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GENERAL
ANYDAY - Historic events & birthdates that occurred on a selected day of the year
Directory of Archives in Australia see also State Records Authority of New South Wales
The History Net - "where history lives on the Web"
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - includes a Timeline of Western Philosophy
National Archives, explores British history with exhibitions, famous documents, special focus sections, and educational activities. The documents, which include the Domesday Book, the Magna Carta, Guy Fawke's confession, Shakespeare's will, the 1805 log from the 'HMS Victory' (Nelson's flagship), the 1936 Abdication Instrument, and several others, are offered as digitized images along with annotations and transcripts.
The National Trust (UK)
Unesco Archives Portal - "an international gateway for archivists and archive users"
World Rulers
NEW ZEALAND
Hamilton History - basic information on the history of Hamilton.
The Journal of the Polynesian Society - the first 100 volumes of the journals 1892-1992.
Te Ara - New Zealand History site by the Ministry of Culture and Heritage
New Zealand Electronic Text Centre - free online archive of New Zealand and Pacific Island texts.
New Zealand History online
New Zealand Federation of Historical Societies
Timeframes- digitised images of New Zealand from the Alexander Turnbull Library
University of Waikato Library Digital Collections - includes historic maps and photos
FAMOUS SPEECHES
Great Speeches from The History Place
MUSEUMS
Imperial War Museum - excellent site for special exhibitions concerning war years
Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa - "Our Place"
The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Museums - links to museums, galleries and archives sites worldwide from the Oxford University Computing Laboratory
Auckland Museum
ANZAC sites
ANZACs- Officers of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps who died at Gallipoli 1915
Anzac Day 25th April - history and information about all things Anzac
National War Memorial
WORLD WAR 1
Cenotaph Database - from the Auckland Museum a database of New Zealanders who have served overseas.
An Internet History of The Great War- World War I site contains thumbnail sketches of people, maps etc.
The World War 1 Document Archive - comprehensive links to conventions, oficial papers, reminscences, images.
Gallipoli - A link about Gallipoli in World War I.
WORLD WAR II
New Zealand Fighter Pilots Museum - includes Memorial Roll, biographies of NZ Aces, aircraft profiles, details of air service involvement in wars.
Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War - the official books transcribed
International Military Tribunal - 42 volumes of the trials before the International Military Tribunal 1945-46 of major war criminals, takes a long time to download.
28 Maori Battalion
BIOGRAPHIES
Biography.com
Dictionary of New Zealand biography - contains over 3,000 biographies of New Zealanders who have 'made their mark' on this country. It does not include people who are alive.
New Zealand heroes - from NZ edge.com. Some biographies of well known New Zealanders like Kate Sheppard, Ernest Rutherford, or John Britten
Time 100 - the most important people of the twentieth century
HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS AND JOURNALS
Active Paper Archive - for historical British newspapers including several from 1917-1918
Australian Newspapers - historic Australian newspapers 1803-1954
Internet Library of Early Journals - some images of UK journals from 18th & 19th century
Papers Past - historic New Zealand newspapers. |
