Special Days/Australia Day

Australia Day is the 26th of January, Australia's official national day. (For information on the significance of this date and its political significance, see Wikipedia.) At DP, it is a focused release date for books related to Australia. DP first observed this event in 2004.

Forum links

Providing Content:

Discussing all things Australian:

• Aussies team page.
• Team discussion thread at http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2569.

Projects

Here are Australia-related projects which may or may not have benefited from having a special day at DP.

Note: The lists below may become out of date at times. A list of all Australia Day projects currently at DP is available here.

In the Rounds

• Title	The Naturalist in Australia. {P1->P1} {Fast Formatting Feedback}
  Author	Saville-Kent, W.
  State	proj_post_first_checked_out
  PM/PPer	Mebyon/Monicas wicked stepmother

Posted to Project Gutenberg

1. A Source Book of Australian History, by Gwendolen H. Swinburn, M.A..
2. An Australian Lassie, by Lilian Turner.
3. Far off, or, Asia and Australia described, by Mortimer, Favell Lee.
4. In the Mist of the Mountains, by Turner, Ethel.
5. Kinship Organizations and Group Marriage in Australia, by Thomas, Northcote.
6. Peeps at Many Lands: Australia (1911), by Frank Fox.
7. Some everyday folk and Dawn, by Franklin, Miles.
8. The Empire Annual for Australian Girls, 1911, by ed. A. R. Buckland.
9. The Gold Hunters' Adventures, or, Life in Australia, by Thomes, William Henry.
10. The History of Tasmania (1 of 2) (1852), by West, John.