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Comedy is central to Australian cultural identity. Comedy forms the basis of many forms of popular entertainment from live cabaret with stand up comedians to television sketch shows. Australia is a country of climatic and geographic extremes and Austral...
Australian Cultural History Research Links (more info)
The Australian Cultural History page is packed with Australian history links. The links are divided into general research links and more specific areas impacting on contemporary Australian culture.
Cultural Data Online (more info)
Cultural Data Online is the website of the Cultural Ministers Council's Statistics Working Group. It provides free online access to Australian arts and cultural research reports and statistics.
A brief Aboriginal history of Ryde (more info)
The Ryde city council presents a brief Aboriginal history of Ryde to describe the indigenous inhabitants of that area and their languages. It also describes significant Aboriginal people associated with Ryde and the dispossion of the tribes from these ar
An online guide to manuscripts, pictures and oral histories in the National Library of Australia relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
Aboriginal Resistance Timeline (more info)
A timeline of Aboriginal resistance to European invasion, 1790-1997, compiled as a contribution to the Reconciliation process.
Folklore Australia (more info)
Resources in Folklore, Australian and international, for educators, media, librarians, researchers and folklorists.
Australians should resist attempts to include our cultural heritage and to diminish our information access in the trade agreement currently being negotiated between Australia and the United States. The agenda of the American movie and publishing industrie...
AHA/Cultural Institutions Honorary Research Fellowships Application Details will be added shortly. The aim of this scheme is to assist historians with support facilities for research in Australian cultural institutions, normally during periods of study le...
The aim of this scheme is to assist historians with support facilities for research in Australian cultural institutions, normally during periods of study leave. Participating institutions to date are the National Library of Australia, the National Archiv...
CZULAK, J.ìZEF KAROL (1915-1985), bacteriologist and cheese technologist, was born on 18 April 1915 at Miedzybrodzie, Cracow, Austria-Hungary (Poland), son of Leon Czulak, gentleman farmer, and his wife Maria, n. The biennial Joe Czulak award for excellen...
The Collections Council of Australia has worked in partnership with the Mallala and Districts Historical Committee in regional South Australia to develop this community heritage wiki. Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Libraries Built,...
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, appointed three heritage specialists to join Australia's peak heritage body, the Australian Heritage Council. Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Libraries Built, Natur...
The Australian War Memorial opened a special exhibition featuring 81 of these striking works that provide new insights into Australia's military history and identity. Arts Minister Peter Garrett unveiled 900 new names in a Welcome Wall ceremony at the Au...
The Collections Council of Australia has worked in partnership with the Mallala and Districts Historical Committee in regional South Australia to develop this community heritage wiki. Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Libraries Built,...
Federal Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, Peter Garrett, announced federal funding for a raft of heritage conservation projects around Australia, including in Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory and the ACT....
Arts Minister Peter Garrett unveiled 900 new names in a Welcome Wall ceremony at the Australian National Maritime Museum. Federal Heritage Minister Peter Garrett announced funding of more than $2 million to support important conservation and restoration ...
with Lee Lin Chin features 89 images taken by Australian Government photographers during the 1960s and 70s to promote the burgeoning Australian fashion industry. The Australian War Memorial opened a special exhibition featuring 81 of these striking works...
The Collections Council of Australia has worked in partnership with the Mallala and Districts Historical Committee in regional South Australia to develop this community heritage wiki. Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Libraries Built,...
The Australian War Memorial opened a special exhibition featuring 81 of these striking works that provide new insights into Australia's military history and identity. Arts Minister Peter Garrett unveiled 900 new names in a Welcome Wall ceremony at the Au...
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