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Australian flora - Australia's Culture Portal

One of Australia's greatest treasures is her flora - a staggering 24,000 species of native plants have been identified compared to England's 1700 native plants. Australia's native plants vary across the many different natural environments of the country....

Bush songs and music - Australia's Culture Portal

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 ...

Hill End painters - Stories from Australia's Culture Portal

Russell Drysdale, Picture of Donald Friend, 1948. Hill End, a gold-rush town, 85km north of Bathurst in central New South Wales (NSW) is a sacred site in both NSW and also Australian art history. These artists include: John Olsen, Margaret Olley, Jeffre...

Aboriginal trackers - Australia's Culture Portal

With mounting evidence and stories circulating about their seemingly miraculous ability to find people, Aboriginal trackers' abilities became legendary in the minds of white Australians. Paul Raffaele, Aboriginal tracker Teddy Egan and son. The Australi...

Australian rocks and mountains - Australia's Culture Portal

Other rock structures in Australia, like Uluru, Mount Augustus and Bald Rock, have been described as monoliths. Uluru is located in the National Heritage Listed Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park about 335km to the south-west of Alice Springs in Northern Ter...

Theatre in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal

Like other art forms, Australian theatre has built on previous traditions and developed over time, shaped by local and international artistic movements, events and trends. Australian theatre history incorporates the stories of many actors, entrepreneurs,...

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Campbell Wattle Photographs - 1921   (more info)

These photographs were published in 1921 in a book titled 'Golden Wattle Our National Floral Emblem', by A.J. Campbell. The author introduced a figure in each photo 'for idealistic purposes'. A selection of the photos are reproduced on this website to ill

Helen Duley - Australian landscape paintings   (more info)

The website of artist Helen Duley, featuring contemporary Australian landscape paintings with a focus on the mystery and beauty of golden wattle trees.

Helioscreen   (more info)

Helioscreen has developed sun-screening products including internal helioscreen, external helioscreen, linked blinds, sundeck awnings and classique romans. Helioscreen's fibreglass fabric takes the heat out of the sun before it hits the glass while still

Table Tennis New South Wales   (more info)

Table Tennis NSW is responsible for the development and administration of Table Tennis in New South Wales. The website includes a Calendar, Associations and Clubs listing, Playing Venues, Country League, Junior and Youth leagues, and Tournaments & Results

Rotapix   (more info)

Rotapix Interactive Media is an Australian provider of online solutions, specialising in search engine optimisation (SEO), search engine marketing (SEM), corporate branding, online marketing, online consulting and Google Analytics.

Rowing NSW   (more info)

Official site for Rowing NSW, includes details of club, events and links to other NSW clubs and international rowing associations.

Australian Canoeing Online   (more info)

This is the web site of the peak body for canoeing in Australia. It includes information on canoe polo, slalom, sprint, marathon and wildwater canoeing. There is also news on the sport and a calendar of upcoming events.

NSW Swimming Association   (more info)

The NSW Swimming Association website provides information about swimming clubs and districts, records, championships, meets, grants, scholarships, development and much more.

artsACT   (more info)

As the ACT GovernmentÆs arts agency. artsACT provides policy advice to the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Indigenous Affairs on a broad range of arts related issues.

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Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

irn=173903&search=wattle+design&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=224859&search=wattle+design&site_id=3 > D7741 Panel of Beech - Wattle design http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=206469&search=wattle...

Yellow-haired September: a reflection on the national floral emblem in AJ Campbell's Golden Wattle   (website Australian Humanities Review )

These are not my words, but rather the opening lines in my late grandfather's seminal short book or photographic essay on Australian wattles titled, Golden wattle, our national floral emblem, published in September 1921. Archibald James Campbell (1853-19...

Winter Wattles - July - Scribbly Gum - ABC Science Online   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

Why do some wattles bloom in winter while so many other plants hunker down for the cold weather? Sydney golden wattle (Acacia longifolia), probably the best loved wattle on the east coast. Thanks to the humble wattle tree, the winter landscape of the bus...

Winter wattles › Scribbly Gum (ABC Science)   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

Thanks to the humble wattle tree, the winter landscape of the bush and of many Australian gardens glows with golden light, despite the cold weather. Where: East Gippsland, VICSouth coast of NSW Upper Hunter, NSW Pilliga Scrub, northern NSW. Another well...

National Museum of Australia - Wattle   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

In 1988, Australia's bicentennial year, golden wattle's status as the national floral emblem was officially proclaimed. From 1992, 1 September became National Wattle Day. Early Wattle Day activities included the planting of wattle trees and botany lesso...