Ancient, Prehistoric and Early People of Australia Note: If you can't find what you want here - check the World page! You might also try this Alexa search for Ancient+History+Australia Infoplease.com Searchbox search for: in  All InfopleaseAll Almanacs   General   Entertainment   SportsBiographiesDictionaryEncyclopedia The countries and regions of Australia and Oceania - from the About.com guide on Geography Information about Australia - from Infoplease.com encyclopedia World History Archives (Asia & Oceania) - Pro bono web pages from Hartford Web Publishing.  The World History Archives are collections of documents for teaching and learning about world history from a working class perspective. The presence of documents here does not imply an endorsement of their content nor a warrant of their authenticity. Peter Brown's Australian and Asian Paleoanthropology - Peter Brown is a Professor at the University of New England.  Besides the Australian and Asian Indexes, this site contains research resources, teaching resources and links for the in depth study of Paleoanthropology.  Peter Brown has also provided "the online skeleton".  The online skeleton is an introduction to the human skeleton in Adobe Acrobat PDF format ( free Adobe Acrobat Reader ).  You are free to use this document as long as it is not for commercial gain and you must acknowledge where you obtained it. Ancient seabed discovery rewrites human history.  Monash geographers have found indications that Australia may have been occupied by humans 200,000 years ago - about 150,000 years earlier than previously thought.  From Montage - News and Views From Monash University. Archaeology Links - From the University of Sydney.  This site has aimed to provide an Australian archaeology content which may not be available through other sites.

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A to Z ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ABORIGINAL INFORMATION Australian Aborigines - History and Culture, Research Project: - This site gives you everything you've ever wanted to know about the Aborigines of Australia.  Looking to learn about the Aboriginal Dreamtime?  Here is where you find the information. 

Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre - Find out about the culture and history of the Arrernte speaking people who occupied most of the choice regions in the 
Mac Donnell Ranges.  This web site is of the southern Arrernte Aboriginal Tribal group whose homelands are situated 100 kms south of Alice Springs in Central Australia.  Learn about traditional Aboriginal music and dance.  In the world's first Didgeridoo University you will find out what a didgeridoo is, its history, how one is made and how to play one (buy one if you want to.  Example: A didgeridoo AUD $200 is only US $130).  In the wonderful Art Gallery you get The Meaning of the Dreamtime, a section on Traditional Art and a soon to come section on Contemporary Art.  Lastly you get to view page after page of beautiful Aboriginal Dream art, and you can even purchase these if you want.  This site along with the previous site (A to Z Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Information) will give you many days of exciting learning about the Aboriginal people of Australia.  The Aboriginal Art and Culture Centre web site is also available in francais, german or italian.  We read on one of the many pages that this site is maintained by AboriginalAustralia.com which is "connecting the world with Aboriginal culture".

DOWN UNDER HISTORY TAKES GIANT LEAP BACK - an article by James Q. Jacobs - Did Homo sapiens sail to Australia 176,000 years ago? Stone artifacts from recent archaeological excavations indicate that Australia may have been populated as early as 176,000 years ago, more than triple previous estimates.

Australian Stone Tools on display in the ANU - by Stephanie Hawkins - This web site is aimed at year 12 students or first year university students who have a general interest in Aboriginal history and would like to know more about Aboriginal stone tools.

New Zealand - Ancient and Modern History - Links to New Zealand history from the arrival of the Maori, Captain Cook, the Treaty of Waitangi, Gallipoli, the Rainbow Warrior, recent economic reforms.