History : Australia, New Zealand & Oceania: Home

A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Island history.

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1767 map of Australia by John Stockdale.

Historians generally use the Chicago Style format. For more citation info see Citing Sources.

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See the eBook FAQ for directions to limit your search to ebooks only.

By Topic - Type in the keywords that broadly describe your topic. For example: australia stolen generations history
By Title - Type in the first few words of the book title in quotations. For example: "come on shore and we will kill".
By Author - Type in the last name followed by the first name of the author in quotations. For example: "woollacott angela"

The following research databases will help you identify articles on Australian & New Zealand history.

Historical Abstracts with Full Text This link opens in a new window
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Best database to articles written on modern world history (Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe & Latin America from 1450 onward)

Index New Zealand
Indexes over half a million articles published in New Zealand over the past 20 years;

JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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Scholarly journals & books in all disciplines

This is a small sampling of primary sources dealing with Australia & New Zealand. Additional sources are listed under Primary Sources.

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