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This article is from the soc.culture.australian FAQ, by Stephen Wales with numerous contributions by others.

2.1.2 Gopher and WWW

There is now an Australiana Gopher open in Canada, maintained by Tim
Littlejohn (Tim@bch.umontreal.ca)

Name=MegaGopher, Type=1, Port=70, Path=, Host=megasun.bch.umontreal.ca
(gopher://megasun.bch.umontreal.ca)

Stuff of interest on the MegaGopher includes:
- Current and Back issues of "OzNews", News summaries from Australian
newspapers (thanks to Brad Alexander, Ann Nicholson and Shane Dunn)
- Links to Other OzGophers
- Oz Sports news (footy, cricket and Motorcycle racing)
- Interesting Oz Stats
- Latest FAQ

Tim writes: "My collection is small but growing and it's definitely
worth a perusal! If you have any interesting Oz information you want
to see on the gopher, please let me know."

[ NOTE: As of November, 1995, I have information that Tim has relocated
back to Australia (tim@angis.su.oz.au) and is no longer maintaining
this gopher. However, I will leave the reference here for the
time being.....SW ]

"aus" newsgroups seem to be available on the following gopher: [IR]
gopher services.canberra.edu.au 4320
--> 2. USENET News/
--> 3. aus/

* GUIDE TO AUSTRALIA

The Guide is a hypermedia (= hypertext + multimedia) book that draws
together a comprehensive range of up-to-date information about
Australia. It available on-line via World Wide Web at this URL:

http://www.csu.edu.au/education/australia.html

The Guide distills information available on the Web into an organised
collection of pointers to useful information, such as:
- Statistics about Australia and the surrounding region;
- Interactive maps
- Current weather forecasts and satellite images
- The environment, including flora and fauna
- Direct links to all Australian Web and Gopher services
- Postcodes and telephone information
- Travel advice
- General information about Australian society and culture

The editors are: David G. Green (david.green@anu.edu.au),
Jim Croft (jrc@anbg.gov.au).

* Australian Newsletter

There is a newsletter called "Word From Down Under" published out of
LA. The publisher is Neil Brandom. He is an Aussie living in LA. It
contains all the latest info on Oz. Subscriptions for 26 issues cost
$34.95US. You can contact Neil at 72506.23@compuserve.com or write to
him at:
Word From Down Under
P.O. Box 5434
Balboa island
CA 92662

* Other sites

Australian Embassy Washington DC http://www.aust.emb.nw.dc.us/
CIA page for demographic info http://www.odci.gov/

 

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