Welcome to Australia's Culture and Recreation Portal Newsletter for June 2003
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The Culture and Recreation Portal has recently made a change 'behind the scenes' to the way we style our page with the use of cascading style sheets.
Cascading style sheets are a mechanism for adding style (fonts, colours, spacing and so forth) to Web documents. This change will assist our readers, especially those with special needs, in making our website easier to view and use. An added benefit with style sheets is that all our pages will download more quickly making our website more accessible for everyone http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/.
For more information on cascading style sheets look at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) website http://www.w3.org/Style/.
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OZeCulture 2003: culture with byte!
The third annual OZeCulture conference of culture, new media and eBusiness will take place over 30 - 31 July 2003 at the Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane. The conference will feature over 35 presentations from local experts on topics related to the use of the Internet and digital technology in the cultural sector. The program will also feature two international keynote speakers, Ms Lyn Elliot Sherwood, Director General of the Canadian Heritage Information Network, and Ms Sara Diamond, Artistic Director, Media and Visual Arts at the Banff Centre, Canada.
Early bird registration has been extended until 27 June - register now to take advantage of heavily reduced rates!
For more information on the conference program and registration details, please visit the conference website at http://www.OZeCulture.com/ or call 1800 065 754.
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Did you know that the Eureka Stockade is the only armed rebellion in Australia's history and a key event in the development of Australian democracy? Venture into the goldfields with us at http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/eurekastockade/ and find out more about how the rebellion came about.
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Snippets from our What's New page for June 2003
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/
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Experimedia at the State Library of Victoria
An exciting new space, Experimedia, at the State Library of Victoria has been opened. The exhibition space at the Library is named Experimedia because of its focus on learning through interactivity and experimentation with new media technologies. It is also a busy, vibrant, colourful space where the Library's collections can be used in exciting and innovative ways.
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Garma 2003
Garma is a celebration of the best of traditional Aboriginal culture, hosted annually by the Yolngu of northeast Arnhem Land at Gulkala in the Northern Territory. This year Garma is on from 8 - 12 August 2003. Garma is designed to encourage the practice, preservation and maintenance of traditional dance (bunggul), song (manikay), art and ceremony.
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Sour Grapes Film Festival
The Sour Grapes Film Festival is on again from 14 - 18 July 2003 at the Sydney Comedy Store, Fox Studios, Sydney. The festival has an interesting history including 'embracing the idea of a festival being just about showcasing as much talent as humanly possible'.
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Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me?
Have you ever thought about the origins of Waltzing Matilda, one of Australia's best known songs? Why there are different versions of the song? And what does it mean? The 'Who'll come a Waltzing Matilda with me?' website has been created by the National Library of Australia. It aims to uncover some of the sources that have informed the stories, myths and interpretations behind the song.
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Digital Rights Management Guide
The recent release of the Digital Rights Management Guide will greatly assist creators, producers and traders in getting information, ideas and resources for the management of their content in the digital environment.
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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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