Research Guides
History : Australia, New Zealand & Oceania: Primary Sources
A research guide to primary and secondary sources for Australian, New Zealand and Pacific Island history.
Images: New Zaaland magazine, letter from Joseph Banks, Australian magazine
Digital Book Collections
For books available within the libraries, see Using the UW Libraries Search to Find Published Primary Sources on the Books as Primary Sources page.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new window
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- Empire Online
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Government Documents
Most government material is housed in the Government Publications section on the ground floor of Suzzallo Library. Librarians there can help you find material you need.
- House of Commons Parliamentary Papers This link opens in a new window
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Newspapers & Magazines
To find additional freely available digitized historic newspapers see ICON: International Coalition on Newspapers. For contemporary newspaper coverage (roughly since 1990) see Finding News Articles
- Guardian 1821-2003 & Observer 1791-2003
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- Times Digital Archive
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- Trench Journals and Unit Magazines of the First World War This link opens in a new window
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Letters & Diaries
To find published letters and diaries available at the Libraries use the following terms in UW Libraries Search: correspondence or diaries