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Finding Journal Articles
Quicksearch will often retrieve a large number of hits. If you need to conduct a more sophisticated search, try searching one or more of the individual databases listed below :
- Informit databases - Indigenous collection
Collection of fourteen databases with Indigenous content that can be searched concurrently. Includes: - Australian Heritage Bibliography - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subset (AHB-ATSIS) 1987 - present
- Indigenous Studies Bibliography (AIATSIS) 1990 - present
- Indigenous Australia 1968 - 1999
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography (ATSIhealth) 1900 - present
- Far North Queensland Collection (FNQ) 1994 - Jan1999
- Australia
New Zealand Reference Centre on EBSCOhost.
Contains full text articles from selected Australian newspapers including The Age, The Australian and the Herald-Sun - INFOKOORIE
Provides an index to articles in the Koori Mail
Browse selected journals
- Aboriginal History
- Aboriginal Law Bulletin
- ATSIC
News
To June 2004 - Australian Aboriginal Studies
- Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
- Balayi
- Indigenous Law Bulletin
- Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title
- Land Rights News
Gateways and Directories
- Aboriginal Sites
Councils, Co-operatives and Communities - Aboriginal
Studies
From the WWW Virtual Library - AMOL
Australian Museums and Galleries Online- Indigenous Resources - Aboriginal
Australian Links
Internet resources compiled by the State Library of NSW - Indigenous Portal
From the Australian Government. This site provides access to resources, contacts, information, and government programs and services for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders - IndigOz
Indigenous Australian internet portal
Government
- Aboriginal Affairs Victoria
- Aboriginal Justice Advisory
Council
From NSW - This council provides advice to the Government on law and justice issues related to Aboriginal peoples - Centrelink Indigenous Information Page
- Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission
- Indigenous Land Corporation
- Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs
- Royal Commission on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Report of 1991
- Torres Strait Regional Authority
Native Title
- ANTaR Australians For Native Title and Reconciliation
- Balancing the scales of Indigenous Land Justice in Victoria, 2006
- Land Councils -
Australia
Provides links to Land Councils - Learning about Native Title
- National Native Title Tribunal
- Native
Title
Produced by Rod Hagen.This site gives a brief overview of Mabo, Wik, Native Title Act and amendments - Native Title Act 1993
- Native
Title Infobase
Contains selected material from 1839 to the present day - Native Title Representative
Bodies (NTRB)
As recognised under the Native Title Act 1993 - Not One Iota of Land Justice: The Yorta Yorta Case
- Papers
of Edward Koiki Mabo
Guide to manuscripts held by the National Library of Australia - Representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander Body Areas - map
Stolen Generations
- Bringing
them home
The 'Stolen Children' report (1997) from The Australian Human rights Commission - National Archives of
Australia: Records about Indigenous Australians
Languages
- AIATSIS
Austlang
Indigenous languages database - AIATSIS Pathways Gateway to the AITSIS Thesauri
- Aboriginal Languages
of Australia
From the WWW Virtual Library - FATSIL
Federation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation of Languages - Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages
Australian Web sites
- Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander Protocols
For Libraries, Archives and Information Services - Aboriginal Australia
Commercial site which provides links to aboriginal art, music and other enterprises - Aboriginal Heritage
Unit
From the Australian Museum - Aboriginal Hostels Limited
- Action for Aboriginal Rights
- Aboriginal Student Support and Parent Awareness Program
- AIATSIS
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies - ASEDA
The AIATSIS Aboriginal Studies Electronic Data Archive - AUSANTHROP
Anthropological research, resources and documentation on the Aborigines of Australia - Australian
Aboriginal Cultures Gallery
From the SA Museum. - Australian Indigenous Health Infonet
- Black Pages
National online Indigenous Business and Community Services Directory - Bunjilaka
From the Melbourne Museum - Centre for Aboriginal
Economic Policy Research
From the ANU. This site contains many discussion papers focusing on indigenous economic issues - Indiginet
Indigenous internet and multimedia access network. - Indigenous
Australia
From Australian Museum Online. - Indigenous Law Resources From AustLII Australasian Legal Information Institute
- Koori Centre
Links to resources and projects from Sydney University - Koorie Heritage Trust
- Koori
History website
Produced by Gary Foley, Senior Curator for Southeastern Australia, Melbourne Museum. - Kooriweb Voices from Black Australia
- Message Stick
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Online produced by the ABC - Mission Voices
Interactive website telling the stories of six Aboriginal mission stations in Victoria - Mura
The AIATSIS Library catalogue - Mura
Gadi
A guide to indigenous materials in the National Library of Australia - NATSIEW National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Educational Website
- Norman
B. Tindale collection
From the S.A. Museum - Pandora: Australia's
Web Archive: Indigenous Peoples
From the NLA. A collection of copies of Australian online publications - Reconciliation Australia
- Us Mob
International Web sites
- Aboriginal
Law and Legislation
Mainly Canadian with some Australian content - Center for World Indigenous Studies
- Development
Gateway Foundation: Indigenous Issues
International interactive portal for information and knowledge sharing - Indigenous node of the World Wide Web Virtual Library
- Links to
Aboriginal Resources
Links to Australian and international sites - World Bank Indigenous Knowledge Program
Author: Heather Coutts (hcoutts@swin.edu.au)
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