Electronic Reference

Information about Australia

• Australian Telephone Directories
• Guide to Australia The Guide to Australia is an encyclopaedic collection of links with essential information about Australia. It contains information as diverse as the Australian constitution, current weather and lamington recipes.
• Australian Government Information and Services The Australian Government Entry Point, offers comprehensive and integrated access to Australian Government information and services.
• Australia's Prime Ministers
• AusStats - Australian Bureau of Statistics
• 2006 Australian Census
• Australian Statistics published by Government Departments and Agencies in addition to ABS
• Australian Social Science Data Archive (ASSDA) Collects and preserves computer-readable data relating to social, political and economic affairs and makes the data available for further analysis.
• The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey The HILDA Survey collects data in three main areas: economic and subjective well-being, labour market dynamics and family dynamics.
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology
• Australia's Culture and Recreation (cultureandrecreation.gov.au) Find over 3,000 websites and 1.3 million pages about Australia's culture and recreation.
• Collections Australia Network (CAN) The Collections Australia Network (CAN) website offers single point access to over 1,200 museums and galleries Australia wide including all small and medium public collections throughout Australia.
• Monthly Economic and Social Indicators Monthly Economic and Social Indicators (MESI) is published by the Statistics Group and distributed to all Senators and Members who request it. MESI contains tables and graphs for the major economic and social indicator series.
• Historical Maps of Australia and the Pacific
• Internet Information Sources for Australian Journalists Find experts and contacts, and Net-based sources of Australian facts or background information, such as business information, cases, databases, directories, government information, legislation, reports, statistics, and trade figures.

Information About Other Nations

• Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Country, economy and regional information.
• Government Resources from Other Countries
• World Population: a reference handbook
• Chiefs of State Includes chiefs of state and cabinet ministers of all governments excluding the US.
• Embassies & Consulates
• World Factbook - CIA General and statistical information for all the countries in the world.
• A-Z of Countries of the World
• International Data Base (IDB) International statistical information, produced by the US Census Bureau.
• World Weather Information Service Official weather forecasts and climatological information for selected cities supplied by National Meteorological Services (NMSs) worldwide.
• Temperature, Precipitation and Other Historical Data for 2000 Cities
• Global Real Estate Project International real estate research.
• Island Directory - Environmental and geographic information on significant islands.
• Population Reference Bureau Demographic variables for nations eg average age of first marriage.
• US Census Bureau IDB Population Pyramids Population pyramids, current and predicted.
• Library of Congress Federal Research Division Country Studies - Country profiles including the historical setting, structure of the economy by sector, mass media, foreign relations and national security.
• Rulers Lists all rulers/heads of states of all countries going back to 1700.
• National Anthems of the World
• GEOHIVE : Global Statistics Statistics including population, economic, geographical etc on a global, regional and country basis.
• World Heritage List Details of all properties inscribed on the list.
• Cultural Profiles Provides an overview of life and customs for different countries.
• United Nations Statistics Division Free access to selected global datasets including Millenium Indicators and Social Indicators.
• UNESCO Institute for Statistics Global and internationally comparable statistics on education, science, technology, culture and communication.
• United Nations Official Document System Covers all types of official United Nations documentation, beginning in 1993.
• National and International Data Sources Links to official statistical organisations of countries.
• World Health Organisation Health information by country.
• UNICEF Country Statistics Economic and statistical information on countries and territories.