Australia

This collection of interesting internet resources hopefully helps to better understand Australia.

Overview

• Australia country profile (BBC News)
• Nick Bryant’s Australia (BBC’s Sydney Correspondent)
• Australian Government online
• Australian Social Customs
• It’s an Honour, Australia celebrationg Australians
• About Australia (Tourism Australia)
• Country information (Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
• Geoscience Basics
• Documenting a Democracy (National Archives of Australia)

Brief history of Australia

1. The discovery of Australia (nothing here yet)
2. First settlements:
   • Secret Instructions to Lieutenant Cook 30 July 1768
   • The First Fleet, First Fleet Artwork Collection
   • Governor Phillip’s Instructions 25 April 1787
3. The colonies
   • Lieutenant-Governor Stirling’s Instructions 30 December 1828
   • Lieutenant-Governor Stirling’s Proclamation of the Colony 18 June 1829
   • Australian Constitutions Act 1850
   • Victoria Constitution Act 1855
   • Letters Patent erecting Colony of Queensland 6 June 1859
4. 1901 Commonwealth of Australia
   • Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900
   • Royal Commission of Assent 9 July 1900
   • Queen Victoria’s Instructions to the Governor-General 29 October 1900

Indigenous Australia

• Australian Indigenous art
• Introduction to Aboriginal art
• Traditional Aboriginal Art Symbols
• Aboriginal Symbols and their Meanings
• ReconciliACTION Network
• Sorry Day and the Stolen Generations

Uluru

• Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park
• The Red Centre Way

Multicultural Australia

1. The People of Australia. Australia’s Multicultural Policy
2. Mapping Social Cohesion Summary Report 2010