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Newcastle University
Campus Maps Maps of the Callaghan and Central Coast Campuses, University of Newcastle
Shuttle Bus for Callaghan Campus
UoN Services Limited - Information about food, social events and other services on the Callaghan campus
Campus Central - Information about food, social events and other services on the Callaghan campus
Newcastle and the Hunter Region
A guide to the city of Newcastle - a guide to the city of Newcastle with Newcastle Tourism, Newcastle Visitor Information and Booking Centre.Newcastle City Council. About Newcastle - Includes links to tourist and community information.
Newcastle, NSW - Brief overview about NewcastleHunter Valley Tourism - Information about the Hunter Valley
New South Wales
Tourism, New South Wales
The New South Wales Government's tourism marketing and policy agency.About Australia - New South Wales
Information about NSW and extra links to more informationAustralia
About Australia
Australian Government Information
Find out about The Queen, the govenor General, the Commonwealth, Federal and State governments, political parties, parliament, Prime Ministers, courts, diplomatic and consular missions etcAustralia in Brief
Dept of Foreign Affairs and Trade's websiteAustralian Migration Service
Free information and resources web, covers immigration and visas issues and you will find a wealth of Australian information here with constant updates. You will also find this site a good resource for free useful tools and downloads.Flags of Australia
Learn about the history and symbolism of Australian flags including the Australian National Flag, the Australian Aboriginal Flag and the Torres Strait Islander Flag. Includes information about protocols for flying or using Australian flags. This Australian government site also includes the Australian national anthem and links to information about our floral emblem, national gemstone and the significance of the national colours.Documenting a Democracy: Australia's story
Includes images, pathways, timelines…Australia's Federation
A comprehensive site to links on Australia's Federation, published by Trinity College, Perth, W.A.Australia's Centenary of Federation
The Australian Broadcating Corporation (ABC) siteState Library of New South Wales - Online Collections (includes Federation Ephemera & Pictorial Collections)
Alfred Lee, whose album and story are featured here, was an ardent collector whose passion has provided a remarkably complete record of Australian history. This record is vital to understanding the nation's identity and 'printed ephemera' is one fascinating elementThe Australian Federation Full Text Database
Contains the debates and conventions of the 1890's leading up to Federation.
(Note: this can take a long time to download)National Archives of Australia
Includes special features, photo search and record search. Click on the link 'australia's Prime Ministers' to see photographs, read a brief history and view a timeline movie.Australia's National Anthem
Words to the National Anthem
Australian Government
Australian Government
Access to the information and services of the Australian, State, Territory and Local governments
Australian Government Directory
Government online directory - structure, organisations and key people. Includes an A-Z listing of Australian government departments and agencies government councils, committees and boards. Also has links to State and Territory directories.Australian Government Portals
The entry point to portals on health, immigration, education, culture, indigenous, science and technology, law and justice, climate and weather and more. Browse by category or click on the links to About Australia or About Government.Australian Government Publications
Easy searching for a Federal Government publication or web site
Australian Statistics
Australian Statistics
The National Library of Australia's site for statistical information on AustraliaAusStats service - Australian Bureau of Statistics
One of the many University of Newcastle Library Databases
| Learn how to…. |
Use NEWCAT - University of Newcastle Library catalogue tutorials
Infoskills
Learn how to begin library research, use advanced search strategies to locate journal articles and how to evaluate information.Search Engine Tutorial - Pandia
University of Berkeley Library - Finding Information on the Internet. Includes search engine comparisons.
Search Engine Watch
Check out search engine ratings, get tips on how to search online
| Subject Links |
Subject Guides
Subject resources web page at the LibraryELDIS
Access selected evidence based information on policy, development and research.Asia Development Review
Open access journal for "disseminating the results of economic and development research carried out by staff and resource persons of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)."Infomine
Scholarly Internet resource collectionsInternet Public Library - Reference
BUBL Link to subject resources
A range of subject gateways
| Educational Centre Links |
Australian universities
Free-Ed-Net
Access to some free education on the internet - usually one chapter or lesson from an individual book.
| International Links |
CIA World Factbook
Information about countriesTelephone Directories on the Web
Links to online telephone, fax and business directories from around the worldUniversal Currency Converter
Allows you to perform interactive foreign exchange rate conversionsOanda Currency Converter
Multi-lingualYahoo's Travel Page
Links and information on travel agents, airlines, hotels, resorts, transport, etcVirtual Tourist II
Map based guide to local and regional information on the WWWWorld Clock - time zones and calendars
Foreign Exchange rates and calculator (Commonwealth Bank of Australia)
| Internet Search Engines |
Turboscout
Search across a number of search engines without re-typing your keywords.Remember the differences between searching on different search engines. Search engine FAQ
Infomine - " INFOMINE is a virtual library of Internet resources relevant to faculty, students, and research staff at the university level. It contains useful Internet resources such as databases, electronic journals, electronic books, bulletin boards, mailing lists, online library card catalogs, articles, directories of researchers, and many other types of information."
Check on Email hoaxes, viruses, begging letters
Purportal - investigate suspicious emails and webpages
Australian Communications & Media Authority (ACMA) - Email scams and fraud
Cyber Investigations - FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
| Transport and Timetables |
University of Newcastle Shuttle Bus Timetable
Newcastle Bus Timetable- or… ring 131500 for information on the local timetable
CountryLink Rail/Coach Network
Newcastle Airport - best viewed in Internet Explorer
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