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Event title
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Event date
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Location
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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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| United Nations Decade for Education for Sustainable Development 2005-2014 |
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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| Chinese Year of the Rat 2008 |
07 Feb 2008 |
Global |
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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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| Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards |
01 Mar 2008 |
All Australian states |
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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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| Catholic Education Week - VIC |
09 Mar 2008 |
VIC |
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| YABBA shortlist nominations close - VIC |
14 Mar 2008 |
VIC |
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| Sun-Earth Day |
20 Mar 2008 |
Global |
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| KOALA Awards nomination close - NSW |
28 Mar 2008 |
NSW |
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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 Youth Week |
05 Apr 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| YABBA start reading shortlisted books - VIC |
14 Apr 2008 |
VIC |
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| Global Action Week 2008: "Quality education to end exclusion" |
21 Apr 2008 |
Global |
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| Bilby Awards voting opens - QLD |
21 Apr 2008 |
QLD |
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| Omer Period |
21 Apr 2008 |
Global |
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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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| World's Biggest Playgroup Day |
30 Apr 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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| Saltwatch Week - VIC |
05 May 2008 |
VIC |
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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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| Black and White Day: Save the Tasmanian devil |
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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| Simply Sharing Week |
18 May 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Education Week - VIC |
18 May 2008 |
VIC |
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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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| Vesak/Wesak Buddha Day |
20 May 2008 |
Global |
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| The Rio Tinto Big Science competition day |
22 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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| Lag B'Omer |
23 May 2008 |
Global |
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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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| 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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| Healthy Harold Day |
06 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Bilby Awards voting closes - QLD |
20 Jun 2008 |
QLD |
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| Winter Solstice (Southern Hemisphere) |
21 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Consumer Stuff Competition for Students |
25 Jun 2008 |
VIC |
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| Australian Science Olympiads - Registrations Close |
27 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| MS Readathon - Finish Reading |
30 Jun 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Wakakirri - official launch |
24 Jul 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Privacy Awareness Week Competition |
25 Jul 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Enrol To Vote Week |
28 Jul 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Silent film festival contest: Registration open |
01 Aug 2008 |
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| International Clown Week |
01 Aug 2008 |
Global |
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| Jamm for genes |
01 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| World Breast Feeding Week |
01 Aug 2008 |
Global |
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| Jeans 4 Genes Day |
01 Aug 2008 |
All Australian States |
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| National Healthy Bones Week |
03 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Energy Safety Week - QLD, SA, VIC |
04 Aug 2008 |
QLD,SA,VIC |
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| Dental Health Week |
04 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Homeless Persons' Week |
04 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Fast of Tisha B'Av |
10 Aug 2008 |
Global |
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| 40 Hour Famine |
15 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Australian Science Festival - ACT |
16 Aug 2008 |
ACT |
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| National Science Week |
16 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Glaucoma Week |
17 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Daffodil Day |
22 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Freedom Day - NT |
23 Aug 2008 |
NT |
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| Hearing Awareness Week |
24 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Keep Australia Beautiful Week |
25 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Big Draw 2008: registrations close |
30 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| MS Readathon - Sponsorship Due |
30 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Premier's Reading Challenge finishes - VIC |
31 Aug 2008 |
VIC |
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| Refugee and Migrant Sunday |
31 Aug 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Aboriginal Cultural Awareness Week - SA |
01 Sep 2008 |
SA |
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| Competency-based Human Resources Development |
01 Sep 2008 |
Online only |
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| Big Draw 2008: programs open |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Education Week - NT |
01 Sep 2008 |
NT |
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| National Spina Bifida Awareness Month |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Literacy & Numeracy Week |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Weedbusters Week |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Wattle Day |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Landcare Week |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Water Safety Month - NT |
01 Sep 2008 |
NT |
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| National Dyspraxia Awareness Month |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Tiwest Night-stalk |
01 Sep 2008 |
WA |
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| Save the Koala Month |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Biodiversity Month |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Premier's Reading Challenge finishes - NSW |
01 Sep 2008 |
NSW |
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| Beginning of Ramadan |
01 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| First day of Spring |
01 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Reading Day |
03 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| World's Largest Lesson |
03 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| Fred Hollows Foundation Day |
03 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Indigenous Literacy Day |
03 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Australian National Flag Day |
03 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden: Expressions of Interest close |
05 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
|
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| Term Two ends - TAS |
05 Sep 2008 |
TAS |
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| Bilby Awards winners announced - QLD |
05 Sep 2008 |
QLD |
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| Premier's Reading Challenge finishes - SA |
05 Sep 2008 |
SA |
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| Paralympic Games |
06 Sep 2008 |
Beijing |
|
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| History Week - NSW |
06 Sep 2008 |
NSW |
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| National Threatened Species Day |
07 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Child Protection Week |
07 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| National Grandparents Day - US |
07 Sep 2008 |
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| Father's Day |
07 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| World First Aid Day |
08 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| International Literacy Day |
08 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| Eden prize: entries open |
11 Sep 2008 |
SA |
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| National Sustainable House Day |
13 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Roald Dahl Day |
13 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| National Bilby Day |
14 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Mid-Autumn (Moon) Festival |
14 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| Great Australian Bushwalk |
14 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| International Day of Democracy |
15 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| Inkys Creative Reading Prize: Entries open |
16 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| International Day for the Protection of the Ozone Layer |
16 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| Australian Citizenship Day |
17 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| 8th International Web Archiving Workshop |
18 Sep 2008 |
Aarhus |
|
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| Diabetes Buzz Day |
19 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
|
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| Talk Like a Pirate Day - Australia |
19 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| Clean Up the World Weekend |
19 Sep 2008 |
Global |
|
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| Term Three ends - QLD, VIC |
19 Sep 2008 |
QLD, VIC |
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| Go Abroad Fair: Toronto |
20 Sep 2008 |
Toronto |
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| KOALA Awards voting closes - NSW |
20 Sep 2008 |
NSW |
|
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| Software Freedom Day |
20 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| ASPA Conference - Imagine Create & Transform |
21 Sep 2008 |
WA |
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| International Day of Peace |
21 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| ENO Tree Planting Day |
21 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| Term Three starts - TAS |
22 Sep 2008 |
TAS |
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| OneWebDay |
22 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| Spring Equinox |
23 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| World School Milk Day |
24 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| SA Premier's Be Active ends |
26 Sep 2008 |
SA |
|
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| New Zealand Term Three ends |
26 Sep 2008 |
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| Term Three ends - ACT, NSW, NT, SA, WA |
26 Sep 2008 |
ACT, NSW, NT, SA, WA |
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| National Save the Koala Day |
26 Sep 2008 |
All Australian states |
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| World Tourism Day |
27 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| International Right to Know Day |
28 Sep 2008 |
Global |
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| World Heart Day |
28 Sep 2008 |
