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| Chapter 3 - Voyages of Discovery |
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| Cruises of H.M.S. Beagle had dropped Darwin | A list of more than 50 reports relating to the various cruises of H. M. S. Beagle on Australian shores in the late 1830s. | |
| Philip Parker King | Project Gutenberg links to multiple e-book versions of King's Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. | |
| Chapter 5 - Exploring the Land |
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| John Oxley | The explorer's journals from SETIS at the University of Sydney. PDF |
| Charles Sturt, earlier expeditions | The explorer's journals from SETIS at the University of Sydney. PDF |
| Charles Sturt, last expedition | The explorer's journals from SETIS at the University of Sydney. PDF |
| Edward John Eyre | The explorer's journals from SETIS at the University of Sydney. PDF |
| Major Mitchell, early expeditions. | The explorer's journals from SETIS at the University of Sydney. PDF |
| Major Mitchell, 1846 expedition. | The explorer's journals from SETIS at the University of Sydney. PDF |
| Ludwig Leichhardt | The explorer's journals from SETIS at the University of Sydney. PDF |
| John McDouall Stuart | The explorer's journals from SETIS at the University of Sydney. PDF |
| Chapter 6 - The Lure of Gold |
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| Edward Hargraves | More than 200 newspaper reports tagged with Hargraves' name. It is best to view these in "Earliest first" order. |
| Chapter 8 - The Growth of Cities |
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| hygiene | The cities had been dirty, but people began to notice, as this collection shows. It is best viewed from earliest to latest. |
| Chapter 13 - Defending Australia |
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| War service by politicians | While Robert Gordon Menzies was criticised by Earle Page and others for his lack of war service, many other MPs signed up for service in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. |
| Air raid precautions. | More background on the ARP. |
| Chapter 15 - Controversial Issues |
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| Saying sorry | An official count of National Sorry Day. |
| Redfern Speech | The complete text of Paul Keating's "Redfern Speech", delivered 10 December, 1992. |
| Chapter 16 - Dealing with Disasters |
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| The Gundagai Floods | A list of 16 newspaper stories about the Gundagai flood of 1852. |
| Floods in Australia | A large list of 57 flood reports from TROVE. |
| Chapter 17 - The Sporting Life |
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| The traditions of cricket | This 17-minute film captures what cricket was like in Britain in 1950: notice the dress, the hats, the unexcited voices of the commentators |
| The Woolloomooloo baths | The baths near Woolloomooloo. |
| The solo sailors | A list of people who sailed alone around the world. |
| Chapter 18 - Embracing Multiculturism |
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| Immigration policy | A list of 13 articles on immigration policy after World War II. |
| Vietnamese boat people | Vietnamese boat people figures—and the Vietnam War. |