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Many Australians are directly or indirectly involved in farming. For those Australians not involved with farming, the country's recent rural and agricultural history still has strong links to the heritage and culture of Australia. Wheat and other grain ...

Australia is also recognised as producing the world's highest quality woollen fibre – Australian merino wool. John and Elizabeth Macarthur were married in Devonshire in England in 1788. In 1796, John Macarthur bought his first merino sheep from a ...

Australia experiences a range of 'natural disasters' including bushfires, floods, severe storms, earthquakes and landslides. Fire can often follow drought, and drought can be followed by flood. I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains, Of ra...

Even though the four 'official' calendar seasons have the same names as the northern hemisphere seasons, the weather during these seasons is very different to northern hemisphere weather patterns. Indigenous Australians have long had their own seasonal c...

The bush has an iconic status in Australian life and features strongly in any debate about national identity, especially as expressed in Australian literature, painting, popular music, films and foods. The bush was revered as a source of national ideals b...

Easter 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...

J. C. Armytage, Return of Burke and Wills to Coopers Creek, engraving, in Australia by Edwin Carton Booth, opp. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia. Explorers set out to discover rivers and land suitable for agriculture as well as to surv...

Three Sisters, Blue Mountains, New South Wales. In March 1812 the Colonial Surveyor George William Evans was sent to explore Jervis Bay, to determine a possible inland route back to Port Jackson. Other explorers, such as Hume and Hovell, Major Mitchell ...

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...

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...

But as Peter Biskup points out in his book Libraries in Australia, the most important thing brought to Australia in the First Fleet which impacted on the development of libraries was the 'idea' of libraries. In Australia, the term Mechanics' Institutes wa...

The Sydney Gazette, first published by ex-convict George Howe in 1803. George Howe was also permitted to print Australia's first newspaper from a humble shed located at the rear of Government House. The Sydney Gazette was the only newspaper circulated i...

The first train lines in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide spanned only a few kilometres. These early inland rail lines formed the basis for the systems that would eventually become Australia's transcontinental railways. Diesel trains are still used for cou...

Eventually, streams catch more water or join other streams to form a river. The Murray River and its main tributary, the Darling River, are the two main rivers in the Murray-Darling River Basin. The Snowy River is probably Australia's most famous river,...

Mount Kosciuszko is part of the Great Dividing Range. Other rock structures in Australia, like Uluru, Mount Augustus and Bald Rock, have been described as monoliths. Uluru is located in the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park about 335km to the south-west of ...

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Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales NSW   (more info)

The Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales' site displays information on the society's primary role within the farming community as well as the Sydney Royal Easter Show, Homebush Bay and the Sydney Showground and Exhibition Complex.

Wanneroo Show   (more info)

Traditional agricultural show held annually during the last weekend in November. Includes rides, entertainment, competitions and fireworks display. The show is run by the Wanneroo Agricultural Society whichb was established in 1909.

Sydney Royal Easter Show   (more info)

The Show brings together everything that is Australian - from country to city and from agricultural excellence to the latest in entertainment. The website provides information about the entertainment available, the competitions run, the show bags on sale,

Old Gippstown   (more info)

The Gipplsand Heritage Park is collection of over forty buildings dating from the 1860s to the 1930s, laid out to form a town. Buildings are fully furnished with items of their time, and the park also holds a large collection of horse-drawn vehicles, four

Clunes Museum   (more info)

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.