http://culture.gov.au/news/ Latest news about culture in Australia en-au Copyright 2010 culture.gov.au http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Tue, 25 May 2010 09:00:00 +1000 1440 http://culture.gov.au/images/favicon.gif http://culture.gov.au/news/ This delightful ballet tells the story of Dr. Coppelius, a toy maker and magician, who attempts to bring to life his beautiful doll, Coppelia. http://culture.gov.au/news/performance.htm#coppelia editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Tue, 25 May 2010 09:00:00 +1000 Charcoal Lane was chosen by Aboriginal people to be the name for a new restaurant modeled on the famous '15'. http://culture.gov.au/news/design.htm#charcoal editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The Design Institute of Australia inducted six new notable designers as members of the DIA Hall of Fame for 2009 on Friday April 23. http://culture.gov.au/news/design.htm#diafame editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 In partnership with the Bradman Foundation and Bradman Museum, the Australian Government through the TQUAL Grants Program is contributing $20,000 to expand the Bradman Museum. http://culture.gov.au/news/digitalmedia.htm#bradman editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 ANCODS was set up as a bilateral agreement in 1972 to document the wrecks of Dutch East India Company (VOC) ships off Western Australia and the close connections with the Netherlands, since the Duyfken arrived under Captain Janszoon in 1606. http://culture.gov.au/news/historyandidentity.htm#ancods editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The Community Heritage Grants (CHG) offer grants of up to $15 000 for preservation projects and training through community based workshops. http://culture.gov.au/news/historyandidentity.htm#chg editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The State Library of NSW recently purchased 201 personal letters of celebrated surveyor John Septimus Roe (1797-1878). Septimus Roe (1797-1878) was Phillip Parker King’s right-hand man on four major voyages from 1817 to 1823. http://culture.gov.au/news/historyandidentity.htm#roe editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Publisher Dr David Reiter cuts through the myths about publishing to reveal strategies for ensuring your book has the best chance of selling out its first edition, and beyond. http://culture.gov.au/news/languageandliterature.htm#reiter editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Dianne Woolfer's book Lighthouse Girl brings to life the hardships of those left at home during the war - waiting, wondering, hoping. http://culture.gov.au/news/languageandliterature.htm#woolfer editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 For afficionados, the Australian Dance Awards offer the public a taste of some of the best dance acts of the year, collected from around the nation. http://culture.gov.au/news/performance.htm#dancew editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 A $53 million upgrade of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) is being jointly funded by the Australian ($13 million) and NSW ($13 million) governments, with the balance coming from the museum itself and private donors. http://culture.gov.au/news/resourcesandfunding.htm#mca editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Sievers' strikingly composed images, with dramatic contrasts between light and dark, documented and promoted Australia's emerging modernity. http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts.htm#sievers editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Sam Leach is the recipient of this year's $25,000 Wynne Prize for 'the best landscape painting of Australian scenery in oils or watercolours.' http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts.htm#leach editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 The NSW Parliament Plein Air Painting Prize is an acquisitive art prize of $20,000, awarded for the best ‘plein air’ painting of NSW subject by an Australian artist. http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts.htm#plein editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000 Any print or artist’s book made in the past two years is eligible to enter the Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award http://culture.gov.au/news/visualarts_entries.htm#faprint editor@culture.gov.au (Editor) Wed, 05 May 2010 12:00:00 +1000