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<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 to contribute to Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia platforms through events, training and partnerships.</div>


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<div style="color: #96C0A5; font-size: 350%; line-height: 30px;">'''Wikimedia Australia'''</div><br />
<big>'''[[w:Australian Business Number|ABN]]:''' 74 761 792 996<br />'''[[w:Consumer Affairs Victoria|CAV]] Registration No.:''' A0051923E</big>
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'''Wikimedia Australia, Inc.'''&reg; 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. '''See our [[Statement of Purpose]] & [[Rules]].'''</div>
[[Image:NSRW Map of Australia.png|250px|map of Australia]]
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[[File:Rainbow_Bee-eaters_at_Round_Hill_Nature_Reserve_NSW_Australia.jpg|thumb|left|https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Earth_winners_announced_for_2021|430px|link=https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Earth_winners_announced_for_2021|'''[https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Earth_winners_announced_for_2021 Wiki Loves Earth winners announced for 2021]''' The Wiki Loves Earth photo competition is documenting our natural world. [https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Earth_winners_announced_for_2021 See the winning photos now!]]]


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====What's on!====
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===General information===
'''Wikimedia Australia, Inc.&reg;''' is a [[meta:Local Wikimedia chapter#Existing chapters|Wikimedia chapter]], approved by the  [[wikimedia:Main Page|Wikimedia Foundation]]. We are currently [[Membership|accepting members]] and will soon be planning for our first [[Meetings|Annual General Meeting]] and the election of our first committee.


The purpose of the organisation is to:
Upcoming Events:
* 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)
* develop resources to assist Australians in the creation and maintenance of Free Cultural Works


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.
[[Events|See more events]]


===Membership===
See also the full [[calendar]], and list of [[past events]].
To become a member of Wikimedia Australia, you may visit our <span class="plainlinks">[http://membership.wikimedia.org.au/memberdb/?page=signup membership system]</span> where you can complete the application before your nomination is accepted by a member of the committee.<br /><div align="right">[[Membership|''More details...'']]</div>
 
===Australia on Wikimedia projects===
* [[wikipedia:Portal:Australia|Wikipedia]], the free encyclopedia
* [[wikinews:Portal:Australia|Wikinews]], the free news source
* [[wikiquote:Australia|Wikiquote]], the free compendium of quotations
* [[commons:Australia|Wikimedia Commons]], the free media repository
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Revision as of 04:13, 10 September 2021


Wikimedia Australia is the Australian chapter of the international Wikimedia Foundation. We support people and organisations to contribute to Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia platforms through events, training and partnerships.
Paralympics Wikipedia edit-a-thon The City of Sydney Library is hosting an edit-a-thon to increase and improve content relevant to our diverse communities. Join us online Saturday, 25 September. Read more
Wiki Loves Earth winners announced for 2021 The Wiki Loves Earth photo competition is documenting our natural world. See the winning photos now!

What's on!

Upcoming Events:

See more events

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