culture.gov.au
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Menu items
The main menu items appear throughout this site on the left. Use them to move from any screen to any main menu screen. A text menu bar also appears at the top and bottom of every screen.
Sitemap
To gain a quick overview of the site's contents the sitemap is optimised for fast downloading and is compatible with text readers. It can also be used as an alternative method of navigating.
Searching
Searching is available from the homepage and from the righthand side of most screens. For help with searching, see our search help screen.
We also have an advanced search feature that enables you to focus your search by category and/or sub-category, and/or location, and/or audience type, plus key words. This feature is accessible on all screens from the link on the search box on the right of each screen.
There is also a separate search which is restricted to our Australian stories.
Our Internet Development Guides also have a 'Search the Guides' box.
Bookmarking
As we do not use any framesets, you can bookmark any screen in this site for direct access later.
There are thousands of links out of this site to other cultural websites around Australia; clicking on any of these will take you directly to the other site within the same browser session. Use the back button and/or history on your browser to return to this site.
Bookmark our homepage for easy reference later: http://culture.gov.au/
Queries
For general queries have a look at our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
Help
There are lots of specific help screens for different areas of this site. All can be accessed from our main help screen. The main Help screen can also be accessed from the menu bar at the top of every screen on this site.
Feedback
Need more help? Please send your questions and comments to us via our contact us screen.
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