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- Related: Yearbooks
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- Oxford Reference Online - UOW staff and students only [login required]
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- oanda.com - historical currency exchange rates
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- Related: Journal abbreviations
Journal abbreviations
- All That JAS: Journal Abbreviations Sources - a registry of full title journal abbreviations
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- Bureau of Meteorology - Australia
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Yearbooks
- Year Book Australia (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
- Europa World - UOW staff and students only [login required]
- CIA World Factbook
- Information Please Almanac
- World Statesmen
- Related: Country profiles
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Last reviewed: 2 September, 2009
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