History

Informit Explore

Informit Explore is an Australian focused research and discovery platform that provides access to Australian‑focused research content across a range of subjects.

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JSTOR

Access academic content from over 200 scholarly publishers, including university presses like Princeton, Yale and California.
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Cambridge Core

Full access to Cambridge’s Histories & Companions titles.

Gale Decolonization: Politics and Independence in Former Colonial and Commonwealth Territories

Brings together material from within former British colonies and Commonwealth nations, alongside some from former French and Portuguese territories.

BBC History Magazine

Access to new issues of BBC History are available through BorrowBox, Libby and PressReader and will no longer be available on the Flipster

Historical Records of Australian Science

Historical Records of Australian Science published by the CSIRO records the history of science, pure and applied, in Australia, New Zealand and the southwest Pacific.

National Library of Scotland Maps

The National Library of Scotland Maps site contains many high-resolution, colour, zoomable maps. The maps are mainly of Scotland and date from 1560 to 1970.

NationalMap

NationalMap is an online map-based tool. It allows easy access to spatial data from Australian government agencies. Various datasets can be overlaid and explored on the map.

Open Library

Open Library collects details of published books. It also holds loanable copies of ebooks including some about or from Australia. It makes audiobooks available to print for disabled people.

Geoscience Australia's Historical Aerial Photography (HAP) Program

The Historical Aerial Photography collection tracks the use and development of land. It is a helpful way of locating places in Australia from 1928 to the present.

Australian Dictionary of Biography

The Australian Dictionary of Biography contains biographical information on over 13,000 people. It is a useful source of historical information on notable Australians.

Biodiversity Heritage Library

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.