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As Australia had no native grape varieties suitable for wine-making, grapes were imported from Europe and much of the wine produced was shipped back to the United Kingdom. Early wine production at Lindemans, established in the Hunter Valley (New South Wa...

Image courtesy of Australian Network for Arts and Technology and Samstag Museum of Modern Art. Wearing textiles and jewellery with embedded technology has undergone a fashionable renaissance with creative designers working across art, fashion, design and...

Before white settlement, Aboriginal people survived off the native plants and animals of the Australian environment for thousands of years. Bush foods such as berries, roots and nectars were a vital part of the aboriginal diet in many areas. In the late...

Eventually, the arrival of people from diverse societies created a cultural diversity that is now an integral part of Australian society and identity. Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. Migration Museum, History Trus...

Protestant and Roman Catholic churches hold Christmas Day services on 25 December. The Eastern churches - the Ethiopian Orthodox church, Russian Orthodox church and the Armenian church - celebrate Christmas on 6 or 7 January. Christmas is the celebratio...

Each year the Sydney Festival offers a rich and diverse program spanning all art forms including dance, theatre, music, visual arts, film, forums and large scale free outdoor events. The National Multicultural Festival is held over two weeks and features...

Image courtesy of the Migration Museum, History Trust of South Australia. The hundreds of thousands of people who arrived in Australia after the First World War greatly influenced Australia becoming a modern society. Image courtesy of the Australian War ...

Image courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th...

Australia is also recognised as producing the world's highest quality woollen fibre – Australian merino wool. John and Elizabeth Macarthur were married in Devonshire in England in 1788. In 1796, John Macarthur bought his first merino sheep from a ...

In 1788 the First Fleet landed at Camp Cove in Port Jackson with the 'cargo' of convicts which helped establish the penal colony of New South Wales. One in five of the convicts to arrive in the penal colony (1788-1823) was female and they made up the lar...

But Australia has a significant and untameable high country where another set of Australian myths and traditions of Australian identity were born - the high country of the Snowy Mountains. The Man from Snowy River is one of Australia's most famous poems ...

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Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival   (more info)

The Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival attracts crowds from a broad section of the community for Queensland seafood, wines, entertainment and the energy that goes with it.

Budburst Wine Festival   (more info)

The Budburst Festival is a celebration of the wine, food and lifestyle of the Macedon Ranges. The emerging buds signal the beginning of the new grape growing season and the arrival of spring.

RiverBank Estate   (more info)

The RiverBank Estate Winery and Restaurant offers premium wines and a menu based on fresh regional produce. A Wine and Food Events Calendar provides information on upcoming events. Introductory and advanced wine appreciation courses are also offered.

Tumbafest   (more info)

Held annually on the last weekend in February in Tumbarumba, on the southern slopes of the Snowy Mountains in New South Wales, Tumbafest is a premier event of music, wine, entertainment and family fun. Includes the Tumbafest Market with a great variety of

La Festa - Faces of Australia   (more info)

Griffith, New South Wales hosts this annual festival of music, food and wine over the Easter long weekend. A celebration of the city's colourful multicultural community and premium wine and food industry.

Frankland River Festival   (more info)

A Fine Food, Wine and Music Festival held in the heart of the Frankland region of Western Australia. The festival will showcase the region's renowned local wine and gourmet food producers as well as providing live home-grown music. The day caters for all

Arts Mildura   (more info)

This website provides information about five Mildura festivals: the Murray River International Music Festival; the Mildura Wentworth Arts Festival; Mildura Writers' Festival; Murray Darling Palimpsest; Mildura Jazz Food and Wine Festival.

Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Harvest Festival   (more info)

The Stanthorpe Apple and Grape Harvest Festival is a celebration of Queensland's Granite Belt produce and wine industry.

Orange F.O.O.D Week   (more info)

Annual festival held in Orange, central New South Wales offering everything from wine tasting to farm gate tours, cooking demonstrations, cabaret, music, picnics and the Colour City Cup race meeting. Also a huge market day called F.O.O.D Affair, and a F.