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ArtsInfo - resources for artists and cultural workers available on the web
Australia's Cultural Network
Culture and Recreation Portal - provides access to online services and information in the fields of culture and recreation, from all levels of government and the non-government sector
 
Artbank - Commonwealth art rental program supporting visual artists and craftspeople across Australia
Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) - Commonwealth-owned company, which facilitates business arts partnerships, advocates increased private support for the arts, and promotes business arts partnerships through annual awards
Australia Council - works to create an environment that encourages the creativity and development of Australian artists and provides greater access to arts and cultural activities for all Australians
Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) (Fitzroy, Vic) - national non-profit organisation, created to encourage development, production and dissemination of high quality television programs, films and other audiovisual media for children
Australian Film Commission (AFC) - provides screen cultural and industry support through a range of measures, including project development through script and other pre-production assistance, post-production grants and low-budget production funding, grants in support of a vigorous and diverse screen culture, and international promotion of Australian productions and marketing advice
Australian Film Finance Corporation - Federal Government's primary agency for funding screen production, investing in a diverse range of feature films, adult television drama, children's television drama and documentary
Bundanon Trust - manages the natural and cultural heritage of Arthur and Yvonne Boyd's gift of the Bundanon properties and collections as a 'living arts centre' and allows people to experience Arthur Boyd's legacy in a number of different ways
 
 
 
Museum of Contemporary Art (The Rocks, Sydney)
National Gallery of Australia (Canberra) - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander art, Asian art, Australian art, International art, Australian prints, and sculpture garden
National Portrait Gallery
Aboriginal Art Galerie Bähr (in Speyer, Germany)
Australian Aboriginal Art Online
Artists & Photographers
Asphar Surf Foto
Magazines & Journals
Ceramics Art and Perception Magazine
 
 
 
 
 
Australian Council of Professional Historians Associations (ACPHA) (Manuka, ACT) - national organisation of professional historians which seeks to develop dialogues with government bodies and other institutions and agencies which are involved in the areas of history, culture and heritage
Australian Historical Association (AHA) (Macquarie University, NSW) - national organisation of historians, academic, professional and other, who work in all fields of history, including universities, libraries and other affiliates
Federation of Australian Historical Societies (Canberra) - association of state-based societies which aims to encourage the study of Australian history, the preservation and publication of historical material and to encourage public access to historical material
Royal Australian Historical Society (RAHS) (Sydney) - voluntary cultural organisation, with a membership throughout Australia, which works to encourage Australians to understand more about their history by promoting interest in Australian history, advancing the study of Australian history, and broadening opportunities for participation in historical research
Multicultural Australia - provides assistance to internet users from culturally diverse backgrounds using their own Internet search methods, analysis and a response interface, and also presents information on Australian Government organizations in multiple languages
National Museum of Australia (Canberra)
National Trust of Australia - non-government, non-profit, community organisation open to any individual, family, business or organisation
Natural Heritage Trust - government funded body
National Library of Australia (Canberra)
National Archives of Australia - cares for valuable Commonwealth government records and makes them available for present and future generations to use, ensuring that evidence is available to support people’s rights and entitlements and that future generations will have a meaningful record of the past
 
Australian Museums and Galleries OnLine (AMOL) - a joint initiative of the Commonwealth, State and Territory Governments in partnership with the Australian museum sector
Australian Museums and Galleries on Line (Sydney) - comprehensive Internet site designed to help Australian museums and galleries make information about their collections available to a world-wide audience and to act as the principal gateway to Australian museums for professionals and volunteers working in the museums sector, community users and researchers
Australian National Maritime Museum (Sydney)
Australian Narrow Gauge Railway Museum Society
Australian Museum (Sydney)
Australian National Maritime Museum (Sydney)
Australian Railway Historical Society (SA)
Australian Railway Historical Society (Qld)
Australian War Memorial (Canberra)
Ballarat Vintage Tramway
Jewish Museum of Australia (Melbourne) - community museum which aims to explore and share the Jewish experience in John Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney)
National Museum of Australia (Canberra)
National Science and Technology Centre (Questacon) (Canberra)
Powerhouse Museum (Sydney)
Puffing Billy Railway (Dandenong Ranges, Victoria)
Reef HQ - the largest living coral reef aquarium in the world, a miniature version of the Great Barrier Reef, and the Reef Education Centre for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority  
 
Australian Society of Authors (ASA) (Strawberry Hills, NSW) - professional association for Australia's literary creators, formed to promote and protect the rights of Australia's authors and illustrators
Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations (AFFHO) (Weston Creek, ACT) - umbrella organisation for family history societies in the region, established to coordinate and assist the work of Australian and New Zealand groups with interests in family history, genealogy, heraldry and related subjects
Fellowship of Australian Writers (FAW) - non-profit making voluntary organisation which aims to bring together those interested in writing for their mutual professional, cultural and social benefit, and to provide information and advice to them
Australian Short Stories
National Young Writers Festival (Sep-Oct)
New Writer Magazine
Readers' World
 
Dissonance Magazine - electronic music
Loud & Heavy Metal Magazine
 
ABS Radio - Arabic radio station
Afghani Community in Australasia
Australian Arabic Council (Moreland, Vic) - acts as a consultative group to government, media, and the wider community, campaigns against racism and addresses its causes, symptoms and solutions, campaigns for more accurate media representation of Arabic issues, promotes greater Arabic community participation in Australian social, cultural and political life, promotes contributions of Arabic civilisation in human history and in Australian society, and defends the image of the Arabic community in the Australian public arena
Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee (AMPAC) - advocacy group for Australia's Muslim community, providing Islamic perspectives and views on issues that affect both the Muslim community and the greater Australian community
Aboriginal Culture
Aboriginal Australia - art, craft and culture
Aboriginal Fine Arts Gallery
Aboriginal Australia - access to over fifty Aboriginal enterprises offering a range of authentic Aboriginal products, services and information, web site owned by the Iliri Trust
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA) (Alice Springs) 
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (FAIRA) (Brisbane) - community organisation owned and managed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people which recognises the rights of indigenous peoples to self-determination through ownership of land, culture and heritage
KooriNet
National Aboriginal History and Heritage Council (NAHHC) (Sydney University)
Reconciliation Australia - independent, non-profit body established by the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation to provide a continuing national focus for Reconciliation after the Council ended its work in December 2000, with a vision for a united Australia that respects the land, values the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and provides justice and equity for all
Tandanya - the National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Adelaide
Waru - central Australia's indigenous communities
 
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC Australia)
Australian Film Commission (AFC) - provides screen cultural and industry support through a range of measures, including project development through script and other pre-production assistance, post-production grants and low-budget production funding, grants in support of a vigorous and diverse screen culture, and international promotion of Australian productions and marketing advice
Australian Film Finance Corporation - Federal Government's primary agency for funding screen production, investing in a diverse range of feature films, adult television drama, children's television drama and documentary
Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS) (Sydney) - the national centre for professional education and advanced training in film, television and radio
Film Australia - Commonwealth-owned production and distribution company whose mission is the creation of an audio-visual record of Australian life, through the commissioning, distribution and management of programs which deal with matters of national interest to Australia or illustrate and interpret aspects of Australian life
ScreenSound Australia