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Animation in Australia - Australia's Culture PortalAustralian animation is internationally recognised, Leisure (1976), Harvie Krumpet (2003) and Happy Feet (2006) have all won Oscars. Leisure employs cell style animation, Harvie Krumpet is made using the method of stop-motion claymation and Happy Feet fe...
Australia has a strong and vibrant history of political cartooning. Since the 1830s, when political cartoons were first featured in Australian newspapers, they have provided satirical, witty or humorous comment on political and public affairs, social cus...
Australian children's literature rests on the enthusiasm and talents of many individuals, including a great many more Australian writers, illustrators and books than can be listed in this article. The earliest books published for children were mostly ins...
Australian novels are an impressive collection of written works, and represent a dynamic body of excellent writers, some with significant international awards to their credit. The Australian poet Alec Hope said that, 'The Bunyip of Australian literature ...
Australian language, letters and literature in Australia has been influenced by Aboriginal storytelling, convict tales and the desire by colonists to relate their experiences in a new country. Similarly, the bush ballads of Henry Lawson and Andrew 'Banjo...
The Sydney Gazette, first published by ex-convict George Howe in 1803. George Howe was also permitted to print Australia's first newspaper from a humble shed located at the rear of Government House. The Sydney Gazette was the only newspaper circulated i...
Modern Australian poetry seeks to tell Australian stories and truths with a poetic significance so that 'they sear into the soul and can never be untold' (Dorothy Porter). The Jindyworobaks encouraged Australian writers to express themselves in language ...
Section of a glossary of Australian terms, 1936, Allan & Co. Image courtesy of National Library of Australia. Linguists and other cultural theorists value the study of Australian colloquialisms as a way of observing how the Australian character has develo...
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,...
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Readers First, APN Editor–in–chief Terry Quinn said, is aimed at providing ‘useful, relevant and compelling journalism attuned to readers' interests’. At the corporate level, marketing and editorial executives developed Readers Fi...
Papers of the Rouge Australian Feminist Newspaper. 5. Rouge National Conference Sydney, summary of the minutes, January 1980 6. Report from a meeting between Sydney and Melbourne Collectives regarding the problems of national co-ordination of newspaper, ...
BILL Gates wouldn t get a job in Australia because he has no local experience, says Ailis Logan, the founder of Tribus Lingua, a consultancy assisting skilled migrants find jobs. Ian Little, the author of Project Australia: Land that Engineering Job in ...
The paper outlines the work achieved on the National Library of Australia,Äôs newspaper digitisation program to date http://www.nla.gov.au/ndp). The service also supports a key objective of the Australian Newspaper Plan (ANPLAN http://www.nla.gov.au/anpl...
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Exploring the Roles of Digitisation and Microfilming in Preserving Australian Newspapers for Permanent Access [Report] This paper was prepared by Hilary Berthon for the Microform & Imaging Review. It outlines some of the activities of the Australian News...
The National Library is committed to the preservation within Australia of the total output of Australian newspapers, and developed its newspaper retention and preservation policy with the national newspaper plan in mind. 3.67 The Library will also enter ...
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