World Heritage Sites

Uluru is estimated to be 600 million years old.

A World Heritage Site is a place (such as a building, city, complex, desert, forest, island, lake, monument, or mountain) that has been deemed as being of cultural or historical significance. These sites are examined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and if found suitable are included in the list of World Heritage Sites.

There are a few keywords that could help you find information in your search; these include:
·         World Heritage
·         World Heritage site/s
·         International World Heritage Programme
·         UNESCO

If you want to find information about a specific world heritage site then you should use the name of the site as your search term, also think about alternate names for the site. For example ‘Ayers Rock’ is also known as ‘Uluru’.

Try some of the above terms in the library online catalogue; we have some great physical resource on world heritage sites.

If you go to the Information desk online webpage on the Library website you will see that you have access to encyclopaedias like World Book and Britannica. These resources will have information on world heritage sites.

Some websites you might find useful

UnescoWorld Heritage List
This is the actual World Heritage Site list. If you are in doubt as to whether the area you want to research for your assignment is classified as world heritage you should definitely check out this page. If you then click on the site you are interested in it will provide you with some information on the site.

Australia’s World Heritage – Australian GovernmentDepartment of the Environment

This has some great information specific to Australian heritage sites. The list of Australian sites is here if you click on one of the options it will provide you additional information. The 'Heritage' page is a good resource also.

Australian Geographic World Heritage Sites

This site has some spectacular images of the sites and some good information too. Great for some history and background information.

Incas

 

The Incan Empire was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. There is a lot of information about the history of the Incan Empire and we are going to look at the best ways to find it.

There are a few keywords that could help you find information in your search; these include:

·         Inca

·         Incan Empire

·         Ancient Americas

·         History Peru

If you are looking for more specific information you need to use specific terms. For example if you wanted information on a particular area you might use the name for that area; like, ‘Machu Picchu’ or ‘Cusco’ or 'Cuzco'. If you wanted to know about things like religion, cuisine or war I would suggest adding those terms after the word ‘Inca’ or ‘Incan’. We have some fantastic physical resources in the library you can look at.

If you go to the Information desk online webpage on the Library website you will see that you have access to encyclopaedias like World Book and Britannica. In fact there is some great information on the Incan people on the Britannica website. http://www.britannica.com/topic/Inca

If you then go to the Reference Databases webpage try using the word “Inca” to search in the databases Ancient and Medieval History and Modern World History, these have some great information.

Some websites you might find useful

Gold and the Incas http://nga.gov.au/Exhibition/Incas/
This is the webpage related to an exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia. It has some fascinating artefacts and information. Make sure you click the ‘Learn more’ button to access the full information and catalogue for this exhibition.

The page Incas from the British Museum also has some great information. http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/cultures/the_americas/incas.aspx

The Incas http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/incas/collier.htm This page has some fantastic historical information about the Incan Empire.

The Inca Empire http://mysite.du.edu/~ajenniso/IncaEmpire.html

This website has some interesting historical information on the people as well as some of the places.