This page is no longer being updated. Please see the primary source section of the Australian & New Zealand History subject guide for an updated list of links.
- Aboriginal Studies Virtual Library
Comprehensive list of links dealing with all aspects of aboriginal studies, part of thw WWW Virtual Library subject pages.- Australian History on the Internet
Collection of links maintained by the National Library of Australia.- NZHistory.net.nz
Collection of links, exhibitions and other material related to New Zealand history coordinated by the Heritage Group in the Department of Internal Affairs. Also see the Te Puna Web Directory of history resources.
- Endeavour Project
Hypermedia Edition of the Journals of James Cook's First Pacific Voyage (1768-1771).- George Raper Collection
A small selection of manuscripts, maps and drawings created by George Raper of his voyage to Australia as part of the First Fleet.- Matthew Flinders Project
Project of the State Library of New South Wales to digitize the personal papers of Flinders who circumnavigated and charted Australia in 1801-1803.- Papers of Sir Joseph Banks
Digitized version of approximately 10,000 manuscript pages of Banks papers sponsored by the State Library of New South Wales.- South Seas: Voyaging and Cross-Cultural Encounters in the Pacific (1760-1800)
"South Seas is an online information resource for the history of European voyaging and cross-cultural encounters in the Pacific between 1760 and 1800."
- Australian Dictionary of Biography
One version of the print edition with more than 10,000 biographies.- Australian Federation Debates of the 1890s
"Published debates of a series of conventions held in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide between 1890 and 1898." Provided by the University of Sydney Library. See also Literary and Historical Texts.- Australian Periodical Publications 1840-1845
"A digital library of Australian journals that began publication between 1840-1845."- Australian War Memorial
This site provides information dealing with Australia's wartime experiences, included are biographical databases, photographs collection and catalogs.- Decisions of the Nineteenth Century Tasmanian Superior Courts
Collection of more than 1800 decisions from the Tasmanian courts.- Documenting a Democracy
This site illustrates the history of the Commonwealth with over one hundred documents "including constitutional documents, Queen Victoria's instructions to a territorial governor, Aboriginal land rights and ordinances, acts of territorial self-governance, and much more."- Journeys in Time: 1809-1822
Transcriptions of Lachlan Macquarie's his tours of inspection in Australia supplemented with bibliographies, historical background and a chronology.- Picture Australia
Collection of digitized images depicting all aspects of Australia including historical photographs. Other image collections include the Pictures Catalogue of the National Library of Australia, Pictures Catalogue of the State Library of Victoria and Images from the Heritage Collections of Tasmania.- Transportation Records
Searchable database of Irish transported to Australia between 1788 and 1868. Database maintained by the National Archives of Ireland. The transportation records include name, trial date, crime, sentence and ship.
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
Web version of the printed 5 volume set containing more than 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders.- niupepa: Maori Newspapers
"Niupepa are periodicals published in Maori or for a Maori readership. Between 1842 and 1933 there were three main types of Niupepa published: Government sponsored, Iwi based and religious. By the twentieth century most Niupepa were religious publications." Most material in Maori, some in English. Provided by the University of Waikato. Also see the later publication Te Ao Hou- Papers Past: New Zealand Newspapers and Periodicals
Papers Past "showcases selected 19th century New Zealand newspapers and periodicals. The site currently contains digital images of over 300,000 pages from 20 publications." Also see Early New Zealand Books.- Ranfurly Collection
"The Ranfurly Collection is a digital database of the drawings, photographs, diaries, and illustrated reports created by Lord Ranfurly, Governor of New Zealand between 1897 and 1904, and his entourage."- Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
Online encyclopedia of all things New Zealand.- TimeFrames
National Library of New Zealand collection of over 13,000 images primary dating prior to 1945. Use the username "timeframes" and password "images" to search and browse the database. Registration and payment is required for copies of the images. Also see Heritage Images Online- Youth Oral History Project
Collection of more than 100 oral histories dealing with young adulthood in the 1930s, 40s and 50s Hamilton, New Zealand. Provided by the University of Waikato. Also see the Kilbirnie-Lyall Bay Community Centre Oral History Project.
Image: Detail of a 1767 map of Australia by John Stockdale from the collections of American Memory.
