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Easter in Australia - Australia's Culture PortalEaster commemorates the resurrection (return to life) of Jesus Christ following his death by crucifixion. Easter eggs are traditionally eaten on Easter Sunday, however stores start stocking Easter treats well before the Easter holiday period. Early on Ea...
Aboriginal dancers telling Dreamtime stories at the Sydney Olympics opening ceremony. The Dreaming for Australian Indigenous people (sometimes referred to as the Dreamtime or Dreamtimes) is when the Ancestral Beings moved across the land and created life...
The Federation Kiosk, Centennial Park, Sydney at the Proclamation of Federation, 1 January 1901. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia. Commonwealth Arch, Park Street, Sydney. ...
Australian folklore, its traditions, customs and beliefs are based on both Indigenous and also non-Indigenous people's knowledge and experience of history in Australia. Some of Australia's folklore remembers the relationship between Europeans and Aborigi...
It also contains links to sites that may use images of Aboriginal and Islander people now deceased. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures are complex and diverse. In Australia, Indigenous communities keep their cultural heritage alive by passin...
UNESCO states that Indigenous populations number some 350 million individuals in more than 70 countries in the world, and that this represents more than 5000 languages and cultures. Today, many Indigenous peoples live on the fringes of society and are de...
World Heritage-listed Fraser Island. However, Australia is actually made up of more than 8,000 islands, including the island state of Tasmania. Norfolk Island is located far off the east coast of Australia. ...
Portrait of Henry Lawson by Sir John Longstaff. Colin Roderick , who published a biography of Lawson called Henry Lawson: a life, suggests that Lawson suffered from manic depression and sought refuge from his mood swings in alcohol. Much of Lawson's work...
From the Australian Magazine's debut in 1821, Australia's magazine industry developed rapidly in the late nineteenth century through popular titles such as the Bulletin and Melbourne Punch. Alongside these more mainstream publications, a series of small,...
Image courtesy of the Australian War Memorial. The myth of the digger and the larrikin hero is an important part of the Australian experience of pastoralism, the goldfields, bushranging, shearing and droving. The slang term 'digger' re-surfaced during th...
In the early days of the Australian colonies, convict ballads and songs became the foundation of Australia's later day folk music and its first original compositions. Bush songs, ballads and music influenced and defined the folk music of the 1950s. Indi...
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The Clunes Museum features photographs and items pertaining to gold mining, agriculture, industry, factories and commerce, education, local government, religion, domestic items, WWI memorabilia and local community archival records.
Novo Online Youth Magazine (more info)
An Australian youth webzine examining all aspects of youth culture, including religion, current affairs, entertainment, artwork, photography, sport, music, film and fictional writing.
Contemporary Arts Media (CAM) (more info)
Contemporary Arts Media is a producer and distributor of arts-related films for education worldwide. CAM markets about 3000 films, across the art forms from theatre to dance, music to fashion, philosophy and religion, and universities, schools and vocatio
Radio National (RN) (more info)
Radio National presents lively debate about subjects that affect everybody: health, science, education, environment, law, religion alongside the most innovative music, performance and arts shows on Australian radio. It features popular presenters includin
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Encounter - 25/06/00: In God We Trust: Civil and Uncivil Religion in America (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )Civil Religion would become uncivil religion.The changes in American religious life are observed by sociologists of religion including Robert Bellah, by literary critic Harold Bloom, and by former member of the People's Temple, Deborah Layton. Details or...
In the second of a two-part series on religion and violence, Stephen Crittenden speaks with American Catholic religious anthropologist Gil Bailie. Stephen Crittenden: Professor John May of Trinity College, Dublin. Gil Bailie is President of the Cornerston...
But first up this week, we meet Professor John May, of the Irish School of Ecumenics at Trinity College, Dublin. John May is the author of a new book, Transcendence and Violence: The Encounter of Buddhist, Christian and Primal Traditions. Stephen Critte...
Adrian Smith, Catholic Archbishop of Honiara, talks about Australian intervention and the role of the churches in the Solomon Islands crisis. Program Transcript Stephen Crittenden: Welcome to the program. Stephen Crittenden: And thatís Professor John May...
Civil Religion would become uncivil religion.The changes in American religious life are observed by sociologists of religion including Robert Bellah, by literary critic Harold Bloom, and by former member of the People's Temple, Deborah Layton. 10 In God w...
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