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HEALTH
The Better Health channel offers lots of health and medical information for consumers, including recipes for healthy living, weight management, activity, pregnancy, nutrition, and children's health.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
http://www.journoz.com/media.html
Primarily set up for journalists, this website offers lots of links to newspapers, TV stations & other media organisations.
GOVERNMENT
http://www.vic.gov.au/
Whatever you need to know about Victoria and all the government departments.
http://australia.gov.au/
Everything you need to know about Australia and all the Commonwealth government departments.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
Find out information about other countries, including geography, economy & people.
http://mylanguage.gov.au/
A great website for information in other languages.
A free-access resource for Australian legal information where you can find legal judgements as well as Acts of Parliament.
HISTORY
http://trove.nla.gov.au/
The best place to find historic Australian newspaper & magazine articles, as well as pictures and maps.
http://www.historyvictoria.org.au/
The Royal Historical Society of Victoria promotes and preserves the history of Victoria - lots of resources and events to attend.
http://www.australiandressregister.org/
Get online access to the historical dress collection at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, including a timeline to see how people dressed at different times.
GENEALOGY
Library edition of this popular family history website. Only accessible at the Library.
http://www.awm.gov.au/
The Australian War Memorial has searchable databases for honour rolls, awards, missing and diaries.
CULTURE
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/
Check out the resources available online from the State Library of Victoria. Join - it's free!
Another link to Trove plus lots of free eResources.
See what's happening at the National Gallery of Victoria.
http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/project/art-project
Visit lots of art galleries around the world and look at a selection of painting and other artworks in minute (i.e. close up) detail.
READING RESOURCES
FOR CHILDREN
http://cbca.org.au/
The premier organisation for promoting children's literature in Australia, with Book of the Year and Book Week.
http://www.letsread.com.au/Home
Promotes reading from an early age with lots of tips for parents and teachers.
FOR KIDS & TEENS
Check out the latest news and the review blog, or join up to get more information.
FOR YOUNG ADULTS
http://www.love2read.org.au/love-reading-youth.cfm
A great list of links specific to young adult reading - worth checking out.
http://www.insideadog.com.au/
Curated by the State Library, this website is for teens who can review books, vote for the Inkys and read about the writer in residence.
FOR ADULTS
http://www.goodreads.com/
See what other people are reading. Join up and you can participate by recommending your own reading.
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/
Great website to find other titles from your favourite author, see who else writes like ...., or just browse genres.
CAREERS INFO
Both of these websites let you explore various careers and options.
http://www.jobguide.thegoodguides.com.au/
http://www.myfuture.edu.au/
LIFELONG LEARNING
Free on-line courses and audio books to boost your learning. Find something interesting and take a course!
http://ed.ted.com/
A growing video library of great talks and lectures and lessons on all sorts of subjects.
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
A great website for kids with games, videos, and lots of information about animals and people.
http://yourtutor.com.au/
Login from home or at the library to talk with an on-line tutor for years 3 - 12.
