A portal site for information on the sustainable development of the oceans. Covers history, biology, maps, statistics and research, climatology and ecology; economic uses of the oceans; and issues from food security and climate change to governance and human health.
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Produced by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, this is a report investigating sustainability of urban development in cities across the world. It explores issues surrounding climate, growth, organisation, power and the effects on people including the disadvantaged.
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An index to names of unassisted passengers who arrived in Victoria from British and foreign ports between 1852 and 1923. The Public Record Office Victoria website also provides research guides and information about the office's collections and services.
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This site contains documents of UNESCO governing bodies such as the General Conference and Executive Board; reports and documents of UNESCO meetings and conferences; speeches of the Director-General; and the UNESCO Courier and UNESCO Sources monthly magazines.
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This site provides information from the US Census Bureau Statistical Abstract including statistics in brief, frequently requested tables, state rankings and state and county profiles.
The Vaughan Evans Library is part of the Australian National Maritime Museum at Pyrmont in Sydney. It contains migration stories, family history, shipping records, maritime heritage and naval history of Australia from the 1700's to today.
Access full-text gazettes and government notices through the State Library of Victoria website from 1836. These include: (1) New South Wales Government Gazette 1836 - 1851; (2) Port Phillip Government Notices January - 12 July 1843; (3) Port Phillip Government Gazette January 1844 - July 1851; and (4) Victoria Government Gazette July 1851 - 1997.
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Victorian Statute Book (Acts and Statutory Rules) with authorised versions from January 2011. Parliamentary Documents include links to Bills and Hansard.
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This service allows you to search Victorian indexes to births from 1853 to 1915, marriages in Victoria from 1853 to 1942,
deaths in Victoria from 1853 to 1988 and church baptisms, marriages and burials in Victoria from 1836 to 1853 and the events at sea (Marine) index contains births, marriages and deaths that happened between 1853 and 1920 onboard international and coastal ships bound for port in Victoria. Check the Help guide on their website to keep up to date with the dates of the indexes.
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Hosted by the National Library of Wales, the Crime and Punishment database comprises data about crimes, criminals and punishments included in the gaol files of the Court of Great Sessions in Wales from 1730 until its abolition in 1830.
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Browse through over 150 billion web pages archived from 1996 to a few months ago. To start surfing the Wayback, type in the web address of a site or page where you would like to start, and press enter. Then select from the archived dates available. The resulting pages point to other archived pages at as close a date as possible. Keyword searching is not currently supported.
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Welsh Newspapers Online Beta is a free online resource from the National Library of Wales where you can discover millions of articles from the Librarys rich collection of historical newspapers. It currently lets you search and access over 725,000 pages from over 100 newspaper publications generally up to 1910 and will grow to over 1 million pages as more publications are added during 2014. This resource also includes newspaper content that has been digitised by The Welsh Experience of World War One project.
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Index to Fremantle, Karrakatta, Pinnaroo, Midland and Guildford cemeteries. Search by name to find cemetery grave location and grant number, whether the grant has expired, date of death, memorial location, funeral application number.
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This website makes it easier to match a couple married in WA. See Frequently-asked questions on this website for a better explanation.
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Free online searching of Western Australian birth, death and marriage indexes is available for the following ranges of years: Birth indexes - 1841 to 1932 Death indexes - 1841 to 1960 Marriage indexes - 1841 to 1932.
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The website of the Wet Tropics Management Authority. This site has resources for students and teachers about the Queensland wet tropics heritage area, including wildlife, Aboriginal heritage and scientific information.
