Internetting Corner

By Heather Kelsall


http://tid.cdscc.nasa.gov/
The CDSCC is Australia's link to outerspace and a joint pro-ject with British Aerospace and NASA where scanning devices track spacecraft. http://www.phm.gov.au Sydney's Powerhouse Museum user-friendly exhibits are now available online.

http://www.telapex.com/-shandley/
A collection of railway and model railway links worldwide for those fascinated by trains and railways.

www.abc.net.au
The latest headlines and all news services from the ABC.

http://www.infarmation.com.au
A site dedicated to farmers and agriculture students with information on weather, finance, crops and grain, livestock, wool, equipment, horticulture, and more.

http://www.abc.net.au/quantum/defauly.htm
Great way to catch up on any Quantum programs you may have missed and to find out what is planned in the future.

http://tqd.advanced.org/3659
CHEMystery is an interactive guide for high school chemistry students linking them to USENET news groups.

http://www.glacier.rice.edu/
Scientific and geographic information on the Antarctic containing topics such as space, weather, land, oceans and expeditions.

http://www.whaletimes.org
Interesting site for teachers and students with information and activities on ocean animals.

http://www.sewl.com.au
South East Water's site offers information on water conservation, waste water, etc and has a curriculum unit for teachers and students containing over 100 activities.

http://www.hamsters.co.uk
Interesting site for students breeding guinea pigs and/ or hamsters: breeding, feeding, genetics, clubs and more.

http://www.afr.com.au
Contains feature stories and news from the Australian Financial Review with an updated daily news service. Items are grouped into sections for easy browsing: investment, banking, property, etc.

http://www.australian.aust.com
Site for Australia's national newspaper with the latest news, sport and business stories.

http://www.sydneycity.nsw.gov.au
Information about Sydney for residents, prospective visitors and student projects.

http://www.artoz.sprint.com.au
Promotes emerging Australian artists.

http://www.health.su.oz.au/tobacco/
Professor Simon Chapman from the University of Sydney has developed this site against tobacco.

http://www.geocities.com/-spanoudilpoems
More than 3000 poems written by 434 poets: well worth reading!

http://www.poems.com
An online anthology with at least one new poem added daily.

http:www.scifi.com/sfw/
Reviews of new and classic science fiction works, a news section and a collection of essays.

http://129.118.38.138/kairos/default.htm
Teachers: this contains advice on how to write your own Web site.

http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/
For T /Ls promoting the past: check what happened on this day historically.

http://www.austlii.edu.au/rsjlibrary/hreoc/stolen summary/
The 'Stolen Children Report' now available through the Social Justice Library.

Heather Kelsall

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