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Australia's pearling industry - Australia's Culture PortalBardi 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...
Cable 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...
Like other art forms, Australian theatre has built on previous traditions and developed over time, shaped by local and international artistic movements, events and trends. Australian theatre history incorporates the stories of many actors, entrepreneurs,...
Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. Memorabilia is displayed in museums like the Chinese Museum, Melbourne, and the Golden Dragon Museum, Bendigo. Bendigo Chinese Association Golden Dragon Museum....
Merchant vessels Barossa and Neptuna burning in Darwin Harbour near the jetty after receiving direct hits during the first Japanese air raid on 19 February 1942. During the Second World War, the Japanese flew 64 raids on Darwin and 33 raids on other targ...
For example, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders these ceremonies bring together all aspects of their culture - song, dance, body decoration, sculpture and painting. Anny Nungarrayi (centre) with other Warlpiri women perform a traditional dance dur...
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...
But Australia has a significant and untameable high country where another set of Australian myths and traditions of Australian identity were born - the high country of the Snowy Mountains. The Man from Snowy River is one of Australia's most famous poems ...
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Willie Creek Pearls (more info)
Willie Creek Pearls is a commercial pearling venture located near Broome, WA. The website provides information about the pearling industry, the pearl farm tours, the history of the Willie Creek Pearl Farm and the history of Broome's Pearl Farming and Cult
Magabala Books is an independent Aboriginal Corporation, with the objective of restoring, preserving and maintaining Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and South Sea Islander cultures. Magabala Books publishes works which have major Aboriginal, Torres Str
Short Street Gallery (more info)
Representing contemporary regional artists and art centres from the Kimberley, Arnhem Land, Tiwi Islands and Western Desert.
The Next Big Thing (NBTWA) (more info)
The Next Big Thing is Western Australia's richest band competition and one of the stateÆs major musical events. NBTWA gives contemporary musicians and solo acts around WA a chance at national exposure, and it is a truly statewide competition with heats he
Goolarri Media Enterprises Pty Ltd (more info)
Goolarri Media Enterprises aims to foster the growth of indigenous media in the Kullarri region of Western Australia. To achieve this, Goolarri works in the sectors of radio, television, film and video production, music, events management, technical serv
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