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ausculture newsletter November 2004

Welcome to Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal Newsletter for November 2004

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2004 Digital Content Industry Action Agenda Industry Forums

The Australian Government has initiated an industry action agenda for the digital content industries following two years of research by the Creative Industries Cluster Study. http://www2.dcita.gov.au/ie/environment/drivers/creative_industries

The 2004 Digital Content Industry Action Agenda Industry Forums are being held this month. The DCIAA forums are an opportunity to inform, learn and share opinions. The forums are designed to encourage participation from industry members, capture their input and use it to navigate a progressive path for the Digital Content Industry.

They will be held in the Coles Theatre in the Powerhouse Museum in Ultimo, Sydney, on 24 November (between 3 - 6pm) and in Cinema 1, Australian Centre for Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne, on 25 November (between 3 - 6pm). Read more about the DCIAA at http://www.dcita.gov.au/arts/film_digital/digital_content_industry_action_agenda

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The Australian Interactive Media Industry Association (AIMIA) will be organising a telephone survey of digital content industries to support the work of the Digital Content Industry Action Agenda. This survey will take place in early December. If you are called, your participation will greatly assist in creating a picture of Australia's content industries.

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Remembrance Day 2004
Today Australians celebrate Remembrance Day, which commemorates the armistice that ended the First World War in 1918. Each year Australians observe one minute's silence at 11am on 11 November to remember those who died or suffered in all wars and armed conflicts. Of the Australian population of 5 million, 300,000 young men went to the First World War, and of those, 60,000 died and 156,000 were wounded or taken prisoner.

For more details about Remembrance Day please visit our Remembrance Day article at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/remembrance/

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Snippets from our What's New page for November 2004 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/
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Telstra Rally Australia is one of Western Australia's major international sporting events, and in 2004, drivers from more than 15 countries will spin their wheels in Perth between 11 - 14 November. Drivers will not only contest the title on the stopwatch but will also race side-by-side on a purpose built track in the heart of Perth.
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The Heritage Collection is an ongoing, changing exhibition highlighting the State Library of New South Wales' collections in the Mitchell Wing, Sydney. On display is a rare 17th century Chinese export ware punchbowl depicting a scene of Sydney Cove before 1820.
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The Canberra Firestorm exhibition is a visual storybook of the bushfires that devastated the Canberra community in January 2003 and is on display at the Canberra Museum and Gallery, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory until 19 December 2004. View Walkley award-winning footage of the fires filmed by Richard Moran, a photojournalist for the Nine Network, which documents a terrifying chapter in Canberra's history.
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Athletics Australia (AA) is set to undergo major changes to its structure, coaching and governance after a major review which was chaired by former Olympic champion Herb Elliot, and performed in conjunction with the Australian Sports Commission. The review recommends 128 changes and some of these changes are already in place.
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For further details of these and other Australian cultural and recreational news items visit our regularly updated What's New page at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/.

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