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| <div style="width:100%;margin-left:16px;margin-top:0.2em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 200%">Welcome to '''Wikimedia Australia'''</span>
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| <div style="font-size:125%;margin-top:.2em;margin-bottom:0">The Australian Chapter supporting the work of the '''Wikimedia Foundation'''</div>
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| <span style="font-size: 115%">This site is [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] pages strong</span></div>
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| <p style="margin-bottom:.2em; text-align: center; font-size:105%">'''''[[Donate]] · [[Membership]] · [[Meetings]] · [[Resolutions]]</p>
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| Who We Are
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| '''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 [[w:Free content|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]].'''.
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| '''[[w:Australian Business Number|ABN]]:''' 74 761 792 996<br />'''[[w:Consumer Affairs Victoria|CAV]] Registration No.:''' A0051923E
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| The purpose of the organisation is to:
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| * organise and participate in educational and social events that promote development of Free Cultural Works and related open source software systems, in particular ''wikis''
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| * increase public awareness, support and participation in the projects hosted by the [[wikimedia:Main Page|''Wikimedia Foundation'']] (WMF)
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| * develop resources to assist Australians in the creation and maintenance of Free Cultural Works
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| 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 unencumbered resources for use throughout the world.
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| The best way to contact us is via email, on '''{{nospam|contact|wikimedia.org.au}}'''. We have a handy '[[Contact|Contact us]]' link on the left hand side of every page which contains further information.
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| Featured Project - "[[GLAM]]"
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| Need a little more GLAM in your life?
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| Wikimedia Australia is organising a Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums conference to be held in Canberra on 6th - 7th August 2009. [[GLAM|Click Here]] for further information on this exciting initiative.
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| {{newsitem wmau-m|May 15: |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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| {{newsitem wmau-m|Jan 11: |Wikimedia Australia's first [[2008-2009 AGM|Annual General Meeting]] {{pl|is held [[w:Australia|Australia-wide]]}} appointing the first official [[committee]].}}
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| {{newsitem wmau-s|Nov 18: |The officialwiki {{pl|is [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001913.html officially launched] to}} [[membership|members]] of Wikimedia Australia.}}
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| Planned Events
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| * Wiki Wednesday's in Sydney - a regular bi-monthly meet for those interested in all things wiki
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| * The Wikimedia AU AGM will be held in Spring 2009
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| Featured Australian Content
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| This beautiful panorama, a view from Connors Hill, in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Gippsland_Shire East Gippsland], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(Australia) Victoria]. The image was photographed by Peter, known as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Fir0002 'Fir0002'] on Wikimedia projects, and is a 'featured picture' on Wikimedia Commons, meaning it's of a high quality, and completely free to use and reuse for any purpose.
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| [[File:View from connors hill panorama.jpg|400px|A view from Connors Hill - an example of great work by a volunteer wikimedian]]
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| Click on the image above for higher resolutions, and full licensing information.
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| [[Membership|Get Involved]] - [http://membership.wikimedia.org.au/memberdb/index.php?page=signup Sign Up] to Wikimedia Australia!
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| Wikimedia Australia would love you to [[Membership|get involved]]! All members are encouraged to get involved in many ways, including the development of this website (and yes - this box!).
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| Wikimedia Foundation Projects
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| 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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