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Event title
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Event date
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Location
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| United Nations International Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-violence for the Children of the World 2001-2010 |
01 Jan 2001 |
Global |
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| United Nations Decade to Roll Back Malaria 2001-2010 |
01 Jan 2001 |
Global |
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| United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-2012 |
01 Jan 2003 |
Global |
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| Second International Decade of the World's Indigenous People |
01 Jan 2005 |
Global |
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| United Nations International Decade for Action: Water for life 2005-2015 |
01 Jan 2005 |
Global |
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| International Polar Year 2007-2009 |
01 Mar 2007 |
Global |
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| Premier's Summer Reading Challenge starts - WA |
06 Dec 2007 |
WA |
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| Visual Stories Challenge |
01 Jan 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Year of Physical Activity 2008 - QLD |
01 Jan 2008 |
QLD |
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| Year of the Scout 2008 |
01 Jan 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| International Year of the Reef 2008 |
01 Jan 2008 |
Global |
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| International Year of Languages 2008 |
01 Jan 2008 |
Global |
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| International Year of Sanitation 2008 (World Water Council) |
01 Jan 2008 |
Global |
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| International Year of Planet Earth 2008 |
01 Jan 2008 |
Global |
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| International Year of the Potato 2008 |
01 Jan 2008 |
Global |
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| War Child Reading Challenge starts |
29 Jan 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Sharing the Sands artwork competition round 2 starts |
31 Jan 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| SA Premier's Be Active |
01 Feb 2008 |
SA |
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| Premier's Reading Challenge starts - NSW |
01 Feb 2008 |
NSW |
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| Premier's Reading Challenge starts - SA |
04 Feb 2008 |
SA |
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| Chinese Year of the Rat 2008 |
07 Feb 2008 |
Global |
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| Swingame 08 Game Design Competition |
11 Feb 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Premier's Summer Reading Challenge ends - WA |
11 Feb 2008 |
WA |
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| YABBA shortlist nominations open - VIC |
14 Feb 2008 |
VIC |
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| Organ donor awareness week |
17 Feb 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| KOALA Awards nomination kits sent to schools - NSW |
29 Feb 2008 |
NSW |
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| Sydney Harbour Week - NSW |
29 Feb 2008 |
NSW |
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| Premier's Reading Challenge registrations open - NSW |
01 Mar 2008 |
NSW |
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| National Seaweek |
02 Mar 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Victorian School Sports Awards |
07 Mar 2008 |
VIC |
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| YABBA shortlist nominations close - VIC |
14 Mar 2008 |
VIC |
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| National Youth Tobacco Free Day |
19 Mar 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Sun-Earth Day |
20 Mar 2008 |
Global |
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| Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination |
21 Mar 2008 |
Global |
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| KOALA Awards nomination close - NSW |
28 Mar 2008 |
NSW |
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| Daylight Saving ends - WA |
30 Mar 2008 |
WA |
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| IASE International Statistical Literacy Project Competition |
31 Mar 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| ThinkQuest Competition entries due |
02 Apr 2008 |
Global |
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| Wakakirri Registration |
04 Apr 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| The Rio Tinto Big Science competition - registrations close |
04 Apr 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Bilby Awards nominations close - QLD |
04 Apr 2008 |
QLD |
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| National Trust Heritage Festival - NSW |
05 Apr 2008 |
NSW |
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| National Youth Week |
05 Apr 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Daylight Savings ends - ACT, NSW, SA, TAS, VIC |
06 Apr 2008 |
ACT,NSW,SA, TAS, VIC |
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| Term Two starts - VIC |
07 Apr 2008 |
VIC |
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| Term Two starts - NT, QLD |
14 Apr 2008 |
NT,QLD |
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| YABBA start reading shortlisted books - VIC |
14 Apr 2008 |
VIC |
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| Switch Awards |
16 Apr 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| New Zealand Term One ends |
18 Apr 2008 |
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| Global Action Week 2008: "Quality education to end exclusion" |
21 Apr 2008 |
Global |
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| Global Campaign for Education Action Week |
21 Apr 2008 |
Global |
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| Bilby Awards voting opens - QLD |
21 Apr 2008 |
QLD |
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| National Playgroup Week |
27 Apr 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| International Day of the Dog |
27 Apr 2008 |
Global |
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| Term Two starts - ACT, NSW, SA |
28 Apr 2008 |
ACT, NSW, SA |
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| Term Two starts - WA |
29 Apr 2008 |
WA |
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| World's Biggest Playgroup Day |
30 Apr 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Scitech: Animation Film Festival 2008 |
01 May 2008 |
WA |
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| Walk Safely To School Day |
02 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Fair Trade Fortnight |
03 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Heart Week |
04 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Skip a Treat for Save the Children Week |
04 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| New Zealand Term Two starts |
05 May 2008 |
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| Saltwatch Week - VIC |
05 May 2008 |
VIC |
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| National Mothering Week |
05 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Jump Rope for Heart |
09 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Coin for a Cord Day |
09 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Law Week - SA |
11 May 2008 |
SA |
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| Law Week - WA |
11 May 2008 |
WA |
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| Law Week - QLD |
12 May 2008 |
QLD |
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| National Literacy and Numeracy Testing 2008 |
13 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Black and White Day: Save the Tasmanian devil |
16 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Loud Shirt Day |
16 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| KOALA Awards voting kits sent to schools - NSW |
16 May 2008 |
NSW |
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| History Week - SA |
16 May 2008 |
SA |
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| Plane Crazy Day |
16 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Simply Sharing Week |
18 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Education Week - VIC |
18 May 2008 |
VIC |
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| Million Paws Walk |
18 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Archaeology Week |
18 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Financial Planning Week |
19 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Australian Library and Information Week |
19 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
|
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| Vesak/Wesak Buddha Day |
20 May 2008 |
Global |
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| Australia's Biggest Morning Tea |
22 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| The Rio Tinto Big Science competition day |
22 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| The Rio Tinto Big Science Competition |
22 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Mathematics Day |
23 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Under Eights Week - QLD |
23 May 2008 |
QLD |
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| 65 Roses Day |
23 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Kidney Health Awareness Week |
24 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Reach for the stars |
25 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Public Education Week |
26 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Education Week - NSW |
26 May 2008 |
NSW |
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| National Public Education Day |
29 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| ThinkQuest Competition winners announced |
29 May 2008 |
Global |
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| Term One ends - TAS |
30 May 2008 |
TAS |
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| Odd Socks Day |
30 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
|
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| 2008 Australian Teacher Librarian of the Year Award nominations due |
31 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Queensland Week |
01 Jun 2008 |
QLD |
|
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| MS Readathon - Start Reading |
01 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
|
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| Kids Day |
01 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Career Development Week |
02 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Sydney Children's Hospital Gold Week - NSW |
02 Jun 2008 |
NSW |
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| Healthy Harold Day |
06 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Queen's Birthday Holiday (exc. WA) |
09 Jun 2008 |
ACT,NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC |
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| Tournament of Minds |
10 Jun 2008 |
|
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| Term Two starts - TAS |
16 Jun 2008 |
TAS |
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| Culture Warriors: National Indigenous Art Triennial |
20 Jun 2008 |
SA |
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| Bilby Awards voting closes - QLD |
20 Jun 2008 |
QLD |
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| Term Two ends - NT |
20 Jun 2008 |
NT |
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| Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere) |
21 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Drug Action Week |
22 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| ITCILO - Competency-based Human Resources Management |
23 Jun 2008 |
Turin |
|
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| Consumer Stuff Competition for Students |
25 Jun 2008 |
VIC |
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| 2008 National Political Cartooning Competition for schools |
26 Jun 2008 |
|
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| Term Two ends - QLD, VIC |
27 Jun 2008 |
QLD, VIC |
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| Australian Science Olympiads - Registrations Close |
27 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Red Nose Day |
27 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
|
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| Globalisation for the Common Good: an interfaith perspective . 7th Annual International Conference |
30 Jun 2008 |
VIC |
|
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| ED-MEDIA World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications |
30 Jun 2008 |
Vienna |
|
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| Kanga Awards nominations close - SA |
30 Jun 2008 |
SA |
|
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| Wonder School: competition starts |
01 Jul 2008 |
All Australian states |
|
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| Activating Human Rights & Peace: Universal Responsibility |
01 Jul 2008 |
NSW |
|
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| Tartan Day - Australia |
01 Jul 2008 |
Global |
|
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| OCIS - Oceanic Conference on International Studies |
02 Jul 2008 |
QLD |
|
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| Creativity Workshop in Prague |
03 Jul 2008 |
Prague |
|
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| Conference on Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship |
04 Jul 2008 |
SA |
|
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| Queensland Smart Women: Smart State Awards nominations close |
04 Jul 2008 |
QLD |
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| Generating Online Buzz for Creative Projects - Melbourne |
04 Jul 2008 |
VIC |
|
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| New Zealand Term Two ends |
04 Jul 2008 |
|
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| Term Two ends - ACT, NSW, SA, WA |
04 Jul 2008 |
ACT, NSW, SA, WA |
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| Building Social Networks and Growing Communities - Melbourne |
05 Jul 2008 |
VIC |
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| Creative engagements: Thinking with children: 4th global conference |
05 Jul 2008 |
Oxford |
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| Birth to three matters: Foundations for research, policy and practice |
05 Jul 2008 |
QLD |
|
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| Asia-Pacific Model United Nations Conference (AMUNC) |
06 Jul 2008 |
SA |
|
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| European Summer School in Resources and Environmental Economics |
06 Jul 2008 |
Venice |
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| NAIDOC Week |
06 Jul 2008 |
All Australian states |
|
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| Australasian Political Science Association 2008 Conference |
06 Jul 2008 |
QLD |
|
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| PNGCEA National Conference: Education for sustainability: do we have a choice |
06 Jul 2008 |
Port Moresby |
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| Technology workshop for early childhood educators |
07 Jul 2008 |
WA |
|
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| 2008 Multi-conference (MULTICONF-08) |
07 Jul 2008 |
Orlando, FL |
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| ICT and Learning for Youth: LYICT 2008 |
07 Jul 2008 |
Kuala Lumpur |
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| International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems and Web Technologies (EISWT-08) |
07 Jul 2008 |
Orlando, FL |
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| Star Festival - Japan |
07 Jul 2008 |
Global |
|
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| International Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Genomics and Chemoinformatics: BCBGC-08 |
07 Jul 2008 |
Orlando, Florida |
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| International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Pattern Recognition: AIPR08 |
07 Jul 2008 |
Orlando, Florida |
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| Growing Up in Australia: Data workshop |
08 Jul 2008 |
VIC |
|
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| Powerhouse Discovery Centre: school holiday program |
08 Jul 2008 |
NSW |
|
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| Australian Teacher Education Association Annual Conference 2008 |
08 Jul 2008 |
QLD |
|
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| Queensland Association for Gifted and Talented Children: Children's Conference 2008 |
08 Jul 2008 |
QLD |
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| Academic Fest 08: Education Technology Symposium |
08 Jul 2008 |
Madison, Wisconsin |
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| QUESTnet2008 |
08 Jul 2008 |
QLD |
|
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| Environmental Careers Workshop |
09 Jul 2008 |
VIC |
|
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| National economic forum on early childhood investment: Annual conference for the partnership for America's economic success |
09 Jul 2008 |
Washington |
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| Froebel International Society conference, 'Learning to Play ? Playing to Learn' |
09 Jul 2008 |
Boston, Massachusetts |
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| AUCEA (Australian Universities Community Engagement Alliance) Conference |
09 Jul 2008 |
QLD |
|
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| AUQF2008 Quality and Standards in Higher Education: Making a Difference |
09 Jul 2008 |
ACT |
|
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| Business Educators Australasia Conference 2008 |
09 Jul 2008 |
VIC |
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| 17th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference (No Frills) |
09 Jul 2008 |
TAS |
|
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| AAEGT 12th National Gifted and Talented Conference 2008 |
09 Jul 2008 |
TAS |
|
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| 10th Australian Institute of Family Studies Conference: Families through life |
09 Jul 2008 |
VIC |
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| Constitution Day |
09 Jul 2008 |
All Australian states |
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