The National Library's PANDORA web archive has been building
a collection of Australian websites since 1996. Many of the significant sites preserved by PANDORA,
such as the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games website are no
longer available on the web.
This collection gathers together material held in the archive that describes the impact of
the current mining boom on the economic, cultural and environmental life of Australia.
Murray-Darling River and its Basin
The Murray-Darling River has been a major focus of community involvement and government policy
for many years. This collection brings together websites and reports that have shaped the
management of the river.
Olympic Games - 2000, Sydney
The collection of websites for the Sydney Olympics 2000.
Sydney Morning Herald
Since 2009 a snapshot of the SMH homepage has been captured at 10am every day.
Floods Queensland (Dec. 2010 - Jan. 2011)
In 2010 Queensland suffered one of its worst episodes of flooding in years. This
collection captures the experiences documented online during this time.
2001 Australian federal election campaign - Australian internet sites
The 2001 federal election saw the web become a major component of the campaign.
Politics and current affairs
Nicholson
Noted Australian political cartoonist Peter Nicholson's blog.
Does Australia have a government yet?
In 2010 Australia waited over a fortnight for the results of the Federal Election.
Crikey
A groundbreaking online news and opinion website archived regularly from its early
pre-subscription days beginning in early 2000's.
SenatorBobBrown (Twitter)
PANDORA web archive collects selectively the twitter accounts of high profile Australian politicians.
Sustainable Population Australia
PANDORA web archive holds extensive collections of many Australian political parties both major and minor.
Webdiary
The archive also has extensive archives of political commentary such as Margot Kingston's Webdiary.
Culture
Canberra 100: celebration of a century
In 2013 Canberra celebrates its Centenary, this site documents those celebrations.
Antipodean SF
A website featuring monthly stories from writers around Australia.
AfricanOz.com.au
PANDORA has material collected widely from many Australian communities.
Treasures from the world's great libraries
The 2003 Treasures exhibition highlighted the important material held by Libraries around the world.
New Mardi Gras
The New Mardi Gras archive is an annual Gay and Lesbian celebration in Sydney. This site has
websites dating back to 2004.
Japingka Gallery
PANDORA has many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander websites including the site of this gallery of Indigenous art.
Unique, unusual and surprising
Flight of Ducks
This site has been online since 1996
Rugs of war
A site studying how rugs are used to depict conflict.
Grilled Pterodactyl
This site covers everything from, computers, cooking, books and diaries.
Cablog
See a unique view of Sydney through the eyes of this cab driver.
Vintagemowers.net
Iconic Australia through the lens of our lawns.
Australian UFO research network
All the weird and wonderful of Australian UFO research.