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The Beach - Australia's Culture PortalCable Beach, Broome, north-west Kimberley Coast, Western Australia. Most of Australia's population lives close to the coastline and the beach has long occupied a special place in the Australian identity. Based on this definition, the Coastal Studies Uni...
While Australia has no single uniform national costume, an Australian national dress style, based on specific local dress styles, has emerged in response to climate, lifestyle and identity. An Australian style can be seen clearly in the main types of loc...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: P01404.028. One of the most well-known Australian engagements of the Vietnam War was the Battle of Long Tan, 17-20 August 1966. Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial: COL/67/0140/VN. ...
Dupain, Max (1911-1992), Sunbaker, 1937, photograph, 37.7 x 43.2cm. Image courtesy National Gallery of Australia. 2007, Dupain's Sydney Opera House, Exhibition Hall, Sydney Opera House, Sydney....
By the 1930s, modern style flourished in retail, entertainment, pubs, milk bars, modern swimming pools and fashion. Australia’s reception to modernism is a complex story of spasmodic cultural transformation led by avant-garde experiments and the cr...
These painters, amongst them Tom Roberts, Arthur Streeton, Frederick McCubbin and Charles Conder, were known by this name because of the artists' camps they shared in areas around Melbourne, including Heidelberg. Image courtesy of the National Gallery of ...
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The Beach - Australia's Culture Portal (website Culture Portal )Cable Beach, Broome, north-west Kimberley Coast, Western Australia. Popular destinations range from crowded city beaches and popular holiday spots, to quieter beaches located in coastal national parks. Thousands of trained volunteer surf lifesavers keep ...
From the collections of Lismore Regional Art Gallery, the Macleay Museum and the Australian War Memorial we can learn about Australia's beach culture. From Bondi Beach in the heart of Sydney to Broome's Cable Beach in northern WA, our coastline stretches ...
Beach culture in full swing @ Bondi, New Year's Eve. The annual NYE dance party at Bondi Beach is one of the managed events that forms part of Waverley Council's diverse and multifacted Safe Summer Initiative. Cities must wilfully believe that the unique...
Bondi Beach: synonymous with beach culture and one of Australia,Äôs most iconic tourist destinations. Waverley Council,Äôs Safe Summer Initiative is a best practice model for the safe and effective management of large scale, popular cultural celebrations...
>Dates: 9 March 21 April 2007 >>Opening: Thursday 8 March, 6-8pm >>Artist: Juliana Bartulin and Judith Duquemin >>An exhibition of work by the first two recipients or the Fauvette Loureiro Memorial Travelling Artists Scholarship, Juliana Bartulin winner o...
rEsearch is a bi-monthly update on public access news at Public Record Office Victoria (PROV). PROV User survey - online now! Victorian Archives Centre (VAC) - 50,000th Reading Room visitor!...
I love moving around something and I love sculpture next to or in front of paintings ñ a kind of dialogue can bounce between a sculpture and a painting. The current exhibition at the Brett Whiteley Studio expands on this statement by Brett Whiteley throug...
His early formative education at Scottís College in Bathurst set Whiteley on a path of new worlds to explore. The distinctive seasons set upon this place let Whiteley see the poplars in winter shimmer, the rivers meander and the birds rest and shelter. ...
/* Hide from IE Mac \*/ * html . #footer #footerRight { margin:0 0 0 320px; } #footer #footerRight table td { width:220px ! The spectacle of Australians enjoying the sand and surf was thought of by Brett Whiteley as a "theatre of sloth". ...
/* Hide from IE Mac \*/ * html . #footer #footerRight { margin:0 0 0 320px; } #footer #footerRight table td { width:220px ! I love moving around something and I love sculpture next to or in front of paintings ñ a kind of dialogue can bounce between a scul...
/* Hide from IE Mac \*/ * html . #footer #footerRight { margin:0 0 0 320px; } #footer #footerRight table td { width:220px ! The distinctive seasons set upon this place let Whiteley see the poplars in winter shimmer, the rivers meander and the birds rest a...
On the beach celebrates the special relationship between Australians and the sand, surf and sun of their coastal habitats, featuring paintings, drawings and photographs drawn from the collections of the Brett Whiteley Studio and the Art Gallery of New Sou...
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