Electronic resources beginning with ‘M’

Updated annually, this online Australian dictionary includes the Macquarie Thesaurus online

Multicultural Australia and Immigration Studies (MAIS), produced by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs Library, is a bibliographic database that indexes and abstracts a wide range of media from published and unpublished material on all aspects of Australian immigration and multicultural issues.

Making Multicultural Australia website is currently being developed by the Office of the Board of Studies NSW (OBOS) and the Department of Education and Training (DET). The site will include more than 3000 pages of articles, research, teacher guides, lesson plans, audio interviews, video clips and Australian multicultural artworks. Its major purpose is to assist teachers in developing anti-racist materials for use in many subject areas. New research is being added by Dr Andrew Jakubowicz of the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).

Includes business, residentail and government phone numbers for Malaysia

Online version of the local paper, serving the communities of Manly and Warringah in Sydney.

An index to selected articles from the Manly Daily from 1991 to the present, created by Manly Library staff. The library plans to extend the index coverage to all articles from 1959 onwards.

MAPCO's aim is to provide genealogists, students and historians with free access to high quality scans of rare and beautiful maps. Featuring digital images of maps of London and Adelaide. Maps currently online include London 1767 and 1850 and Adelaide 1880. More maps will be added over the next few months.

National Archives of Australia website Mapping our Anzacs is a tool to browse 375,971 records of service in the Australian Army during World War I according to the person’s place of birth or enlistment.

Scanned images of complete nineteenth century atlases and maps, such as Bromme's, Alison's and Cornwell's atlases.

Online maps of select towns in New South Wales.

Online maps of select towns in New South Wales.

This website, developed by Mary-Anne Warner, covers the movement of mariners and passengers into Sydney from NSW State Records Shipping Inward lists from the Shipping Master's Office. This is an ongoing project and volunteers are invited to contribute. Lists for the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s are almost complete, with 1880s and 1890s to follow, and the aim is to cover the period up to 1922.

The area of special interest is arrivals in the colonies of New South Wales, Morton Bay and Port Phillip. More particularly, the focus is on unassisted passengers from 1826 to1900, and again within that section, the lists of unassisted passengers arriving from 1854 to 1900 (NRS reels 399-560).

These records can include name of ship; masters; tonnage, where from; date of arrival; seamen's names, station, age and nation; passengers' names and very occasionally occupation; stowaways; deserters; births at sea; deaths at sea; and details of ships arriving from non-UK ports.

You can search by year, month and then ship's name or by keyword (ie: passenger's name or vessel name ) to see a transcribed record of passenger lists and links to scans of the original lists. The Ship's Master's signature is usually found at the bottom right corner of the scanned passenger list.

It is noted that not all clerks / masters who entered the information onto these lists were uniform in their presentations. In some instances scant details are included, e.g. Lucey & family, servants rarely had their names recorded, some crew members are listed with all details and others with just their name.

These lists were completed as each vessel arrived in Sydney Harbour. Therefore we expect that the information is as accurate as was possible in those circumstances.

The website has a glossary taken from the Queensland State Archives 'Brief Guide to the use of Immigration Records' which explains the following terminology : Emigrant or immigrant; Free passages; Assisted passages; Nominated or remittance passages; Indentured immigrants; Full paying passengers; and the Bounty system.

The website has another page on whaling vessels, noting that there are two kinds of whaler : (1) vessels which stay at sea for up to three years and both catch and process the whales; and (2) vessels which service the needs of shore whaling parties. These are basically traders and merchants. In New Zealand waters, about 75% of the first type were from America. The second type were mostly of Australian origin.

Compiled by Vaughan Evans of the Australian Association for Maritime History - in association with the Australian National Maritime Museum - the 3 volume Marine Illustration Index to illustrations of ships, ports and places, from three 19th-century illustrated newspapers, consists of the following:

Vol 1: Illustrated Sydney News 1853 - 1889

Vol 2: Illustrated London News 1842 - 1891

Vol 3: Australasian Sketcher 1873 - 1889

Index abbreviations used are as follows: s = Full rigged sailing Ship - three or more masts each square rigged on all masts; bk = Barque – a vessel of three or more masts, square rigged on all but the aftermost mast; bg = Brig – a vessel of two masts, square rigged on both; sch = Schooner – a vessel of two or more masts fore and aft rigged on all; ps = Paddle steamer; sws = Stern wheel steamer; ss = Screw steamer; tss = Twin screw steamship; HM or HMS = Ship of the Royal Navy/British warship; RMS = Royal Mail Ship; cw = Colonial warship; fw = Foreign warship; and USS = United States ship/ American warship.

Covers people, places, events, industry and landscapes in the suburbs of the Marrickville local government area. These images are from the Marrickville Library Services Local Studies collection.

Compiled by Nicholas Vine Hall and published in 2005, this CDROM indexes 11,736 images of identified vessels held in eight different collections of the Mitchell Library section of the State Library of New South Wales. These collections include the Small Pictures File: Ships; Ships Pictures Card Catalogue; Nichols Collection; Harold Schultz Collection at PXA 677; the Best Collection and the Dickson Gregory Collection.

It is a valuable resource for researchers looking for a photograph of a particular vessel. There are no images of vessels on this CDROM as it is only an index, which then advises where you will be able to obtain a copy from. Vessels cover the years 1500 through to 1991.

Set out in column format, the information supplied consists of the following: Name of Vessel; Rig; Date; Source Code; Source Reference; Tons; Masts & Funnels; Other Details; and Country of Association. There is also a 50-page introduction listing all the abbreviations.

In 1995, Nick Vine Hall also published a 3-fiche Ships' Pictures Index, 1491-1991: an Index to Ships' Pictures in Print. This is held in the SRL Family History Service at REF 10/N623.18016/1 and in ML at REF 1/MAV/FM6/577.

Master Index to Ships Pictures of America (1492 - 2002)

Transcribed, indexed and published by Nick VINE HALL

Have you ever wondered what the ship looked like on which your ancestors' sailed on to the New World?

This database contains some 10,839 entries and is national in coverage. It concentrates on sailing vessels of the 18th end 19th centuries that brought emigrants to America from the Old World. It is an index to the locations of images and does not contain pictures of the vessels. Compilation took over 10 years to complete.

Details given include name of vessel, rig, build year, tonnage, masts, funnels and other information, such as name of master, ports sailed between, port belonging to, place of build and date lost or broken up. Not all entries have all of these details shown. Merchant and naval vessels are included.

MasterFILE™ Premier contains full text periodicals covering general reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues, etc.

It also contains full text for reference books, biographies, primary source documents, and an Image Collection of photos, maps & flags.

Pictures, sounds and objects from New Zealand's archives, galleries, libraries and museums.

This Maths portal produced by Wikipedia provides information about mathematical topics such as trigonometry, algebra, calculus, chaos theory, statistics and geometry, including formulas. The alphabetical List of Mathematical Topics is particularly detailed. Includes histories of maths and mathemeticians.

(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, USA)

Information on diseases and healthy living.

Provides contact details, qualifications and employment history for doctors practising in Australia. Includes specialists and other healthcare professionals. Can be searched by postcode, language spoken and specialisation.

Images and descriptions of thousands of medals from around the world. Search by country and then by medal or ribbon.

Media Scan is a bibliographic database featuring articles indexed from daily newspapers, and is specifically designed for students and researchers in Australian Secondary schools, TAFE Institutes and Universities. Media Scan does not provide the full text of the articles indexed. You will need to find copies of the articles you require in the newspapers kept in your school library or, local public library.

This site provides information about useful resources for tracing medieval English genealogy.

Covers over 3000 international medical journals. The key index for recent medical research. Medline does not index consumer health journals.

(National Library of Medicine, USA)

Gateway to over 650 health topics, a mix of short and indepth explanations.

(National Library of Medicine, USA)

Information on various therapies, herbs and dietary supplements. Also news reports on research in this area.

(National Library of Medicine, USA)

Listing the names of thousands of those working and residing in Melbourne and surrounding areas.

(Mental Health Association NSW, Australia)

Information on mental health and support services.

Metro Magazine, published by the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM), produces study guides on movies for primary and secondary schools teachers and students.

The official site of the Miles Franklin Literary Award includes a list of winners and judges' reports for the last ten years.

Australasian popular music of the 60s and 70's. Articles on the groups and solo musicians of the period.

A fulltext Australian database of clinical and consumer information on drugs and medications including prescription medications, over-the-counter and complementary preparations. Includes information on adverse drug interactions, as well as a disease index, directory of support services and a handbook of diagnosis.

A database and mineralogical reference containing worldwide data on minerals, mineral localities and other mineralogical information.

This database provides access to literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Over 3,000 journals are indexed. Monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies and other formats are also covered.

Access via Literature Resource Center. Click on MLA International Bibliography with Directory of Periodicals on the Other Searches menu.

As part of Mosman Library's Local Studies Service, there is a Mosman Memories of Your Street online 'living history' project which allows past and present residents to contribute memories and photos of the streets of Mosman. The site provides a list of Mosman streets and the stories and photos that have been submitted for each street.

There is a Mosman Voices: Oral Histories Online which provides access to the Library’s extensive oral history collection. Subjects discussed include : Balmoral; Boronia; Cave Dwellers; Cinema; Clifton Gardens; Curlew Camp; Dairies; Friends of Bradley Bushland Reserve; Games; Housing; Mavis Sykes Ballet School; Midget Submarines; Mosman Library; Mosman Musical Society; Parriwi Road; School; Second World War; Shops & Shopping; Sirius Cove; Social Life; Spit Junction; Storms; Swimming; Taronga Zoo; The Amphitheatre; The Depression; The Influenza Epidemic; The Spit; Traffic; Trams; Woolbuyers; and Work.

There is also an online database for the Mosman Library Images Collection which has some 1,400 images of Mosman. These consist of photographs, drawings and maps from 1789 to the 1980s, and includes the Carroll Collection which was donated in the 1950s by former Mayor and amateur local historian, Dalton Jack Carroll.

Search for movie reviews by title. Includes recent and forthcoming releases, award winners, and other lists.

This collection contains thousands of videos which range from classic full-length movies, to daily alternative news broadcasts, to user-uploaded videos of every genre.

This site aims to provide a complete annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources available on Internet, and to present new Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet.

Street maps from all over the world

MusicAustralia is a new project of the National Library and ScreenSound Australia, the National Screen and Sound Archive. It aims to provide web-based access to Australian music resources and information, including sheet music and audio files.

A Fairfax employment website.

MyLanguage provides access to search engines, web directories and news in over sixty languages. MyLanguage is a partnership between the State Libraries of NSW, QLD, SA, VIC, and WA and the NT and ACT Library and Information Services.

(MIMS Consumer Health Group, Australia)

Information on a range of conditions, tests and treatments.

(MIMS Consumer Health Group, Australia)

Consumer information on over 2,000 medications that are available in Australia.

A joint initiative of Commonwealth, State and Territory governments, designed to help with career guidance, job preparation, training resources and other information.

Provides information on Jewish beliefs, people, practices and holidays and an in-depth look at modern Israel and Jewish-Palestinian relations.

Encyclopedia of ideas, concepts, beliefs, and practices of the occult, mysticism paganism and the paranormal.