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The CSIRO is primarily an Australian multidisciplinary research organisation supporting all areas of Australian life. CSIRO stands for: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. Its mission is listed as: "To serve Australia by being the world's most effective multidisciplinary research organisation".
The CSIRO web is the most advanced and oldest of all webs on the Australian Internet. This is definitely a web for researchers, scientists and academics. If you don't fall into these categories have a browse but don't feel too inadequate. YOU ARE NOT ALONE....
The CSIRO Divisional Information Server contains a complete list of known CSIRO webs.
The usage statistics of VICNet's home page say it all.. they are simply exploding. Like Ipswich's Global Info-LInks the project has a community focus. Its main thrust is to provide free access to the people of Victoria to the Internet.
News
A neat little web supplying links to a number of journals and newspapers (including the Melbourne Age).
The Communites of Victoria
Over 25 community groups from Aboriginal to Greek, African to Polish are covered in this web site.
This site provides a wide range of legal material in full text. The information carried includes over 1,500 Commonwealth Legislation Acts and Regulations; law reform reports; law journals - all of which are searchable. Includes index to all Australian and New Zealand legal resources on the Internet.
Telstra owns the Australian telephone system. As such this corporate power, estimated to be worth about Au$24 billion, will and does play a major role in the present and future of the Internet for the Australian community. Telstra also manages AARNet the main Australian Internet access gateway to the world.