This survey reviews uses made of information technology (IT) by historians in Australian universities in their professional work since the early 1980s. Included in the discussion are examples of IT applications in teaching, quantification research, oral and Aboriginal history, collaborative projects with major institutions, professional communication, and research publishing. General observations are also provided on the educational and cultural contexts within which Australian historians work.
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Fisher, R. (2003). Diggles down under [CD-ROM]. Brisbane, Australia: Brisbane History Group.
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Goodall, H., & Flick, K. (1994). History and interactive multimedia: hi tech gimmick or a new form for community history. Public History Review, 3, 2-17.
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McLachlan, R. (2003). Blurring the edges: HST209 Public History’s online classroom. History Computer Review, 19 (Final Issue), 61-67.
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McLachlan, R., & Messing, J. (1994). Recycling history: ACD-ROM project on the cheap. History Microcomputer Review, 10 (2), 14-22.
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Ritter, L. (1989). Russ Rev: The creation of a historical simulation. History Microcomputer Review, 5 (1), 27-30.
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Turnbull, P. (2000). Australian history, hypermedia and the World-Wide Web. Public History Review, 8, 44-57.
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Turnbull, P. (2002). Engaging with history complexity in the virtual environment: The South Seas project. Archives and Manuscripts: The Journal of the Australian Society of Archivists, 30 (1), 66-81.
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Turnbull, P. (2003). Historians, newcommunications technologies and historiography: “Pictures of health,” an Australian history World Web Project (paper) and Pictures of Health (program). In V. Burton (Ed.), Wayfarer: Charting Advances in Social Science and Humanities Computing [CD-ROM]. Chicago: University of Illinois Press.
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Vickers, A. (1999, July). “Trade Winds”: An interactive simulation for the teaching of Southeast Asian history. In Virtual Histories, Real Time Challenges, a joint symposium of the Australian Historical Association and the State Library of New South Wales. Available at www.jcu.edu.au/aff/history/conferences/virtual/vickers.htm
