Australian Facts & Figures
Alphabetical Phone Directory (White Pages)
Whitepages.com.au allows you to search for a business, locate government departments or simply get in touch with a friend anywhere in Australia.
www.whitepages.com.au
AskNow - Chat with a Librarian Online
AskNow is a virtual reference service staffed by librarians in Australia and New Zealand. It aims to provide high quality information to users, with the convenience of immediate, online communication. Using purpose-built software, it allows librarians and users to interact in real time.
www.asknow.gov.au
Australian Currency
A brief introduction to Australian currency and its history, with links to further information.
www.dfat.gov.au
Australian Social Customs
An introduction to some common customs in the Australian community covering such aspects as meeting people and communicating, clothing, polite behaviours, common Australian expressions and Australian celebrations and holidays. This page has been prepared as a help for people coming to Australia.
www.immi.gov.au
Classified Phone Directory (Yellow Pages)
Yellowpages.com.au is an Australian business directory with more than 1.7 million business listings. You can search YellowPages.com.au to find out about and contact these businesses.
www.yellowpages.com.au
Climate and weather
The Bureau of Meteorology provides weather forecasts, warnings and observations for all states and territories of Australia. There is also information about climate, hydrology and other weather services such as weather charts, radar images, satellite images and marine weather.
www.bom.gov.au
data.australia.gov.au
data.australia.gov.au is the home of Australian government public information datasets. Government information can be made even more useful by mashing-up the data to create something new. Information on each dataset includes licence information which makes clear what you can and can't do with the data.
data.australia.gov.au
Exchange Rates
Current exchange rates as listed by the Reserve Bank of Australia.
www.rba.gov.au
FAQs - National Library of Australia
The National Library of Australia provides a series of answers to frequently asked reference questions.
www.nla.gov.au
Maps of Australia
Search over 100,000 maps of Australia held in Australia's libraries, from the earliest mapping to the present. This facility allows you to define an area or enter a search term to search for maps of Australia held in Australia's libraries. The search facility also includes digitised maps.
mapsearch.nla.gov.au
Time
This link will direct you to a page on this site where you will find basic information about Australia's time zones and daylight saving times.
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Year Book Australia 2008
Year Book Australia is the principal reference work produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. It provides a comprehensive and detailed statistical overview of various aspects of the economy and social conditions in Australia. In addition, it contains descriptive matter dealing with Australia's government, international relations, defence, social security, geography and climate.
www.abs.gov.au
