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Commonwealth Games Melbourne 2006 - Australia's Culture Portal

Cathy Freeman, with the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games identity logo. Photograph courtesy of Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. The XVIII Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne from 15 to 26 March 2006. ...

2008 Yirrkala Petition presented to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd at Yirrkala - Australia's Culture Portal

Nhukala ganydjarr'yu nhunhi nhe ngurrungu walalangu malangura nhuma walala rrambangi, Australian Parliament-ngura, ga ngurrungu Dharuk-mirri nhangu Garraywu Queen Elizabeth-gu, yurru nhandarryun-marama djinawa-lili Australian-dhu luku-wu rom-dhu yurru dha...

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 jazz - mainstream - Australia's Culture Portal

Australia has had a strong and vibrant jazz scene since the 1920s, commencing with visiting performers and reciprocated by Australian jazz performers touring regularly in America and Europe. Mainstream jazz centres on 'swing', although most jazz styles co...

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...

National parks - Australia's Culture Portal

Blue Lake, Kosciuszko National Park. Australia has over 500 national parks. Most of our national parks are managed by the States and Territories of Australia; however the Commonwealth of Australia manages six national parks and a further 13 marine parks...

Royal visits to Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Street decorations in George Street during the visit to Sydney of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, June - July 1920, photograph: b&w. The 1867-68 visit of the little-known Prince Alfred to Australia was the very first by a member of the British Royal family. ...

Sydney Opera House - Australia's Culture Portal

Sydney Opera House from the harbour. The skyline of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the blue water of the harbour and the Sydney Opera House, viewed from a ferry or from the air, is dramatic and unforgettable. The Sydney Opera House was included in the Nation...

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NMA Collections Search - HM Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Visit 1954, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>Set of three circular metal pin badges with brown coloured portraits of Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh. The badge has the text: H-M QUEEN ELIZABETH II / ROYAL VISIT 1954 / H-R-H THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH. Collection name>Professor ...

NMA Collections Search - Visit to Victoria of HRH Queen Elizabeth the Second and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, 1954   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. Collection statement of significanceThe Professor Peter Spearritt collection No. 2 is divided into four categories; British Royal Family memorabilia, Australian Republic Movement material, T-shirt...

NMA Collections Search - Queen Elizabeth Park, Mt Gambier, SA   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Black and white photographic postcard of "QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK, MT. Collection name>Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. ...

NMA Collections Search - Entrance to Queen Elizabeth Park, Mt Gambier, SA   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Black and white photographic postcard of the "ENTRANCE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK, MT. Collection name>Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. ...

NMA Collections Search - Entrance to Queen Elizabeth Park, SA   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Black and white photographic postcard of the "ENTRANCE TO QUEEN ELIZABETH PARK, MT. Collection name>Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. ...

NMA Collections Search - Hand-tinted photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip waving to crowd from the back of an open-topped vehicle   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. Collection statement of significanceThe Professor Peter Spearritt collection No. 2 is divided into four categories; British Royal Family memorabilia, Australian Republic Movement material, T-shirt...

NMA Collections Search - Colour programme of events scheduled for the celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Brisbane, 1953   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>A 36 page, colour printed programme of events scheduled for the celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Brisbane. Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt collection no. 2 is divided into four categories; British Royal Family...

NMA Collections Search - Souvenir program of the visit to Bathurst by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, 12 February 1954   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>A paperback souvenir programme, the cover features a colour photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and text "VISIT TO BATHURST / OF / HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II / AND HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF EDNIBURGH / SOUVENIR PROGRAMME / FRIDAY, FEBRUA...

NMA Collections Search - Royal Visit Souvenir Program (for visit by Queen Elizabeth II to Canberra in 1954)   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Paper pamphlet celebrating the visit to Canberra in 1954 by Queen Elizabeth II. Titled 'Royal Visit Souvenir Program'. ...

NMA Collections Search - Home-made scrapbook with a colour picture of Queen Elizabeth II with handwritten title "The Royal Tour"   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Description>An eight page home made paperback scrapbook, the cover features an applied coloured printed photograph of Queen Elizabeth II as an infant and has handwritten text above the image "THe royAL TOur". Collection name>Professor Peter Spearritt col...

NMA Collections Search - Black and white photographic postcard of Queen Elizabeth Drive, Bondi Beach, Sydney N.S.W.   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Black and white photographic postcard of "Queen Elizabeth Drive / Bondi Beach / Sydney N.S.W.". Collection name>Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. ...

NMA Collections Search - Life On The Ocean Wave - or - The Queen Elizabeth's Relief   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. The image is titled "LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE - OR - THE QUEEN ELIZABETH'S / RELIEF." Collection name>Josef Lebovic Gallery collection no. ...