GREAT LAKES, New South Wales, Australia: [Showcases the Great Lakes Area, including Forster, Tuncurry, Hawks Nest, Pacific Palms, Bulahdelah, Stroud, Tea Gardens, Smiths Lake, Coomba Park and Nabiac.]

	HISTORY of PLACES in AUSTRALIA: [This index lists many cities, towns, suburbs and places in Australia with links to Web pages giving the history of that location.]
	DATABASE OF HISTORICAL MATERIALS RELATING TO THE ABORIGINES OF THE NEWCASTLE-LAKE MACQUARIE REGION New South Wales, Australia: [100s of digitised documents and materials about the Awabakal people and language]

MILITARY HISTORIES

AN AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR on the BURMA THAILAND (DEATH) RAILWAY: [Elliott McMaster's experiences with "A" Company, 2/20th Battalion, 8th Division of the Australian Army during World War II. He faced advancing Japanese forces on the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, was capture by the Japanese and spent years as a Prisoner of War in Singapore and "D" Force on the Burma Thailand Railway. He was liberated and returned to Australia in 1945.]

FAMILY HISTORIES

FROM THE ISLAND OF LIPARI (ITALY) TO TUNCURRY, New South Wales, Australia: [Phillipo Sciacca arrived in Australia in 1889. He and his heirs founded a prosperous fishing industry at Forster/ Tuncurry. His sons started the Sydney Fish Markets. This is their story.]

MUSEUMS

	Great Lakes Museum: [Forster / Tuncurry and Great Lakes Region of New South Wales]
	Australian War Memorial, Canberra: [Australia's National War Museum]
	National Museum of Australia, Canberra
	Australian Museum, Sydney
	Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

LIBRARIES

	National Library of Australia, Canberra
	New South Wales State Library, Sydney
	Great Lakes Library, Forster

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