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Our free ebooks may be read on a computer or mobile device using aweb browser or by using free or low cost e-reader software. Referto our HELPfile for more information. All books are in the 'public domain' inAustralia and all have been prepared by volunteersBrowse all our FREE EBOOKS in AUTHOR order. Most are exclusive tothis site. Over 4,000 titles to choose from!Or, go directly to one of our popularebooks:and and converting our files for use onPCs, ebook readers, mobile phones and tablets.RECENT ADDITIONSCheck out details of entire collection and ourlatest releases.COPYRIGHT IN AUSTRALIAAustralian copyright law determines which ebookswe can host at Project Gutenberg Australia.The First World War.2014 the centenary of the beginning of the Great war. This pagedetails a number of ebooks about ANZAC and the conflict ingeneral. Library of Australiana. Free ebooksby Australian writers, or about Australia!Australia's Greatest Books. Anumber of Australian 'classics' which are available as freeetexts.Dictionary of Australian Biography. Biographies ofmore than 1000 people prominent in the development of Australia;explorers, artists, politicians, scientists, etc. All died beforethe end of 1942. An online free ebook.Australian Discovery. Thefirst authenticated landing on Australian soil occurred in 1606. In2006 Australians celebrated the 400th anniversary of the event.This page covers the period from 1606-1770. Many free ebooks.Australian Explorers. Achronology of Australian exploration with links to relevant freeebooks, together with an extensive list of Australian explorers andtheir biographies.Australian ExplorersJournals. A virtual library of free ebooks, written by theexplorers themselves.Australian History. Freeebooks relating to Australian History.The First Fleet. Details of theFirst Fleet which arrived in Australia in 1788.Maps and Charts relatingto the Discovery of Australia by EuropeansMaps and Charts relatingto the Exploration of Australia by EuropeansTimeline of Australian History. Alist of of significant dates in Australian History.Australian Currency. Detailsof people who have appeared on Australian currency.List of Burials at Camperdown Cemetery, Sydney.Camperdown is one of Sydnet's early cemeteries. About 18,000 people were buriedthere. Pioneers at Peace: The Story of St John's Cemetery, Gordonby Jill Lyons provides a history of St John's Church and Cemetery at Gordon, onSydney's Upper North Shore. It also provides interesting information aboutburial customs over the years and gives biographical details of many of thoswhose final resting place is St John's. Accompanying this book is a complete record of all of thoseburied at St John's Cemetery Gordon, including photographs of the monuments. Thesesquicentenary of the cemetery occured in 2017. Goldfields Cemeteries. Hill End-Tambaroora and District Burials. A list of known deaths in the area. Dr. Widger's Library. Dr David Widger has submittednumerous ebooks to Project Gutenberg in the US. They are all listedhere, with links to enable them to be download from PG. Check out"Widger's Quotations", memorable quotes gleaned from the textsthemselves.Bibliotecha Romana[Roman Library] at Roy Glashan's Library whichlists all books on this subject provided by Project GutenbergAustralia'SF'.--Science Fiction,Speculative Fiction, Superhero Fiction, Swords Fiction, SorceryFiction, Spies Fiction, Supernatural Fiction and Scary Fiction.Free ebooks. Read a book today!Science Fiction and FantasyBookshelf at Roy Glashan's Library Crime andMystery. Crime and Mystery titles from our extensivecollection! Drama. Stage and Radio Plays.Westerns.Western titles from our extensive collection!Bestsellers. A listof the top ten bestselling books in both fiction and non-fictioncategories for the years 1923 through 1953. Many are available fromthis site as free ebooks and links are provided. Read a bestsellingbook today!The Western World'sClassics. More than 500 world 'classics', most of which areavailable as free ebooks.Women Writers. Books in ourcollection by 20th Century female authors.Rare Books. A collection of pageimages of rare and important books.Children's Literature--Free ebooksof classic children's stories.Biography and Autobiography.Biographical and Autobiographical free ebooks at Project GutenbergAustralia and Project GutenbergVoyages and Travels. Freeebooks covering Voyages and Travels in all parts of the world.Nobel Laureates at ProjectGutenberg. A list of winners of the Nobel Prize for Literaturewhose books are represented at Gutenberg Australia and ProjectGutenberg.Cookery and Home Science. Freeebooks covering cooking the old-fashioned way.Karen People ofBurma.Papua New Guinea Walking Some historic books about recreational walking in Australia.Ebooks are digitised versions of paper books. That is to say,they are computer files. The ebooks available from ProjectGutenberg Australia, all of which are free of charge, are usuallyprovided in 'txt' or 'html' format and can be read on any personalcomputer or laptop, using a text editor such as Notepad,which comes bundled with every copy of Microsoft Windows, orwith a web browser such as Internet Explorer orFirefox. However, when this basic method is used to readebooks one is not able to bookmark pages for future reference orjump to a particular chapter from the Table of Contents.These shortcomings, have been overcome by the development ofsoftware specifically designed to read ebooks on personal computersand laptops. Good examples are Tom's eTextReader fromFellnersoft and yBook and yRead from SpacejockSoftware. This software boasts many features to make the experienceof reading ebooks more rewarding. The yRead software willeven read the book back to you, using a synthesised voice. You wantmore, I hear you say. Well, both offerings are free of charge andcan be downloaded directly from the internet. MicrosoftReader software, for both PC an PocketPC is also very popular.The meaning of words can be looked up in a dictionary, andbookmarks can be added. Check out the Microsoft Reader site. Go tothe Download page for free downloads. There is more information onthis subject on our help page.Of course, books are not usually read while one is sitting infront of a computer. We want to be able to carry them with us andread them while sitting on a train, or while resting in an easychair or at the beach. This need for mobility precipitated thedevelopment of proprietary ebook reading devices (ereaders). Suchdevices have been around for quite a few years now, with varyingdegrees of success. Recently we have seen the release of severalnew offerings, including the Sony Reader and the AmazonKindle. The iRex iLiad, iRex DR1000S, HanLin andCybook are ebook readers which are also available inAustralia, at the time of writing this article.The software available for use with these devices often allowsfor ebook files to be converted into a format which makes theebooks easier to read on a particular device. The 'epub'format, a free and open standard set by the International DigitalPublishing Forum (IDPF), may, in time, become a universal standardfor ebook publishing so that ebooks published in epub format can beread on any ereader.Many people use a personal digital assistant (PDA) or a tabletor mobile phone, such as the iPhone, to read ebooks. Oneusually needs to convert the basic text file or html file, whichcomprises the ebook, into a file format more suitable for displayon the device's screen. Calibre software was specificallydeveloped for just this purpose and may be downloaded from theCalibre web site, free ofcharge.The HTML format is used universally on web sites to displaycontent. Many of the ebooks available from Project GutenbergAustralia are provided in html format. By using this format, it ispossible to display images in the ebooks and to provide a Table ofContents from which users can jump to the start of any chapter inthe ebook. The use of coloured text and different printer fonts canalso be used to enhance the appearance, readability and utility ofthe ebook. Some of the software and devices mentioned above supporthtml files, however images which are displayed in the html filesoften cannot be seen on those devices. There is more information onthis subject on our help page.This article is intended to provide practical information forpeople who want to enjoy reading ebooks. Should you require furtherinformation please refer to our Help filewhich provides information on reading, downloading and convertingour ebooks.You may also contactus. We will certainly help you if we can.[Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader, Blackberry, handheld device,ebooks, etexts, epub, ereader, ipod, iphone, ipad, mobi, azw,Galaxy tab, tablet.]

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