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Dance is a very dynamic part of Australian performing arts culture. In turn, Australian dance ventures such as Chunky Move, Buzz Dance Theatre and Australian Dance Theatre are bringing their work to the world through international tours. The mix include...
In 1788, the eleven ships of the First Fleet landed their 'cargo' of around 780 British convicts at Botany Bay in New South Wales. From 1788 to 1823, the Colony of New South Wales was officially a penal colony comprised mainly of convicts, marines and th...
Almost all of Australia's native mammals are marsupials. There are only two types of monotreme in the world - the platypus and the echidna - and both of them are found in Australia. Platypuses are found all along the eastern coast of Australia, from Tas...
Organisations such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) have been established to bring these important health services to remote and regional Australian communities. The Royal Flying Doctor Service provides free emergency and medical care to people w...
Art forms such as dance, theatre, writing, music and the visual arts draw on the creativity and interests of Australians of many abilities. The Australia Council, Arts Access Australia, [formerly Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts (DADAA)] ...
Image courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald. Lawrence Hargrave, who achieved the first powered flight in 1894 with four box kites, was said to be symbolic of many Australian inventors and Australian innovation; 'He was interested in the invention, not th...
Sir William Bragg - Nobel Prize for physics, 1915. Bragg shared the prize with his son (also Sir William Bragg). Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet - Nobel Prize for medicine, 1960. ...
The Department of Culture and the Arts Library holds a small collection focussing on arts research, the development of arts polices and subject matter which supports the work of the department. Subject areas include National and International Arts Policie...
The Department of Culture and the Arts Library holds a small collection focussing on arts research, the development of arts polices and subject matter which supports the work of the department. Subject areas include National and International Arts Policie...
The Department of Culture and the Arts Library holds a small collection focussing on arts research, the development of arts polices and subject matter which supports the work of the department. Subject areas include National and International Arts Policie...
The Fashion Research & Development Travel grants program is designed to assist designers to attend relevant industry events such as fashion weeks, conferences, expos and intensive training programs. An applicant may receive a maximum of two Fashion Resear...
The Department of Culture and the Arts Library holds a small collection focussing on arts research, the development of arts polices and subject matter which supports the work of the department. Subject areas include National and International Arts Policie...
The Department of Culture and the Arts Library holds a small collection focussing on arts research, the development of arts polices and subject matter which supports the work of the department. Subject areas include National and International Arts Policie...
The Department of Culture and the Arts Library holds a small collection focussing on arts research, the development of arts polices and subject matter which supports the work of the department. Subject areas include National and International Arts Policie...
The Department of Culture and the Arts Library holds a small collection focussing on arts research, the development of arts polices and subject matter which supports the work of the department. Subject areas include National and International Arts Policie...
The Department of Culture and the Arts Library holds a small collection focussing on arts research, the development of arts polices and subject matter which supports the work of the department. Subject areas include National and International Arts Policie...
Kimberlite pipes typically occur in clusters (<50 km across) with up to 100 individual intrusions; percentage of economic pipes is highly variable. Micro-diamond content can indicate macro-diamond grades, but is complicated by resorption/growth of multipl...
Extreme zonation between siliceous Zn-rich and more Mn-Ca-Fe 'calc-silicate' Pb-Ag-rich end-members. Ca-Fe-Mn-rich zones can give rise to spectacular gossans with Pb-rich Mn oxides. Magnetite a variable association of economic mineralisation, with only mi...
In 1993, the focus shifted south to the northern Officer Basin and Musgrave Block with the recording of deep seismic reflection data and associated geological studies (Leven & Lindsay, 1995). The Central Australian Megaelement contains the Amadeus Basin, ...
Extremely variable Au, Cu and Bi grades:> - Au 1-67 g/t; average 22 g/t Au;> - Cu 0.03-4.0%; average 2.3% Cu;> - Bi 0.1-0.6%; average 0.4% Bi. Au, Cu, and Bi occur in ellipsoidal magnetite ± hematite-quartz-chlorite ironstones. Au-Bi-Cu fluids may ...
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