New South Wales New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is Australia's most populous state, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland. It was founded in 1788 and originally comprised much of the Australian mainland, as well as Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island.
	Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, in the north-east of the country. It is the second largest state by area and the third largest state by population. The capital and largest city is Brisbane. Other major regional centers include the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Townsville, Rockhampton, Mackay, Cairns, Toowoomba, and Mount Isa.
	Tasmania The island of Tasmania, an Australian state, is located 200 km south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait. Tasmania promotes itself as the Natural State owing to its large, and relatively unspoiled natural environment.
	Victoria Victoria is a state located in the south-eastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most densely populated and urbanized. Victoria began in the 1830s as a farming community. The discovery of gold in 1851 transformed it into a leading industrial and commercial centre.
	Western Australia Western Australia is Australia's largest state in area, covering the western third of the mainland, and is bordered by South Australia and the Northern Territory. It is, after the Sakha Republic in Russia, the second largest subnational entity (statoid) in the world.
	Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia. The capital city is Darwin; the other two sizable settlements are Alice Springs and Katherine. Residents of the Northern Territory are often known simply as 'Territorians'.
	Australian Capital Territory The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and its smallest self-governing territory. It is an inland enclave in New South Wales, situated in bushland.
	South Australia The state's origins were unique in Australia as a freely-settled, planned British province rather than a convict settlement. Official settlement began on 28 December 1836 when the state was proclaimed at The Old Gum Tree by Governor Hindmarsh.
	Australian Books One of the best ways to find out the history of Australia.  The books we offer on this site will contain a variety of subjects on Australia and it states.
	Australian Aborigines Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. The term includes both the Torres Strait Islanders and the Aborigines.

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A Source Book of Australian History
Provides general knowledge of the subject, and illustrates  those vivid details which arrest the attention and enable the researcher to visualize past events.

Australian Legendary Tales
Folk-Lore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies

Convicts to New South Wales, 1787
Lists name, Where, Convicted, Date and Years, about 800 names

The Euahlayi Tribe, A Study of Aboriginal Life in Australia
A contribution to the study of the manners, customs, beliefs, and legends of the Aborigines of Australia.

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, 1840
Upon the close of the Expeditions, and when contemplating an immediate return to England, he was invited by the Governor of the Colony to remain, and undertake the task of re-establishing peace and amicable relations with the numerous native tribes of the Murray River, and its neighbourhood

Early Australian Voyages
The discoveries of Australia date only from the beginning of the seventeenth. The discoveries of the Dutch were little known in England before the time of Dampier's voyage, at the close of the seventeenth century, with which this volume ends.

The Present Picture of New South Wales, 1811
The discovery of the eastern coast of New Holland was the result of that laudable and beneficial spirit of enterprise and investigation, which conferred on the name of Captain Cook so just a claim to posthumous gratitude and immortal renown.