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Art

National Gallery of Australia - Gateway to the National Gallery's electronic research resources.
The Met Museum - Wonderful Art resource.
Guggenheim Museum : Art Books - A collection of art books, digitised and made available by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to download for free from the Internet Archive.
edTechTeacher : Art History - Comprehensive site for Art history.

Australian Dictionary of Biography

ADB Online - Over 10000 biographies of significant Australians who died before 1980.

Beginning a New Life in Australia

Beginning a New Life in Australia - The Beginning a Life in Australia booklet welcomes newly-arrived migrants and humanitarian entrants to Australia. It provides useful national, state/territory and local settlement information for migrants, humanitarian entrants, their sponsors and service providers. This information is available to download as PDF files in English and 37 community languages. Australian government, Department of Home Affairs The official source of information regarding visas, living and working in Australia and citizenship. Australian Citizenship Test - information about the Australian citizenship test, including links to practice questions.
AMES Australia - AMES Australia helps new and recently arrived migrants to settle in Victoria. AMES offers classes in English, employment assistance, and all you need to know about living and working in Victoria.

Book Groups

CAE Book Groups - Information about starting a new group or joining an existing one.
Meetup - Excellent for finding local Book Clubs and other interest groups.

Business

Business Victoria - Online resources to help start, run and grow a business. Includes Victorian business channel and Victorian export.
Business.gov.au - Federal Government business site.
Standards Australia - Standards Australia publications: can be searched by subject.
Invest Victoria - Investors guide to Victoria.

Community Languages

Onlinenewspapers.com - Thousands of world newspapers at your fingertips World Wide Web page giving access to online newspapers from all over the world.
VSL : Victorian School of Languages - A government school that provides language programs for students in Years 1 to 12 who do not have access to the study of those languages in their mainstream schools. Offers over 40 languages around Victoria to 13,000 students in face-to-face classes and 1600 students in distance education.
PLVN LOTE Collections Guide - Public Libraries Victoria Network offers an online guide to see which libraries in Victoria have which language.
Victorian Multicultural Commission Community Directory - Online guide to local multicultural community associations and organisations in Victoria.

Computer Skills

Computer Classes and Bookings - A listing of free technology classes available at Kingston Libraries.
Typeonline - A free online series of exercises to develop your keyboard skills.
Sense-Lang.org - An online free touch typing program.
Peter's Online Typing Course - Lessons and exercises for beginners to competent typists.
Rapid Typing Zone - Rapid Typing Tutor for Windows is free software you can download to improve your typing skills.
CustomGuide Cheat Sheets - Basic guides to various programs including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Publisher and Access.

Current Issues & Affairs

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Online - Includes transcripts, stories and news items as well as links to ABC radio and TV.
RMIT ABC Fact Check - RMIT and ABC's Fact Check investigates and reports on the accuracy of claims made by polititians, public figures, advocacy groups and institutions.

Education, Skills & Careers

Department of Education, Skills and Employment - Finding a job
Department of Education, Skills and Employment - Career options for over 45 year olds
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VTAC - Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre.
Find an Early Childhood Service or School - Information about Victorian government and non-government schools and early childhood services.
Open Learning Australia - University study from home.
Kingston U3A - Kingston University of the Third Age provides a broad range of educational and learning opportunities for retirees in the City of Kingston.
Council of Adult Education - Further education and adult learning including VCE and VCAL.
APS Jobs - Includes Australian Public Service employment opportunities.
Engage Education Foundation - Engage Education Foundation is focused on providing no-cost and low-cost services to all students to assist them complete their VCE.
Aussie-Driver.com - This website offers useful resources to prepare learner drivers for their VIC driver's licence test.

Government

GOV.AU - A listing of Australian, state, territory and local government websites.
Services Australia - A guide to creating a myGov account.
Victoria State Government - Find information on Victoria and available services.
Parliament of Australia - Information on the Parliament of Australia.
Parliament of Victoria - Information on the Parliament of Victoria.
Australian Government Directory - Online directory of the Commonwealth Government.
AEC - Australian Electoral Commission.
VEC - Victorian Electoral Commission.
Victorian Department of Justice and Regulation - Find information on the Victorian Department of Justice and Regulation, including where to apply for birth, death or marriage certificates; Working with Children Checks; where to find a Justice of the Peace, and more.
Victorian Planning Schemes Online - From this page you can access all of Victoria's planning schemes provisions and maps.
Victorian Government Gazette - Find official notifications of decisions, actions, or information from Victorian Government Authorities and Departments, including Local Councils, companies, and individuals.
Victorian Multicultural Commission - Find information on multicultural affairs, news, and events around Victoria.

Health

Better Health Channel - Victorian Government better health channel.
medicinenet.com - American doctor produced health and medical information.
www.aafp.org/afp - American Family Physician Journal.
Merck Manual - Merck manual of medical information.
Gray's Anatomy Online - Gray's Anatomy online full text.

Kingston

www.kingston.vic.gov.au - City of Kingston website (you're already on the site, but this link will take you to the main homepage).
Kingston Local History - Local history information for the Kingston area.

Law

Australian Legal Information Institute - Access to Acts of Parliament (State and Federal), decisions of courts and tribunals, royal commission reports, law reform etc.
Victorian Legislation and Parliamentary Documents - Victorian Acts, Statutory Rules and parliamentary documents.
www.copyright.org.au - Australian Copyright Council online information centre.
Law Handbook - The Fitzroy Legal Service Law Handbook is the most comprehensive plain English guide to the law in Victoria, and is updated annually by more than seventy expert volunteer lawyers.
Victoria Legal Aid - Victoria Legal Aid helps Victorian's with their legal problems.
Community Legal Centres Australia - Federation of Community Legal Centres VicFind a community legal centre.
Road Rules - VicRoads has a summary of Victorian road rules.

Libraries

National Library of Australia - National Library of Australia is free to join for all residents of Australia.
Australian Libraries Gateway - Australian Libraries gateway allows you to find Australian libraries and search their collections.
State Library of Victoria - State Library of Victoria website.
Victoria's Virtual Library - Victoria's Virtual Library website.
Bayside Library Service - Find information on the Bayside Library Service and their branches located in Beaumaris, Brighton, Hampton, and Sandringham.
Greater Dandenong Libraries - Find information on the Greater Dandenong Library Service, including their library branches located in Dandenong and Springvale.
Frankston City Libraries - Find information on the Frankston Library Service, including their library branches located in Carrum Downs, Frankston, and Seaford.
Glen Eira Libraries and Learning Centres - Find information on the Glen Eira Library Service, including their library branches located in Bentleigh, Carnegie, Caufield, and Elsternwick.
Monash Public Library Service - Find information on the Monash Public Library Service, including their library branches located in Clayton, Glen Waverley, Mount Waverley, Mulgrave, Oakleigh, and Wheelers Hill.

Literature

Goodreads - Goodreads is the world's largest site for readers and book recommendations.
Australian Book Review - Australian Book Review publishes reviews, essays, commentaries and new creative writing.
www.nybooks.com - The New York Review of Books.
www.ipl.org/div/litcrit - Internet Public Library's literary criticism collection.
www.penguin.com.au - Penguin book group notes.
CBCA - Childrens Book Council of Australia.
Fantastic Fiction - Search details of over 20,000 authors and 270,000 titles.
www.sparknotes.com - Education website from Barnes & Noble - Includes study guides, classic books online and reference tools.
www.hbook.com - The Horne Book Magazine - Includes reviews and articles about children's and young adult literature.

Newspapers

The Age - The Age newspaper's website.
Herald Sun - The Herald Sun newspaper's website.
The Australian - The Australian newspaper's website.
Financial Review - The Australian Financial Review's website.
Historic Australian Newspapers 1803 to 1954 - Do you need to find historical images, articles, cartoons or maps printed in Australian newspapers? Out of copyright material from each Australian state and territory is now available.
Leader Community News - Access Leader local papers from the Greater Melbourne region.
Onlinenewspapers.com/ - Online newspapers from around the world.

Reference

Whereis - Online street directory of Australia.
CIA : The World Factbook - A useful world fact finder for travelers and history buffs.
XE Currency Converter - Currency converter.
Worldtimeserver.com/ - World time zones.
Timeanddate.com : Calendar - Perpetual calendars including country specific public holiday information, phases of the moon, and more.

Statistics

www.abs.gov.au - Australian Bureau of Statistics.
Census Data - Australian Bureau of Statistics census data from 2006, 2001 and 1996.
www.aihw.gov.au - Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
www.land.vic.gov.au - Government information and services about land and property in Victoria.

Support Services

The Lookout - Find information on family violence support services and resources available in Victoria.

Telephone Directories

www.whitepages.com.au - White pages telephone directory.

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