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This article is from the soc.culture.australian FAQ, by Stephen Wales with numerous contributions by others.

1. About soc.culture.australian

The soc.culture.australian newsgroup was established in November 1990,
thanks largely to Ann Nicholson's persistent efforts. It is devoted
to the discussion of all aspects of Australian culture. Iain Sinclair
put together the first FAQ for this group. Ann Nicholson took it over
in early 1993. She did a major reorganisation in June 1994 before
handing it over to Stephen Wales (stephenw@mincom.com) in July 1994.

This FAQ is generally posted to s.c.a in the first week of each month.
If I'm travelling on business or otherwise detained, I'll post it as
soon as possible after the first week of the month.

There are many other related newsgroups. If your article is more
appropriate for another newsgroup, please post it there first --
you'll get the audience you're looking for.

news.announce.newusers		general netiquette 
rec.travel			what to see, when to go, how much, etc.
soc.net-people			\ where to find Australians on the net
aus.wanted			/
misc.jobs.resumes		\ job-hunting
aus.jobs			/
aus.org.acs                     Australian Computer Society - sorta like IEEE
aus.org.efa                     Electronic Frontiers Australia - like EFF
talk.politics.guns		all traffic about gun-related issues
rec.sport.football.australian   \
rec.sport.cricket*		| sport results, chest-beating, etc.
aus.sport			/
soc.culture.new-zealand		New Zealand life, culture, etc.
aus.politics                    \
aus.music                       |
aus.culture.ultimo		| Australian life, culture, etc.
aus.films                       |
aus.tv                          /

If you're unable to post to or read the aus hierarchy, talk to
your system administrator about getting a feed. Since many people
cannot get a feed for the aus hierarchy, cross-postings to s.c.a.
and aus.* are welcome.

Even though I maintain this FAQ, I cannot find missing friends or
relatives last seen in Australia, arrange news or mail feeds, arrange
access to the World Wide Web, track down Australian Government
Departments or give information on government policy so please don't
ask. If you do, I'll politely say 'No' and hope you are not offended.

However, I welcome all comments (both complimentary and critical), and
additions or updates are always welcome. You can have your name added
to the list of contributors and get your 5 seconds of net.fame :-)

This FAQ for soc.culture.australian (and quite a few other newsgroups)
can be FTP'ed from the archie.au site.0. The FAQ files are located in
the /usenet/FAQs/soc.culture.australian directory.
(ftp://archie.au/usenet/FAQs/soc.culture.australian)

The FAQ is also at ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/.
There's also a copy of the FAQ for obtaining public Net access in
Australia in that same directory.

The rtfm archive is updated after each posting. You should always be able
to get the latest copy from there.

There is also a hypertext version available through the World Wide Web.
Nathan Edwards (nedwards@orie.cornell.edu) is making this available after
each posting at http://www.orie.cornell.edu/~nedwards/australiana.html -
please refer any problems or comments to him about this service.
If you have any additions or corrections to make after reading the
html version, please send them directly to me (stephenw@mincom.com)
and not to Nathan.

This FAQ is (C) Copyright 1995 Iain Sinclair/Ann Nicholson/Stephen Wales
and contributors.

Permission is given to freely copy/distribute this FAQ providing the following
conditions are met :

- It is distributed in full without modifications/additions/deletions
- The date of last posting/last modification is kept so that recipients
know how out of date it is
- The current maintainer's email address is included so updates may be
mailed out if required
- You do not intend to make a profit from the distribution.

Whilst some care is taken to ensure that the information contained in
this document is as up to date as possible, the maintainer will accept
no responsibility for any damages the reader may incur from taking this
information as gospel truth. Information contained in this document
such as immigration criteria and quarantine regulations should be used
as guidelines only. For the most up to date and accurate information,
contact the relevant Australian Federal Department or your nearest
Australian Embassy or Consulate-General.

I can not also guarantee the accuracy off the information in this
document. I include what is sent to me, as long as it sounds reasonable.
If I had to verify *every* bit of information contained herein, I'd
never get any real work done.

[Sorry for the above disclaimer...but a friend warned me I'd better
have one....just in case.......]

This FAQ is largely a compilation of posts, comments and email from the
readership of this newsgroup. It will only continue to be a useful
document if the readership helps keep it up to date.

Please send errors, omissions or corrections to me, Stephen Wales, at
stephenw@mincom.com.

 

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