History
General History
- Best of History Websites is an award winning portal that links to over 1000 history websites as well as links to hundreds of K-12 history resources.
- DoHistory a fascinating site that shows you how to piece together the past
- History of the World history resources for every country of the world
- HyperHistory an expanding scientific project presenting 3,000 years of world history with an interactive combination of synchronistic lifelines, timelines, and maps.
- Internet History Sourcebook a collection of public domain historical texts from ancient to modern times
- Mad Monarchs a fun and informative site on the history of crazy royalty
- Women in World History resources to help you learn about women in world history
Ancient History
- BBC History excellent guide to ancient cultures including Egypt, Greece, Rome, Britain, Vikings, Anglo Saxons and others from the vast resources of the BBC.
- Exploring Ancient World Cultures a massive resource for students of ancient and medieval history
- Guardian’s Egypt explor famous Pharaohs, pyramids, mummies, excavations, religion and a great kid’s section
- Life in Ancient Egypt provided by the Walton Hall of Ancient Egypt at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History is one of many resources available to students and tecahers involved in the exploration of ancient Egypt.
- Mark Millmore’s Ancient Egypt colourful, friendly site that features pyramids, temples, kings, queens and hieroglyphics
- Perseus Project links to primary texts in English and Greek and to other major site includes a picture gallery.
- Theban Mapping Project describes the largest tomb ever found in Egypt, traditionally thought to be the sons of Ramses II
Archaeology
- Archaeology large list of links to archaeological sites all over the world
- Historical Archaeology on the Net catalogue of links to worldwide archaeology websites
- Peter Brown’s Australian & Asian Paleoanthropology evolution of humans in Australia
Australian history
- Australia’s Prime Ministers a biographical resource for Australia’s 25 prime ministers.
- Australia’s Involvement in the Vietnam War impressive website created by a Vietnam veteran
- Australian Goldrush gives a brief outline with links to related information.
- Australian History - range of links including early Australia, Federation, Depression Years, Australia at War and Australia Culture
- Australian History links from Tinity College, WA ranging from early settlement to Gough Whitlam dismissal
- Australia at War covers the history of all conflicts that Australians have served in since white settlement
- Bushranger Site all the facts on famous and not-so-famous Australian bushrangers
- Burke & Wills
- Documenting A Democracy - Australia’s Story making important documents in Australia’s history available to all
- First Fleet database of First Fleet convicts, diary extracts, stories and letters.
- Ned Kelly Iron Outlaw this site traces the history of Ned Kelly and his gang.
- Ned Kelly Story
Medieval history
- About.com Guide to Medieval History great collection of links to all aspects of medieval life
- Dominion and Domination of the Gentle Sex lives of medieval women including daily lives, biographies links
- The Hundred Years’ War includes timelines, maps, chronologies and pictures
- The Labyrinth resources for medieval studies
- Master Huen’s Boke of Gode Cookery a fascinating site that holds a collection of medieval recipes, adapted for the modern cook. Also information on other aspects of medieval domestic life
- Medieval Crusades a history of the Crusades and Crusaders.
Modern History
- The American Civil War good overview of causes, battles, leaders
- BBC Inside World Wars interesting articles on various topics from World War 1 to the Cold War
- Encyclopaedia of British History 1500-1980 arranged by topic
- The History Guide: the Russian Revolution excellent narrative guide to the Russian Revolution with good links
- Industrial Revolution range of links relating to the changes that occurred with the Industrial Revolution and how they have affected modern life
- Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict background information to the Middle East conflict
- Remember a site dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
- Second World War Encyclopaedia outline of all aspects of WW2, with emphasis on personalities
- Trenches on the Web info on causes, battles, people and documents of World War 1
- Wars for Vietnam 1945 to 1975 good, concise overview of Vietnam War