary Sources provides a single search across all the State library's Historical Newspapers and Archives Unbound subscriptions, includes the Times digital Archive, British Library Newspapers and Illustrated London News.
IBISWorld's AU & NZ Enterprise Profiles analyse thousands of leading enterprises across Australia and New Zealand, including: ASX and NZX listed companies; public, private and foreign-owned companies; local, state and federal government departments.
Mapping the World: Maps and Travel Literature Archive presents unique insight into the age of cartography and the rise of leisure travel during the nineteenth century, including a myriad of sketch maps created during colonial exploration and expansion.
Medical Services and Warfare archive provides primary source material on medicine during conflict across the globe from 1850-1949 including research medical developments including x-rays, plastic surgery and artificial limbs for example.