The online presence of the Australian War Memorial, located in Canberra, Australia, this site contains dozens of valuable resources for those with a penchant either for Australian military history or merely for finding the military unit in which a relative may have served during the past 100 years. With numerous sectional headings, the Web site has an effective long-form essay that serves as a...

Unless one has a penchant for the history of Australian exploration or the 1985 film "Burke and Wills", they may not be familiar with the personages of Robert O'Hara Burke and his third in command, William John Wills. In 1860, they set forth from the city of Victoria on their way to explore their way across the continent of Australia. While the expedition successfully crossed the continent, some...

How is a nation formed? That question alone has vexed political scientists, historians, and aspiring nation-builders for centuries. The answer is often quite complex, and only in rare cases do we have a complete answer. The National Archives of Australia has recently created this website which explores the various documents that tell about the creation and formation of their country as a...

Created by Dr. Charles H. Smith and Jennifer Rakestraw, this well-crafted site is built around an Australian map that details the routes taken by nineteenth century Australian explorers. The map has been reproduced into three online sections -- western, central, and eastern -- and each section contains a list of explorers who navigated that region of the continent. Also included are Internet links...

In honor of its 100th anniversary, the National Library of Australia showcases the history of its people, services, and buildings at this Website. From its founding in 1901, library milestones include the purchase of Dewey Decimal Classification in 1905, the launch of Australian Public Affairs Information Service (APAIS) in 1945, which went online in 1976, and the institution of later services for...

This electronic book, made available by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Center, is an enhancement to the original print version published in 1988. The book documents two centuries of technological development in the country, beginning with the aborigines, moving to agricultural expansion, and ending with large-scale research in science and technology. Five chapters cover specific...

We originally featured Trove in The Scout Report on 2/5/2016, and its already enormous holdings have only continued to grow since then; it currently includes a total of more than 596 million items. Trove has also made improvements to its digitized newspaper interface and its archived websites search. Trove, a service created and maintained by the National Library of Australia, aggregates...