Welcome to Wikimedia Australia
Supporting Free Cultural Works in Australia
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Who We Are
Wikimedia Australia, Inc.® is an independent, not-for-profit organisation, whose primary aim is to promote equality of opportunity to access and participate in the collaborative creation of Free Cultural Works, especially educational works, and works about Australia, its culture, natural environment, and Australian news and media. See our Statement of Purpose & Rules.
Wikimedia Australia is recognised by the Wikimedia Foundation as a official chapter and as such will offer members an official voice in the global Wikimedia community, whose aim is to create nothing less than the sum of all human knowledge, freely available in your own language.
The purpose of Wikimedia Australia is to:
- organise and participate in educational and social events that promote development of Free Cultural Works and related open source software systems, in particular wikis
- increase public awareness, support and participation in the projects hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF)
- develop resources to assist Australians in the creation and maintenance of Free Cultural Works
ABN: 74 761 792 996
CAV Registration No.: A0051923E
Contact Information
The best way to contact us is via email, on contact wikimedia.org.au. We have a handy 'Contact us' link on the left hand side of every page which contains further information.
Featured Project - "GLAM"
Need a little more GLAM in your life?
Wikimedia Australia is organising a Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums conference to be held in Canberra on 6th - 7th August 2009. Click Here for further information on this exciting initiative.
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Latest news
| June 20:
| Wikisource has promoted it's first Australian Content to 'feautured' status - see below for full details
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| May 16:
| A 'Bold' redesign of this website frontpage is launched! - comments are most welcome on the mailing list, or on the 'discussion' page
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| May 15:
| It's almost time for the first round of membership renewal - Check your email for an important message on the 'Members' email list.
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Planned Events
- Wiki Wednesdays in Sydney - a regular bi-monthly meet for those interested in all things wiki. Next planned for July 1st.
- GLAM-WIKI - a two day series of seminars and workshops for the Gallery, Library, Archive and Museum sector held August in Canberra.
- The Wikimedia AU AGM will be held in Spring 2009
Featured Australian Content
 A plate from the first book published on the flora of Australia, 1793.
Wikisource is an online library of free content publications, collected and maintained by an online volunteer community. Several Australians have been closely involved with Wikisource, working hard to allow free access to 'copyleft' publications.
These include 'A specimen of the botany of New Holland', the first published book on the flora of Australia. Written by James Edward Smith and illustrated by James Sowerby, it was published by Sowerby in four parts between 1793 and 1795.
Wikisource makes this fantastic resource available to all, for free, forever! If you're interested in learning more about Wikisource - click here.
Wikimedia Australia would love you to get involved! All members are encouraged to get involved in many ways.
You may be an active participant on one of the Wikimedia projects, or maybe you'd like to know more about how to get involved in one - whatever your background and experience, we'd love to tell you more about Wikimedia, and 'free culture' - please do sign up!
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Wikimedia Foundation Projects
The Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization, operates several multilingual and free-content projects, including 'Wikipedia', the free online encyclopedia, which has become one of the world's most popular web destinations.
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