Web site links
Portals to cultural organisations
AMOL: Australian Museums & Galleries On-Line
A comprehensive web site designed to help Australian museums and galleries
make information about their collections available to a worldwide audience.
Australia's Cultural Network
The online gateway to Australian cultural organisations, websites, resources,
events, and news.
Picture Australia
A single-access point for searching the distributed image collections of
many significant Australian cultural institutions.
Australian Libraries Gateway
A web-based directory aimed at providing current information about every
library in Australia.
Archives of Australia
This site is a starting point for exploring many Australian archive-related
sites and resources.
24 Hour Museum
Gateway to British museums, galleries, and heritage attractions.
Museum.com
A worldwide portal to thousands of museums worldwide. Easy to use search
facility includes category search.
http://www.museumnetwork.com
Another worldwide museum portal with access to over 33,000 museums.
25th Anniversary
of the Cultural Gifts Program
Many of the items donated over the years are now on display in the Online
Gallery, celebrating 25 years of giving in Australia.
National cultural collecting institutions
National Archives of Australia
Location of valuable Commonwealth government records, including military
service records.
ScreenSound Australia (National
Film and Sound Archive)
Australia's largest collection of recorded sound and moving images.
Australian National Maritime Museum
National museum covering Australia's relationship with its waterways and
the sea.
National Gallery of Australia
Australia's national art gallery providing access to and information about
Australian and overseas art, including paintings, prints, barks, sculpture,
photography, posters, textiles, illustrated books, and decorative arts.
National Library of Australia
The national collection of library material, including a comprehensive collection
of library material relating to Australia.
National Museum of Australia
The national collection of Australian historical material.
International museums
Imperial War Museum
The British national museum of the history of war and wartime life from 1914.
The Canadian
War Museum
A living memorial to the men and women who served in Canada's armed forces,
as well as a centre for research and the dissemination of information and
expertise on all aspects of the country's military past, from the pre-contact
era to the present.
The Historial de la Grande Guerre, France
An international museum of comparative history. Its trilingual presentation
compares the experiences of the major participants in the First World War
through an anthropological approach.
Le Memorial de Caen, France
The Caen Memorial is a place for reflecting on war, based on the experience
of the memorable events that took place in Caen and the region during the
summer of 1944. Online exhibitions include Art of the First World War, an exhibition of 100 paintings from international art collections to commemorate
the First World War.
In Flanders Field Museum, Ieper,
Belgium
The must-see site for First World War enthusiasts.
Military history and study sites
Australian Defence Organisation
Includes links to the Australian Army, navy, and airforce sites.
Fovant Badges Society
These unique military badges were carved in the chalk hills during the First
World War by British and Australian soldiers. There are war graves in the Fovant church yard.
London
Gazette archive
Search the digitised London Gazette for honours and awards from the First
and Second World Wars.
Military Historical
Society of Australia
Includes book reviews and a subject index to the journal Sabretache.
Militaryhistory.about.com
Links to a large range of military history sites.
Trenches on the Web (British and Commonwealth
forces, WWI)
An Internet history of the Great War.
Family history and military service records
National
Archives of Australia Defence service records
Information on how to obtain Australian service records from First and Second
World Wars.
Australian Family History
and Genealogy
A guide to Australian family history and genealogy on the Internet.
Australians in
the Boer War (Oz-Boer Database)
Information on Boer War individuals, units and contingents, medals, and memorials.
British Ministry of Defence
How to obtain British military service records, medals, and other information.
National Archives (formerly
the Public Record Office)
British repository for state papers, including family records.
Indigenous
Australians at War
A site dedicated to all Indigenous Australians who have served Australia
in war and peacetime.
Veterans' services
Department of Veterans' Affairs
DVA carries out Government policy and implements programs to fulfill Australia's
obligations to war veterans and their dependants.
Vietnam Veterans' Association of Australia
The VVAA is a wholly volunteer body dedicated to the welfare of veterans
and their families.
Returned and Services League of Australia
National organisation serving the interests of its members, veterans, the
ex-service community, and members of the Australian Defence Force.
War graves and memorials
Office of Australian
War Graves
The Office of Australian War Graves is responsible for maintaining
war cemeteries, the graves of individual war dead in civil cemeteries, and
memorials to the missing in Australia and nearby regions.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Government institution responsible for the graves of Commonwealth war
dead. The on-line Debt of Honour register provides personal and service
details and places of commemoration for the 1.7 million members of the
Commonwealth forces who died in the First and Second World Wars.
Australian
War Graves in South Africa, 1899–1902 (Heraldry and Genealogy Society
of Canberra)
The site features a database of burial and memorial locations of Australians
who died during the second South African Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902, plus
selected biographies.
Yahoo:
Museums & Memorials
Lists museums and memorials around the world.
Commemoration
ANZAC Day Commemoration Committee
(Queensland)
To commemorate our fallen heroes and to honour our surviving veterans.
ANZAC Site
Information on the ANZAC landing at Gallipoli, visiting Gallipoli today,
and the ANZAC commemorative site.
ANZAC Day, NZ
A New Zealand perspective on ANZAC Day.
Medals and heraldry
Land
Forces of Australia: Uniforms, Badges, medals
A huge site with links to uniforms, medals, badges, and colours.
Government and parliament
Commonwealth Government Entry Point
Provides easy access to all Commonwealth authorised information and services.
Government On-Line Directory (GOLD)
GOLD is the official guide to the Australian Government's organisational
structure, key personnel, and agencies.
Parliament of Australia
Site of the national parliament.
Canberra information
Canberra Tourism and Events
Corporation
Web site providing tourism and travel information and bookings services for
the Australian Capital Territory.
National Capital Authority
Commonwealth agency responsible for looking after the national capital aspects
of Canberra, including the national memorials along ANZAC Parade.
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