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ausculture newsletter February 2006

Welcome to Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal Newsletter for February 2006.

It's fabulous February and time to enjoy fantastic festivals in Canberra, Perth, Sydney, and Adelaide as well as the biggest ever free cultural festival to be held in Australia - Festival Melbourne2006, held as part of the Commonwealth Games - and let's not forget the National Fiddle Festival on the Hawkesbury, NSW. Festivities for the Chinese Year of the Dog continue and we can reflect on Australia's folklore with some fantastic online journeys.

Check out our new and revised Australian stories this month:
Chinese New Year (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/chinese/),
Australian Folklore (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/folklore/)
Festivals (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/festivals/)

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NEWS

Snippets from our regularly updated News pages for February 2006 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/

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- FESTIVALS (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/festivalsandconferences.htm):

'Land Marks' - Melbourne

To coincide with the staging of the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the Indigenous Galleries has been completely rehung with the major exhibition 'Land Marks'. This exhibition identifies important moments in the history of Indigenous art and acknowledges a succession of legendary figures who continue to inspire Indigenous artists today. The exhibition runs from 10 February - 11 June, at The Ian Potter Centre, NGV Australia, Federation Square, Melbourne.

http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/indigenous/

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Adelaide's Art Festivals - South Australia

Adelaide Fringe 2006 runs from 24 February to 19 March, while Adelaide Bank Festival of Arts runs 3-19 March. Events range from an Architecture symposium to Writers' and Artists' Weeks to live performances. Both festivals include some free events. See the festival websites for full programs.

http://www.adelaidefestival.com.au/
http://www.adelaidefringe.com.au/ticketing/Home.aspx

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- WEBSITES (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/websites.htm):

Golden Threads Project

Chinese Australian have played an important part in our national heritage. By exploring the Chinese presence in parts of regional NSW, the Golden Threads Project acknowledges and celebrates the work of local museums and Chinese-Australians in collecting and presenting our Chinese history. Their contributions are celebrated here through people, sites, objects and stories.

http://www.amol.org.au/goldenthreads/

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- DIGITAL MEDIA (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm):

AIMIA Awards - Adelaide

The 12th Annual AIMIA Awards are on March 3 at the Adelaide Convention Centre. Australia 's interactive media industry awards are for the best in digital content and interactive media. There are 22 categories including best entertainment, interactive TV, finance, eCommerce, sport, advertising, mobile, cross-platform, government, learning, games, lifestyle, children's and more. Finalists are listed on the website.

http://www.aimia.com.au/awards/

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- DESIGN (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/design.htm):

Launch Pad 2006

Launch Pad is a mentoring program for Australian designers that aims to move design prototypes into production. This year, Launch Pad will hold an exhibition of the finalists in Melbourne as well as displaying them in Sydney at Saturday in Design 2006. Entries should be of prototypes ready for production. Entries close 1 May.

http://www.indesign.com.au/main.cfm?page=calendar&calid=128

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- COMPETITIONS http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/awardsandcompetitions.htm):

Notebook: myStory Competition

Notebook:'s myStory competition is for true stories up to 1000 words. Write about an episode in your life - it can be about overcoming a major obstacle, an amazing journey, a life changing experience or something extraordinarily funny, as long as it's true and original. The winning stories will be published online at NotebookMagazine.com and maybe even be published in an upcoming issue of Notebook: Entries close 6 March.

http://www.notebookmagazine.com/competitions/competition.php?cid=17

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For further details of these and other Australian cultural and recreational news items visit our regularly updated News pages at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/.

The news pages are updated weekly.
They cover
- Announcements (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/announcements.htm)
- Awards and Competitions (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/awardsandcompetitions.htm)
-Design (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/design.htm)
-Digital Media (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm)
-Exhibitions and Events (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/exhibitionsandevents.htm)
-Festivals and Conferences (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/festivalsandconferences.htm)
-Language and Literature
(http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/languageandliterature.htm)
-Sports and Recreation (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/sportandrecreation.htm)
-Websites (http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/websites.htm).

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