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Country Towns of Australia
 
Australian Jewish Democratic Society (Kew, Vic) - concerned with Jewish affairs, local and overseas issues
Jewish Australia - directory to all aspects of life in Australia's Jewish communities
National Council of Jewish Women of Australia (NCJWA) (Caulfield, Vic) - non-profit, voluntary, national Jewish women's organisation which promotes social justice, human welfare and the advancement of women in Jewish and general communities locally, nationally, and internationally
National Police Ethnic Advisory Bureau
 
Riding for the Disabled Association of Australia
Fetes Festivals and Fundraisers - guide to resources, vendors and information on how to run a successful event
 
Aussie School House (ASH) - part of a larger, global, multi-dimensional community, comprised of educators, businesses, government and community organisations, which uses the Internet to provide opportunities for life-long learning and a virtual meeting place where people of all ages and backgrounds can collaborate, interact, develop, publish, and discover resources
Regional Institute Ltd (Gosford, NSW) - independent, non-profit on-line publisher of educational and research information which provides access to more than 3000 full-text HTML documents (including conference papers, articles and reports covering agriculture, natural resource management and community development) contributed by authors from more than 50 countries
 
Australian Libraries Gateway
National Library of Australia
National Archives of Australia
Australian Capital Territory
Australian National University Library
Distributed Systems Technology Centre
Victoria
State Library of Victoria
Queensland
Directory of Queensland Public Libraries
State Library of Queensland
John Oxley Library
Brisbane City Council Libraries
Bond University Library
Griffith University Library
Queensland State Archives
Queensland University of Technology Library
University of Queensland Library
University of Southern Queensland Library
New South Wales
State Library of New South Wales
University of NSW Library
Australian Digital Theses Program
Western Australia
Curtin Prime Ministerial Library (Curtin University of Technology, WA) - holds the archive collection of Australia's WWII Prime Minister, including personal papers, photographs, official government documents, election materials and speech transcripts
 
Adelaide University (SA)
Australian Catholic University
Australian Defence Force Academy (ACT)
Australian National University (ACT)
Bond University (Qld)
Central Queensland University
Charles Sturt University (NSW)
Curtin University of Technology (WA)
Deakin University (Vic)
Edith Cowan University (WA)
Flinders University (SA)
Griffith University (Qld)
James Cook University (Qld)
La Trobe University (Vic)
Macquarie University (NSW)
Monash University (Vic)
Murdoch University (WA)
Queensland University of Technology
RMIT University (Vic)
Southern Cross University (NSW)
Swinburne University of Technology (Vic)
University of Ballarat (Vic)
University of Canberra (ACT)
University of Melbourne (Vic)
University of New South Wales
University of New England (NSW)
University of Newcastle (NSW)
University of Notre Dame Australia (WA)
University of Queensland
University of South Australia
University of Southern Queensland
University of Sydney (NSW)
University of Technology, Sydney (NSW)
University of Western Australia
University of Western Sydney (NSW)
University of Wollongong (NSW)
University of the Sunshine Coast (Qld)
University of Tasmania
Victoria University of Technology
 
ACROD (National Industry Association for Disability Services) (Canberra) - represents over 550 non-government, non-profit organisations, which collectively operate several thousand services for Australians with all types of disabilities, including intellectual, physical, psychiatric and sensory
Alcoholics Anonymous Australia (Beaconsfield, NSW) - fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism, with the only requirement for membership being a desire to stop drinking
Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) (Kelvin Grove, Qld) - peak professional association for rural medical education and training in Australia, committed to providing the highest quality of medical care to patients in regional, rural and remote communities throughout Australia
Australian Divisions of General Practice - aims to enhance communications amongst doctors across Australia (and beyond), to build a community spirit amongst Australian doctors, to reduce the isolation of individual practitioners, to link Divisions of General Practice, and to facilitate the retrieval of information relevant to medical practitioners
Australian Drug Information Network (ADIN) - national portal to quality-assured information about drug services, research and links
Australian Health Care Association (AHA) (Canberra) - non-profit industry association of hospitals and health services which works to enhance the management, quality and accessibility of healthcare for all Australians
Australian Institute for Commercialisation (AIC) (Brisbane) - focuses on promoting entrepreneurship and the commercialisation process through networking, research, training , education, and financial services, drawing upon overseas and Australian models, concepts and experiences to establish best practice processes
Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) (Canberra) - aims "to ensure that Australians are empowered with personal choice and rapid access to affordable hospital care of the highest quality, to champion the cause of private hospitals in delivering the very best in hospital care to patients, to promote and protect the interests of private hospitals, their owners and operators, and to proactively interact with members, to ensure private health care continues to be dynamic in meeting the ever-changing needs of the Australian community"
Australian Society for Medical Research (AMSMR) - aims to foster excellence in Australian health and medical research, and to promote community understanding and support for health and medical research in Australia
Australasian Menopause Society (AMS) - aims to improve the quality of life of women during and after the menopause by promoting the study of all aspects of the menopause and the application of that knowledge, promoting discussion of issues associated with the menopause, and encouraging multidisciplinary approaches to these issues
Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (ASUM) (Willoughby, NSW) - multidisciplinary society whose primary role is to assist in disseminating scientific information, provide education and set standards of practice in this continually developing specialty
Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Australia (Kidsafe)
Children's Cancer Institute Australia (CCIA) for Medical Research (Sydney) - the only research institute in the country solely devoted to research into the causes, prevention and cure of childhood cancer
Childrens Hospitals Australasia (CHA) (Canberra) - represents children's hospitals and major children's units with teaching responsibilities in all States and Territories of Australia as well as New Zealand, and advocates for children, especially their health needs
Health Leaders Network - provides health leaders with leading edge learning programs and networking opportunities unavailable elsewhere
Jean Hailes Foundation (Clayton South, Vic) - provides quality health care to women via research, community and professional education, and clinical care which empowers women to make informed choices about their own health
Lymphoedema Association of Australia (Malvern, SA) - encourages research into lymphoedema (lymphedema) and its treatment, and spreads information about these among doctors, therapists and patients
Heart Foundation of Australia (Deakin, ACT) - independent Australia-wide, non-profit health organisation which aims to improve the heart health of Australians and to reduce disability and death from heart and blood vessel disease by promoting and conducting research and promoting and influencing behaviour which improves heart and blood vessel health
National Rural Health Alliance (Canberra) - the peak national body working to improve the health of Australians living in rural and remote areas
Neuroscience Institute of Shizophrenia and Allied Disorders
Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA) (Deakin, ACT) -- provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, knowledge and information on public health, and advocacy for public health policy, development, research and training
Women's Hospitals Australasia (WHA) (Canberra) - national not-for-profit organisation which advocates for the health care needs of women and neonates in Australia and New Zealand
 
Australian Academy of Science
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) (Canberra) - the professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector, which seeks to empower the profession in the development, promotion and delivery of quality library and information services to the nation, through leadership, advocacy and mutual support
Australian Institute of Management (AIM) (St Kilda, Vic) - facilitates management and leadership excellence by promoting, supporting and developing the profession of management in all its forms
Australian Performance Management Association (APMA) - non-profit professional association which aims to provide a forum for the free exchange of information and a network of colleagues in Earned Value Project Management and other quantitative project management disciplines
Australian Technical Analysts Association
Brisbane Institute - independent and non-partisan "ideas marketplace", funded by a cross section of Universities, Government departments, Corporations and individual members, where anyone is welcome to attend our seminars, policy briefings and conferences, join in the discussion and share their own ideas
Judicial Conference of Australia (JCA) - open to all serving and retired judges in Australia and to masters, judicial registrars and magistrates
Managers and Professionals Association (MPA) (Melbourne) - not-for-profit membership organisation of managers and professionals, and students across a range of disciplines, which represents and advises on employment-related issues for both employees and the self-employed
Institution of Engineers, Australia
Law Council of Australia (National Council of Lawyers) (Canberra)
National Institute for Theoretical Physics
Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Professional Societies - health related
Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology (ANZSN) - represents professionals in the kidney dialysis community
Australian Association of Neurologists (AAN) (Sydney) - aims to ensure that high standards of clinical neurology are practised in Australia by playing an active role in training, continuing education and the encouragement of teaching and research
Australian Institute of Medical Scientists (AIMS) (Milton, Qld)- professional association representing medical scientists working predominantly in hospital and private medical laboratories in Australia
Australian Medical Students' Association (AMSA) - represents all medical students at all eleven medical schools around Australia
Australian Rheumatology Association (ARA) - the professional body of consultant physicians who specialize in the assessment and management of musculoskeletal and inflammatory disorders
Australasian Society for Clinical & Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists (ASCEPT) (Lilydale, Vic) - the peak professional society devoted to advancing excellence in clinical and experimental pharmacology and toxicology in Australasia
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) (Sydney) - peak Australasian organization representing the medical and health sector in HIV/AIDS and related areas, which aims to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS by supporting educational and professional activities
Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) (Sydney) - represents qualified professionals whose primary clinical practice interest is cardiology or cardiac surgery
Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) (Sydney) - peak body for the disciplines of gastroenterology and hepatology which promotes the advancement of knowledge and standards in the prevention and treatment of diseases of the digestive system and the liver
Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) (Surry Hills, NSW) - professional body which promotes the study of the science of pathology as it relates to medicine
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) (Sydney, NSW) - promotes, encourages, and provides for the advancement of the study of the sciences known as diagnostic radiology, diagnostic medical imaging, and radiation oncology
Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) (New Zealand Branch) - promotes, encourages, and provides for the advancement of the study of the sciences known as diagnostic radiology, diagnostic medical imaging, and radiation oncology
Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) (Sydney and Wellington) - fellowship of medical specialists who are committed to providing the highest quality of care in internal medicine and paediatrics and their sub-specialties for the people of Australia and New Zealand
Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) (Sydney & Wellington) - aims to promote, encourage, and provide for the advancement of the study of the sciences known as diagnostic radiology, diagnostic medical imaging, and radiation oncology
Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) (South Melbourne) - professional body which represents pharmacists practising in Australian hospitals and similar institutions
Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) (Sydney) - society of scientists, doctors, transplant coordinators and research students with an interest in all forms of transplantation
Professional societies - science related
Institute of Australian Geographers (IAG) - the principal body representing geographers and promoting the study of geography in Australia
Association of Professional Engineers, Scientists and Managers, Australia (APESMA) (Melbourne) - represents professional employees in several areas including engineering, science, surveying, architecture and information technology
Association of Consulting Surveyors Australia (ACSA) (Deakin, ACT) - independent, not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the continued development of a prosperous private sector of the surveying profession which provides services of the highest quality for the benefit of society
Australian Computer Society (ACS) (Sydney) - recognised association for Information & Communication Technology (ICT) professionals, which acts as the public voice of the ICT profession and the guardian of professional ethics and standards in the ICT industry, with a commitment to the wider community to ensure the beneficial use of ICT
Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) (Adelaide) - fosters research, teaching and industry in biochemistry and molecular biology through regional and national meetings, newsletters and the encouragement of visits by scientists from overseas laboratories
Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM) (Melbourne) - professional society devoted to furthering the science of microbiology by providing a framework for professional development through networking, continuing education and in the establishment of codes of practice for microbiologists across Australia
Federation of Australian Scientific and Technological Societies (FASTS) (Canberra) - represents the interests of some 60,000 scientists and technologists throughout Australia, with the aims of significantly influencing the formulation of science and technology policy, and improving the overall climate for research and development, to bring useful economic, environmental and social benefits to Australia
Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI) (North Melbourne, Vic) - the qualifying body in Australia for professional chemists and a learned society promoting the science and practice of chemistry in all its branches
 
 
 
Youth
AusYouth - initiative of Federal Department of Youth Affairs
Guides Australia
Scouts Australia