Links to External Sites
Not all records about the functions and activities of the ACT Government are held by the ACT Government. The following links may aid researchers in finding other records and general information that could assist them with their enquiry.
Archives Links
- ACT Heritage Library
- Australian Cultural Institutions geograpical locations on Google Maps:
- Australasian Digital Recordkeeping Initiative (ADRI)
- Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material (AICCM)
- Australian Society of Archivists (ASA)
- Australian War Memorial
- Blue Shield Australia
- Collections Australia Network (CAN)
- Council of Australasian Archives and Records Authorities (CAARA)
- Directory of Archives
- DISACT
- Disaster Proofing Heritage Collections Symposium - 06/05/2010
- International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA)
- International Council on Archives (ICA)
- LINC Tasmania
- National Archives of Australia
- National Film and Sound Archive
- National Museum of Australia
- Noel Butlin Archives Centre
- Northern Territory Archives Service
- Public Record Office Victoria
- Queensland State Archives
- Records and Information Management Professionals Australasia (RIM) (formerly RMAA)
- Standards Australia
- State Records NSW
- State Records Office of Western Australia
- State Records South Australia
- Territory Records Office (ACT)
Canberra History Links
- 100 Years of Learning
- Access Canberra : Public Registers
- The following links take you to selected registers:
- ACT Historic Death Index 1930-1983
- ACT Historic Marriage Index 1930-1936
- ACT Ambulance Service (history)
- ACT Births, Deaths and Marriages Certificate Access Policy (PDF 96Kb)
- ACT Bus
- ACT Communities Online (ACO)
- ACT Electoral Rolls 1916-1967
- ACT Fire Brigade (history)
- ACT Government Entry Point
- ACT Heritage
- ACT Legislation Register
- ACT Legislative Assembly Hansard
- ACT Museums and Galleries
- ACT Schools Census 2000 to Present
- Acton Walkways
- ArtsACT : Public Art in Canberra
- Australian Bureau of Statistics : Australian Capital Territory
- Australian Bus Fleet Lists (ACT Operators)
- Australian Bus Fleet Lists (Deanes)
- Australian Government : Canberra - Australia's Capital City
- Australian Heritage Register Database
- Australian National Botanic Gardens
- Australian National Museum of Education (ANME)
- Australian Railway Historical Society (ACT Division)
- Belconnen's History
- Canberra 100
- Canberra Archaeological Society
- Canberra Camps, Settlements & Early Housing
- Canberra Cemeteries Grave Search
- Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
- Canberra & District Historical Society
- Canberra History Web
- Canberra Hospital - History of Paediatric Nursing
- Canberra House
- Canberra Place Names
- Canberra Tracks
- Centenary of Canberra on Vimeo
- Citizens Advice Bureau ACT
- Commonwealth Heritage Places in the ACT
- Cuppacumbalong
- Curtin Living Memories
- Early Canberra
- Dave's ACT
- Department of Regional Australia : Jervis Bay History
- Documenting a Democracy
- Fifth Fleet (International Refugee Organization Ships 1947-1951)
- Find & Connect : ACT
- Firebreak : Information About Bushfires
- Friends of Hawker Village
- Friends of the ACT Arboreta (FACTA)
- Friends of the National Arboretum
- Ginninderra Catchment Group
- Government Schools of New South Wales from 1848 (includes early ACT Schools)
- Hall and District
- Heraldry and Genealogy Society of Canberra
- Hidden Canberra
- History in ACTION (Note: this website requires Google Chrome or Firefox web browsers)
- Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station
- Ideal City
- In the City Canberra
- Johnny Boy's Walkabout Blog
- Khuts : Namadgi Huts
- Kingston Storyboards
- Life in the Suburbs
- Mildenhall's Canberra
- Minders of Tuggeranong Homestead Inc.
- Monaro Pioneers
- Monument Australia
- Museum of Australian Democracy
- Non-Statutory Background Information for Sacred Heart, Calwell (PDF 34Kb)
- National Arboretum Canberra
- National Capital Authority
- National Trust of Australia (ACT Branch)
- NewActon
- NSW Land & Property Management Authority : Parish Map Preservation Project
- NSW State Legislation
- Old Narrabundah Community Council
- Our Albert Hall : Friends of the Albert Hall
- Our House : History of Australian Homes
- Ozroads : Australian Capital Territory
- Remembrance Driveway and VC Rest Areas
- Shine Dome : Australian Academy of Science
- Southern ACT Catchment Group
- Sustainable Canberra Garden
- Time to Talk Canberra
- Tocumwal Archive
- Tuggeranong Schoolhouse Museum
- Walter Burley Griffin Society
- War Graves Photographic Project : Woden War Cemetery
- Wikipedia : Canberra
Media Links
- ABC Canberra : 666 2CN
- ABC : Curious Canberra
- Canberra Times
- CityNews
- National Library of Australia : Australian Newspapers
- Queanbeyan Age
- RiotACT
- Youtube : ACT Government
Neighbouring Shire Councils
eBooks
- ACT/NSW Border Survey Original Field Books
- ActewAGL Electricity Power Line from Williamsdale to Theodore, ACT (2007) (PDF 9.79Mb)
- Australian Dictionary of Biography
- Belconnen Naval Transmitting Station ('Bells') (PDF 7.95Mb)
- Blundells Flat area, ACT: Management of natural and cultural heritage values – Background study for the Friends of ACT Arboreta by Mark Butz (PDF 2.5Mb)
- Bringing Back Memories: an interview with Harry Oldfield by Margaret Park (PDF 159Kb)
- Canberra 2030 Outcomes Report
- Canberra Plan : Towards Our Second Century (PDF 4.77Mb)
- Canberra's Engineering Heritage
- Centenary of Canberra Program : Volume 1 (PDF 29.9Mb)
- Coolamine Homestead : Draft Conservation Management Plan
- Crispin Hull:
- Critical Evaluation of School Registration Procedures in Two Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn by Graeme Campbell
- Cuppacumbalong Homestead Precinct : Conservation Management Plan Update (2011) (PDF 3.89Mb)
- Defence Community Organisation : Wecome to Canberra (2011-12) (PDF 507Kb)
- Earthquakes in the Canberra Region (2007) (PDF 2.45Mb)
- Experiments in Modern Living: Scientists’ houses in Canberra, 1950 – 1970 by Milton Cameron (PDF 7.37Mb)
- Ginninderra Creek Catchment : Waterwatch Water Quality Report 1997 (PDF 310Kb)
- Green Building Council of Australia : Green Schools (PDF 1.43Mb)
- Griffin's Capitol: It's Place in the Design of Canberra & the Connection with the Ideas of Louis Sullivan by Rosemarie Elizabeth Willett (PDF 9.48Mb)
- Electoral Compendium 1989-2011 (PDF 2.24Mb)
- Historic Lanyon on the Murrumbidgee : Heart of a Colonial Pastoral Empire (PDF 4.12Mb)
- History of the Anglican Church in Ginninderra 1821-1983 (PDF 486Kb)
- History of the Federal Capital Design Competition:
- Canberra's Federal Capital Design Competition 1911-1912 - Snapshots by David Headon (PDF 1.13Mb)
- Canberra's Federal Capital Design Competition 1911-1912 - The Briefs by David Headon (PDF 1.04Mb)
- History of the Scottish Country Dance Club of Canberra Inc. (PDF 44Kb)
- House in History, Heritage & Tourism: Shifting Times at Blundell's Cottage, Canberra by Linda Young (PDF 702Kb)
- House Museums as Sites of Memory by Susan Webber (PDF 4.41Mb)
- Imagining 'Environment' in Australian Suburbia : An Environmental History of the Suburban Landscapes of Canberra & Perth, 1946-1996 by Sarah Brown
- Keys to Canberra's History Book Series:
- Crystal Palace to Golden Trowels by David Headon (PDF 5.15Mb)
- Think of it! Dream of it! In six snapshots by Ian Warden (PDF 3.87Mb)
- The Community That Was by Greg Wood (PDF 3.80Mb)
- Maps and Makers by Greg Wood (PDF 4.13Mb)
- Those Other Americans by David Headon (PDF 5.53Mb)
- Lanyon Conservation Management Plan:
- Volume 1 & 2 (PDF 8.21Mb)
- Volume 3 (PDF 1.59Mb)
- Light rail in low and medium density cities: the case of Canberra by the University of Canberra
- National Significance in the National Capital (PDF 2.49Mb)
- Oaks Estate Master Plan : European Cultural Landscape Assessment (May 2013) (PDF 1.45Mb)
- Oaks Estate Planning Study (December 2001) (PDF 3.49Mb)
- Parliament House Vista Heritage Management Plan:
- Volume 1 (PDF 7.49Mb)
- Volume 2 (PDF 4.03Mb)
- Orienteering ACT Response to Draft Plan of Management for Namadgi N.P. (PDF 314Kb)
- Short History of Gungahlin (PDF 3.14Mb)
- Storing Collections in High Bushfire Risk Areas (PDF 117Kb)
- Urban Habitat Guidelines for the ACT (PDF 1.37Mb)
- Urban Planning and Development History (PDF 2.48Mb)
- Urban Planning and Development of the Australian Capital Territory, Canberra : A Critical Review by Bunnarith Meng (PDF 659Kb)
- Victim Participation in a Restorative Justice Process : The Canberra Reintegrative Shaming Experiments by Heather Strang (PDF 4.93Mb)
- Water Resources & Management Overview : Murrumbidgee Catchment (PDF 3.60Mb)
Links last checked 21/09/2012
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