Curated by Professor Francisco Mellén, President of the Spanish Association of Pacific Studies, the exhibition was brought to Australia by the State Corporation for Spanish Cultural Action Abroad (SEACEX) as part of the 4th centenary celebrations of the South Pacific voyages.
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An exhibition exploring the glamour and the golden years and the controversial end of the Miss Australia Quest opens at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. Miss Australia: A Nation's Quest traces the beginnings of the competition as a magazine promotion 100 years ago to its ascendancy as a national cultural event and its end in 2000.
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Domestic tourism to the Australian Capital Territory is on the rise, with new figures showing visitors are staying longer and spending more.
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The National Museum of Australia in Canberra was named Best Major Tourist Attraction at the 2006-07 Australian Tourism Awards in Sydney last night. This is the second time the Museum has won the top national award and it comes in a year when the institution attracted more than three quarters of a million visitors.
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Surf culture's contribution to Australia's social history is being celebrated at the National Museum of Australia. The free Between the Flags family festival coincides with the National Museum's Between the Flags surf lifesaving exhibition, which has exceeded visitor forecasts with more than 600 people a day seeing the show in January.
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Surf culture's contribution to Australia's social history is being celebrated at the National Museum of Australia on January 26. The free Between the Flags family festival coincides with the National Museum's Between the Flags surf lifesaving exhibition, which has exceeded visitor forecasts with more than 600 people a day seeing the show in January.
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A coroner criticized authorities Tuesday over their handling of a firestorm that destroyed almost 500 houses in Australia's capital, saying it was a miracle the death toll was no higher than four.
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