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Modern History

Find and use relevant resources for Modern History primary sources

Primary sources

Primary sources
Newspapers

Early Experiences in Australasia: Primary Sources and Personal Narratives 1788-1901 This link opens in a new window
Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie archive This link opens in a new window
Pedestal This link opens in a new window
Reason in revolt : source documents of Australian radicalism This link opens in a new window

Australia & New Zealand Newsstream (ProQuest) This link opens in a new window
Digitised newspapers and more: National Library of Australia (Trove) This link opens in a new window
The Koori Mail This link opens in a new window
The Australian This link opens in a new window
The Australian Financial Review This link opens in a new window
The Sydney Morning Herald and supplements This link opens in a new window
The Daily Telegraph, Sydney This link opens in a new window

Secondary and tertiary sources

Reference sources
Databases

Australian Dictionary of Biography This link opens in a new window
Oxford Companion to Australian History This link opens in a new window

APAFT (Australian Public Affairs Full Text) This link opens in a new window
Austlit This link opens in a new window
Australian Heritage Database This link opens in a new window
Indigenous Australia This link opens in a new window
Literature & Culture Collection This link opens in a new window
MIHILIST Australasian Military History database This link opens in a new window

Useful websites

Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) This link opens in a new window
Trove This link opens in a new window