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STARTING POINTS
Encyclopaedias and dictionaries
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Statistics
Web sites
Journal articles
ESSAY TOPICS
1. Convicts
2. Chinese
3.Art/Literature
4.Social welfare in SA
Library Home
Catalogue
STARTING POINTS
Encyclopaedias and dictionaries
Chronologies
Biography
Statistics
Web sites
Journal articles
ESSAY TOPICS
1. Convicts
2. Chinese
3.Art/Literature
4.Social welfare in SA
Last update
Margaret Hosking
April 2002 |
The main emphasis here will be on the Barr
Smith Library,
but do not forget the resources of:
The State Library,
especially its Library
resource guides
and the Mortlock Library which is listed amongst its Collections
and Resources
State Library is operating under limited
service conditons during its redevelopment.
State Records at
Netley,
National Archives of Australia
at 78 Wakefield St., Adelaide.
STARTING POINTS.....for all topics
Do you need a bit of background information , a date, or a definition to
get you started?
Try one of these:
Reference Collection 994 A9425 (another set in main collection)
Australians:. A Historical Library, 1987
v.1 Australians to 1788, ed. D.J. Mulvaney.
v.2 Australians: 1838, ed. A. Atkinson.
v.3 Australians: 1888, ed. G. Davison.
v.6 Atlas stand Australians: a historical atlas, ed. J.C.R. Camm.
v.7 Australians: a guide to sources, ed. D.H. Borchardt.
v.8 Australians: events and places, ed. G. Aplin.
v.9..Australians: a historical dictionary, ed. G. Aplin.
v.10 Australians: historical statistics, ed. W. Vramplew.
v.11 Australians: the guide and index.
Encyclopaedias and Dictionaries
There are a number of these in the Reference Collection at 994.003.
eg
Reference Collection 994.003 D265o 2001
The Oxford companion to Australian history, ed. Graeme
Davison. 2001
Others are:
Reference Collection 03 B199c
Cambridge encyclopedia of Australia. 1994
Reference Collection 03 A93.5
Australian encyclopaedia.6th ed. 1996
Reference Collection 994.0049915 H823e
Encyclopedia of Aboriginal Australia: Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander history, society and culture. 2 vols. 1994.
Reference Collection 994 J95a
The Australian people: an encyclopedia of the nation, its people
and their origins, ed. J. Jupp.1988
Reference collection 305.899915 K64o
Main Collection 305.899915 K64o
The Oxford companion to Aboriginal art and culture, ed. Sylvia
Kleinert 2000.
Chronologies
Reference collection 994 R824c
Chronicle of Australia, ed. John Ross. 2000
Reference collection 994 B255w
Barker, A. What happened when? Chronology of Australia from 1788
to 1994 . 1996 (This can be a help
for searching newspapers.)
Biography
(information about particular people)
Reference collection 920 A937
Australian dictionary of biography, ed. D. Pike. v. 1- and INDEX
v 1-12.
Good for information about significant Australians. Look for the additional
references at the end of each entry, especially for primary sources.
Reference collection 305.420994 R129t
200 Australian women: a redress anthology. ed. H.Radi. 1988.
Statistics
Reference collection 994 A9425
Australians: A Historical Library, 1987
v.10 Australians: historical statistics, ed. W. Vramplew.
Web sites
Documenting a democracy: Australia's
story
National Library of Australia: Australian
History on the internet
Australian Literary
and Historical Texts
How to find journal articles and other references
For a thorough search for journal articles on a specific topic, from the
most recent backwards, go through the following reference tools in the
order given:
1. APAIS
on the AUSTROM database
2. Index to journal articles
on Australian history for 1974-1988
Ref 994.0016
AI38
3. Index to journal articles
on Australian history, comp.T.Hogan
Ref 994.0016 I38
ESSAY TOPICS
1. What do convicts'experiences reveal aboout the
nature, structure and contested meanings of the convict system.
Subject headings
Penal colonies Australia.....New South Wales.....Tasmania
Transportation of convicts
Australia Exiles
Convict women--Australia
Prisoners, Transportation of
Australia -- Social conditions -- 1788-
Australia -- History -- 1788-
Australia -- Economic conditions -- 1788-
Dictionaries and encyclopedias
Reference collection 920.094 G476f
The founders of Australia : a biographical dictionary of the First
Fleet , Mollie Gillen
Web sites
Convict women
Convictcreations - good
in parts
2. Was opposition to Chinese immigration in
nineteenth-century Australia based on racial or economic fears?
Subject headings
Chinese Australia......Victoria........Western Australia......Northern
Territory etc
Australia Race relations
Australia Social conditions 1851-
Australia Social conditions 1891-
Australia Economic conditions
Reference tools
Reference Collection 994 J95a .2
The Australian people: an encyclopedia of the nation, its people
and their origins, ed. J. Jupp.2001.
Web sites
The
Chinese in Australia (Year Book Australia, 1925)
White
Australia and racism a theme from Federation of Australia, State Library
of Victoria
3. Why did writers and/or artists in late-nineteenth
century Australia mythologise ‘the bush’? In your answer, concentrate on
ONE of the following cultural forms in the creation of an Australian bush
mythology in the late nineteenth century: Painting OR Poetry
Subject headings
Australian literature 19th century -
Australian poetry 19th century
Bulletin
Art Australia History
Art, Australian History
Landscape painting 19th century Australia.
Art, Modern 19th century
Australia.
Heidelberg school.
Impressionism (Art) Australia
Reference tools
Reference collection 820.9A W672o.2
The Oxford companion to Australian literature by William
H. Wilde, 2nd ed. 1994
Special collections rare books 709.94 M133.3
Reference collection 709.94 M133.3
McCulloch, A. The encyclopedia of Australian art, 3rd ed. 1994
see also our web page for Studies
in Australian Art, which includes some nice web sites, and Alan Keig's
web page for Australian
Literature, which contains links to useful web pages and to AustLit:
the Australian literature gateway.
Sources
Bulletin (Sydney, N.S.W. : 1880)
MICROFILM PER 115
Index: 1880-1898 shelved in Reference Collection 05 B9
4.For whose benefit were welfare services designed in
nineteenth-century South Australia: the individual, the family or the state?
Subject headings or Keywords
Poor
Charities
Child welfare
Public welfare South Australia History.
Social service South Australia History.
South Australia Social conditions.....browse datees
Spence, Catherine Helen, 1825-1910
Reference tools
Reference collection 994.23003 P936w
Wakefield companion to South Australian history ed. W Prest,
K Round, C Fort. 2001
Reference collection 994.2 C99 1978
The cyclopedia of South Australia in two volumes : an historical
and commercial review, descriptive and biographical facts, figures and
illustrations: an epitome of progress.
Reprint of 1907-1909. Includes articles on philanthropic institutions
etc
Reference collection 920 A937
Australian dictionary of biography, ed. D. Pike. v. 1- and INDEX.
Good for information about significant Australians. Look for the additional
references at the end of each entry, especially for primary sources.
Reference collection 305.420994 R129t
200 Australian women: a redress anthology. ed. H.Radi. 1988.
How to find journal articles and other references
SASS:
South Australian sources for social sciences, history etc.
Web sites
Catherine
Helen Spence - from the Women and Politics web page at the SLSA.
SOURCES
Archives
State Records at Netley,
guides available in the BSL:
Reference Collection 994.0049915 G946
Guide to records relating to Aboriginal people. 1988-1991
Reference Collection 305.4099423 G496
Guide to records relating to women. 1988
Reference Collection 994.2300 S726g
Guide to records relating to people of non-English speaking backgrounds.
1991
National Archives of Australia,
78 Wakefield St., Adelaide
Theses
Theses undertaken for higher degrees are listed in the catalogue and are
best located using keyword (option 5) . They often contain references to
sources in their bibliographies.
Use them as a useful guide!
Newspapers
The Barr Smith Library holds a large number of Australian newspapers on
microfilm, many going back to the 19th century.
They are listed in guide Newspapers
in the Barr Smith Library: a finding list.
There is always a paper copy of this at the desk in the microfilm/audiovisual
area, level 3.
Most newspapers are not indexed (except for special topics such
as the Index to references to Aborigines in Adelaide newspapers).
The best guide is usually the exact date of the event.
Journals on microfilm
Bulletin (Sydney) 1880- MICROFILM PER 115
Dawn : a journal for Australian women ( ed. by Louisa Lawson) 1888-1905.
MICROFILM 20025
Documents on the web
Documenting a democracy: Australia's
story
Parliamentary publications
Parliamentary
publications in the Barr Smith Library
Parliamentary debates (Hansard) record what was actually said in Parliament,
and as such are a rich source for historical research. Parliamentary papers
publish reports that are tabled in Parliament. These can be individual
reports on an issue or the annual reports of state or commonwealth officials
or departments There are indexes for each parliamentary session either
at the beginning or the end of the volumes and there are also separately
published indexes listed in the booklet which are shelved in the Reference
Collection.
Locations
In the BSL, all items are in the main collection except for:
Reference Collection, on Level 3 south,
Special Collections on Level 4 South
(open 1pm - 4pm Mon-Fri),
Microfilm and Microfiche, shelved
with audio-visual materials on level 3 south. |
