Ingham Library and Halifax Library serving the Hinchinbrook community

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Come into the Library to browse through ABS statistics concerning the Australia, Queensland and our local area. Information is available in book format, on CD and online. Ask the Library staff for assistance. CLICK on the ABS logo  to view the 2001 Basic Community Profile (in Excel file format) for the Hinchinbrook Shire.

CLICK on the ABS Data button and you will find much of the data they make available is FREE - e.g.. Australian Social Trends and Census data.

FOR FURTHER STATISTICS VISIT YOUR LIBRARY!!! The Hinchinbrook Library Service is a members of eLEP an Australian Bureau of Statistics service to the Australian community utilising the Public Library network. The Library recieves numerous ABS publications free through this network and is also able to access data online for our patrons that would otherwise attract a fee. Just ask our staff.

	ABS DATA
	2006 CENSUS DATA HINCHINBROOK
	BASIC COMMUNITY PROFILE (MS Excel file) for Hinchinbrook
	INDIGENOUS PROFILE (MS Excel file) for Hinchinbrook
	SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS QUEENSLAND LOCALITIES Click here to search for statistics about towns and suburbs throughout Australia
	REGIONAL PROFILE HINCHINBROOK
	SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDEXES FOR AREAS (SEIFA), AUSTRALIA (each table covers ALL AUSTRALIA so you need to search for Hinchinbrook in the list of Queensland areas)
	QUEENSLAND DATA Data about Queensland over time (view past releases to see changes)
	REGIONAL POPULATION GROWTH, QUEENSLAND,1996 to 2006 Estimated Resident Population
	ABS EDUCATION RESOURCES
	QUEENSLAND OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND STATISTICAL RESEARCH - Local Government Area Profiles (Updated monthly) You can select a single LGA or multiple LGAs to create your own user-defined region. Click on the arrows to Add to the selected regions list. A customised report based on the selected region/s is then generated by clicking on Run Report button

 

How to understand the components of ABS documents from their website (www.abs.gov.au)

Australian Statistics on the Internet

Ozlife indexes articles on prominent Australians in all walks of life, including musicians, authors, politicians and business executives.

DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY

Where is...? Find maps and directions to anywhere in Australia from anywhere in Australia

Oxymorons.info for those who get a laugh out of language

for those passionate about language

ASK a librarian NOW online to research a question of interest to you.

  University of Queensland Virtual Reference collection

EarthTrends is a comprehensive online database, maintained by the World Resources Institute, that focuses on the environmental, social, and economic trends that shape our world.

the Australian Government publications guide

Parliamentary Library issues updates

Picture Queensland

Browse images by theme

OR

Browse by region

For historical images of Australia

Manuscripts Queensland

A gateway to the private documentary heritage of Queensland

Manuscripts Queensland is a major resource discovery initiative of the State Library of Queensland, providing online access to finding aids of the original material collections held in the John Oxley Library and the Johnstone Gallery Archive, a collection held by the James Hardie Library of Australian Fine Arts.

For Images of the Australian Environment

CIA World Factbook

A website that allows users to generate graphs based on numerical data extracted from the CIA World Factbook.

Provides headlines and links to the day’s top science news stories, as well as links to major subject areas in science, health, and computing.

FREE ONLINE STUDY GUIDES

Useful websites for Barrier Reef Institute of TAFE students

MAPS of the World - find a place with National Geographic

Australianscreen is a look at the Australian film and television industry, from its earliest days to the present featuring thousands of online film clips.

Ingham Library and Halifax Library serving the Hinchinbrook community