New Additions to our Web Resources

This is a list of web sites added to our collection of Web Resources during November, December and January. We are always adding interesting sites to our collection and the list is constantly updated on the New Sites page of our site.


Index to Tasmanian Convicts
A comprehensive index of all convicts transported to Tasmania and those who were convicted in the colony from the beginning of transportation in 1804 until 1853 when transportation ceased.
Date added: 6 January, 2007. Page: Genealogy.

Archives Office of Tasmania: Name Indexes
Indexes of records that contain information about individuals that are primarily of interest family historians. You can search wills, covicts, permissions to marry, census records and more.
Date added: 6 January, 2007. Page: Genealogy.

A Sustainable Water Supply for Sydney
Final report of the General Purpose Standing Committee No. 5 in relation to the Inquiry into a sustainable water supply for Sydney was released on 8 June 2006.
Date added: 5 January, 2007. Page: Desalination.

Department of Planning: Approval for Kurnell Desalination Plant
The NSW Dept of Planning approved the construction of a desalination plant and associated infrastructure at Kurnell on 16 November 2006. Their web site includes the approval reports and Environmental Assessment.
Date added: 5 January, 2007. Page: Desalination.

Constitution Finder
Find links to Internet versions of constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents for most countries of the world.
Date added: 3 January, 2007. Page: International Government.

Uranium Mining, Processing and Nuclear Energy Review
On 21/11/2006 the Federal Goverment released the 1st draft of the Switkowski Report into the future of uranium mining and nuclear energy in Australia. Feedback on the draft report will be accepted until 12 December 2006.
Date added: 21 November, 2006. Page: Environment - Air.

Inter-Play
Inter-Play is an online index to plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals. You can search by playwright or play for over 30,000 citations to plays.
Date added: 9 November, 2006. Page: Drama.

Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction... Bill
The Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Bill 2006 amends the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 consistent with the 2005 recommendations of the Legislative Review Committee (also known as the Lockhart Committee).
Date added: 8 November, 2006. Page: Genetic Modification.

The Lockart Review
On 17 June 2005, the former Minister for Ageing, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, appointed a committee to conduct independent reviews of Australia's Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 and the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002. Known as the Lockart Review, the committee's final reports were referred to Parliament on 19 December 2005.
Date added: 8 November, 2006. Page: Genetic Modification.

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