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ausculture newsletter February 2005

Welcome to Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal Newsletter for February 2005

The staff at the Culture and Recreation Portal would like to extend our very warmest wishes to you for a happy and prosperous New Year.

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With 2005 underway we thought you might be interested in a look at calendars from other cultures. In particular learn about Chinese New Year, in this the Year of the Rooster. Have a look at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/chinese/

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OZeCulture Conference - 'Magic, Money and Myth'

Register NOW to avoid disappointment! Early bird registration closes on 25 February 2005.

The Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts is pleased to invite applications from people interested in presenting papers at the OZeCulture Conference.

OZeCulture is the national conference about culture, digital content and ebusiness and will cover all aspects of the use of digital media and the Internet to produce, promote and distribute cultural products and services.

The conference will be held in Byron Bay, New South Wales, from 7 - 8 April 2005. OZeCulture will cover all aspects of the use of digital media and the Internet to produce, promote and distribute cultural products and services.

For more information visit the conference website at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/conference4/.

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Snippets from our What's New page for February 2005 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/
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Telstra A-Series Athletics
Australia's finest track and field athletes will take on a selection of international athletes from Commonwealth nations at the Telstra A-Series Athletics meets. The series kicks off in Perth, Western Australia on 22 January 2005 and makes its way to most capital cities. Come along and see the best Australia has to offer in action.
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Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2005
The 2005 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will be bigger than ever with over 100 events on the program. This year's Mardi Gras will run from 4 February until 6 March 2005 in various venues around Sydney. Some of the 'Festival essentials' include the Fair Day, the Parade and the Party as well as some Cabaret, Comedy, Dance, Film, Forums, Literature, Music, Party, Queer Media, Sport, Theatre, Tours, Visual Arts and Workshops
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Prix Ars Electronica 20050 - International Competition for CyberArts
Arts, technology, science and society collide in the 19th staging of this dynamic competition. Calls for entries are now underway and the closing date is 11 March 2005. There are seven categories running the gamut of the various disciplines in the cyberarts.
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Araluen Galleries
An Art Gallery of South Australia touring exhibition, Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri has reached Araluen Galleries in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, and will be on show until 13 March 2005. Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri was an original founder of the contemporary Aboriginal art movement in the early 1970s at Papunya, Northern Territory.
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For further details of these and other Australian cultural and recreational news items visit our regularly updated What's New page at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/.

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We have another free email newsletter - the Portal contributors' newsletter - produced and distributed by the Culture and Recreation Portal for the owners and managers of websites listed or indexed by our site.

The Portal contributors' newsletter focuses on the online environment, website design, technical innovation, educational opportunities and provides specific information to ensure sites can be indexed successfully through our portal.

If you are one of the more than 3,200 Australian culture and recreation websites in our directory, you can subscribe to the Portal contributors newsletter at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/contributors/.

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