Society and Culture

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Library resources

Library Society and Culture resources can be found in the area around non-fiction section 290-305. These include:

    • Award-winning Personal Interest Projects (see information below)
    • Issues In Society journals Contemporary Australian issues such as families, health, violence, immigration, parenting (300.994)
    • The world until yesterday: what can we learn from traditional societies (305.89/DIA)
    • Reconciliation: searching for Australia's soul (291.440994)
    • The little red yellow black book : an introduction to Indigenous Australia (305.89915)
    • Other resources on popular culture, beliefs, leisure, communication, multicultural Australia and social identity are available in our collection

 

Online resources

NSW Education Standards Authority

Follow the links to the Society and Culture syllabus.

Charles Sturt Uni Society and Culture info

Resources, information and advice that will help you prepare for your HSC.

Women's History Sourcebook

The Historical Study of Women, Human Origins, Ancient Egypt, Great Women, Women's Oppression, The Structure of Women's Lives, Women's Agency, Gender Construction, Feminism etc.

Australian Bureau of Statistics 

Electronic copies of ABS publications and statistical tables are free. Also provides access to a growing collection of historical statistics.

Society and Culture Association

The SCA is a valuable network for teachers and students to share resources and expertise throughout New South Wales.

Assessment Resource Center

Contains example student responses to past examination questions and tasks. 

The Parliamentary Library of Australia

A useful research paper designed to answer some of those frequently asked questions about who was the first, youngest, oldest, most often (and so forth) in Australian federal politics, also some stats for state government as well.

The State Library of NSW e-resources

Access free databases with your Kiama Library card, including: Informit Families & Society Collection, Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies, ProQuest Social Science Journals, and Making Multicultural Australia.

National Library of Australia 

Access a a great range of e-resources, including AIATSIS Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Archives of human sexuality and identity- LGBTQ history and culture since 1940, and Australian Data Archive.