O’KEEFE AND IRISH SITES
O’KEEFE INTRODUCTION PAGE: [A welcome to the O’Keefe web sites. Links to other O’Keefe web sites. Newsletter, Queries, Researchers, Surname index.]
TIPPERARY COUNTY, IRELAND: [North County Tipperary (including Ballycahill) web site listing accommodation, Irish genealogy, heritage and historical information.]
KILKENNY COUNTY, IRELAND: [Kilkenny County web site containing historic images, maps and links to other nearby counties.]
CORK COUNTY, IRELAND:[Cork County web site containing many interesting photographs of Cork city, maps of Cork, information on cultural activities, the history of Cork city and Cork county, as well as information on Cork Port and Cork Harbour.]

SCOTTISH SITES
PAISLEY, SCOTLAND: [History and photographs of the town of Paisley, as well as the area of Paisley, history of the Paisley pattern, Paisley Abbey, industries, books, attractions and famous people.]
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND: [Aberdeen city web site containing information about the history of the city, photographs and webcam, maps of the city and an events calendar.]

NEW ZEALAND SITE
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND:[Web site containing information on Christchurch’s heritage, events calendar, tourist information, visitor information, environment and newsletter.]

AUSTRALIAN SITES:
WAGRAGOBILLY, NEW SOUTH WALES: [Web site contains various information about Wagragobilly area, including maps and links to nearby towns of Gundagai, South Gundagai and Tumut.]
CABOOLTURE, QUEENSLAND: (Shows the area around the author’s home): [Caboolture Shire’s web site containing information on history of the area, its local attractions and lifestyle, maps of the area and a calendar of events.]
MORNINGTON PENINSULA FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETY: [A family history society established in 1979 to help people research their family history. The society has a well stocked research library with books, microfiche and microfilm and computer facilities.]
MORNINGTON & DISTRICT HISTORICAL SOCIETY: [The historical society runs the Old Post Office Museum at Mornington. The society covers the history of Mount Eliza, Mount Martha, Moorooduc as well as Mornington. The society also publishes a quarterly newsletter.]
PINE RIVERS BRANCH, RAAFA, QLD. DIV.: [Web site provides information about the activities of the members of the Pine Rivers Branch of the Royal Australian Air Force Association, Queensland Division. Web page has details on the various RAAF memorials and details on the activities of the local Air Cadet Squadrons.]
REDCLIFFE COIN AND PHONECARD CLUB INC.: [The Redcliffe Coin and Phonecard Club meets in the Moreton Bay Region, Qld. in the Woody Point State Special School.]

ONLINE ELECTRONIC BOOKS
“CHARCOAL” WILLIAMS - GOLD IN AUSTRALIA:(Another family history book by Carol McNeill):[Starts in Wales at the end of the 18th Century, follows “Charcoal” Williams, other free settlers, Scottish immgrants, Irish political prisoners and convicts, to the young New South Wales Colony. They become prospectors, miners, farmers, graziers, innkeepers and more and open the wilderness. Their families intertwine and help build the fabric of today’s Australia.]
HISTORY of FORSTER, TIONA, PACIFIC PALMS, SMITHS LAKE and BUNGWAHL, New South Wales, Australia:[The original Aboriginal people, Captain Cook, the first European settler, the rise and fall of shipbuilding and other industries, shipwrecks, personalities, families and the area’s growth into one of Australia’s pre-eminent holiday destinations.]
HISTORY of TUNCURRY, DARAWANK, FAILFORD, NABIAC, WANG WAUK, COOLONGOLOOK, TELERAREE AND KRAMBACH, New South Wales, Australia: [The book tells of Aboriginal people coming to Australia and some of their customs, timber, shipbuilding, fishing, oyster industry, shipwrecks, floods and lives of some of the pioneer families.]
AN AUSTRALIAN PRISONER OF WAR on the BURMA THAILAND (DEATH) RAILWAY: [Elliott McMaster’s experiences with “A” Company, 2/20th Battalion, 8th Division of the Australian Army during World War II. He faced advancing Japanese forces on the Malay Peninsula and Singapore, was capatured by the Japanese and spent years as a Prison of War in Singapore and “D” Force on the Burma Thailand Railway. He was liberated and returned to Australia in 1945.]

MUSEUMS
Australian War Memorial, Canberra: [Australia’s National War Museum]
National Museum of Australia, Canberra: [Explores Australia’s land, Nation and People].
Australian Museum, Sydney: [Australia’s first museum, established in 1827 with a collection of natural science and cultural artefacts.]
Caboolture Historical Village Museum: [Historical village museum containing over 70 historical buildings. The web page contains descriptions of the buildings, photographs, local publications for sale and a location map.]

LIBRARIES
National Library of Australia, Canberra:[Australia’s largest reference library containing collections relating to Australia and the Australian people.]
State Library of Queensland:[Australia’s custodian of Queensland documentary heritage. It contains a major reference and research library. It houses a Heritage collection as well as the general collection and provides public library services.
Caboolture Library: [The library provides free library service to the estimated 115,000 residents of the Caboolture Shire through its six branches. Some of the services include library catalogue, news, best sellers, online references and local studies.]