Canadian Heritage committee  I'm not sure. I don't have that kind of information. Australia is a country where the population is relatively mobile. My impression is that people would often go back to their home city or their home state for particular celebrations. If they were originally from North Queensl

Canadian Heritage committee  It's in Canberra, our capital It was completed several years ago. It's a museum that has artifacts and exhibitions from all the different aspects of Australia's history. There's a section on our manufacturing industry and industry, particularly the agricultural sector, in Austral

Canadian Heritage committee  Obviously, I can only answer that question for me. With it being a very strong community-level celebration, I think different communities would have their own perspective on the event and on what was memorable. From a national perspective, I think the two I would mention would

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said, $9 million was allocated for education-focused activities during the year. There was a website set up that collected local histories, and that was specifically targeted at school students. There was also a variety of other web-based projects established, aimed at impro

Canadian Heritage committee  As I said earlier, Australia is a country where reflecting on our past isn't part of our national character, so that was seen as a failure, and the inability of most school students to name our first prime minister was quite an alarming revelation for me.

Canadian Heritage committee  No, not that I'm aware of. As I mentioned, there was an advisory committee established in 1993-94, which delivered a report to governments on how to celebrate the centenary. There was opportunity for input from the community to that process. But we had the bicentenary in 1998 a

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't have specific information on that. I'm sure that was the case.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think anyone has done an evaluation of the benefits. I think that in a psychological sense it was certainly an historic event. To bring together the many indigenous groups from across the country for the first time ever did have a huge impact on the aboriginal community a

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll have to take that on notice.

Canadian Heritage committee  The answer to your question is yes. The national council set basic criteria and guidelines for projects that would be funded, projects that were consistent with the overall themes and approach of the centenary.

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't think any government would accept a situation in which money was simply given over to community groups without some sort of accountability or transparency. I think it's fair to say that there was a very wide-ranging set of criteria that weren't that difficult to meet, and

Canadian Heritage committee  Well, Tasmania's history in the early years revolved very much around that theme, of being an offshore convict colony--

Canadian Heritage committee  --so honouring that particular part of the country's history was something driven by these funds. Every small community had its own project. I'm not too sure whether I can give you any other examples, but it was a bottom-up process. The criteria and the guidelines were quite ope

Canadian Heritage committee  There was a little bit of both. In London, for example, I mentioned that there was an Australia week. That was organized by the national council. They funded different performing groups, artistic events, and other events that took place in London at that time. That was centraliz