Partnerships

Wikimedia Australia works closely with a wide range of organisations across Australia. We partner to deliver edit-a-thons and training, both in person and online, and develop customised programs to improve the discovery of content, collections and data.

If you're interested in discussing a partnership opportunity contact us anytime at: contact@wikimedia.org.au

2024 Partner Projects

EPA Victoria Wikimedian in Residence Exploring legal topics and environmental matters at Environment Protection Authority, Victoria

Biodiversity Heritage Library Australia Sharing the history of Victoria's Field Naturalist Clubs

Environment Centre NT Wikipedian in Residence Growing the NT's Wiki Environment

Library and Information Science WikiProject Identifying and filling gaps in library and information science (LIS)-related content on Wikimedia platforms.

Featured Partners

University of Divinity The Australian Women in Religion Project aims to create 100 new pages about women in religion in its first year.

National Gallery of Australia A gender equity campaign to increase the number of Wikipedia pages about female artists as part of the Know My Name initiative.

State Library of Queensland Since 2010 SLQ have hosted Wikipedia events and donated images to Wikimedia Commons.

State Library of New South Wales SLNSW hosted our first Wikimedian In Residence and continue to run events.

Women Write Wiki A monthly women's editing group at Newtown Women's Library.

Franklin Women A partnership to deliver an annual women in medical sciences edit-a-thon.

For a full list of partnerships, see our Ongoing and Past Partnerships page.

Other Australian Wikimedia Projects

The Record: Australian Music on Wikipedia An Australia Council for the Arts Partnership to grow the visibility of Australian music online

Wikiclub NT A two-year initiative that doubled the number of pages about Northern Territory history, people and places.

Writing for the Digital World How Australian tertiary students are writing Wikipedia

1Lib1Ref 1Lib1Ref stands for one librarian, one reference. It's an annual campaign by librarians around the world (and anyone who has a passion for free knowledge) to add a missing references to articles on Wikipedia.

For past projects such as the Wiki Loves photo competitions, see our Past Projects page.

Submissions and Publications

Wikimedia Australia and First Nations Metadata: ATSILIRN Protocols for Description and Access A discussion paper by Kirsten Thorpe, Nathan Sentance, and Lauren Booker, supported by Wikimedia Australia.

For all submissions and publications, see our Publications page.

Memberships

Open Access Australasia

STARDIT

Australian Citizen Science Association

The Australian Digital Alliance

Creative Commons