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1. FreeFirst Fleet Artwork Collection

Natural History Museum (UK): On 13 May 1787 eleven ships, now commonly referred to as The First Fleet, set sail from Portsmouth to establish a colony in New South Wales, Australia. They reached their destination on 18 January 1788, 18 years after Captain James Cook had first landed on the east coast of Australia at Botany Bay. One of the unplanned but long-lasting outcomes of this event was the large number of outstanding drawings of aboriginal people, the landscape and wildlife found on arrival as well as of the early foundation of the colony. Drawings have been arranged under four themes: Natural History; Ethnography; Topography; and History.

2. FreeHistorical Tasmanian Photographs

Archives Office of Tasmania: This resource includes images from the collections of the Archives Office of Tasmania. Photographic copies of all images are available by contacting the Office.

3. FreeMatapihi

National Digital Forum: Matapihi lets you search across the digital collections of different New Zealand cultural organisations from one website.

4. FreeNational Plant Photographic Index

Australian National Botanic Gardens: The Australian National Botanic Gardens manages a large collection of photographic slides of its activities and Australian botany. The bulk of the collection consists of identified Australian plant species, but there is also a large number of environmental and conservation images.

5. FreePicture Australia

Picture Australia provides access to images that cover all aspects of Australiana: artworks include paintings, drawings, prints and posters of abstract art, fine art and portraits; photographs capture people, places and events; and objects include sculpture, scrimshaw, bark, costume, weapons. Images may be in black and white or full colour. Search results include sets of 'thumbnail' or preview images. Clicking on one of these takes the user to the web site of the holding agency to view the full-size version, and a high-resolution copy can be ordered if required.

6. FreeWorld Digital Library

Library of Congress: The World Digital Library (WDL) makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world. These cultural treasures include, but are not limited to, manuscripts, maps, rare books, musical scores, recordings, films, prints, photographs, and architectural drawings.

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"Mura Gadi : a guide to manuscript, pictorial and oral history materials relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in the National Library of Australia"

Mura Gadi is an online catalogue of the National Library of Australia's manuscript, pictorial and oral history resources relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Though it does not list the many books, periodicals and other publications in the Library relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, these materials can be found using the Library's online catalogue at http://www.nla.gov.au/catalogue/