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Mateship, diggers and wartime - Australia's Culture PortalImage courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. The myth of the digger and the larrikin hero is an important part of the Australian experience of pastoralism, the goldfields, bushranging, shearing and droving. The slang term 'digger' re-surfaced during th...
The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting, popular music, films and foods. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals b...
Portrait of Henry Lawson by Sir John Longstaff. Colin Roderick , who published a biography of Lawson called Henry Lawson: a life, suggests that Lawson suffered from manic depression and sought refuge from his mood swings in alcohol. Much of Lawson's work...
The gold rushes of the nineteenth century and the lives of those who worked the goldfields - the 'diggers' - are etched into our national folklore. There is no doubt that the gold rushes had a huge effect on the Australian economy and our development as a...
Image courtesy of AAP Images. For many Australians, the experience of visiting a place where Australians died and suffered during war is a reminder of the real meaning of the day. Defence Minister Robert Hill and Captain Nick Berry during ANZAC day dawn ...
Originally called Armistice Day, this day commemorated the end of the hostilities for the Great War (World War I), the signing of the armistice, which occurred on 11 November 1918 - the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. After the end of World ...
On 25 April every year, Australians commemorate ANZAC Day. During the Second World War, ANZAC Day became a day on which the lives of all Australians lost in war time were remembered. Commemorative services are held at dawn on 25 April, the time of the o...
Unknown photographer, Freda Thompson (1906-1980), Pictured here in 1934 just before take off at Lympne Airport when she became the first Australian woman to fly solo from England to Australia, 1934. Courtesy of National Pioneer Women's Hall of Fame. Avia...
Digital games have come a long way since the days of Pong - and Australian games companies are helping them go even further. This has led to the Australian games industry earning a reputation for quality in a vast worldwide market hungry for new content....
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...
The songs and music that has come from people's experiences of living and surviving in the Australian bush has become known in Australia as 'bush music'. The convict songs of the early days of the Australian colonies became the foundation of Australia's ...
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...
Unknown, Portrait of the bushranger Ned Kelly, 1880, glass plate negative. More books, songs and websites have been written about Ned Kelly and the Kelly Gang than any other group of Australian historical figures. Unknown, Kate Kelly, sister of Ned Kelly...
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At the Movies: You And Your Stupid Mate (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )Name: janine Postcode: NSW Visit Time: 22:54:17 11 May, 2005 EST Title: You And Your Stupid Mate Score: Remarks: David over-rated it. Name: jasmyn Postcode: Victoria Visit Time: 23:38:11 17 May, 2005 EST Title: You And Your Stupid Mate Score: Remarks: ti...
Search Entire RMIT web site -------------------------- Home pages Contact details Degrees, certificates... The program has currently enrolled RMIT students emailing new international students (five for each Mentor) before they leave their home country. F...
FOUNDATION member of MATES Theatre Society, Marnie Went, has arranged a selection of big songs from big movies to bridge the light and shade of drama and comedy in the group’s current production Shades of MATES. The popular Redlands’ community...
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Enjoy this sample from the DVD - the closing song, Mates On The Road, written especially by John for the 'Mates on the Road' tour. This time he took his two mates, Pixie Jenkins & Warren H Williams, with him and in turn the 'Mates On The Road' tour was bo...
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