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culture.gov.au | September 2008

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September - Sassy suffragettes celebrated Wit, intelligence, determination and perseverance were key attributes of Australian suffragettes. Vida Goldstein sparkled as the first woman to stand for Parliament (1903). Louisa Lawson, proprietor of Dawn: a Journal for Australian Women (1888 - 1905), commented dryly in 1891 that in 100 years surely no-one would believe that women had to campaign for suffrage. Mary Lee and others travelled on horses, bullocks and camels to collect 11,000 signatures in South Australia and the Northern Territory. In Victoria, 30,000 women petitioned Parliament. Aboriginal women were finally granted Commonwealth suffrage in 1968. Once elected, Australia's first women politicians, Edith Cowan and May Holman in Western Australia, devoted their energies to changing the laws so that women could study law, and access health services. While acknowledging the role of the suffragettes, Her Excellency Quentin Bryce, Australia's first female Governor-General, exemplifies their attributes. The subsequent capacity for Australian women in the arts, including film, has gifted them with ‘a daring release of design and modernity of style’ that has helped define Australian modernism and Australian women. New and revised Australian Stories Governors-General Australian suffragettes Women in politics Female filmmakers	Quick links Home News feed Australian Stories News Design & architecture Digital media & film Festivals & conferences History & identity Indigenous arts Language & literature Performance Resources & funding Sport & recreation Visual arts Websites - new
Featured event WOW Film Festival - Sydney, followed by national tour 1-2 October 2008 The World of Women (WOW) Film Festival is touring Australia, highlighting the talents of women directors, producers, writers, editors and cinematographers in the Australian film industry. It is a unique festival that offers emerging and established filmmakers the opportunity to screen short works along the theme "seeing the world through the eyes of women." More...
Featured website Australian Women's Archives Project - Showcase The National Foundation for Australian Women established the Australian Women's Archives Project (AWAP) in 2000 to build knowledge and recognition of the contribution made by women to Australia. The showcase highlights particular groups including women who received Imperial honours, candidates for NSW Parliament, in sport and science as well as migrant women.
News snippets Design and architecture culture.gov.au/news/design.htm Perth Fashion Festival - Perth 1-30 September 2008 Perth will be awash with fashion fever as the annual Perth Fashion Festival, presented by the City of Perth, showcases the latest Spring/Summer collections. More...
Digital media and film culture.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults - National 15-19 September 2008 The Auburn International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults was established to provide a platform for works by children, youth and adults whose subject matters are about or for children and youth. More...
Festivals and conferences culture.gov.au/news/festivalsandconferences.htm Darebin Music Feast - Melbourne 6-21 September 2008 The Darebin Music Feast is a festival dedicated to song-writing and community music, in all its diverse forms. It is an all-inclusive festival that includes hundreds of events and celebrates the musical diversity of one of Melbourne's most thriving musical communities. More...
History and identity culture.gov.au/news/historyandidentity.htm Caroline Chisholm and Sydney's Female Immigration Depot - Sydney Ends 31 October 2008 The Female Immigration Depot, operating from 1848 to 1886, was the primary reception and hiring depot in Sydney for 'unprotected' females. A new display and online exhibition explores the immigrant women's voyages to the colony. More...
Indigenous arts and culture culture.gov.au/news/indigenousarts.htm Jan Billycan, Kirriwirri - Broome, Queensland Opens 29 August 2008 Jan is one of the seminal artists from the Yulparija Artists movement, a painter of such intense and internalised quality that her paintings seem to sing to the viewer. More...
Language and literature culture.gov.au/news/languageandliterature.htm 2008 Australian Poetry Festival - Sydney 5-7 September 2008 The Australian Poetry Festival is a biennial program of readings, panel sessions, discussion and debate, organised by the Poets Union to engage poets and the public in poetry and poetics. More...
Performance culture.gov.au/news/performance.htm The Red Shoe – Canberra 28 August – 9 September 2008 Jigsaw Theatre Company presents The Red Shoe, an adaptation of Ursula Dubosarsky’s award winning novel. Engaging local and national artists, The Red Shoe explores the story of three sisters growing up on Sydney’s Palm Beach in 1954 set against the backdrop of the Cold War. More...
Resources and funding culture.gov.au/news/resourcesandfunding.htm Open Access and Research Conference 2008 - Brisbane 24-25 September 2008 Researchers, academics, and educators with interests and expertise in open access will benefit from this conference. The conference topic is Media, communications and cultural policy. More...
Sport and recreation culture.gov.au/news/sportandrecreation.htm Blackmores Sydney Running Festival - Sydney 21 September 2008 Last year the Blackmores Sydney Running Festival raised over half a million dollars for charities including the Heart Foundation, Osteoporosis Australia, Cure Cancer Australia, the Cancer Council and the ING Foundation. More...
Visual arts and crafts culture.gov.au/news/visualarts.htm Misty Moderns - Australian Tonalists 1915 - 1950 - Adelaide 14 August - 19 October 2008 Misty Moderns is the first major exhibition to tell the story of Australian Tonalism; a movement championed by the influential and often controversial painter Max Meldrum, which reached its peak during the inter-war period. Included in the exhibition are works by Meldrum's best-known pupils Clarice Beckett, Percy Leason and Colin Colahan. More...
Websites - new culture.gov.au/news/websites.htm FORM \| Building a state of creativity FORM is an independent cultural organisation which works to enhance Western Australia's competitiveness and creativity through creative, cultural and social capacity building projects. Guided by the principle of Creative Capital, FORM develops and manages projects across four program areas that aim to stimulate creative, sustainable and connected communities. More...
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