Useful websites - Archives, Libraries and Museums
Archives
Network of Commonwealth, State and Territory and other Australian archives organisations.
Links to archives organisations in other parts of the world.
National Archives of Australia
Cares for valuable Commonwealth government records and makes them available for present and future generations to use.
State Records of South Australia
The principal repository for official records of all agencies of the South Australian Government, both state and local.
South Australian Libraries
Libraries.sa - South Australian Public Library Network
Locate a library, access the resources of the 24 hour library, search the Web.
Public Library Services - Public Libraries Automated Information Network - PLAIN
Supports all South Australian Public Libraries.
Major Australian Libraries
Provides a public library service as well as the specialist information services of the ACT Heritage Library and the ACT Government and Assembly Library.
Australian University Libraries
List compiled by the Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL).
Australia's largest reference library. Collects, preserves and makes accessible documentary resources of national significance relating to Australia and the Australian people, as well as significant non-Australian library material.
Provides an information service to Territorians and preserves NT documentary and cultural heritage.
State Library of New South Wales
Has extensive collections relating to Australia and specifically New South Wales. Is a major reference and research library.
The custodian of Queensland documentary heritage, provides reference and research services as well as supporting the state public library network.
Provides for the information, educational, cultural and recreational reading needs of the Tasmanian community.
One of Australia's oldest cultural institutions. It is the major reference and research library in Victoria.
State Library of Western Australia
Supports the intellectual, economic, cultural, social and recreational needs of the people of Western Australia.
Library Gateways
A free Web-based directory service which gives access to information about more than 5,400 Australian libraries.
For searching the content of European national libraries.
Worldwide directory of library homepages, web-based opacs, Friends of the Library pages, and library e-commerce affiliate links.
Major Overseas Libraries
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Collects and preserves the documentary heritage of France (English translation of the web pages available).
The national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's major libraries.
The largest library in the world. Also the American nation's oldest federal cultural institution and serves as the research arm of Congress.
One of the great knowledge institutions of the world.
Australian Museums
Australian National Maritime Museum
One of Australia's most recent major collections (started in 1986), it already comprises some 30,000 items including 7,820 archive series and aims to build a collection that represents the breadth of Australia's maritime heritage.
One of the major military artefact, document and media collections in the world. Some of the collections are available online.
Located at Birdwood in South Australia, this is an international centre for the collection, research, preservation, education and display of Australian road transport history.
Explores the land, nation and people of Australia.
South Australian Martime Museum
Holds an extensive collection of maritme artifacts that reflect South Australia's rich and diverse maritime connections and stories.
South Australian Migration Museum
Works towards the preservation, understanding and enjoyment of South Australia's diverse cultures.
Has an international reputation for the size and representation of its collections, as well as the breadth and quality of its scientific research.
Overseas Museums
American Museum of Natural History
Has played a leading role in exploration, discovery, and theoretical advances in the natural sciences and today thrives and expands on these earlier accomplishments.
Holds in trust for the nation and the world a collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures.
Works to illustrate for everyone the importance of the sea, ships, time and the stars and their relationship with people.
Promotes the discovery, understanding, enjoyment, and responsible use of the natural world.
Holds more than 143.7 million artifacts and specimens and is also a centre for research, is dedicated to public education, national service and scholarship in the arts, sciences and history.