Useful websites - Earth Sciences and Country Information
Earth Sciences
Gateway to Australian environment resources on the Internet.
Links to worldwide sites on most topics in Geology, US Geological Survey.
Australia's leading geoscience research and information agency, responsible for producing and providing spatial information to the Australian community.
An initiative of the Australian Chief Government Geologists Committee. It is aimed at providing a portal to link the information of state, territory and Australian Government geoscience agencies.
Contains worldwide data on minerals, mineral localities and other mineralogical information.
Education resources from the Ocean Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (US).
Primary Industries and resources and links to mineral industry, mining regulations and maps.
Independent research for an environmentally sustainable and socially just society.
Dates, Times, Weather, Calendars and Currency
From australia.gov.au.
From australia.gov.au.
Australian time zones and daylight saving
From australia.gov.au.
Weather event information from November 1996 to current.
Weather, climate, hydrological and oceongraphic services for Australia.
Large selection of online calendars.
From the Australian Space Weather Agency.
From timeanddate.com.
South Australian school term dates
With a link to public holiday dates.
From xe.com.
From timeanddate.com.
World Weather Information Service
Official weather observations and forecasts for selected cities from NMHS's worldwide.
Flags, Emblems and Symbols
Including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, from Ausflag.
Australian state and territory flags
From Ausflag.
Including the Eureka flag, from Ausflag.
Hosted by wave.net.
Commonwealth and states, from Australian National Botanic Gardens.
Flag, national anthem, coat of arms, colours, floral emblem and gemstone - Commonwealth.
South Australian emblems and insignia
Including flag, badge, coat of arms, floral emblem and more.
Gazetteers, Distances and Maps
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Has over 13,600 maps online.
Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Online
World coverage.
GNIS - Geographic Names Information System
For US States and territories.
Worldwide gazetteer (excluding the US and Antarctica).
All locations are east of the Oder and Neisse rivers. The database is based on the borders of the eastern provinces in Spring 1918. Included are Eastprussia (including Memel), Westprussia, Brandenburg, Posen, Pomerania, and Silesia.
Maritime Gazetteer of Australia - MGA
A searchable database containing all the place names used in Australia's official navigational charts.
The fascinating world of maps and mapping.
South Australian gazetteer.
Australian travel maps, street directories and driving directions.
South Australia
From the Atlas of South Australia.
From the Adelaide City Council.
History of photography in South Australia.
South Australian certificate of title, valuation details available, most information requires some payment.
South Australian Tourism Commission.
Australia
Australia - country information
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Fabulous facts about Australia
From Geoscience Australia, Australia's national mapping agency.
Register of the National Estate
Australian Heritage Database - place finder.
World
From US Department of State.
Nation profiles that include national anthems, maps, flags, news and the weather.
Country, economy and regional information
From Australian Government - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Links to government web pages worldwide by country.
Gives two tables, current and previous only - the overall competitiveness scoreboard of 46 countries.
Central Intelligence Agency publication.
