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Australian islands - Australia's Culture Portal

World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. However, Australia is actually made up of more than 8,000 islands, including the island state of Tasmania. Norfolk Island is located far off the east coast of Australia. ...

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...

Tasmanian Tiger - Australia's Culture Portal

But perhaps our most mysterious animal is the thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, which is considered to have become extinct in 1936. The now-extinct Tasmanian Tiger. Although commonly called the Tasmanian Tiger or Tasmanian Wolf, the thylacine has more in co...

The changing face of early Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

A lady holding a small child [Quarantine Station], Tom Gray Collection, 3. Image courtesy of Manly Quarantine Station. Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society...

Charles Kingsford Smith - Australia's Culture Portal

Unknown, Portrait of Sir Charles Edward Kingsford Smith, between 1919 and 1927. Sir Charles Kingsford Smith's love of excitement led to career as a pilot. Charles Kingsford Smith was born in Hamilton (a suburb of Brisbane), Queensland, in 1897. ...

Australian Lighthouses Design, Construction Preservation and Restoration - Australia's Culture Portal

The management, preservation and restoration of lighthouses is now shared variously between the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, State Parks and Wildlife Services, maritime museums, local shires, and volunteers. Cape Byron Lighthouse and Residences,...

Convicts and the British colonies in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia:nla.pic-an6065451. From 1788 to 1823, the Colony of New South Wales was officially a penal colony comprised mainly of convicts, marines and the wives of the marines. The majority of women convicts, and m...

Australian fauna - Australia's Culture Portal

Almost all of Australia's native mammals are marsupials. There are only two types of monotreme in the world - the platypus and the echidna - and both of them are found in Australia. Platypuses are found all along the eastern coast of Australia, from Tas...

Australian literary magazines - Australia's Culture Portal

From the Australian Magazine's debut in 1821, Australia's magazine industry developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century through popular titles such as the Bulletin and Melbourne Punch. Alongside these more mainstream publications, a series of small,...

Australian folk music - Australia's Culture Portal

In the early days of the Australian colonies, convict ballads and songs became the foundation of Australia's later day folk music and its first original compositions. Bush songs, ballads and music influenced and defined the folk music of the 1950s. Indi...

Australian sculpture - Australia's Culture Portal

Sculpture is part of many everyday Australian places including streets, public squares, buildings, parks and gardens. The influence of sculpture is obvious in the overall design of some notable Australian buildings such as Federation Square and The Austr...

Australia at a glance - Australia's Culture Portal

Australia is a unique and diverse country in every way - in culture, population, climate, geography, and history. For articles on specific topics about Australian history and culture visit our Australian Stories Index. Australia's population is concentrat...

Great Barrier Reef - Australia's Culture Portal

Image courtesy of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The Great Barrier Reef, off the east coast of Australia, is one of the wonders of the natural world - it is the world's largest coral reef ecosystem. In 2003, the previous Australian Governm...

Reconciliation - Australia's Culture Portal

Reconciliation is about unity and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. It is about respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and valuing justice and equity for all Australians. National R...

Australian Indigenous tools and technology - Australia's Culture Portal

While tools varied by group and location, Aboriginal people all had implements such as knives, scrapers, axe-heads, spears, various vessels for eating and drinking, and digging sticks. Aboriginal people achieved two world firsts with stone technology. T...

Australian lighthouses - Australia's Culture Portal

Mr Salchany, lighthouse keeper of Neptune Islands signals a passing ship, 1963. In Australia, lighthouses are built in harbours, on islands, coral reefs and beaches. Courtesy of the Australian Heritage Photo Library, Department of Environment, Water Her...

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Norfolk Island - The Web Site   (more info)

This site has comprehensive information on Norfolk Island, which is situated 1700 kilometres north-east of Sydney. The site has details of the island's history, colonisation, settlements, government and a virtual tour.

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Australian Landscape Photography | Island Arch | Great Ocean Road | Victoria | Australia | Framed Print with White Matte   (website Chockstone Photography )

Australian Landscape & Nature Photography by Michael Boniwell To buy prints select a thumbnail. Island Arch >Coastal Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia Previous <</a> > Next The Island Archway near Loch Ard Gorge at Port Campbell on Victoriaís Great O...

Australian Landscape Photography | Island Arch | Great Ocean Road | Victoria | Australia | Framed Print   (website Chockstone Photography )

Australian Landscape & Nature Photography by Michael Boniwell To buy prints select a thumbnail. Island Arch >Coastal Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia Previous <</a> > Next The Island Archway near Loch Ard Gorge at Port Campbell on Victoriaís Great O...

Australian Landscape Photography | Island Arch | Great Ocean Road | Victoria | Australia | Framed Print with Off-White Matte   (website Chockstone Photography )

Australian Landscape & Nature Photography by Michael Boniwell To buy prints select a thumbnail. Island Arch >Coastal Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia Previous <</a> > Next The Island Archway near Loch Ard Gorge at Port Campbell on Victoriaís Great O...