Wikimedia Australia

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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.

What's on!

Upcoming Events:

Introducing Wikipedia: A free online workshop - May 2024 — Wednesday 1 May 2024
Wikipedia content is created and edited worldwide by volunteer contributors - come and learn how
Drop in and Wiki - May 2024 — Wednesday 1 May 2024
Join us for a casual drop-in session, edit Wikipedia, and ask us anything!
Wikimedia Hackathon 2024 — Friday 3 May 2024
Happening in Tallinn, Estonia, 3rd to 5th May 2024

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

Latest news

Announcing our new Executive_Officer Welcome Belinda Spry to Wikimedia Australia

October Drop In Sessions Drop in and join us with any Wikipedia questions you have.

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+[[File:Logo ESEAP Final.jpeg |thumb|left|430px|link=https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022|Wikimedia Australia is hosting ESEAP Conference 2022: Reconnect from 18 - 20 November in Sydney! [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Conference_2022 Full details are here.]]]
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-''"Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."''<br>
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-—[[wikisource:s:George Washington's First State of the Union Address|George Washington]], 8 January 1790
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-'''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===
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-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.
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-* [[wikipedia:Portal:Australia|Wikipedia]], the free encyclopedia
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-* [[wikisource:s:Wikisource:Australia|Wikisource]], the free library
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-* [[wikinews:Portal:Australia|Wikinews]], the free news source
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-* [[wikiquote:Australia|Wikiquote]], the free compendium of quotations
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-* [[commons:Australia|Wikimedia Commons]], the free media repository
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