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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>
—[[wikisource:s:George Washington's First State of the Union Address|George Washington]], 8 January 1790
 
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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. <br>
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>
We support people and organisations to contribute to Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia platforms through events, training and partnerships.</div>
 
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===General information===
'''Wikimedia Australia, Inc.&reg;''' is an [[meta:Local Wikimedia chapter#Existing chapters|approved chapter]] of 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:
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* 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)
[[File:Drop_in_Wiki.png|400px|link=https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Drop_in_and_Wiki_-_April_2024]]<br>
* develop resources to assist Australians in the creation and maintenance of Free Cultural Works
'''Drop in and Wiki with us!'''<br>
[[Drop_in_and_Wiki_-_April_2024 |See event details]]
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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.
===What's on!===


===Membership===
Upcoming 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 sign-up]</span> site 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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[[Events|See more events]]. See also the full [[calendar]], and list of [[past events]].
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===Australia on Wikimedia projects===
===Latest News===
* [[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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* [[commons:Australia|Wikimedia Commons]], the free media repository
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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.

Latest revision as of 01:49, 25 March 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.


Drop in and Wiki with us!
See event details

What's on!

Upcoming Events:

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

Latest News

25 March 2024
Where do the images on WIkipedia come from?
1 March 2024
Our latest newsletter
28 February 2024
Australian Wikimedian Ann Reynolds hit 100,000 edits on Wikipedia!

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