Australian National Dictionary

This was the result of a joint initiative of the Australian National University and Oxford University Press. This free online dictionary of Australianisms has been donated to the nation by Oxford University Press.

RSS Feeds and Podcasts

An online index which provides a list of the RSS feeds and podcasts currently being produced by agencies of the Australian Government.

Your Development

Australian website providing practical information on how to create sustainable urban residential developments and contains fact sheets, case studies and links to other useful sites.
This is a national project developed in partnership with CSIRO and the Australian Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts. Content has been written and reviewed by leading researchers and industry experts.
Once a user is signed in they can use the site interactively.

Fire ecology and management in northern Australia

"These teaching materials have been developed from a collaboration between the Tropical Savannas CRC and the Bushfire CRC and staff in their partner agencies...[The website contains] research papers, website resources, management case studies and monitoring tools [which provide a] greater understanding of the issues surrounding fire in northern Australia." This website will be useful for those studying or working within natural resource management.

Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas

The Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO Australia) is a nationwide network of professionals working to reduce our oil vulnerability. ASPO aims to bring the probabilities, risks and opportunities that Peak Oil presents to the attention of decision-makers.

ASPO is part of a network of organisations around the world affiliated with the original Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO). The formation of ASPO-Australia is an initiative of the Sustainable Transport Coalition. ASPO Australia's patron is Hon. Andrew McNamara MP, chair of the Queensland Govt Oil Vulnerability Task Force and Queensland Minister for Climate Change, Sustainability and Innovation.

The website provides links to documents, presentations, news, articles and more!

Picture Australia

Picture Australia is an Internet based service that allows you to search many significant online pictorial collections at the same time. Browse the "Picture Trails" - themed albums include history, society, travel and places, or search for a particular image.

Australia 2020

The official website for the Australia 2020 Summit which was held on the 19 and 20 April. Read the initial report as well as information about the participants and the 10 Topics which were the focus of the Summit.

Newstext

Don't forget, if you are looking for full-text news articles from the last 10 years from a range of national and regional Australian newspapers, Newstext can help! Click on "News Services" to access the username and password to access the site.

Integrated Botanical Information System

"IBIS, the Integrated Botanical Information System, is a single relational database that links the data held in the various collections of the Australian National Botanic Gardens, the Australian National Herbarium, the Australian Plant Image Index and the Australian Plant Name Index." From this one site access plant names, photographs, collaborative projects and more!

Australasian Digital Theses Program

This is a great site for locating new research produced at Australian universities. It provides full text digitised PhD and Masters by Research theses covering the years 1998 to present, with some earlier titles also scanned.

Livestock Library

The Livestock Library is freely available on the internet and provides full text access to information from 12 organisations, including the departments of agriculture and primary industries of all Australian states. The recent addition of a federated search allows users to search over 70,000 documents relating to Australian agriculture in a single search. This database may be useful for searching for information on the impacts of specific wildlife on crops, for example.

Australian Environmental Law Enforcement and Regulators Network

(AELERT) is a network of environmental regulatory agencies who are responsible for the management of natural resources or the protection of the environment. It aims to build relationships between jurisdictions to facilitate the sharing of information and to improve the regulatory compliance capacity of member agencies. It also seeks to develop national standards for training and best practice in environmental regulation.

OzCoast and OzEstuaries website

The OzCoast and OzEstuaries website provides access to the largest central source of coastal information and data in Australia. Included is a new Geology and Geomorphology module with 3D models and shallow water benthic habitat mapping case studies, an Environmental Management module and new information sheets on coastal issues related to climate change as well as the science underpinning commonly used estuary and coastal indicators. The name OzCoast and OzEstuaries is transitional and the site will assume the name OzCoasts in July 2008.

Selecting weed replacement plants for use by frugivorous birds

Australia's Weeds CRC has developed a web-based tool to help gardeners and land managers choose native plants to replace weeds with fleshy fruit, such as camphor laurel and lantana, which have become an accessible food source for native birds.

Australian Policy Online

A great website for keeping up-to-date with new reports