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Welcome to the official website of...<br />
<div style="color: #008000; font-size: 350%; line-height: 30px;">'''Wikimedia Australia'''</div>


''"Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."''<br>
<div style="text-align: center; font-size: larger; margin:1em 0;">Wikimedia Australia is the Australian chapter of the international Wikimedia Foundation. We support people and organisations around Australia to contribute to Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia platforms through events, training and partnerships.</div>
—[[wikisource:s:George Washington's First State of the Union Address|George Washington]], 8 January 1790


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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 Free Cultural Works, especially educational works, and works about Australia, its culture, natural environment, and Australian news and media.</div>


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===General information===
'''Wikimedia Australia, Inc.&reg;''' is an [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Local_Wikimedia_chapter#Existing_chapters approved chapter] of the [http://www.wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/ Wikimedia Foundation].


===Membership===
To become a member of Wikimedia Australia, you may visit our [http://membership.wikimedia.org.au/memberdb/?page=signup membership system sign-up] site where you can complete the application before your nomination is accepted by a member of the committee.


===Australia on Wikimedia projects===
[[File:Swimming with Seal, Jervis Bay Marine Park.jpg|thumb|left|https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/1Lib1Ref|430px|link=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2021_/_Australia_/_step-by-step_instructions|'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2021_/_Australia_/_step-by-step_instructions Wiki Loves Earth]'''. The Wiki Loves Earth photo competition is documenting our natural world. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wiki_Loves_Earth_2021_/_Australia_/_step-by-step_instructions Enter your photos now!]]]
* [[wikipedia:Portal:Australia|Wikipedia]], the free encyclopedia
 
* [[wikisource:s:Wikisource:Australia|Wikisource]], the free library
====What's on!====
* [[wikinews:Portal:Australia|Wikinews]], the free news source
 
* [[wikiquote:Australia|Wikiquote]], the free compendium of quotations
Upcoming Events:
* [[commons:Australia|Wikimedia Commons]], the free media repository
{{event list}}
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{{News}}
See also the full [[calendar]], and list of [[past events]].
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Wikimedia Australia is the Australian chapter of the international Wikimedia Foundation. We support people and organisations around Australia to contribute to Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia platforms through events, training and partnerships.


1Lib1Ref. #1Lib1Ref is back for 2021 with free online support sessions for librarians. Read more.


Wiki Loves Earth. The Wiki Loves Earth photo competition is documenting our natural world. Enter your photos now!

What's on!

Upcoming Events:

See also the full calendar, and list of past events.