Wikimedia Australia

Revision as of 05:09, 26 April 2024

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.

1Lib1Ref 2024
All it takes is One Librarian, One Reference

What's on!

Upcoming Events:

Online Community Meeting - May 2024 — Wednesday 8 May 2024
Hear from the Wikimedia Australia community and share what you've been working on
ESEAP Conference 2024 — Friday 10 May 2024
regional conference held in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
1Lib1Ref - Drop in and Wiki session — Thursday 23 May 2024
Drop in to learn about how you can contribute to 1Lib1Ref

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

Latest News

Wikimedia Australia April 2024 Update

2 May 2024

Our latest newsletter

Coordinate Me 2024

1 May 2024

Wikidata Geodata Competition for May 2024

Central Australian images on Wikimedia Commons

1 May 2024

The Anton Faymann Collection is now on Wikimedia Commons

Read more on our News page, or subscribe to our mailing list and follow our social media for updates.

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+Read more on our [[News|News page]], or [[Subscribe|subscribe]] to our mailing list and [[Subscribe|follow our social media]] for updates.
-'''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 held our first [[2008-2009 AGM|Annual General Meeting]] and the election of our first [[committee]] in early January 2009.
-The purpose of the organisation is to:
-* organise and participate in educational and social events that promote development of Free Cultural Works and related open source software systems, in particular ''wikis''
-* 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.
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-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>
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-* [[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
-* [[wikipedia:s:Wikisource:Australia|Wikisource]], the free library
-* [[wikibooks:Subject:Australia|Wikibooks]], open-content textbooks collection
-* [[wiktionary:Category:Australian English|Wiktionary]], the free dictionary
-* [[wikiversity:Category:Australia|Wikiversity]], the free learning environment
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