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AUSTRALIA

ABS Australian Bureau of Statistics Home page
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is Australia's official statistical organisation and the most accurate source of data on Australia, according to statistics. KPI's on population, CPI, workforce, National accounts, social trends and regional information.

BIOGRAPHIES

Biographies of Famous Australians
Profiles of famous Australians. Topics covered include Academia, Architecture, Aviation, Business, Crime, Film and television, Journalism , Law, Literature, Medicine , Military, Music, Performing Arts, Politics, Science and technology, Sport and Visual Arts, See Keywords for the complete list.

Australian Dictionary of Biography Online
The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online is a biographical dictionary featuring concise, informative and fascinating descriptions of prominent Australian men and women from all walks of life.

Nobelprize Home page
Official web site of the Nobel Foundation. The Nobel Prize is an international award given yearly since 1901 for achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for peace. The site includes a history of all awards, as well as biographies and online activities.

Historic Figures
Short biographies of famous historic figures.

Biography.com
Is a database of over 25,000 searchable biographies.

CONVERT IT

How Much Is It? Convert Length, Weight, and Volume
This site contains a metric/imperial converter for length, weight and volume.

Convert-me.Com: Interactive measurements calculator, weights and measures / metric conversion
Online calculators for quick and easy conversion from meters to inches, from Celsius to Fahrenheit, from acres to hectares, etc

COUNTRIES

Lonely Planet
Lonely Planet Online, specialists in budget and independent travel. This site has data on most countries with travel information including tourist attractions, civil wars, accomodation, visas and health.

The World Factbook CIA
Essential information on every country, including leaders, population and economy.

SBS World Guide
The World Guide offers comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of every country in the World. It covers geography, history, constitution and government, international relations, economy, communications, education and welfare.

GeoHive : Global Statistics
Global Statistics is a collection of tables and graphs providing a statistical look at countries, their population, area, capital, main cities, etc.

Travel Tools
Ttools for international travelers, including a world public holidays calendar, currency convertor, maps, metric convertor, weather sites, electricity requirements by country, dialing codes, international clothing size chart, time zone clock.

DICTIONARIES AND LANGUAGE

Acronym and Abbreviation List
This is a list of acronyms (abbreviations constructed mostly from the initial letters of the words of a phrase), gathered from many network sources and submitted by users.

BabelFish
AltaVista's BabelFish Translator lets you translate passages from English to French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish or the other way around. Or type in any URL and see the page translated into the language of your choice.

Bartleby.com - Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus Home page
Bartleby.com online Reference resources including Encyclopedia, Dictionary, Thesaurus and Literature materials. If its Alphabetical, it's here.

Cliches: The Book of
This site lists cliches "to say in times of trouble ...repeat until believe...". They are listed by the situation you find yourself in, eg. "For when you are afraid ". English language.

Cliche Finder
Anyone looking for "a metaphor characterized by its overuse" will be sure to enjoy this site. Cliches of all sorts are to be found here. Users may search by keyword, ask for a random ten cliches at a time, or check th

Meanings and Origins of Phrases, Idioms and Sayings
An archive of the meanings and origins of thousands of phrases, sayings and idioms

Online Rhyming Dictionary
Find rhyming words online with the FREE WriteExpress Rhyming Dictionary

Aussie Slang: How to speak Australian Slang and communicate with Australians.
Aussie Slang is a fun dictionary of Australian Slang words and Aussie phrases with an insight into the culture and customs behind the language.

Australia Decoded: A Dictionary of Australian English

World wide words
More than 400 pages on the history, origins, and idiosyncrasies of English. New words and words in the news regularly featured.

ENCYCLOPEDIAS

Wikipedia
Wikipedia online encyclopedia. An open source reference authored by the public. Contains information and opinion on many topics not available in some other sources. Wikipedia is recommended as an information source to be verified with other sources.

Fact Monster online encyclopedia
Factmonster has information on almost everything! Includes a homework centre, Almanac, Biographies and Timelines. Try it for geography, history, biography, Science, maths, english, biography, The Arts, sports, entertainment, education and health.

Encyclopedia Smithsonian
Encyclopedia Smithsonian features answers to frequently asked questions about the Smithsonian and links to Smithsonian resources on subjects from Art to Zoology.

How Stuff Works
Explanations of how almost everything works. The site is organised under topics including cars, science, health, entertainment, computers, electronics, money and travel.

How Products Are Made
The manufacturing process of a wide variety of products including household items. The site provides descriptions of the assembly and the manufacturing process with illustrations and diagrams. Each product also has related information such as its history, how the item works, who invented the product etc

TechEncyclopeadia
Technology encyclopeadia with definitions of more than 20,00 IT terms. From Geek to Propeller Head

LIBRARIES

State Library of Victoria

ACMI The Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Australian Centre for the Moving Image - ACMI is located in Melbourne and is an archive, educational centre and presentation centre for media. Site includes an education section with information for teachers and students.

Australian Libraries Gateway
The National Library of Australia's gateway to Australian Libraries. From here you can search for most public, academic and special libraries in Australia, including all those with online, searchable, catalogues.

Picture Australia Home page
PictureAustralia is a service hosted by the National Library of Australia. It holds the image collections from The Australian War Memorial and the State Libraries of New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

MAPS AND FLAGS

World Atlas: Maps of the Earth
Maps of the World for almost all countries, continents and oceans. Includes outline maps, State maps and relief maps.

World Map Collection from the University of Texas
World Maps including most countries as well as regional maps, conflict maps, city maps, tsunami maps, epidemic maps, polar maps, political and geographic maps and a collection of outline maps.

Fabulous Facts about Australia
Geoscience Australia provides information, maps and images of Australia's distinctive landscapes.

Maps of the World : Map Zone
Contains maps and country information for countries all over the world. Find maps using the interactive world map, go directly to one of the 7 Regional maps, or use the alphabetic index of countries. Portions of the site are based on the CIA World Fact Book. Once you zero in on a map, you will also be given the official name, Capital, area, water, land, location, geographic coordinate, comparative info, land boundaries, border countries, coastline, terrain, and elevation extremes in a basic table format.

World Flag Database
This site contains basic information on every country in the world including its formal name, capital city, area, population, currency, languages, and religions. The flags include the national and state flags, ensigns, and sub-national flags.

Flags Online
Flag and Banner Retailers, International & State Flag manufacturers for commercial & residential use

QUOTATIONS

Quoteland
"Quotations by Topic, Literary Quotations, Humorous Quotations, Random Quotations, How to Identify a Quote, Discussion Groups ["Who Said It?" and "I Need A Quote!"], a FAQ, and Internet Resources. There is also a Quotation Search.