Web Links - City of Sydney
Browse the City of Sydney Library’s Quick List or Full List of popular FREE websites.
Quick List - Free Web
Alphabetical list of popular websites.
Calculators & Converters
Convert distances (length) and Convert mass (weights)
Consulates in Sydney
List of consulates and high commissions in Sydney
Daylight Saving (NSW)
Daylight saving ends again in New South Wales on Sunday 1 April 2012, at 3:00 am when clocks will be put back one hour, full details Daylight Saving
Do Not Call Register
Opt out of receiving certain telemarketing calls (free government service) www.donotcall.gov.au
Driver's Licence Test
Online practice Driver's Knowledge Test.- Road users' handbook
Family History
The State Library of NSW
Family History Service is located in the Macquarie Street building. Staff can give you advice on where to find information.
Justices of the Peace (Sydney)
government register of Justices of the Peace- Justice of the Peace services at the City Customer Service Centre
Maps
Satellite images and maps of New South Wales atlas.nsw.gov.au - Presents colour maps, based on 2006 Census data that highlight key social, demographic and housing characteristics of the population in Sydney (free)
- City of Sydney planning and zoning maps
- NSW local government boundary maps
Postcodes
Searchable database of Australian postcodes
Seniors Card (NSW)
Print an application form.
Students' Handbooks
Courses
TAFE World Clock
The time and date of cities around the world. www.timeanddate.com/worldclock
Full List - Free Web
1. Arts & Culture 2. Australia 3. Books & Literature 4. Business 5. Education & Employment 6. History & Geography 7. Newspapers & Journals 8. Science & Technology 9. Society & Environment
1. Arts and Culture
Artcyclopedia - a guide to 'museum quality' art on the Internet
Australia Council for the Arts - includes arts statistics, information on funding and grant programs
Architecture
Architecture Australia Magazine On-line
Great Buildings - an encyclopedia of the world's most famous buildings, searchable by architect, place, building or style.
Film
AFI - The Australian Film Institute (AFI) exists to foster engagement between the general public and the film industry
Internet Movie Database - excellent information on movies worldwide. Profile of actors, movie plots, ratings, box office statistics and award winners
Urban Cinefile - Australian site providing movie reviews, interviews and industry news.
2. Australia
Advance Australia Fair -
Australian National Anthem
Anzac Day Poem/Prayer - For the Fallen
Australia Day
Australian Bank Notes
Australian Coat of Arms and Emblems
Australian Currency
Australian Flag see also Flying the Flag
Australian Floral Emblem
Australian Honours System and Listing
Australia in Brief (Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade)
Australian of the Year
'Big Things' of Australia - The big banana etc...
Migrating to Australia
Prime Ministers of Australia – Biographical and historical information
Waltzing Matilda
Aboriginal Australians
Indigenous Australia - The
Australian
Museum'sindigenous site. Includes dream-time stories
Indigenous Law Resources
Infokoori - Index to the Koori Mail 1991+
The story of Aboriginal Sydney
Migration, Visas & Living in Sydney, Australia
Australian visas -
Skilled workers. students, refugees...
Finding rental accommodation in Sydney
Finding work in Sydney
Overseas skills recognition
Quality of life and cost of living, Student cost of living ( by University of Technology, Sydney),
Study in Australia, Учеба в Австралии, 澳大利亚 ── 一个机会无限的国家, les études et la vie en Australie, オーストラリア、ひとつの国、すべてのチャンス, Studi di Australia, ออสเตรเลีย หนึ่งประเทศ ทุกโอกาส, estudiar en Australia
Sydney Airport - travelling to and from Sydney Airport
Foreign consulates in Sydney
Aboriginal Sydney
City of Sydney Coat of Arms
Mayors of Sydney
The flag of the City of Sydney
Sydney's official flower
Capitol Theatre
Customs House
Photographs – Early Sydney
Photographs – Sydney today
Queen Victoria Building
Sydney Harbour
Sydney Harbour Bridge
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Town Hall
Sydney Town Hall - The Grand Organ
Sydney in Brief – facts and figures
Tourism
Sydney travel information (NSW government official website)
Tourism Industry Statistics & Reports
Sydney Tourism Statistics (NSW government)
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) produces statistics on a range of tourism related activities.
Cultural tourism statistics Australia
Tourism Research Australia (Federal government) collects research and intelligence across domestic and international markets and the tourism industry and undertakes respected, reliable research and analysis. Tourism Research Australia offers a Statistical Enquiries Service for industry operators, academics and other interested parties.
Foreign consulates in Australia
3. Books & Literature
United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012
Books and Reading Guides
Book Clubs - links to books clubs prepared by the National Library Which Book - helps you select fiction titles to read that best suit your own interests
Children's Literature Web Guide - from the University of Calgary, Canada
Contemporary Fiction - links to quality contemporary fiction web sites from BUBL Link in the UK
The Good Book Guide - reviews of latest fiction, reading suggestions by well-known authors
January Magazine - new books and author profiles
Readers Read - a US site devoted to book news, reviews, best sellers lists, new book excerpts, contemporary authors book news etc
The Romance Reader - latest news and reviews of romance novels
Whichbook.net - helps you select fiction titles to read that best suit your own interests
Bookstores and Publishing Houses
Australian Bookshops - select 'national' option for major chains and 'Sydney' for individual bookshops in Sydney
Biblioz - Australasian search service for out-of-print and collectible books
Libraries and Archives
Australian Libraries Gateway Directory - Find an Australian library
Trove (National Catalogue) - search the catalogues/collections of libraries across Australia.
City of Sydney Library
The Internet Public Library - links to full-text newspapers, books, texts, magazines, serials on-line. Also provides reference services
National Archives of Australia
National Library of Australia -
State Library of New South Wales
Reference
Bartleby - full- text, fiction, poetry and non-fiction, dictionaries
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - familiar quotations, passages, phrases and proverbs traced to their sources
BUBL Link - links to quality literature sites (UK )
The Perseus Digital Library - includes classical texts in full text.
Spark Notes - by
Harvard University students, plot summaries and criticism
4. Business
Austrade - importing, exporting, trade statistics, and trading partner country profiles
Australian Securities Commission - Company search
. Information for companies, investors, consumers, small business
Australian Stock Exchange - market news, company information, share prices, guides on how to invest in shares
Business Entry Point - information on government assistance programs, taxation, superannuation, occupational health and safety, customs, intellectual property protection and licences and codes of practice
Financial Market Data - world financial market data from the Economist
NSW Small Business - The New South Wales Government information website for people starting and managing small business. www.smallbiz.nsw.gov.au
Economics
Australian Bureau of Statistics -
This table contains a summary of Australia's key economic and social indicators. Data contained in this table is updated as soon as it becomes available.
Federal budget
Statistics
Australian Bureau of Statistics - official ABS website, Census data.
Monthly Economic and Social Statistics
Morgan Polls - Australian demographic, consumer opinion polls.
People of New South Wales – Statistics for Sydney Local Government Areas. Includes information on languages spoken in Sydney
UNESCO Statistics - education, public expenditure, illiteracy…
5. Education & Employment
Community Colleges
Sydney community college
WEA Sydney
CityEast Community College
Continuing Education (University of Sydney)
Education - information and links to government and non-government school directories
My Future – Australia’s career information service
NSW Board of Studies - full text HSC papers, reports, syllabus documents, prescribed readings lists School Certificate and primary school level resources also available
NSW HSC On-Line - Higher School Certificate information for students, teachers, schools
Open Learning Australia
TAFE NSW Handbook - list of courses offered by TAFE NSW
Universities Admissions Centre - applying for courses information with links to university sites
University of New South Wales - courses information, library catalogue
University of Technology Sydney - courses information, library catalogue
University of Sydney - courses information, library catalogue
Employment
Job Guide - provides descriptions of careers and entry/education/personal requirements. Includes contact information
My Career - Fairfax newspapers job classifieds, includes the Sydney Morning Herald's job ads
Overseas skills recognition information.
6. History & Geography
Family History
An Australian Gateway Site for Tracing your Family History
Family History and Related Websites - Australian history resources
FamilySearch - by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Contains database information about our forebears born overseas as well as previous Australian-born generations.
Genuki - The UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service.
NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages – searchable database of historical births deaths and marriage records
Rootsweb - a popular US based family history source
Society of Australian Genealogists – membership information, library catalogue
Geography
Map Quest - Detailed maps for the US and UK
CIA World Factbook - country profiles including people, government, economy, communications
Climate of Australia - a summary of the Australian climate from the Bureau of Meteorology
National Geographic - Select news and highlights from the magazine.
Portals to the World - resources on countries of the world by the
Where Is? - UBD maps for metropolitan Australia
Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Nationa Geographic Magazine
Seven Natural Wonders of the World
Heritage and History
City of Sydney Archives- historical information from the City of Sydney Archives
City of Sydney Archives Image Library - online archive of historic images of the City Of Sydney
Sydney Local History & Heritage Buildings (City of Sydney)
New South Wales Heritage Commission - includes the NSW Heritage Inventory
Australian Heritage Commission - includes the Register of the National Estate
World Heritage - Unesco's list and description of world heritage listed items.
7. Newspapers & Magazines
Australian Newspapers on the Internet - by the National Library
of Australia
Australian ethnic newspapers directory (titles and contacts)
National Library Electronic Journals Links
The Internet Public Library - links to full-text newspapers, books, texts, magazines, serials online.
Worldwide Newspapers online- international newspapers
Sydney City Newspapers
- City News (by City of Sydney)
- Nine to Five
- City News - delivered free each week to residents in the CBD (incl. Pyrmont and Ultimo).
- Alive in Sydney
- City Hub News
- Sydney Morning Herald (current) - (archived editions)
9. Science
Australian scientific achievements
CSIRO - web site for Australia
's premier scientific organisation
Nasa – National Aeronautics and Space Administration (US)
New Scientist - the on-line version of the journal
10. Society
Community Directory
Community Database - information about local community organisations, services, groups and events across Sydney.
Crime
Australian Institute of Criminology - crime statistics and full text publications such as "Issues and Trends in Crime and Justice" (an HSC Legal Studies resource).
Environment
Climate Change Australia (federal government)
Environmental Defenders Office - Australian environmental links.
National Pollutant Inventory – Internet database (types, amounts and effects of pollutants)
New South Wales Environment Protection Authority – environmental news, laws and recent EPA publications
Government
Australian embassies/high commissions/consulates overseas
Australian Commonwealth Government Entry Point - Departments, agencies, parliament and legislature.
Australian Governments' Entry Point (National Library of Australia) - Australian federal, state and local information
Australian Government Gateway - State and Federal Government
City of Sydney - Minutes of Council Meetings and Central Sydney Planning Committee Meetings
Foreign consulates in Australia
Foreign Embassies & High Commissions in Australia
Department of Local Government (NSW)
Government Gazette, NSW on-line edition
Lgov NSW - Local Government Association of NSW
New South Wales Government Gateway
Parliament, Canberra - government directory, members directory, Hansard
Parliament, New South Wales - Hansard, Bills information, research papers, members
Political Resources on the Net
Rulers - Heads of State and Governments - lists heads of state and heads of government of all countries and territories, usually going back to at least 1900.
Translated government information – Australian government documents translated in a range of languages
Health
Australian Drug Information Online
Centre for Disease Control (CDC) government site providing health information.
Drug Info @ Your Library -
provides information on the health, legal and other impact of illicit drug use in Australia.
Health Insite - an Australian site providing health information resources.
Intelihealth – by U.S.
John
Hopkins
University
Hospital
, full text information on diseases, treatments and medications.
PubMed - an extensive database of citations and abstracts of medical journal articles produced by the United States National Library of Medicine.
Legal Information
Australasian Legal Information Institute (AustLII) - Australian legal full-text databases as well as the most comprehensive index to Australian law on the Net. A joint facility of UTS and UNSW Faculties of Law.
Foundation Law - the legal links web site compiled by the Law Foundation of New South Wales
Law Access NSW – a free service established by the NSW Attorney General’s Dept to provide a single point of access to legal assistance services in NSW
Law 4 U - a plain speaking legal information resource site.
The Law Report - full text transcripts of Radio National's Law Report program
Lawlink NSW - NSW Attorney General's Department homepage. Providing information on case law, NSW courts and tribunals, lawyers, departmental information, births, deaths & marriages database, and legal aid
Law Society of New South Wales - directory of lawyers in NSW, legal news and information
Legal Aid NSW
LIAC - Legal Information Access Centre - located at the State Library of New South Wales, LIAC is a service providing access to legal information for the general community. Staffed by specially trained librarians, the centre helps you find answers to legal questions.
Parliament of NSW - provides access to the full-text copies of NSW Hansard and gives details about the process of government in NSW as well as links to Hot Topics
Women’s Legal Resources Centre (NSW, Australia) - provision of free legal advice particularly for women who are disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances.
Mythology, Philosophy and Religion
Internet encyclopedia of philosophy
Religion resources online - a collection of religious texts and articles
Sports
Sydney 2000 - 10th Anniversary Celebrations
International Olympic Committee – History of all the Games since 1896
Olympic Information Centre
Rugby league information and history
Sydney 2000 Olympic Games – archived official sites of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games (National
Library)
Women
Having a Baby Whether you are pregnant, just planning a pregnancy or have recently had a baby you will find helpful information here.
Jessie Street National Women's Library - a specialist library which collects, preserves and promotes the awareness of the cultural heritage of Australian women, facilitating learning, research and communication.
International Women’s Day
Office for Women (NSW government) - a NSW State Government site that provides access to the Department of Women's database of over 4000 organisations and over 200 web-sites that have been identified as containing information relevant to women in NSW.
Women’s Legal Resources Centre (NSW) - provision of free legal advice particularly for women who are disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances.
