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ausculture newsletter September 2004

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

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Now in its 40th year, The Portia Geach Memorial Award is recognised as one of the most important celebrations of the talents and creativity of Australian female portrait painters.

This year's winner, Central Coast resident Nerissa Lea, took out the prestigious title and pocketed $18,000 for her painting, The Sheik & Me, Self Portrait with Imagined Portrait of Chad Morgan after Frida Kahlo.

For more information on The Portia Geach Memorial Award visit the Culture and Recreation Portal article http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/portiageach/

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The 2004 Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship has an exhibition of the finalists' paintings on public display at the Brett Whiteley Studio, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales until 28 November, 2004. This year's Scholarship recipient, Alan Jones, who won the prize with his oil painting, Figure # II 2004. Alan, 27, from East Brunswick, Victoria, won $25,000 and a 3-month residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, which is administered by the Art Gallery of New South Wales. If you would like to know more about this scholarship please visit http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/artmail/media?p=4812

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Snippets from our What's New page for November 2004 http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/news/
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2004 Digital Content Industry Action Agenda Industry Forums are being held this month because after more than two years of research by the Creative Industries Cluster Study, the Minister for Communication, Information Technology and the Arts launched an Industry Action Agenda for the Digital Content Industry.

The DCIAA forums, at Coles Theatre, Powerhouse Museum, Ultimo, Sydney, New South Wales on 24 November, 3-6pm and Cinema 1, Australian Centre for Moving Image, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria on 25 November 3-6pm, 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. Read more about the DCIAA at http://www.dcita.gov.au/arts/film_digital/digital_content_industry_action_agenda

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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 and 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. For more information please visit the Telstra Australia race site at http://www.rallyaustralia.com/one/index.asp

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Remembrance Day 2004

On November 11 Australians celebrate Remembrance Day to commemorate 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 the Australian War Memorial website at http://www.awm.gov.au
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Game Time is a two-day international exhibition of digital games and interactive media art at the State Library of Victoria and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Victoria, from 1 October - 15 November 2004.

The event plays host to 24 interactive media and games' artists, several multi-player dual-site exhibits and screenings, where the audience can interact with games and their developers. For full program details and registrations, please visit http://www.gametime.net.au.
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The Shaping Memories Sculpture Exhibition is on until 28 November 2004 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. More than 80 pieces are on display, ranging from traditional bronzes through to wood and ceramic pieces, covering the period from the First World War to recent conflicts. For more information visit http://www.awm.gov.au/shapingmemory/index.asp.
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The 2004 Melbourne Fringe Festival is on once again in Melbourne, Victoria until 10 October. The festival gives people the chance to experience 240 events across Melbourne venues, including Federation Square and the North Melbourne Town Hall. For information and tickets, go to http://www.melbournefringe.com.au or visit the information/ticketing bus at Federation Square.
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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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