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Introducing the Internet: Internet Development Guide 1 (website Culture and Recreation Portal )Although the terms World Wide Web and Internet are often used interchangeably, the World Wide Web is only one part of what makes up the Internet. To access the World Wide Web, your computer needs browser software like Microsoft Internet Explorer, Netscap...
V32bis modems run up to 14.4 kbps, V34 modems up to 28.8 kbps, and V34plus modems up to 33.6 kbps. Telephone lines are the cheapest way of connecting to the Net, allowing connection speeds up to about 56 kbps. Connection speed may also vary from connect...
The major banks - like the Commonwealth(3) and Westpac(4)- provide Internet banking services. What do I want from websites at other cultural organisations? Guide 3 screen 19 http://culture.gov.au/resources/guides/g3/s19.htm....
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) enables you to transfer files from one computer to another. Specialist software for FTP is more powerful in some ways than a Web browser application for file transfers. Would I FTP files to, or from, other cultural websites?...
People who read discussion list postings on a website cannot post to the list unless they belong to that discussion group and use their email software. If you are interested in distribution and discussion lists, visit our list of cultural discussion lists...
Finally for this Guide, remember that there are plenty of people with expert knowledge who can help(6)you to integrate your site into your business plan and get it running. Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Libraries Built, Natural & H...
One of the things a cultural organisation can do in Australia to get noticed on the Web is to link to, and be linked from, other cultural organisations. In particular, Australian cultural sites should be listed in our Search engine(1). This is a free serv...
What services could I provide in real time over the Internet? What obstacles are there to creating a real time presence on the Internet? Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Libraries Built, Natural & Historic Heritage Collecting Institu...
Most cultural organisations have activities and events, as well as products and services, which could benefit from a presence on the Internet. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) often publishes reports on the demographics of Internet usage in Austr...
Most email software allows you to attach a file or files to an email message. Managing spam is one reason you might buy good email software rather than use freeware, since fully featured email software can do some of your mail sorting for you. Despite t...
How do I create my website? Guide 7. How do I create my website? Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Libraries Built, Natural & Historic Heritage Collecting Institutions Community Arts Cross Media Arts Exhibitions Festivals, Events Film,...
The Portal welcomes contributions and feedback from readers about Australian Stories. To provide feedback on this article, please email the Stories Editor, StoriesEditor at culture dot gov dot au. Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Lib...
The Web allows you to get this information from those servers and use the services. Links on Web screens enable you to find other Web screens using nothing more than a mouse click. Select a categoryArchitecture and Design Archives and Libraries Built, Na...
The art of Margaret Olley is the art of deliberate choices. Barry Pearce, in his introduction for the exhibition catalogue Margaret Olley , The Art Gallery of New South Wales, 1996. Margaret Olley is represented at the National Gallery of Australia, the ...
He has brought to the Internet, Jacket, a website dedicated to Australian literary history, reviews, articles and interviews and everything to do with poetry. Jacket 2 focuses on poet John Ashbery with a selection of poetry, interviews, photos and essays...
That's all changed and any number of Australian cultural organisations and institutions are making parts of their collections more accessible through online exhibitions. The image above is from an online exhibition 'Women and Politics in South Australia' ...
Bardi people, Cape Leveque, Kimberley region, Western Australia Pearl shell, red pigment. Australia's pearling industry began long before European settlement. Northern Australian coastal dwelling Aborigines harvested the abundant pearl shell from the shal...
Brett Whiteley is one of Australia's most revered artists. He won many prizes and awards and his work hangs in numerous galleries, including the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra, the Tate Gallery in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New Yor...
'Between a Rock', in Bendigo, Victoria (until 23 September), influenced by Australian films, uses a video installation to explore the history of fear through the lost child in the Australian bush. The Alice Desert Festival, Alice Springs (14-23 September...
Australian rock music has its roots in the 1950s and '60s when the style of music was growing in popularity around the world. In the 1970s Australian rock bands became well known for classic hard rock. First appearing in the United States of America, ro...
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