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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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[[File:Louise Sauvage, Australian athlete at the 1992 Paralympic Games.jpg|thumb|left|https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Paralympics_Wikipedia_edit-a-thon|430px|link=Paralympics Wikipedia edit-a-thon|'''[[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. [[Paralympics Wikipedia edit-a-thon|Read more]]]]


[[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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<div style="width:100%;margin-left:16px;margin-top:0.2em;text-align:center"><span style="font-size: 200%">Welcome to '''Wikimedia Australia'''</span>
<div style="font-size:125%;margin-top:.2em;margin-bottom:0">The Australian Chapter supporting the work of the '''Wikimedia Foundation'''</div>
<span style="font-size: 115%">This site is [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] pages strong</span></div>
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[[Events|See more events]]
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Who We Are
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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.
See also the full [[calendar]], and list of [[past events]].
 
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Featured Project - "[[GLAM]]"
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Need a little more GLAM in your life?
 
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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Planned Events
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* Wiki Wednesday's in Sydney - a regular bi-monthly meet for those interested in all things wiki
* 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.
 
[[File:View from connors hill panorama.jpg|400px|A view from Connors Hill - an example of great work by a volunteer wikimedian]]
 
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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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.