Australia

Australian War Memorial - Colonial Period

"The Australian War Memorial combines a shrine, a world-class museum, and an extensive archive. The Memorial's purpose is to commemorate the sacrifice of those Australians who have died in war or on operational service and those who have served our nation in times of conflict. Its mission is leading remembrance and understanding of Australia’s wartime experience."

Colonization of Australia

"This website allows you to search millions of records from around fifty datasets, relating to the lives of 90,000 convicts from the Old Bailey. Use our site to search individual convict life archives, explore and visualize data, and learn more about crime and criminal justice in the past." The link above takes you to the section of the site that focuses on the colonization of Australia by convicts.

Indigenous.gov.auConnecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with Australian Government policies and programmes.

In addition to the description in the link, this site also has resources on the different territories of Australia's First Nations, Australia's apology to these Nations, and more.

Review: Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia, 1788-1930A review of Colonial Frontier Massacres, an interactive web map of massacres on the Australian colonial frontier, developed by Lyndall Ryan, Bill Pascoe, and team

Make sure to click on "Project URL" to be able to view the map.

The Search for ‘Terra Australis’ - The National ArchivesIn June 1769, James Cook opened an envelope containing secret instructions from King George III. Cook was in Tahiti, having led the expedition to observe the transit of Venus across the sun by astronomer Charles Green and others. These secret instructions revealed that there was a second mission: to find the mysterious alleged southern continent […]

In addition to providing a lot of information about the British rule over Australia, it also has "Tasks" for the visitor to complete. You do not need to complete these "Tasks," but the primary documents attached to the "Tasks" are worth viewing.