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Wikimedia Commons volunteers have created and shared some truly amazing images, which are free to re-use for any purpose, as long as you attribute their work in the way that they've asked. Here are a few examples;

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+'''[[commons:Welcome|Wikimedia Commons]]''' volunteers have created and shared some truly amazing images, which are [[commons:Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia|free to re-use]] for any purpose, as long as you attribute their work in the way that they've asked. Here are a few examples;
-[[File:The_Spit_Bruny_Island.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The Spit, Bruny Island - one of Wikimedia Commons' [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures highest quality images]]]
+[[Image:Dawn at swifts creek panorama.jpg|thumb|340px|left|Dawn at [[w:Swifts_Creek,_Victoria|Swifts Creek, Victoria.]]]]
+[[Image:Melbourne Docklands - Yarras Edge - marina panorama.jpg|thumb|340px|left|[[w:Docklands,_Victoria|Melbourne Docklands]]]]
+[[Image:Sydney skyline at dusk - Dec 2008.jpg|thumb|left|340px|[[w:Sydney|Sydney]] skyline at dusk]]
-'''[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons]''' is a huge repository of freely licensed media - which has just celebrated its 6 millionth file upload.
-This image of [[w:Bruny_Island|Bruny Island]], which is off the south-eastern coast of [[w:Tasmania|Tasmania]], is a 'featured picture' which means the Commons community has categorised it as one of the finest images available in its collection.
-It was photographed and uploaded by an Australian volunteer, [[w:User:Noodle snacks|Noodle snacks]], who has also donated 136 other high quality images of largely Australian content. All material on Commons is freely licensed and reusable.
+:'''[[commons:Category:Featured_pictures_of_Australia|see the full selection here...]]'''