Political Ephemera Resource Guide, page 4

Online resources

This selection of links to key websites provides easy access to a broad range of additional resources for research and study.

Victorian Trades Hall Council

http://www.vthc.org.au/    
This website covers a range of topics, including the history of the Victorian trade union movement, wages, events in union history and Victorian Trades Hall history, women in unions, the struggle for equal pay, occupational health and safety, youth in trade unions. Provides a links page to the ACTU and specific trade unions.

ATSIC: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission

http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/41033/20060106-0000/ATSIC/default.html
ATSIC, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, was abolished in 2005. The website has been archived in the National Library of Australia's Pandora Archive. Includes links to online publications produced by ATSIC.

Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

http://www.hreoc.gov.au/
This site includes information for individuals, schools, employers and community groups on human rights and equal opportunity. There is a comprehensive page of links to relevant organisations and government legislation.

Environment Online

http://www.environment.org.au/
This website is the initiative of some 20 major environmental advocacy organisations (known as the Mittagong Forum) in the Australian environment movement. This site will be of interest to conservationists, environmentalists, activists, government and business people.

The Crow Collection

http://w2.vu.edu.au/library/SpecialCollections/crow.html
Ruth and Maurie Crow were Melbourne-based political and social activists. The Crow Collection, donated to Victoria University in 1990, is substantial. The collection includes books, periodicals, reports and pamphlets and is housed at the Footscray Park Campus Library.  The following subject areas are covered: women's issues, suburban communities, political parties, unions, conservation, peace, social justice, conservation, social welfare, health and housing.

Parties to the Award

http://www.atua.org.au/ptta/title.html
Searchable guide to the pedigrees and archival resources of federally registered trade unions, employer associations and their peak councils in Australia from 1904-94.

The Soapbox

http://soapbox.unimelb.edu.au/
This website features political advertisements, cartoons, election debates and speeches, dating back to the first federal elections held in 1901. Included are images of how-to-vote cards, posters and electioneering photographs from the ephemera collection of the National Library of Australia and the personal collection of Dr Sally Young, at the University of Melbourne.