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


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'''Wikihistories 2024: Wikipedia and/as Data'''<br>
[[Wikihistories 2024: Wikipedia and/as Data |What is Wikipedia’s relationship to data?]]
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===What's on!===


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Upcoming Events:
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[[Events|See more events]]. See also the full [[calendar]], and list of [[past events]].
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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.
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Who We Are
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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 [[w:Free content|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]].'''.
 
'''[[w:Australian Business Number|ABN]]:''' 74 761 792 996<br />'''[[w:Consumer Affairs Victoria|CAV]] Registration No.:''' A0051923E
 
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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Contact Information
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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.
 
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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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Latest news
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{{newsitem wmau-m|May 15: |Almost time for the first round of membership renewal! - Check your email for an important message on the 'Members' email list.}}
{{newsitem wmau-m|Jan 11: |Wikimedia Australia's first [[2008-2009 AGM|Annual General Meeting]] {{pl|is held [[w:Australia|Australia-wide]]}} appointing the first official [[committee]].}}
{{newsitem wmau-s|Nov 18: |The officialwiki {{pl|is [http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaau-l/2008-November/001913.html officially launched] to}} [[membership|members]] of Wikimedia Australia.}}
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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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Latest revision as of 06:19, 8 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.

https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikihistories_2024:_Wikipedia_and/as_Data
Wikihistories 2024: Wikipedia and/as Data
What is Wikipedia’s relationship to data?

What's on!

Upcoming Events:

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

Latest News

19 April 2024
WikiCon Australia is set to come to Adelaide in 2024
16 April 2024
Identifying and filling gaps in library and information science (LIS)-related content on Wikimedia platforms
9 April 2024
A Chrome extension for finding citations in Wikipedia by using ChatGPT

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