Culturazi #121

August 21, 2008

Pasha’s Lounge

Pasha’s Lounge, a jount CMC/98.3fm 2xx
production is on this Saturday night amidst the Gorman House night markets and
other activities associated with CLAW. The
theme is Cabaret Voltaire in an opium den, the dress style is pyjamas, dressing
gowns, smoking jackets, kaftans, wraps, kimonos, muumuus or anything soft and
comfy. Bring your own: cushions, lounge chairs, blankies, The line-up
is:

8pm: Big Score
8.30: Sanjiva de Silva
9.00 The Glaciers
9.45
Matt Dent
10.15 Ocean Moses
11.00 Fire on the Hill

Entry is $15
(full) $10 (conc.) and $5 (CMC and 2xx members). It’s licenced and there will be
our usual sausage sangers plus a variety of food from the markets till
9pm.

Canberra Living Artists Week (CLAW)

There are a lot of
events happening this week and next as part of CLAW, so many I can’t find the
time and energy to transcribe them below, but there is a full program here.
Check it out!

Clancy’s

Clancy’s is a ‘heritage style’
bar/restaurant/beer garden type affair on The Federal Highway in Watson. It’s
been closed for 6-7 years, but does currently support some small traders in the
surrounding complex. It would make for a great summer time venue for music, or
so I was told by a huge, scary looking bikie guy the other day. He’s organising
a public meeting to try to save it from its owners who intend to knock the whole
lot down for more of the boxy units proliferating in the area. Interested
parties are invited to the Downer Community Centre, Frencham St, Downer at 5pm,
Saturday 30th August.

Dr Stovepipe Music Video

All are
welcome to attend and appear in Dr Stovepipe’s music video
shoot, being held at Tuggeranong Homestead on Friday at noon. Dress 1930’s dust
bowl, with a hat, and let them know (message via myspace?) how many of you are
coming cause they’ll feed you. There’s a bit more info (and another contact
point) here.

Singing
Workshop with Rachel Hore

Virginia Cooke is organising a singing
workshop with well-known Sydney based singer, arranger, composer and choral
director Rachel Hore on Sat 20 and Sun
21 September. It’s a great opportunity to do a workshop with Rachel as she
doesn’t come to Canberra very often – we usually have to go up to Katoomba to do
WinterSong, which is booked out for the two sessions this year! There’s an early
bird fee of $90 if paid by this Friday. Email [email protected] for more
info.

Graft:

This is where you can pick up free tickets
to shows around town, but in return you have to write a short review of the
show. Send a reply email quoting the indicated text to
win:

The Canberra Musicans Club Presents: Pasha’s Lounge @ DNA Theatre,
Gorman House: Sanjiva de Silva, Ocean Moses, Matt Dent, The Glaciers,
Big Score, Fire on the Hill?? Saturday 8pm, $15/$10 (conc)/$5 (CMC Members).
(email ‘CMC’)

Maureen O’Brien @ The Merry Muse. Friday 7.30pm, $15/12 (email ‘Merry
Maureen’)

Minh Ha (Bliss) @ Folkus with Angels are
Architects. Friday, 7.30pm, $15/12 (email ‘Angels are Bliss’)

Frankenbok @ The Greenroom with Mytile Vey Lorth, Rake Sodomy,
Point.17. Friday, 8pm, $12 (email ‘Frankenlobotomy’)

Saturday Afternoon Jazz @ Folkus The Maureen O’Brien Ensemble. 2-5pm, $15/12
(email ‘Folky Maureen’)

Escape
Syndrome @ The Greenroom with Tonk, All Guns
Blazing. Saturday, 8pm, $10 (Tonk Escapes Greenroom, All Guns Blazing’)

“Jazz With French Dressing” @ Folkus. Paul Furniss, Anton Wurzer, James Luke &
Garry Owen. Next Thursday, 7.30pm, $15/12 (email ‘French
Folkus’)

Gertifieds:

Need a hit man? Got bodies needing
burying? Gertifieds
is good. It’s free. Take advantage of it.

Gigs:

Thursday 21st
August

Gangbusters @ Bar32
Hancock
Basement, The Trivs, The Magic Hands. 9pm, $5

Kempsey @ Transit Bar
with Euphonic, The Hands. 9pm

McFadden’s McComedy @ Filthy McFaddens
Kale Bogdanovs,
Emo Willis, Tom Gibson, Georgie B, Wes The Irish Guy, Jay Sullivan, Geoff Setty.
8pm, free

Friday 22nd
August

Maureen
O’Brien @ The Merry
Muse
7.30pm, $15/12

Minh Ha (Bliss) @ Folkus
with Angels are
Architects. 7.30pm, $15/12

Frankenbok @ The Greenroom
with Mytile Vey Lorth, Rake Sodomy,
Point.17. 8pm, $12

CLAW Opening Night @ Manuka
lots of stuff incl.
Collective Cacophony, body art photography, video art and more. Starts 6pm at
Mest, 1 Palmerston Lane,

Longing for Wisdom on our Changing Climate @ National Convention
Centre
A
Chorus of Women. 5.30pm,

Los
Chavos @ Soul Bar
6.30pm

Dita Hollywood in ‘The Devil Wears Target’ @
Cube
11pm

Saturday 23rd
August

The Canberra Musicans Club and 98.3 2xxfm Present: Pasha’s Lounge
@ DNA Theatre, Gorman House
Sanjiva de Silva, Ocean Moses, Matt
Dent, The Glaciers, Big Score, Fire on the Hill?? 8pm, $15/$10 (conc)/$5 (CMC
Members)

Night Markets @ Gorman House
open till 9pm

Saturday Afternoon Jazz @ Folkus
The Maureen O’Brien Ensemble. 2-5pm,
$15/12

Escape
Syndrome @ The Greenroom
with Tonk, All Guns
Blazing. 8pm, $10

Angels are Architects @ The Phoenix
9.30pm,
free

Gangbusters @ Bar 32
Bachelor of
Arts, Condorcet, Archeopteryx. 6pm, $5

Sunday 24th
August

KarismaKatz
‘Spirit On The Rise’ CD Launch @ Olims Ainslie Hotel
with Aria
Stone, Bob Rodgers, Ernie Van Veen and Jon Jones. 2-5pm

Tableaux Vellum @ Smith’s Alternative
Bookshop
6:30-7pm and 7:30-8pm. $15, bookings 62474459

The
Bridge Between @ Yarralumla Yacht Club
3-6pm

Kooky Fandango @ Old Bald Nun
5-9pm

Irish Jam Session @ King O’Malleys, Civic
5pm, free

Monday 25th
August

The Bootleg Sessions @ The Phoenix
Tim Jacqier, The Cashews, The Feldons, Mechanical
Pterodactyl. 8pm, free

The Hot 5 @ CLAW Cacophony, Old Starbucks, Manuka
Tom
Gibson, Jay Sullivan, Emo Willis, Geoff Setty, Kale Bogdanovs?? 8pm, $5

Tuesday 26th
August

Musical Madness @ Filthy McFaddens
Jo Telfar,
Touch of Soul, Simone. 8.30pm, free

Wednesday 27th
August

Slim Pickens & Round John Virgin @ The Phoenix
9pm,
free

Ladies Night @ CLAW Cacophony, Old Starbucks, Manuka

Bec Taylor, Aleshia Flannagan, Alison Procter, Simone Penkethman,
Alice Cottee, Beth Monzo. 7pm, $5

Tom Hall: Tangential Uprise Tour @ The Front
no
details

Thursday 28th
August

“Jazz With French Dressing” @ Folkus
Paul Furniss, Anton Wurzer, James Luke
& Garry Owen. 7.30pm, $15/12

Gangbusters @ Bar32
Cold Front, Partybus,
Slowburn. $5

Also check:

Just Bands , BMA (download .pdf), ANU
Gig Guide, Increase (indy/hard core gigs), the Merry Muse program, The Folkus
Room, RiotACT (DIY
gig guide on Thursdays), Punk ACT, People Against Non-eventful Times, Canberra Jazz, Birds Love
Fighting , MITACT,
The Canberra Blues
Society and Let’s Create.

Old Friends – New Art

August 21, 2008

Successful Canberra Business Woman Sandra Moffat of ‘’The Walking Clinic’ celebrates 60th birthday by having her portrait painted by well known Canberra artist Barbara van der Linden

This weekend Sandra will celebrate her 60th birthday on Sunday 24th August with close friends and family. As a present to herself Sandra commissioned well known Canberra portrait artist Barbara van der Linden to paint her portrait. The portrait combines traditional and New Media and will be on display for the first time at Sandra’s home for her guests to view while sipping champagne. The Artist will be present.

Sandra met Barbara in 1966 when they were both studying Fine Arts at the first Canberra School of Art operating at the Kingston Bus Depot. Barbara went on to study Graphic Design at East Sydney tech, while Sandra changed her path and followed a successful career in podiatry. Sandra became a partner of The Walking Clinic formerly known as ACT Podiatry Services which was the first fully operational Podiatry Centre in Canberra bringing a whole new dimension of Podiatric Care to the ACT and surrounds. The clinic is one of Canberra’s success stories and has been operating since the early 1980s.

Barbara and Sandra have recently crossed paths again and as a result have come together on this project, which Barbara says was a labour of love and a great deal of fun. According to Barbara the painting portrays a strong woman who likes to balance her busy demanding life with a little fun with friends. The four portraits on the left of the painting show four sides to Sandra’s personality. The painting is strong and clean in no-nonsense colours that go well with the interior of her home. Barbara combines Traditional Media with New Media, which is made possible through her skills in Fine Arts and Graphic Design.

Contact details:

Address of event – Unit 3/2 Farrer Street, Braddon, ph 0418222565

Barbara van der Linden / email [email protected]
6262 5782ph or 0417 888 586
Sandra Moffat / email [email protected] 6249 1758

Floriade set to dazzle at night

August 21, 2008

Movie lovers, garden gurus and anyone looking for a unique night out can now buy their tickets to Floriade Nightfest.

NightFest is a new addition to Floriade, running from Wednesday, September 24 to Sunday, September 28 in five exciting nights of entertainment, film screenings, night markets and food and wine.

A program of specially selected short films and one feature film will screen on a huge outdoor cinema screen over the five nights. Live music and roving entertainment, plus a stunning finale each night by Strange Fruit, which has wowed audiences at events such as the Rugby World Cup, will keep patrons entertained.

Wednesday 24 September — Top of the Trops
Thursday 25 September — Comedy festival short films
Friday 26 September — Melbourne International Animation Festival short films
Saturday 27 September — Strictly Ballroom — feature film
Sunday 28 September — Little Big Shots — children’s short films

For a full program and event information go to www.floriadeaustralia.com or phone 136 100. Tickets can be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com.au or by phoning 136 100.

Government Sponsors Community Recreation and Development Education

August 21, 2008

Few people in the general public know that the ACT Department of Education is very supportive when it comes to offering subsidised education to priority groups such as mature-age (over 40), people with a disability, indigenous, return to work ‘mums’, to name a few. The Strategic Priorities Program (SPP) is designed to meet the skills needs of ACT citizens, business and industry and to contribute to employment, social inclusion and economic growth in the region.

The SPP also addresses the major objectives of the ACT Vocational Education and Training (VET) system to provide training to develop core job skills at all stages including entry level as well as to encourage individuals and enterprises to obtain nationally recognised training in areas such as business, community development, and recreation.

Many Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) apply for the funding in order to be able to offer the full or part qualification to the ACT community. One of the successful organisations has been The WISE Academy. Being granted 40 places to deliver Community Recreation and 10 places in Small Business Management in 2008, the funding has been helpful in starting up a new business as well as assisting local community organisations such as the YMCA of Canberra to gain and train staff.

Currently, The WISE Academy is offering 10 placements in the Certificate IV in Community Recreation with a focus on community development. For only $450, participants in the course will learn how to attract more money towards their organisation, write winning grants, increase their networks, and develop innovative fundraisers and programs. With more community organisations struggling to survive due to the changing economy and program funding cuts, the opportunity to gain training in learning more about the business of community recreation and development is timely.

Playing the Game to Understand Money Proves Profitable

August 21, 2008

Personal development is one of the fastest growing industries in the world, especially those courses on health and wealth. How many of you have spent a lot of money going to a self-development course about how to create more wealth in your life?

I attended one of those free weekends in June up in Sydney. It was Chris Howard’s Wealth Creation Weekend. I decided that I would go up with open ears, mind and heart to listen and learn without judgement towards ‘my fellow American’ guest presenters. Aside from the high-fives with friends I just met, cheering, and feeling like I was part of an evangelical mission (which is okay), the information that was delivered was awesome.

There were nine speakers on wealth creation from creating your own business, investing in property and shares, and writing e-books. Of those speakers, the one who resonated with me was three-time, bestselling author and Millionaire Maker, Loral Langemeier. She was not ‘over-the-top’; just told it like it was. If you wanted to increase your sales, ask for the money – 20 times a day! Stop focusing on debt; focus on creating money. Create your own "Cash Machine"! After listening to her and speaking with her personally, I chose to invest the time and money to attend her "Cash Machine Weekend" that was held at the end of July.

I attended that weekend and met approximately 100 like-minded people who seemed to be on the same journey to create more money in their life. One of the activities we did was play her Millionaire Maker Game. It was great! While growing up, I had played Billionaire, King Oil, Masterpiece, and of course, Monopoly. This game reminded me of all those wrapped up into one – but better!

We were given accountability partners to keep us on track while creating our "Cash Machines’. Tom, a 15-year student in Sydney, is mine. He was a winner playing the game increasing his net worth to $1.2 million and had quit his J.O.B. (which is another way of saying Just Over Broke).

The Millionaire Maker Game teaches people real world application wealth building skills as they live the life of an entrepreneur- where big deals are done daily. Teachers can relate to the game for it would be similar to an educational simulation – where people learn by doing. Do you know that one of the quickest ways to learn about a subject is by playing games!? Today we see it with innovative computer programs. The Millionaire Maker Game, though not computer generated, provides interaction and learning for people of all ages.

Most recently, The WISE Academy showcased The Millionaire Maker Game at the Canberra Careers Market and had approximately 100 students play the game. Now, anyone can attend Millionaire Maker Game nights for FREE over the next couple of months at The WISE Academy. For more information about the game or to sign up for free game nights, contact 02 6162 0919.

Canberra photographer wins second place in 2008 Australian Digital Photography Awards

August 20, 2008

From an Australian photographic Society media release:

Second place in the Open Category of the 2008 Australian Digital Photography Awards (ADPA) has been taken out by a Canberran – amateur photographer Brian Rope AAPS of Melba. His image entitled Manvar Tableau 2 was taken on the desert sand dunes at Manvar in Rajasthan during a 17 day tour of parts of India in February of this year. It features a silhouetted camel and his driver before the setting sun. Two other Canberrans had images accepted in the competition: amateur photographer Jim Mason AAPS and professional photographer David Reid.

1165 entries were submitted to this second annual ADPA by 206 photographers from all over Australia and from members of the Australian Photographic Society living overseas. 727 of the entries were in the Open category (straight photography if you like), whilst 438 were entered in the Creative/Altered Reality category. The judging panel was Dr Albert Hoveling AAPS SSAPS (President of the APS), Janie News AAPS, and Jennifer Horsnell AFIAP FAPS.

Other winners were:

1st in Open category: ‘Rainbow Bee Eater’ by Wayne Eddy.

1st in Creative/Altered Reality Category: ‘ANZAC Remembered’ by Ron Willems, AAPS, AFIAP, FPSNZ, ARPS.

2nd in Creative/Altered Reality Category: ‘Broken Dreams’ by Andy Smylie.

The ADPA event was part of Vivid: National Photography Festival which is being held for the first time in the Canberra region from 11 July to 12 October 2008. Vivid celebrates photography in all its forms through 100 exhibitions at 50 venues. The APS is proud to have been a part of this ground-breaking collaboration.

Award Winning Documentary – Rare Canberra Screening

August 20, 2008

“Very affecting…I couldn’t stop watching.”
– Alli Joseph, TNT’s Rough Cut

“You may walk into a screening of ‘I REMEMBER ME’ thinking you’re going to see a film about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, but actually the film transcends the disease and speaks to something even more universal… anyone who has ever endured any difficulty will be forever touched by the experience.” –Elizabeth Karlsberg, Santa Barbara News-Press

On Sunday 31 August 2008 the ACT ME/CFS Society will be screening the award-winning documentary, ‘I Remember Me’, as a part of its fundraising movie event at Civic Dendy Cinemas. A raw depiction of the physical and social impacts of ME/CFS, the film provides a moving insight into the lives of those with ME/CFS.

Pre-screening canapés and drinks will kick-start a matinee screening of ‘I Remember Me’ an award-winning documentary about ME/CFS.

Where: Dendy Cinemas, Canberra Centre, Civic
When: Sunday 31 August 2008
Time: 2pm
Cost: $25 pp. Limited Tickets. Purchase before 26 August. Tickets available from Shout phone 02 6290 1984

Theme: Whether it’s a ribbon in your hair, a shirt, or a dress wear a touch of blue and show support for ME/CFS

Proceeds will go towards ME/CFS research and the ACT ME/CFS Society.

What is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)?

In the past five years research by some of the world’s leading medical organizations has shown ME/CFS is a crippling physical condition affecting people of all ages. The Royal Australasian College of Physicians estimates that as many as 140,000 Australian’s suffer from ME/CFS and of those it is thought that some 25% are so seriously affected they are permanently bed or housebound. Though some people do recover from the illness the majority achieve a level of functioning well below that prior to onset and a significant proportion don’t recover at all. The disease affects all social, economic and ethnic groups and even children as young a 5yrs. About two thirds of suffers are women.

Patients in Australia have enthusiastically adopted the Canadian Clinical Guidelines for ME/CFS published in 2003 which more accurately diagnose the illness. To be diagnosed with ME/CFS patients must experience a persistent ‘flu-like’ illness that includes widespread pain, headaches, sleep disturbance, worsening of symptoms after exertion, significant persistent or recurrent fatigue and a variety of other neurological, immune, gut and endocrine symptoms. The disease isn’t just about fatigue. The new guidelines offer a much more advanced approach to treatment as well as being much clearer on understanding and diagnosing the illness. Copies of the guidelines are available free from the ACT ME/CFS Society.

You can get support.

The ACT ME/CFS Society provides support and help members, information to patients, medical practitioners and the public; and promotes research. For more information contact the Society, details below.

ACT ME/CFS Society Inc.
Web: www.mecfscanberra.org.au
c/o SHOUT, P.O.Box 717, Mawson, ACT, 2607.
Tel: 6290 1984, Fax 6286 4475, Email: [email protected]

Urban Ninjas

August 18, 2008

You’re running for your life! You want to get as far away as fast as possible from whomever is chasing you and nothing will get in your way…

Perhaps the idea of you or me performing Spiderman jumps and flips from the nearest high rise is pure fantasy, but for practitioners of the sport Parkour (called Traceurs) it is what they do almost daily.

To give you an idea of just how extreme this sport is, imagine standing on the rooftop of your office building visualizing a straight line from work to your house. If you were a seasoned Traceur you would skip the bus and simply jump, climb, roll, hang, grab and use all four limbs to propel yourself home.

Parkour was born in the slums of France, the brainchild of stuntman and actor David Bell. The Godfather of Parkour describes it as to “Move in such a way, with any movement, that will help you gain the most ground on someone/something as if escaping from someone/something or chasing toward someone/something. Also, wherever you go, you must be able to get back. If you go from A to B, you need to be able to get back from B to A. You don’t need to do the same “move,” but just get back.”

Parkour first came to the attention of the world when David Bell stared in the 2003 Documentary “Jump London”, which was broadcast to the entire population of the United Kingdom over free to air TV station Channel 4. The 2005 sequel, “Jump Britain”, was aired in both England and America but what really got our attention was when Madonna included the sport in her 2006 Video for the single “Jump”.

Anyone who missed the action because of a lack of interest in Madonna’s music could have seen an excellent display of Parkour by Daniel Craig and Sebastian Foucan (a previous student of David Bell), in the opening chase scene of the newest Bond movie, Casino Royale.

Although Parkour has had ample exposure in the past few years (including being used as a new advertising concept by Nike, Nissan and Coke) there is a lot more to it than just looking really, really cool. As David Bell told Kung Fu Magazine, “What I’m doing is also a way of life, where the training is of course physical, but we also have a moral philosophy.”

That philosophy is similar to those found in the Martial Arts: improvement of the self through the practice of Parkour, using what you learn to help others and promoting self progression.

“Parkour is a way for our bodies to face and move in and around obstacles in our environment, whether that be manmade structures or the natural environment. It’s about tackling fears because obstacles don’t always appear as we imagine, and it’s also about attaining self knowledge. So you can see then that parkour is in the spirit of martial arts, but it’s not a martial art.” David Bell explained to Dr Reid.

Whatever category it fits into, us Australians seam to love it. Because of a massive spike in popularity and increasing demand for classes (the need for liability cover for Parkour Teachers also played a part), the Australian Parkour Association (APA) was formed in 2006. The organisation now runs classes in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane, Ballarat, Geelong, Dandenong and even Ballina (NSW).

But is it here to stay? As man’s latest invention in the pursuit of the impossible, Parkour and it’s origins could well become obsolete when we find something newer, faster and more dangerous to do.

As the 28 year old president of the APA, Matthew Campbell, told The Age, “It’s like anything. Rollerblading – it’s come, it’s gone. It will probably come again. And I think Parkour will be the same. It’s on the rise. It hasn’t peaked yet, not in Australia.”

So watch out Spiderman, here come the Traceurs, only they don’t have web safetynets, these guys and girls mean business! If you are after an adrenalin hit on tap, get in touch with your local club and get scaling.

Helping Africa One Step at a Time

August 16, 2008

Lucinda Watson of the Three Peaks Three Weeks Challenge

—STOP PRESS—
Lucy Watson and Yvette McMillen are hosting screenings at Greater Union Manuka of the Serac Adventure Films documentary of the 2007 team: ‘3 Peaks 3 Weeks: For the People of Africa’. This film is highly acclaimed, winning Best Adventure Film in its world premiere at the Boulder International Film Festival. The film is being screened on Thursdays September 4th and 11th. See later in the article for more details.
——-
Do you feel puffed just thinking about walking up Black Mountain? What if you had to walk the equivalent of that 19 times each day, while carrying up to 15 kilos, looking out for leopards and guerrilla ambushes—for 16 days with 12 complete strangers?

These challenges are exactly what 30-year-old Australian Lucinda Watson will be facing in January 2009 as she participates in the 3 Peaks 3 Weeks (3P3W) challenge to raise money for, and awareness of, the three peak issues affecting Africa—the environment, health and education.

Ever since Lucy spent her toddler days at the feet of Kenyan nannies, she has felt the desire to return to Africa and to help at a grassroots level. But why would a young woman—whose past ten years have involved working in New York with former UN weapons inspector Richard Butler, to gaining a Master of International Law, to her current role as an executive officer within the Department of Defence—want to spend all the time and effort required of 3P3W participants? Lucy describes how this dissimilarity is possible: “I like the physical, mental and psychological challenge of pushing myself, and I want to see change happen at a grassroots level, beyond policy papers.”

The 3P3W Challenge

The 3P3W challenge is not just a walk in the park, nor is it an adventure safari—the challenge also involves the mammoth effort of fundraising, and raising awareness a year before any boot-clad foot steps upon African soil. The challenge was last run in 2007, which raised $370 000 from the 10 member team. The 2009 team comprises 13 women; eight from the USA and five from Australia.
Lucy gained entry into the 2009 team by demonstrating her commitment to the 3P3W causes by pledging to raise funds. As with all participants, Lucy must fund her own travel and equipment costs outside of this. As at June 2008, Lucy has raised $5000 of the $20,000 pledged, through direct donations and selling charity chocolates.

Three Peak Issues of Africa

She might need more than just the odd box of Freddo Frogs to fuel the whirlwind of trekking—at heights of over 5000m above sea level (Australia’s highest peak Mt Kosciuszko is 2228m) and long distances; Mt Kilimanjaro alone is 96 kilometres of trail. Between all this, the team will also visit the organisations that receive the 3P3W support. In Tanzania, the funds go to the School of St Jude focusing on education, and Support for International Change (SIC) Tanzania targeting HIV/AIDS issues. There is also Kenyan based environment conservation organisation called Laikipia Wildlife Forum (LWF), which promotes initiatives such as eco-tourism and bee-keeping to ensure that locals live sustainably rather than exploiting the environment.

The Journey

Accompanying the 13 women during the three-week journey, guides ‘Summits Africa’, will carry extensive equipment to get each team on and off the mountain safely. They are trained in First Aid, which is essential for the dangers ahead: altitude sickness, blisters and exhaustion, and the risk of becoming embroiled in tribal disputes.

The adventure begins on 7 January 2009, when all women arrive in Nairobi, then get straight into five days of climbing Mt Kenya to point Lenana, 4,895m (above sea level). On the way, the team will see ice caps, volcanoes, and barren rocky ground contrasted with lush forest.
With barely enough time to catch their breath, the next peak to climb in four days is Mt Meru; with its steep slopes, it is the second highest mountain in Tanzania at 4,566m.
Then after 12 days of bonding and testing their limits, the team faces the toughest peak of all—Mt Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. Over half of any climbers fail to reach a summit. The 3P3W team will climb to Uhuru Peak, which is accessible to hikers.

Fundraising

Such a crammed itinerary is only a small part of the challenges Lucy must face—between now and January 2009 she must work around her demanding job, extensive training to get fit, as well as, raise funds to build on the $5000 she has raised so far for the 3P3W challenge.

Lucy has events planned for the next few months including a trivia night and film screening of the Serac Adventure Films documentary of the 2007 team: ‘3 Peaks 3 Weeks: For the People of Africa’. This film is highly acclaimed, winning Best Adventure Film in its world premiere at the Boulder International Film Festival. The film is being screened on Thursdays September 4th and 11th at Greater Union Manuka, 7pm for 7:30pm, tickets $25 per person. The evenings are co-hosted by P3W team member Yvette McMillen.

So why doesn’t Lucy just buy a couple of raffle tickets or some goatskin book covers from the Oxfam shop? That’s what most of us Aussies do to help out—that ‘mateship’ that sets us apart. But sometimes there are those people who literally go that extra mile to do something special; to push themselves physically, mentally and give their time and effort to help others. And that’s why, when most of us on Australia Day are munching on some snags at a lazy BBQ, we might think of Lucy, who, as she stands upon a peak of Mt Kilimanjaro, is step-by-step helping Africa’s three peak issues.

Donations:

Tax deductible donations to the 3P3W causes are collected via Save the Rhino International (SRI) accessed via the 3P3W website, and you can specify Lucy as the intermediary. See www.3peaks3weeks.org
To buy tickets for the film night, go to www.civictheatre.com.au [Note, this goes to the Wagga Wagga City Council, don’t worry, this is supposed to happen!]]
Trailer for Serac film is at: www.seracfilms.com/projects/3_peaks/3_peaks_3_weeks.htm

Amazing Staircases

August 15, 2008

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IT'S NEARLY MARKET TIME AGAIN – TUGGERANONG INDOOR MARKET

August 15, 2008

Canberra’s premier southside market is on again
TUGGERANONG INDOOR COMMUNITY MARKET

SUNDAY AUGUST 31 – write this date in your diaries now!! 10am – 2pm

TUGGERANONG COMMUNITY CENTRE (building next to McDonalds)

We have a great community atmosphere and you will find over 40 stalls of exceptional quality, featuring unique items that are handcrafted by local and regional artists and craftspeople plus new and pre-loved items, collectibles, and more …

For example:

Hand-made aromatherapy products (massage oils, body & lip balms, herbal tea & more …)
Incense & Fragrant Oil Diffusers
Huge range of jewellery (hand-crafted, beaded, buttons, crystals, imported and more …)
Scrap-booking supplies
Books
Quality second-hand items
Baby Items (clothes, toys, new & pre-loved)
Knitting
Hand-made cards
Candles
Home Baking
Australian Native Herbs & Spices
General art & craft
and so much more ….

Our aim is to provide an enjoyable, comfortable community experience for stallholders and visitors away from the winter chills and hot summer days so celebrate the end of the Canberra Winter and come indoors and support your local craft folk at the Tuggeranong Indoor Community Market Sunday August 31

Ngambri Kamberri Canberra

August 15, 2008

Welcome to Ngambri Country!

It’s Official – Announced at the Ngambri LALC meeting in Queanbeyan 11 08 2008

Your Local Area Aboriginal Land Council for the Canberra region is now Ngambri Local Area Land Council.

It is important to get this correct. Canberra, the nations capital, is named after the Traditional Owners, the Ngambri People. Ngambri, became Kamberri which became Canberra. NOW the ACT Government has the opportunity to correct the 1970’s errors of Anthropologist Norman Tindale and acknowledge the Ngambri People as the Traditional Owners. Like the signs at all entrances to the ACT saying ‘Welcome to Ngunnawal’! Onnawal (not Ngunnawal as Tindale coined it in the 1970’s) is a language spoken by our neighbours north of the Yass River around Boorowa. These signs are akin to the French erecting signs on their boarders saying, "Welcome to Genglish". Would that give the French a claim on Great Britain?

The fact is – There is no such thing as Ngunnawal People!

Acknowledging a miss spelt word that is a language that was not spoken in the area as the traditional owner and refusing to acknowledge that the Ngambri People are the Traditional Owners displays Jon Stanhope’s pig ignorance on this topic. Norman Tindale lumped together the Ngambri People, with, Pajong, Ngurmal, Monaroo, Moolingoolah, Parramarragoo, Wallabalooa, Mulwaree, People with distinctly different cultures, languages, customs and regions, all under the name Ngunnawal. Contact : Shane Mortimer for further information.

Ngambri is the traditional name of Canberra.

The Ngambri People are the Traditional Owners of the land, (part of which is occupied by the Australian Capital Territory), that takes in an area that goes north to the Yass River. East down the escarpment along Weereewa (Lake George), taking in Bungendore, Captains Flat and bordering on the Shoalhaven River. South to Bunyan, near Cooma and West to the Goodradigbee River. Canberra and Queanbeyan are at the very centre of Ngambri Country. Ngambri was first officially named ‘Camberry’ in 1832. Then Lady Denman proclaimed it ‘Canberra’, the Australian Capital, in 1913.

Ngambri People speak the Walgalu language, which we share with the Ngurmal People over the Brindabella’s near Gundagai/Tumut. Our Ngurmal Cousins very generously shared their land with Ngambri People who were displaced by European occupation in the 1820’s & 30’s, although Ngambri People have always had a presence in the area. James Ainslie was guided to the area by a Ngambri Woman, only ever referred to in history as "Ainslie’s lubra". They had a child named Jun-In-Mingo, we know her as Nanny. The first Aboriginal/Anglo born in Ngambri Country. Ainslie originally gave the area the name Pialigo, his pronounciation of the Walgalu word ‘Byalegee’ until his employer Robert Campbell renamed it Duntroon after his castle in Scotland. James Ainslie was only in Ngambri Country for ten years. He then abandoned his child and her mother and went back to Scotland never to return. Ainlie’s Lubra and her daughter Jun-in-Mingo remained. Jun-in-Mingo became the consort of the Ngambri Chief, Onyong and had a daughter named Sarah McCarthy Duncan. Sarah had eleven children with Ngurmal man, Black ‘Dick’ Lowe. They too remained in the area, until taken from Sarah and placed in Catholic orphanages.

It is important to get this right. Not acknowledging the Ngambri as Traditional Owners is as wrong as the act of stealing the children and ledt alone the land. Our people lived with this land for 25,000+ years, without gaols, churches, money, agriculture, hospitals, etc. We are of the land. European settlement took just 220 years to destroy 455,000,000 hectares of this country. The least you can do is get the story right.

Government Wastes Money on Digital Revolution

August 15, 2008

Leading Professor says ‘Government Wastes Money on Digital Revolution’

‘The Federal Government’s investment in ICT will not, in itself, bring about a digital educational revolution,’ says Professor Michael Gaffney from the Australian Catholic University, and joint editor of soon to be released publication, Leading a Digital School. ‘Unless the investment in the technology is accompanied by comprehensive and well resourced strategies that address the educational considerations needed to transform schooling and outcomes for students, the government is wasting their money.’

‘Education authorities and schools across Australia have an ideal opportunity, in fact a serious responsibility, to work with State/Territory and Federal Governments in making sure current investments in digital technologies are used to best effect’ says Professor Gaffney.

‘Now is the time for inspired educational leadership and informed strategic action to ensure students reap the benefits of new technologies. Australia’s teachers need access to appropriate and on-going development and support,’ says Professor Gaffney. ‘One or two day PD sessions, by themselves, will not enable today’s teachers get the most from emerging, more sophisticated digital technologies and networked teaching opportunities.’

‘While personal computers generate good political capital and profits for the computing companies they have never, and will never, bring about an educational revolution.’

Mal Lee, joint editor of Leading a Digital School states, ‘It is the teachers and not the technology that makes the difference. Only when the vast majority of Australia’s teachers are wisely using the appropriate digital tools as a normal part of their everyday teaching, and are provided all the requisite development and support from the school and system leaders can Australian education begin to assist enhanced national productivity.’

Mal Lee argues that, ‘Australia, in 2008, doesn’t even know what percentage of its classrooms have Internet access, let alone have in operation a national strategy to provide appropriate, inexpensive connectivity to all.’

Leading a Digital School, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research Press (ACER Press) is a timely resource for educational leaders who need to make sensible, informed and strategic decisions about how to implement digital solutions in their school. Twelve contributors including Allan Shaw, Chief Executive AHISA; Karen Bonanno, Executive Officer, ASLA; and other high profile educational leaders make outstanding comments on the best way to lead a digital school.

It is time for Australia, and in particular those education authorities that have failed for the past decade to provide the needed direction, infrastructure and investment to stop playing politics with the latest instructional technologies, and to put in place well reasoned strategies that will assist the development of digital schools, enhance teaching and learning and help to lift national productivity.

‘Australia’s future prosperity will be a function, not of the resources under ground, but the skills of our citizens. As countries such as India and China pour extraordinary funds into education and specifically the delivery of curriculum via the net, Australia continues to lag with regard to its investment in Education and we are Neanderthal in our approach to online education. While the rest of the world seems to be up skilling its population we continue to live in a dream state in the hope that all will be fine. This is not the case.
Leading a Digital School provides a wake up call that every federal and State Government Minister and every educator should read. The time to change is nearly beyond us.’

Daniel Petre
Executive Chairman, Netus

Book Launch: Tuesday 19th August, 2008, 10.00am, Rosary Primary School, Watson, ACT
Launched by: Cheryl O’Connor, CEO Australian College of Educators (ACE)
Guest Speaker: John Treloar, APAC Education Director, Adobe Systems

Media Welcome
Photo opportunities available

Media enquiries & Interviews:
Mandy Stephens ACER Press
Ph: (03) 9277 5413

ACT Multicultural Community News – Edition 31/2008

August 14, 2008

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Independence Day celebration

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IAAC will hold a function to celebrate the Indian Independence Day on Saturday

16 August, 6.30 pm at the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre, , London Circuit, .

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restaurant will be available for sale.

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IAAC is supporting the Breast Cancer Network which

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is a peak national organisation for Australians personally affected by breast

cancer. IAAC will seek donations on the day for this organization. Please donate

generously.

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IAAC Committee invites everyone to join us in the celebration. Please mark your

diary.

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Kalia 6254 2965; Dhimendra Singh 6255 2478

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Kalms 0410 652 567; Sanjay Pandey 0421 642 502

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Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

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for entries: Submit your human rights photographs now

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2008 Human Rights Photography Competition is now open. The competition, which is

being run in association with the Human Rights Medals and Awards, shares this

year’s official UN Human Rights Day theme: ‘Dignity and justice for all of

us’.

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searching for photographs that both reflect the theme of the competition –

Dignity and justice for all of us – and provide a unique approach to a human

rights subject," said federal Human Rights Commissioner, Graeme

Innes.

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reflecting the theme, an image might record a moment that celebrates dignity and

justice," said Commissioner Innes. "It might illustrate fundamental rights and

freedoms being recognised, or it might simply capture an observation of what

human rights means to the photographer and, for that matter, the

viewer."

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Human Rights Day on 10 December 2008 marks the 60th anniversary of the Universal

Declaration of Human Rights. The official theme supports the vision of the

Declaration as a commitment to universal dignity and justice, and reinforces the

fact that human rights are an inextricable part of our

lives.

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three categories for the 2008 Human Rights Photography Competition

are:

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18 (male), Under 18 (female) and 18 and above (age at 30 June

2008).

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highly commended and shortlisted entries in each category will be placed on the

Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission website and exhibited at the Human

Rights Medals and Awards ceremony at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel in

Sydney on 10

December. Winners will also be presented with their prize at the

ceremony.

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information:

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02 9284 9618

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close: Close of business Friday, 31

October 2008

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Warehouse

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commended: one year subscription to Australian Photography

Magazine

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ceremony: Wednesday, 10 December 2008, Grand Ballroom, Sheraton on the Park

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to awards: Ph: 02 9284 9618 or [email protected]

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or $40 concession

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two course luncheon, drinks and entertainment

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2008 Human Rights Photography Competition is sponsored by Digital Camera

Warehouse, Australian Photography Magazine, Vision Graphics and

Actnow.com.au.

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contact: Brinsley Marlay on 02 9284 9656 or 0430 366 529

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Southside Community Services

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Community Bus Service

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community bus service is for people who are socially isolated because a lack of

transport options. Some of the people who may be eligible to use the service may

include:

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confidence problems

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homes/retirement facilities

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temporary disability

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who cannot use regular ACTION bus services

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HACC transport but cannot access them for various reasons e.g. cannot self

transfer

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described above

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who are socially isolated and lack transport

options

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linguistically diverse backgrounds who lack support networks and have limited

transport options

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size=2>Registration

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become a registered user of the community bus service you need to be assessed by

the Regional Community Service in your area.

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assessment process can be completed over the phone.

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your local Regional Community Service listed on the back of this

pamphlet.

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registered with the community bus service you can make a booking by contacting

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local Regional Community Service.

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size=2>Bookings

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need to be made at least two working days before you want to use the bus and are

on a ??first come first served?? basis.

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bookings can also be made where members of the group are registered

users.

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is no set bus fare, however, people using the community bus service are asked to

make a gold coin donation each time they travel.

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buses operate from Monday to Friday, generally within the inner area.

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and set down points need to be arranged when making the

booking.

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Community Services

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Narrabundah, ACT 2604
Phone: (02) 6126 4723
Email:

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from Queanbeyan Multilingual Centre

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TEST

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Notaras Multicultural Centre

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you are a permanent resident and will sit the Citizenship Test in order to meet

the requirements for Citizenship, you can receive FREE support by joining our

special Saturday class at the Theo Notaras Multicultural Centre, 2^nd

Floor, North Building, 180 London Circuit, Canberra City.

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class will take place on Saturday, the 23^rd of August, from 10:30

until 15:00 with lunch provided.

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will talk about everything that relates to the test (how to book the test, what

to expect when sitting the test, what you need to know about to pass the test, etc..)

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and you will be given a kit with all the resources available to make it very

easy to sit the test.

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call Luara Ferracioli at 6257 2144 or 0437 330 009 if you have any questions or

require any special assistance.

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If you are already a permanent resident, you can sit the Test at anytime even if

you will only apply for citizenship in a couple of years. If you pass the Test,

your result will be kept in the database of the Department of Immigration and

Citizenship and when you apply for Citizenship, you will not need to sit the

Test again.

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supported by financial assistance from the Australian Government/ Department of

Immigration and Citizenship.

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from the Buddhist Society of the ACT

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Society Open Day

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Society of the ACT warmly invite all local Canberra community to join an Open

Day, Saturday August 16 , 2008 from 9 am -2 pm with an Observation of Five

Precepts, Accept blessing from monk, Offering of ??Rainy Robe?? to the resident

monk (This presentation is formally organised by the committee of the Society).

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Puja and Chanting Pritta, Dana offering to resident monk. and Dana/ communal

lunch. The society is looking for donations for the bricks of our new building.

All donations large or small are gratefully received and all amounts over $2 are

tax deductible.

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* Enquiries:*

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Tass Ruang (President) on 0402 350 746 or Belle Goonetilleke on

0409

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from National Gallery of

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Asian Photography events at the National Gallery of

Australia

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paradise: Asia??Pacific photography 1840s??1940s

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July ?? 9 November 2008

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Talks

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Gallery of

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Place

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Parkes

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nineteenth-century Japanese studio photography

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19 August 12.45 pm

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Isobel Crombie,

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Curator of Photography, National Gallery of Victoria, discusses the fascinating

development of the highly theatrical Japanese photographic genre of

shashin.

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the Asian lens??

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2 September 12.45 pm

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Maxwell,

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Exhibition Assistant, speaks about the work of indigenous Asian photographers in

the exhibition Picture .

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of photography in to 1940??

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11 September 12.45 pm

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Deane,

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Senior Researcher at the NGA, presents an illustrated talk on the evolution of

photography in to 1940 looking at those

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aspects that were essentially Japanese in character and

use.

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from ACT Electoral Commission

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ASSEMBLY ELECTION ?? 18 OCTOBER 2008

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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana">The next election for

the ACT Legislative Assembly is on Saturday, 18 October this year. At this

election you will be voting for the 17 members who make up the ACT Legislative

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