culture.gov.au
Connecting you with Australian culture online
Latest news
Monthly newsletter
Featured Stories
Australians on the Western Front Australian troops entertaining themselves at the front-line Songs of war and peace: from heroes to loss and protestTop 10 Stories
Australian weather and the seasons European discovery and the colonisation of Australia Great Barrier Reef The Australian Gold Rush Australian Indigenous cultural heritage Melbourne Cup Convicts and the British colonies in Australia Australian food and drink Sydney Opera House The Great Depression
Contribute
Search results
Australian Stories matching your query...
Melbourne Cup - Australia's Culture PortalPhotograph courtesy of the Victoria Racing Club. Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup....
And nowhere is this more apparent than in the actions of our front-line troops—soldiers or nurses—whether in the trenches, as prisoners of war or on leave. The significance of sport for Australian soldiers, from the First World War through to...
People born during this period became known as baby boomers. Combined with an increase in European migration to Australia, the baby boomers changed Australia (and the world) in the second half of the 20th century. Australian journalist Mark Davis argues...
Nicola Finetti, Dress of silk georgette, silk chiffon and metallic embroidery on silk organza. Fashion can be defined by colour, cut, cloth, garment type, garment styles and interpretation of looks. Chinese silk embroidered shawls and Chinese surcoats b...
For those living in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, football usually refers to Australian Rules Football. In the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, and Queensland, it could mean rugby league ...
When Australian Edward 'Ned' Trickett won the world sculling championship on London's Thames River in 1876, he became Australia's first sporting star. Cashman, R, Sport in the National Imagination, Sydney, Walla Walla Press, 2002, p. Cashman, R, Sport i...
The first recorded tennis tournament played in Australia was held in January 1880 on the courts of the Melbourne Cricket Club. The Australasian Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) was Australia's first national tennis body. Australia has a long and successfu...
Documents matching your query...
Music Australia - John Farnham and Glenn Wheatley, Melbourne Cup, ca. 1990 (website MusicAustralia )John Farnham and Glenn Wheatley, Melbourne Cup, ca. In collection: Rennie Ellis: Aussies all. Purchased from Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive through Josef Lebovic Gallery, 2007. ...
John Farnham and Glenn Wheatley, Melbourne Cup, ca. In collection: Rennie Ellis: Aussies all. Purchased from Rennie Ellis Photographic Archive through Josef Lebovic Gallery, 2007. ...
After last year's race being taken out by a Japanse horse, lets hope an Aussie horse takes it out this year - or even better - one of the two West Aussie horses: Black Tom or Scenic Shot. 1st time in Melb Cup. <br />I actually went to MELB CUP 4 yrs...
A Win bet: If your horse wins the race, you win! A Place bet: If your horse comes 1st, 2nd or 3rd, you win! A Quaddie bet: If you're feeling lucky, try and pick the winners of the four Quaddie races. ...
So we all had a flutter on the Melbourne Cup 2009, but how did you do? Below is the list of winners. Login or Sign Up to reply to this topic....
Melbourne Cup Day is fast approaching and the debate has arisen that Melbourne Cup should be an official holiday. He is demanding that one of the State,Äôs biggest building companies gives its workers the day off for the Melbourne Cup, saying that any bos...
<p>I found a list <a href="http://www.melbournecupclub.com.au/melbourne-cup-carnival/racing-information-latest-entries.asp" target="_blank">here</a>. dudes - makeyebe deva will come back from retirement to win win win hahahahahaha!!!!!!! Login or Sign Up ...
Silly humour or a cheap publicity stunt? The 'Midget Cup' held in Melbourne caused a bit of a stir this week. To see the full story and video please visit the Reuters website....
The David Hayes horse at number 23 in the Melbourne Cup, Changing Of The Guard, has been scratched from the race Radio National often provides links to external websites to complement program information. While producers have taken care with all selectio...
http://www.abc.net.au/unleashed/stories/s2743845.htm br>Prior to his retirement from the Army in 2005 he was the Chief of the Australian Defence Force. Comments on this story appear on ABC Unleashed and on the ABC Fora site. http://www.abc.net.au/unleash...
Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Printed text underneath the image reads "NEWHAVEN. Time - 3.28 1/2." Printed to the right of the image is text which reads "MAIL CARD. ...
Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Printed text underneath the image reads "ACRASIA. Time - 3.28 1/4." Printed to the right of the image is text which reads "MAIL CARD. ...
Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Printed text underneath the image reads "MALVOLIO. / Time 0 3.29 1/4." Printed to the right of the image is text which reads "MAIL CARD. ...
If you can see this message, you are probably not seeing this site in the way it was designed. This site uses cascading style sheets (CSS2) to control the way in which elements are displayed on the page.
You will still be able to access everything in this site, but we do recommend you upgrade your browser to a more recent, standards compliant, browser.