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Christmas season celebrations in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Protestant and Roman Catholic churches hold Christmas Day services on 25 December. The Eastern churches - the Ethiopian Orthodox church, Russian Orthodox church and the Armenian church - celebrate Christmas on 6 or 7 January. Christmas is the celebratio...

Australian troops entertaining themselves at the front-line - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

The Beach - Australia's Culture Portal

Cable Beach, Broome, north-west Kimberley Coast, Western Australia. Most of Australia's population lives close to the coastline and the beach has long occupied a special place in the Australian identity. Based on this definition, the Coastal Studies Uni...

Australian weather and the seasons - Australia's Culture Portal

Even though the four 'official' calendar seasons have the same names as the northern hemisphere seasons, the weather during these seasons is very different to northern hemisphere weather patterns. Indigenous Australians have long had their own seasonal c...

Military music - Australia's Culture Portal

Military bands have accompanied Australian ceremonies, parades, church services, mess dinners and performed at concerts on innumerable occasions since then. Band musicians and band music owe a great deal to Australia's Salvation Army. Other Australian p...

The Man from Snowy River - Australia's Culture Portal

But Australia has a significant and untameable high country where another set of Australian myths and traditions of Australian identity were born - the high country of the Snowy Mountains. The Man from Snowy River is one of Australia's most famous poems ...

Ben Hall and the outlawed bushrangers - Australia's Culture Portal

Unknown artist, Ben Hall, the bushranger, c. The exploits, capture and death of 'Brave' Ben Hall in the 1860s are part of Australian folklore, as well as marking a historical shift in the treatment of bushrangers. Hall's exploits and the apparent ineffi...

David Mitchell, the Mitchell Library and Australiana - Australia's Culture Portal

In 1907 David Scott Mitchell (1836–1907), a wealthy and obsessive collector of books, made a gift to the people of Australia. David Scott Mitchell, donor of the Mitchell Collection. David Scott Mitchell's revolving bookcase, Bequest of David Scott ...

Easter in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Easter commemorates the resurrection (return to life) of Jesus Christ following his death by crucifixion. Easter eggs are traditionally eaten on Easter Sunday, however stores start stocking Easter treats well before the Easter holiday period. Early on Ea...

Modern Australian fashion - Australia's Culture Portal

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...

Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been established to bring these important health services to remote and regional Australian communities. The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides free emergency and medical care to people w...

Crossing the Great Dividing Range—surveying an ancient land - Australia's Culture Portal

Ernest Revell, Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales, c. In March 1812, the Colonial Surveyor George William Evans was sent to explore Jervis Bay, to determine a possible inland route back to Port Jackson. Other explorers, such as Hume and Hove...

Natural disasters in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Australia experiences a range of 'natural disasters' including bushfires, floods, severe storms, earthquakes and landslides. Fire can often follow drought, and drought can be followed by flood. I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, Of ra...

Australia's modern swimmers and ocean baths - Australia's Culture Portal

Public subscription has supported the construction of ocean baths and swimming pools around Australia. An innovative approach to swimming by Australia's first modern swimmers led to the development of the freestyle swimming stroke - the Australian Crawl....

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Mad About Ewe   (more info)

Mad About Ewe is a ladies barbershop quartet based in Darkan, Western Australia. The quartet sings a wide variety of songs from traditional barbershop uptunes and ballads, to more well known popular songs, comedy items, and Christmas songs. Visit the webs

Northern Territory Library Cyclone Tracy Website   (more info)

Cyclone Tracy devastated Darwin, Australia on the night of Christmas Eve 1974. The website has three main areas: Cyclone Tracy - covers the history of Darwin, Meteorological information - includes general information about cyclones and Oral histories - a

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Hobart: Mornings   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

Hobart: Mornings <dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">JOHN SLUIS</dc:creator> Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:11:05 +1100 > http://blogs.abc.net.au/tasmania/2010/02/my-entry.html http://blogs.abc.net.au/tasmania/2010/02/my-entry.html The Whitlams a...

Compass - 25/12/2009: De-Stuffing Christmas   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

SINGING : On the third day of Christmas my true love gave to me, three milking goats, 2 mozzie nets and some peanuts and a fruit treeÖNARR: These primary school students have decided to buy presents for the developing world this Christmas. NARR : But if ...

Christmas season celebrations in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture Portal )

Protestant and Roman Catholic churches hold Christmas Day services on 25 December. The Eastern churches - the Ethiopian Orthodox church, Russian Orthodox church and the Armenian church - celebrate Christmas on 6 or 7 January. A number of these have beco...

Loss of biodiversity and ecosystem integrity following invasion by the Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean   (website(s) Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts    Environment Australia - Australian Biodiversity )

Nominated name: 'Loss of biodiversity and ecosystem integrity following invasion by the Yellow Crazy Ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes) on Christmas Island, Indian Ocean.' There are three endemic mammals on Christmas Island - the Christmas Island Flying Fox (Pt...