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In 2019, just 18 per cent of biographies on Wikipedia were about women. When it comes to female artists and creators, that number was even lower.


Wikimedia Australia is partnering with the [[w:National Gallery of Australia|National Gallery of Australia]] on its '''Know My Name''' project, to enhance the understanding and appreciation of work by Australian artists who identify as women.  
Wikimedia Australia has partnered with the [[w:National Gallery of Australia|National Gallery of Australia]] since 2020 as part of its '''Know My Name''' gender equity campaign, to enhance the understanding and appreciation of work by Australian artists who identify as women.  


This March, we are co-hosting a series of edit-a-thons with galleries and libraries around Australia on the weekend of International Women's day. Our goal is to create 100 new pages about female creators, also as part of Art+Feminism.  
Each year in March, we have co-hosted a series of edit-a-thons with galleries and libraries around Australia on the weekend of International Women's day, also as part of Art+Feminism.


Join us at an event near you.
Coordinated by [[officialwiki:Know_My_Name 2020#Meet_our_Wikipedians|Caddie Brain and her team in each state]], the first weekend in 2020 saw 125 (mostly first time editors) create 69 new articles about female creators. Across the 7 edit-a-thons, 757 references were added to Wikipedia, and participants edited 223 articles. [[Writing_wrongs:_Giving_women_artists_their_rightful_place_in_history|Read the full story here.]]


==Events==
==Know My Name Regional Gallery Tour==
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Wikimedia Australia are partnering with the NGA again in 2024 and 2025 to support the [https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/know-my-name-australian-women-artists/ Know My Name Regional touring exhibition]. The exhibition will visit five regional towns with the theme “Making Women Count”. 


== Meet our Wikipedians ==
==== Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery edit-a-thon highlights ====
10 Feb 2024 - See what we were able to achieve at the first stop on the exhibition and edit-a-thon tour with the [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/courses/Mornington_Peninsula_Regional_Gallery,_Wikimedia_Australia,/Know_My_Name_Edit-a-thon_Mornington_Peninsula_(2024-02-10)/home Mornington Gallery event dashboard]. We were also visited by Jan Randles, a Paralympic athletics competitor. We were able to add a photo to her [[w:Jan_Randles|Wikipedia page]].


'''Bunty Avieson''' - Sydney
We would like to offer our sincerest thanks to our lovely hosts from the Gallery, Jane German (Public Programs Coordinator) and Danja Rmandic (Curator Exhibitions). We would also like to thank [[User:Pru.mitchell|Pru Mitchell]], one of our Wikimedia Australia members, for all of her help. <gallery>
File:Entrance to the Know my Name exhibition at the NGA November 2020.jpg|Entrance to the Know my Name exhibition at the NGA November 2020.
File:Know My Name 2024.jpg|Alice Woods facilitating the Know My Name edit-a-thon at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.
File:Know My Name Event Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery 2024 01.jpg|A group photo of some Mornington Peninsula Regional Galley editors.
File:MPRG team.jpg|Jane German and Dunja Rmandic, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
File:Know My Name Event Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery 2024.jpg|Pru Mitchell and Paralympic athletics competitor Jan Randles at the Know my Name event at Mornington Peninsula Regional Galley.
</gallery>


Dr Bunty Avieson is a lecturer in the Department of Media and Communications at University of Sydney. She worked as a journalist for 20 years in Britain, Australia and Asia. She has published three novels, a novella, two books of literary journalism about Bhutan, and been awarded two Ned Kelly Crime Writing Awards. She started researching Wikipedia in 2017 and is currently leading a three-year project to train Bhutanese on how to publish on English Wikipedia as a first step to taking charge of their own Dzongkha Wikipedia. Her Wikipedia name is Doctor 17.
==Know My Name Events==
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'''Dr Alysia Bennett''' - Hobart
== Related News ==


Alysia is a lecturer at Monash University’s Department of Architecture. Her current research focuses on overcoming barriers to the densification and diversification of dwellings in established suburbs to address the shortage of holistically affordable housing. Over the past decade Bennett has undertaken a range of architectural research and consulting roles within the public and private sectors, including the University of Tasmania, the City of Sydney, BVN and the Office of the State Architect in Tasmania. She is also affiliated with Cumulus Studio and Parlour’s WikiD Australia initiative.
* [[officialwiki:Writing_wrongs:_Giving_women_artists_their_rightful_place_in_history|Giving women_artists their rightful place in history, a feature article]] (2021)
* [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/June_2022/Contents/Australia_report A celebration, a commitment, an edit-a-thon: Know My Name returns for 2022] (2022)
* [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Newsletter/March_2023/Contents/Australia_report Know My Name edit-a-thon at the National Gallery of Australia] (2023)


'''Caddie Brain''' - Canberra
== Related links ==
 
* [https://nga.gov.au/knowmyname KnowMyName website, National Gallery of Australia]
Caddie is an independent curator, producer and audio-maker based in the Northern Territory. Recent work includes [https://www.indigemoji.com.au Indigemoji] and [https://www.darwinaudiotour.com/ A Tale of Four Cities: A Soundwalk through Darwin] as well as exhibitions for the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory and Northern Territory Library. She has run Wikiclub NT since 2016 to improve the representation of Northern Territory content on Wikipedia. She is currently studying a Master of Applied Cybernetics at the Australian National University's 3A Institute.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Know_my_name#Get_help%21 Know My Name project page]
 
* [https://www.facebook.com/groups/652455725506658 Join the Know My Name Facebook group]
'''Ingrid Cumming''' - Perth
 
Ingrid is a Whadjuk Noongar woman from Fremantle, Western Australia. A graduate of Murdoch University and Melbourne Business School, she has during her career, presented and published articles internationally, presented at [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1XUOj13yuY TedXPerth] and is internationally recognized for her work in leadership, Indigenous knowledge, research and cultural development. She is the founder and CEO of the multiple award-winning Kart Koort Wiern (Head Heart and Spirit), founded in 2010, which is a Perth based consultancy that offers consultancy, training and workshops across Australia promoting reconciliation and increasing awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strengths and strategy. She recently co-coordinated the launch of Noongarpedia, Australia's first Indigenous language portal on Wikipedia in her traditional language of Noongar.
 
The Perth edit-a-thon is also supported by Gideon Digby.
 
'''Margaret Donald''' – Sydney
 
'''Pru Mitchell''' – Adelaide
 
'''Caroline Phillips''' - Melbourne
 
'''Ann Reynolds''' – Sydney
 
Ann is a foundation member of the Women Write Wiki group which focuses on creating articles on women and women’s issues and meets twice a month at The Women’s Library in Newtown. Following a career in publishing and office administration and sailing in three Sydney-Hobart yacht races, Ann now spends her time researching local and family history, correcting Trove newspaper transcriptions and editing Wikipedia. With a BA in history from the Australian National University, she is co-author of “The Witches’ Houses of Annandale” published by the Annandale Urban Research Association in 2018. She is also membership officer and honorary treasurer of the Feminist Legal Clinic Inc.
 
'''Alice Woods''' – Alice Springs
 
Alice is a librarian living and working in Alice Springs who is currently employed as the Special Collections Coordinator at the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Springs_Public_Library Alice Springs Public Library]. Alice is interested in all things Central Australian and improving the Northern Territory's representation on Wikipedia. Alice has only started being a regular Wikipedia contributor in the last few months but is loving researching and creating these pages. In creating pages Alice focuses on women and institutions/missions in the early years of Alice Springs and the people connected with them. Alice was inspired to start work on Wikipedia following a workshop run by Caddie Brain, Know My Name events coordinator, and hopes to inspire others to do the same.
 
== Contact ==
 
'''Caddie Brain'''<br>
Know My Name Events Coordinator<br>
Wikimedia Australia<br>
Email: caddie.brain@wikimedia.org.au<br>
 
== External links ==
* [https://nga.gov.au/knowmyname/initiative.cfm #KnowMyName website, National Gallery of Australia]
* [Know My Name project page]
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/know_my_name/programs Know My Name event dashboard]
* [https://outreachdashboard.wmflabs.org/campaigns/know_my_name/programs Know My Name event dashboard]
* [https://www.artandfeminism.org/ Art+Feminism]
* [https://www.artandfeminism.org/ Art+Feminism]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_Wikipedia_Design/Tasks#Australia Women Wikipedia Design]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Women_Wikipedia_Design/Tasks#Australia Women Wikipedia Design]
* [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Know_my_name_-_edit_a_thon Photo gallery]


== Partners ==
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Latest revision as of 03:38, 19 February 2024


“Making Women Count” at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
. Keywords: Know My Name

In 2019, just 18 per cent of biographies on Wikipedia were about women. When it comes to female artists and creators, that number was even lower.

Wikimedia Australia has partnered with the National Gallery of Australia since 2020 as part of its Know My Name gender equity campaign, to enhance the understanding and appreciation of work by Australian artists who identify as women.

Each year in March, we have co-hosted a series of edit-a-thons with galleries and libraries around Australia on the weekend of International Women's day, also as part of Art+Feminism.

Coordinated by Caddie Brain and her team in each state, the first weekend in 2020 saw 125 (mostly first time editors) create 69 new articles about female creators. Across the 7 edit-a-thons, 757 references were added to Wikipedia, and participants edited 223 articles. Read the full story here.

Know My Name Regional Gallery Tour

Wikimedia Australia are partnering with the NGA again in 2024 and 2025 to support the Know My Name Regional touring exhibition. The exhibition will visit five regional towns with the theme “Making Women Count”.

Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery edit-a-thon highlights

10 Feb 2024 - See what we were able to achieve at the first stop on the exhibition and edit-a-thon tour with the Mornington Gallery event dashboard. We were also visited by Jan Randles, a Paralympic athletics competitor. We were able to add a photo to her Wikipedia page.

We would like to offer our sincerest thanks to our lovely hosts from the Gallery, Jane German (Public Programs Coordinator) and Danja Rmandic (Curator Exhibitions). We would also like to thank Pru Mitchell, one of our Wikimedia Australia members, for all of her help.

  • Entrance to the Know my Name exhibition at the NGA November 2020.

    Entrance to the Know my Name exhibition at the NGA November 2020.

  • Alice Woods facilitating the Know My Name edit-a-thon at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

    Alice Woods facilitating the Know My Name edit-a-thon at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery.

  • A group photo of some Mornington Peninsula Regional Galley editors.

    A group photo of some Mornington Peninsula Regional Galley editors.

  • Jane German and Dunja Rmandic, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

    Jane German and Dunja Rmandic, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery

  • Pru Mitchell and Paralympic athletics competitor Jan Randles at the Know my Name event at Mornington Peninsula Regional Galley.

    Pru Mitchell and Paralympic athletics competitor Jan Randles at the Know my Name event at Mornington Peninsula Regional Galley.

Know My Name Events

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