Kokoda Track

Coming in 2010 is a new website about the Kokoda Track, it is being developed in conjunction with the NSW Board of Studies and so will have lots of great information specially designed to help school children
http://kokoda.commemoration.gov.au/
Louise

...Islam and Islamophobia ...

There is a great section on the multicultural website about Islam and Islamophobia

http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/history/timeline/period/This-Generation/screen/4.Islam-and-Islamophobia-

Louise

Multicultural Australia

This Australian educational website has lots of great material on multiculturalism.
One of Australia's leading sources of quality educational resources on multiculturalism.
Teaching resources and strategies to understand cultural diversity and tolerance.
More than 3500 pages of articles, research, teacher guides, lesson plans, audio interviews, video clips, Australian multicultural artworks.
http://www.multiculturalaustralia.edu.au/

Louise

Sydney Harbour Bridge

This Sydney Harbour Bridge website is great for both history students and engineering students, its co-sponsored by the NSW Board of Studies so has lots of great material that matches the school curriculums

http://sydney-harbour-bridge.bos.nsw.edu.au/

Louise

Electoral boundary changes for Mackellar

Hi all,
The federal election boundaries have recently changed in the vacinity of Warringah Road Forestville, and will be in effect for the upcoming election.

Maps of the changes can be found here: http://www.aec.gov.au/Electorates/Redistributions/2009/nsw/final-report/

Alzheimers - prediction report

A NEW Access Economics Report has just been published about the incidence and prevalence of Alzheimers between now and 2050 in Australia. The report "Keeping Dementia Front of Mind: Incidence and Prevalence 2009 - 2050" is available on the Alzheimers website at
http://www.alzheimers.org.au/content.cfm?infopageid=6012
Louise

Libraries Australia - changing to TROVE

Decommissioning of Libraries Australia Free Search Service
The Libraries Australia free search service will be replaced by Trove by the end of November 2009. Trove is a new discovery service focused on Australia, Australians, and items found in Australian collecting institutions. The URL for Trove will be http://trove.nla.gov.au/.Records in Trove are a copy of the records in the Australian National Bibliographic Database (including the Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts, and Music Australia), Picture Australia, Australian Research Online, Australian Newspapers 1803-1954 and PANDORA. Some external data sources will also be available

Louise