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Did you know that Wikimedia hosts hundreds of images and media related to the 'History of Australia', including hundreds of images from the collections of leading cultural institutions.

You can get involved in working on a collaboratively written textbook here, or browse through it as a reader and student. There are thousands of such works in development at 'Wikibooks', a Wikimedia Foundation project.

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+[[File:Freshwater Beach, Manly from The Powerhouse Museum.jpg|300px|Freshwater Beach in Sydney circa 1900]]
+Did you know that Wikimedia hosts [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:History_of_Australia hundreds] of images and media related to the '[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Australian_History History of Australia]', including hundreds of images from the collections of [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_Powerhouse_Museum leading] [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_from_the_State_Library_of_NSW cultural] institutions.
-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], 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 reuse for any purpose.
+You can get involved in working on a collaboratively written textbook [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Australian_History here], or browse through it as a reader and student. There are thousands of such works in development at '[http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikibooks]', a Wikimedia Foundation project.
-[[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.