Travel Guides
As you prepare for your trip abroad, it's important to gather information about the logistics involved: visa requirements, travel information, safety tips, weather, and the local culture & etiquette. This website is a great place to start with up to date, user-generated information: Wikitravel
Below you'll find additional travel guides provided by the library (mostly in electronic form).
Welcome To Country by ISBN: 1743585268Publication Date: 2018"Tourism Australia statistics show that many overseas tourists, as well as Australians, are keen to learn more about Australia's first peoples. And while the Indigenous tourism industry continues to grow, no comprehensive travel guide is currently available.Marcia Langton: Welcome to Country is a curated guidebook to Indigenous Australia and the Torres Strait Islands. Author Professor Marcia Langton offers fascinating insights into Indigenous languages and customs, history, native title, art and dance, storytelling, and cultural awareness and etiquette for visitors."
Australia - Culture Smart! by ISBN: 1857338294Publication Date: 2016-02-01Australia is different--a vast island-continent with distances so great that the capital of Western Australia is closer to Singapore than it is to Sydney. Culture Smart! Australia introduces you to a young nation with one of the world's highest standards of living, "where people work to live" in order to enjoy a lifestyle that many across the globe covet, and in which Australians take great pride (and don't mind telling you about).
Australia Travel Complete Profile by Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9781607806530Publication Date: 2010-01-01Travel guide from 2010 with practical information such as visa/passport requirements, health notes, getting around and weather info.
CultureShock! Melbourne : a survival guide to customs and etiquette by Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 9814841625Publication Date: 2019Travel guide with information about the culture and customs of Melbourne, Australia.
Australia Society and Culture Complete Report by Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 1607803054Publication Date: 2010-01-01Contains information about the local culture, customs and etiquette. Includes information specifically for women: "women in business" and "women in culture".
Australia Women In Culture, Business and Travel by Call Number: E-BOOKISBN: 1607801310Publication Date: 2010-01-01Contains information specifically for women covering the business world, cultural aspects and safety tips.
News Sources
Websites of Major Newspapers from Australia
- The Sydney Morning Herald - daily
- Herald Sun - Melbourne-based daily
- The Australian - national daily
- The Daily Telegraph - Sydney-based daily
- The Courier-Mail - Brisbane-based daily
- The West Australian - Perth-based daily
- The Age - Melbourne-based daily
- The Advertiser - Adelaide-based daily
- Australian Financial Review - business daily
Library Databases to Search for Specific News Articles
Full text of over 600 U.S. newspapers and over 260 English language newspapers from other countries worldwide.
Access to issues from the last 60 days of over 300 newspapers from around the world. The newspapers include the same content and are in the same format as the print edition of the newspaper. [Access limited to 3 users at a time.]
Additional Library Resources
- Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific IslandsThis research guide provides some useful resources for the research of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. For additional help contact the Subject Specialist at the library (information provided in the research guide).