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Easter in Australia - Australia's Culture PortalEaster commemorates the resurrection (return to life) of Jesus Christ following his death by crucifixion. Easter eggs are traditionally eaten on Easter Sunday, however stores start stocking Easter treats well before the Easter holiday period. Early on Ea...
Aboriginal dancers telling Dreamtime stories at the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony. The Dreaming for Australian Indigenous people (sometimes referred to as the Dreamtime or Dreamtimes) is when the Ancestral Beings moved across the land and created life...
The Federation Kiosk, Centennial Park, Sydney at the Proclamation of Federation, 1 January 1901. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. Commonwealth Arch, Park Street, Sydney. ...
Australian folklore, its traditions, customs and beliefs are based on both Indigenous and also non-Indigenous people's knowledge and experience of history in Australia. Some of Australia's folklore remembers the relationship between Europeans and Aborigi...
UNESCO states that Indigenous populations number some 350 million individuals in more than 70 countries in the world, and that this represents more than 5000 languages and cultures. Today, many Indigenous peoples live on the fringes of society and are de...
It also contains links to sites that may use images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are complex and diverse. In Australia, Indigenous communities keep their cultural heritage alive by passin...
World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. However, Australia is actually made up of more than 8,000 islands, including the island state of Tasmania. Norfolk Island is located far off the east coast of Australia. ...
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...
From the Australian Magazine's debut in 1821, Australia's magazine industry developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century through popular titles such as the Bulletin and Melbourne Punch. Alongside these more mainstream publications, a series of small,...
Image 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...
In the early days of the Australian colonies, convict ballads and songs became the foundation of Australia's later day folk music and its first original compositions. Bush songs, ballads and music influenced and defined the folk music of the 1950s. Indi...
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The Clunes Museum features photographs and items pertaining to gold mining, agriculture, industry, factories and commerce, education, local government, religion, domestic items, WWI memorabilia and local community archival records.
Novo Online Youth Magazine (more info)
An Australian youth webzine examining all aspects of youth culture, including religion, current affairs, entertainment, artwork, photography, sport, music, film and fictional writing.
Contemporary Arts Media (CAM) (more info)
Contemporary Arts Media is a producer and distributor of arts-related films for education worldwide. CAM markets about 3000 films, across the art forms from theatre to dance, music to fashion, philosophy and religion, and universities, schools and vocatio
Radio National (RN) (more info)
Radio National presents lively debate about subjects that affect everybody: health, science, education, environment, law, religion alongside the most innovative music, performance and arts shows on Australian radio. It features popular presenters includin
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Powerhouse Museum Collection (website Powerhouse Museum )irn=55376&search=religion&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=95488&search=religion&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=132763&search=religion&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collec...
At the Australian Skeptics National Convention in June 1990, a debate was conducted on the proposition "That Australian Skeptics Should Tackle Religion". The primary aim of Australian Skeptics is to "investigate claims of pseudo-scientific, paranormal an...
"The Anglican Church in Australia" is in the Chronicle, 17 February 1866, page 2c; also see 14 January 1882, page 5a, Register, 15 February 1882, page 6f. "Sunday School Teaching" is in the Chronicle, 21 November 1885, page 6c, Register, 18 and 25 Novembe...
Religious belief has, undeniably, that kind of record. It is just as fatuous to absolve religion from blame when religious fanatics carry out their vile intentions, as it would be to absolve Nazism from blame when its fanatical adherents were in power in...
Science and Religion : Are They Compatible? They are interesting issues, certainly, but they don't really speak to the question of the compatibility of science and religion. Under this view the question of compatibility between science and religion is mea...
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