Sydney culture

2Day FM is a commercial FM radio station broadcasting in Sydney, Australia on a frequency of 104.1 MHz, and part of the Austereo Today Network. The station was one of three radio stations (along with Triple M and Triple J) to be granted new FM broadcasting licences in Sydney in 1980, and commenced broadcasting on 2 August of that year. The original owners were a business consortium comprising well known media personalities John Laws, Mike Willesee and Graham Kennedy. The station's original programming format was focused towards easy-listening music, but shifted to more pop and rock oriented programming since the late 1980s, with the later additon of rap and dance music to their playlists. ...more on Wikipedia about "2Day FM"

2MBS FM is a Sydney music radio station operated by the Music Broadcasting Society of New South Wales Co-Operative Limited. ...more on Wikipedia about "2MBS"

2SER (Sydney Educational Radio) is a community radio station in Sydney, Australia, broadcasting on the frequency 107.3 FM. The station has help launch the broadcasting careers of Julie McCrossin, Robbie Buck, Helen Razor, Eleanor Hall, Fenella Kernebone and Jonathan Harley - all of whom started out on the station as volunteers. ...more on Wikipedia about "2SER"

The Australian Museum is the oldest museum in Australia, centering on natural history and anthropology, with collections centering on vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, as well as minerology, palaeontology, and anthropology. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian Museum"

The Australian National Maritime Museum is a national maritime museum operated as an independent authority of the Government of Australia, and is at Darling Harbour in Sydney, New South Wales. ...more on Wikipedia about "Australian National Maritime Museum"

Chatswood Oval is one of Lower Northern Sydney's largest sportsgrounds and is home of Gordon Rugby Union or the "Highlanders" as they are locally known. Pius X College Chatswood also has practices for their Rugby and some times Soccer teams their as well. ...more on Wikipedia about "Chatswood Oval"

Christie Park is a sportsground located in the Lower North Shore Sydney suburb of North Ryde. Christie Park (along with North Sydney Oval) are home to Northern_Spirit_FC. The park itself is home to the Gladesville-Hornsby Football Association, arguably Sydney's best in local leagues and the development of young talent. The ground however is used for more professional matches such as representative (rep) and national level games. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christie Park"

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Column 8 is a short column published by the Sydney Morning Herald in which readers who find interesting happenings have their short letters and observations published. Column 8 was first published on January 11, 1947. The name comes from the fact that it originally occupied the final (8th) column of the broadsheet newspaper's front page. In a front page redesign in the lead-up to the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000, Column 8 moved to the back page of the first section. ...more on Wikipedia about "Column 8"

The culture of Sydney is diverse and multicultural. Many of the individual cultures that make up the Sydney mosaic are centred on the ethnic, linguistic and religious communities formed by waves of immigration. (See History of Sydney.) In addition, as a major Australian city, Sydney boasts a full roster of musical, theatrical and artistic activity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Culture of Sydney"

Darlinghurst Theatre is an independent company situated in Potts Point, Sydney. Current CEO and artistic director Glenn Terry established the company in 1993 initially as an inner-city drama school. Darlinghurst Theatre productions were originally based at the Wayside Theatre in Kings Cross. A devastating hail storm destroyed its roof and the company was sent in search of new home. South Sydney Council assisted by providing a venue with affordable rent. ...more on Wikipedia about "Darlinghurst Theatre"

Eastie, is a derogatory term used throughout Australia for a (generally but not exclusively) Anglo-Saxon and/or Jewish demographic of individuals, typically from a white collar or upper class background, who choose to reside in Sydney's eastern suburbs (cf. Westies (people)). ...more on Wikipedia about "Easties (people)"

FBi Radio is a community radio station in Sydney, Australia. It is run along a similar model to Melbourne's 3RRR, with presenters having autonomy over their slots. FBi Radio places a heavy emphasis on local alternative music: it has a policy that at least 50 per cent of its music content is to be Australian, of which at least half comes from Sydney musicians. ...more on Wikipedia about "FBi Radio"

The Granny Smith Festival is Lower Northern Sydney's (and northern Sydney's) largest annual event. The festival is held in the suburb of Eastwood usually in October of each year to commemorate Anne 'Granny' Smith, credited with producing the " Granny Smith apple" and celebrated for providing the Ryde- Hunters Hill area with great prosperity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Granny Smith Festival"

Griffin Theatre Company is the resident theatre company at the SBW Stables Theatre in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia. It is the only theatre company in Sydney entirely dedicated to the development and production of new Australian writing for the stage. ...more on Wikipedia about "Griffin Theatre Company"

The Powerhouse Museum is Sydney's museum of science and technology. It has existed in various guises for 125 years, and is home to some 400,000 artefacts, many of which are housed in the site it has occupied since 1988, and for which it is named - a converted electric tram energy generating station in the Inner West suburb of Ultimo, originally constructed in 1902. ...more on Wikipedia about "Powerhouse Museum"

(R.I.C.E.) RICE stands for Rice Inter- Church Evangelism. It is a annual event that occurs in Sydney, it involves over 30 Chinese churches from all over Sydney. It is both a religous and a cultural event. ...more on Wikipedia about "R.I.C.E."

The Stanton Library is the central library of the North Sydney Council and is the Lower North Shore's second largest (behind Macquarie University). In 2004 and early 2005 the library was renovated to suit a more modern appearance and to accommodate new sections in an extension. The Stanton Library has some of the best local history resources in all of New South Wales and is often referred to as one of the best council libraries in Australia. The library is a member of Shorelink, an alliance of libraries between small municipalities in the Harbourside areas of northern Sydney. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stanton Library"

The State Library of New South Wales is a large public library owned by the state of New South Wales. It is located in Macquarie Street, Sydney. ...more on Wikipedia about "State Library of New South Wales"

Street Light is a massive photographic documentation of Sydney, Australia after dark. ...more on Wikipedia about "Street Light"

The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music), informally known as ‘the Con’, is one of the oldest music schools in Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Conservatorium of Music"

The Sydney Dance Company is one of Australia's most successful and well-known dance companies. It was formed by Graeme Murphy and fellow dancer and collaborator Janet Vernon 1976. Murphy has been compared to the dancer and choreographer Jerome Robbins because of the way he and his company has marketed dance to a wider audience, and brought contemporary dance into a more commercial arena. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Dance Company"

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The Sydney Film Festival is a non-competitive film festival that started in 1954. The festival runs for two weeks each year in June and showcasing Australian, international and alternative films. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Film Festival"

The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras is an annual parade and pride festival for the gay and lesbian community in Sydney, Australia. It is one of the largest such events in the world. Despite its name, it is not held on Mardi Gras ( Shrove Tuesday), though in recent years it has taken place during the carnival season. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras"

The Sydney Opera House is located at in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the most distinctive and famous 20th century buildings, and one of the most famous performing arts venues in the world. Situated on Bennelong Point in Sydney Harbour, with parkland to its south and close to the enormous Sydney Harbour Bridge, the building and its surroundings form an iconic Australian image. To some the spherical-sectioned shells remind them of the flotilla of sailboats commonly cruising there. Tourists - mostly with little or no interest in opera - throng to the building in their thousands every week purely to see it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Opera House"

The Sydney Peace Prize is awarded by the Sydney Peace Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation associated with the University of Sydney. The Sydney Peace Prize is the only International Peace Prize awarded in Australia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sydney Peace Prize"

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