Library

Indigenous Australia

Library Resources

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

• The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia
• Handbook of Australian Languages
• Macquarie Aboriginal words
• The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and culture

Journals

• Australian aboriginal studies
• Aboriginal History

Databases (for finding journal articles)

• Anthropology plus
• InfoKoori – index of the Koori Mail
• APA-FT - Australian Public Affairs – Full Text
• ATSIhealth - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography

NOTE: General Humanities and Social Science Databases will also index articles on Aboriginal issues, for example:-

• [Expanded Academic][Proquest] | [Sociological Abstracts] | [Web of Science]

Internet Resources

Internet directory

• Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library

Current News

• Message stick ABC online
• Koori Mail
• National Indigenous Times

Research

• AusAnthrop dedicated to research and resources in anthropology with an emphasis on Aboriginal Australians

Statistics

• Indigenous statistics
  from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) it includes statistics on Health, Employment, Education and Population.

Other internet resources

• Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
• Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation
• National Native Title Tribunal
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice for issues including Native Title and Stolen Children