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ARTS
FESTIVALS
MUSIC, ART, DANCE, DRAMA, CA BARET A N D STREET THEATRE - A MAJOR
A RTS FESTIVAL WILL OFFER ALL THIS A N D MORE IN A PROGRAMME
T H AT IS DESIGNED TO ENTERTAIN, STIMULATE
A N D SURPRISE.
SPINDRIFT
There are many Since its inception in 1960 the biennial Adelaide
types of festivals Festival has developed an enviable reputation as one
held in Australia of the world's leading multi-arts festivals. It is
both annually and on a biennial Australia's best-known and most prestigious arts
basis. The major international festival and prides itself on presenting contemporary
multi-arts festivals celebrate the work which pushes the boundaries of art, an eclectic
arts generally. Other festivals are programme which boasts something for everyone.
based around a particular genre, Each festival has a particular theme. The 2000 festival
such as music, comedy, dance or focused on the act of creativity itself, and the new
writing. Still others are aimed at ways in which artists are choosing to collaborate and
specific audiences, fringe festivals, create into the next century.
for example, or youth festivals. The Adelaide Festival includes a curated visual
There are five existing major arts and writers festival. The director is appointed
international arts festivals in for a two year term which ensures a constantly
Australia - Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, changing focus on the new and the challenging.
Melbourne and Brisbane. The stamps The stamp features Rosas, a Belgian dance company
feature images from each of them, established by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker in 1983,
conveying the complexity, richness which appeared in the 2000 festival.
and vibrancy of the performing and Celebrating its 25th year in 2001 the Sydney
visual arts in Australia.
Festival is one of Australia's major arts festivals and
The Perth International Arts Festival embraces all art forms. It is ultimately a celebration
is Australia's oldest international of summer in a great city, culminating each year on
multi-arts festival, celebrating its Australia Day, 26 January. The Sydney Festival is
50th anniversary in 2002. It is an sometimes characterised as Australia's major
annual event held in February or outdoor arts festival. The sculpture featured on the
March. The 2000 Perth Festival stamp is Guardian Angel by Inge King, held in the
was the beginning of a four-year collection of Deakin University (Burwood Campus),
Millennium Celebration programme. Victoria. The dancer is from the Tharp! Dance
The stamps feature an image from The Company performing in a piece titled Sweet Field,
Merry-Go-Round in the Sea performed a 1998 Sydney Arts Festival offering.
by Black Swan Theatre Company, and Held from mid-October the annual Melbourne
an image from a 1998 Perth Festival Festival runs for seventeen days and has acquired a
performance of Cloudstreet by Company B reputation for presenting outstanding international
Belvoir and Black Swan Theatre Company. and Australian attractions encompassing all art
Adapted from Tim Winton’s novel, the forms. It began in 1986 and utilises a variety of non-
play was subsequently performed to huge traditional venues to create greater vibrancy in the
critical acclaim in other Australian cities city centre and surrounding environs. The
and in London's West End.
foreground image in the stamp is a performer
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24 February 2000
18 October 2000
FESTIVAL O F T H E W I N D S,BONDI BEAC H
50 Paralympic torch
46 Space
24 February 2000
PARALYMPIC
TORCH
THE M A A SYDNEY 2000 PARALYMPIC TO RC H RELAY W AS A N INSPIRING
COMMUNITY EVENT. DURING A N 11,500 KILOMETRE JOURNEY A RO U N D
AUSTRALIA THE TO RC H PASSED THRO U G H THE HANDS OF 920 TO RCHBEARERS,
A N D VISITED M O R E THAN 200 TOWNS,CITIES A N D SUBURBS.
The Paralympic Torch Relay began its
journey on 5 October 2000 at Parliament
House, Canberra. The Ngunnawal
community, original inhabitants of the Canberra
area, lit the flame in a traditional ceremony.
Travelling by air from Canberra to Melbourne,
Hobart, Adelaide, Perth, Darwin and Brisbane the
torch then commenced an eight-day road journey
through regional centres in New South Wales. After
arriving in Sydney the torch was carried to the
Olympic Stadium for the Opening Ceremony
where it was used to light the Paralympic cauldron,
marking the official opening of the Sydney 2000
Paralympic Games.
For those involved in the Paralympic Torch Relay
the lighting of the cauldron marked the end of what
was a significant community event. With the
support of sponsors, service clubs, seniors, ethnic
groups and local councils the Sydney Paralympic
Organising Committee was able to raise awareness
of the Games, promote the skill and commitment
of Paralympic athletes and inspire future sports stars.
In addition, a pen-pal scheme called LEAP (Link
Elite Athletes Programme) encouraged school students
to communicate with Paralympic athletes, follow
their progress and support them during the Games.
As a reward for their efforts these groups
received torchbearer positions on the relay. A
total of 124 school students and more than 160
representatives of other community organisations
proudly carried the torch on its epic journey. In
addition 300 members of the public won positions
on the relay in the Motor Accidents Authority of
NSW (MAA) Torchbearer Competition. Other
torchbearers included Paralympic and Olympic
athletes and Paralympic Games volunteers.
The first torchbearer was David Hall, Atlanta
silver and bronze medallist and three-time winner
from Sekarwari-Balinese Dance
Society who appeared in the 1998
Festival. The background image shows a
member of Spindrift, an act in the Streets
Southgate Spectacular at the 1996 Festival.
The biennial Brisbane Festival takes place in
October. First held in 1996, the Brisbane Festival
features some of the world's finest performing arts
groups from Australia and overseas in the fields of
dance, drama, and contemporary and fine music.
The 2000 Festival included the Out of the Box
Festival for young children. The image in the stamp
is from a performance at the 1998 Brisbane Festival
titled African Moves by the Vusa Dance Company
of South Africa.
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This year’s inclusion of the limited edition,
composite Gold Medallists sheet makes it a
must have for collectors. The wide range of
subjects makes it an ideal gift for anyone with
an interest in Australian culture and history.
Mail Order Codes
If ordered before 27 December 2000
1101171 Collection of 2000 Australian Stamps
Deluxe edition......................................$82.50#
1101214 Collection of 2000 Australian Stamps
Executive edition................................$112.50#
Note, because of the large number of stamps in the 2000
issue programme, there are no Australian Antarctic Territory
stamps in this year’s collection. These stamps are included
in the Territories collection.
DESIGN:W AYNE RANKIN
ROSAS DANCE COMPANY
of the US Wheelchair Tennis Open. David won the The stamps were printed in ‘personalised stamp’
US Open, back-to-back in 1997 and 1998 and was the format. The tabs carry the Sydney 2000 Paralympic
first Australian player to win a Paralympic Games Games slogan, Feel inspired. Members of the
medal in tennis.
Australian Paralympic team were presented with
The design of the torch was inspired by the their own sheets of personalised stamps as a
Paralympic Games logo which embodies the vitality souvenir of their involvement in this great event.
of Sydney, the spirit of Australia and the ability and
achievement of Paralympic athletes.
Made from anodised aluminium each
torch held a steel burner to keep it
cool when carried. A fuel mix of
propane and butane was used to
ensure a bright flame.
Sydney is the fourth country to
host a Paralympic Torch Relay. The
first was held in Seoul in 1988.
DESIGN:FHA IMAG E DESIGN
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SPACE
THE SPACEAGE HAS OPENED UP N E W POSSIBILITIES
FOR THE FUTURE.COMBINING SCIENCE FICTION
AND SPACEFACT,THE SPACE STAMPS SPECULATE
ABOUT HUMAN LIFE O N M A R S.
DESIGN:OTTO SCHMIDINGER
Mars has had a place in popular culture highly varied, much of it very old and cratered.
for well over a century now, partly Olympus Mons is the largest mountain in the solar
because it was thought to be the most system rising 24 kilometres above the surrounding
likely planet to support life. Popular culture in the plain and with a base more than 500 kilometres in
form of literature, and later, radio and film, reflected diameter. The Mariner Valleys is a system of canyons
such beliefs. War of the Worlds by H G Wells was first 4000 kilometres long named after Mariner 4, the
published in 1897 and had a considerable influence first American spacecraft to take close up pictures
on the public's view of alien life. It tells of the invasion of Mars when it flew by in 1965. Mars 2 was the first
of Earth by Martians who flee their dying planet and spacecraft to actually land on Mars.
descend upon London. Inevitably the Martians, with Various experiments have been performed to
their advanced weapons, cause people to panic and determine the existence of life on Mars. There is
flee. The Martians, however, begin to succumb to a evidence of ancient Martian micro-organisms, but
fatal infection as they are not immunised against this by no means establishes the fact of extraterrestrial
Earth's germs. A radio adaptation of this novel by life. NASA currently plans to bring rock and soil
Orson Welles in 1938 caused extraordinary panic in samples back to Earth in 2008. Mission planners
the United States of America. Because of the play’s acknowledge that returning a Martian sample to
style of news bulletins and on-the-spot reporting, Earth will require environmental impact assessments
people thought there really was an invasion.
and international consultations because of the
Ray Bradbury is another novelist who has potential risk.
popularised Mars. The Martian Chronicles,
While Mars is 500 times further away from Earth
published in 1951, turned the popular notion of than the moon, scientists believe it will be possible to
Martian invaders on its head by telling the tragic send humans there once some major technological
Why send humans to Mars? Scientists say there Could people ever live comfortably on Mars?
story of the human conquest of Mars. The Martians, hurdles are overcome. The length of the journey
are experiments and explorations that even the As Mars is further away from the Sun than the Earth
a wise and ancient civilization, are killed by
raises the problems of prolonged weightlessness and
most advanced robots could not accomplish. Such is, its weather is much colder. The atmospheric
terrestrial bacteria brought by humans.
exposure to solar and cosmic radiation far stronger
a mission would provide a greater understanding of pressure is less than one per cent of Earth's, too thin
Films about Mars have been made since the than anything past astronauts have experienced.
Mars and give a better understanding of Earth's to allow liquid water on the surface, and there is no
beginning of cinema. Releases in the year 2000 The prolonged weightlessness during a three to
evolution. At a "Why Mars?" workshop held in oxygen. The Mariner and Viking spacecraft have
included Red Planet Mars and Mission to Mars. four-year-long mission could carry additional risks,
Houston, Texas, in August 1992, six motivating revealed flood channels and valley networks on
The latter concerns a NASA mission that goes awry associated with muscle wastage, heart problems,
factors for human exploration of Mars were
Mars. These features appear to be relics from a time,
leaving all but one member of the crew dead. bone loss or sleeplessness. The thin atmosphere and
canvassed. These included the idea that Mars is the billions of years ago, when liquid water flowed across
Meanwhile, out in space, Mars is the fourth chaotic climate of Mars means humans will face
next logical step in the expansion of the human the surface. In that remote epoch, Mars almost
planet from the Sun and the seventh largest. It has fierce dust storms, large temperature variations, no
race; that an international Mars exploration
certainly possessed a much denser atmosphere. Could
been known to humans since ancient times. Its oxygen and great difficulties in accessing water while
programme would create a sense of global unity; it change back again and become a warmer, wetter,
blood-red appearance, caused by large quantities of on the surface. In addition, provision must be made
and that the development of new and improved habitable planet? The main requirement would be to
iron oxide (rust) in the soil, inspired the Romans to for returning the crew to Earth, such as providing a
technologies for the Mars mission would enhance restore the dense Martian atmosphere. Because of its
associate it with their god of war, Mars. Its surface is source of fuel for the return trip.
the lives of people and encourage high-tech industry. low gravity, however, this possibility is doubtful.
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Annual Collection spreads
Delux edition, Collection of 2000 Australian Stamps (In slip case)
The Australian Territories Collection 2000 will
be released on 1 November. The four-page
collection features background information for
all stamps released for the Australian Antarctic
Territory, Christmas Island and Cocos (Keeling)
Islands during 2000 along with stamps, sheetlets
and miniature sheets. Complemented by album
sheets to ensure the stamps are easy to collect,
the collection represents excellent value at only
$13.50.
The collector’s choice range has binders
which will hold your Territories collection.
Mail Order Codes
1101194 Territories Collection 2000 ..................$13.50
AUSTRALIAN
ANTARCTIC
TERRITORY
Wilayah Antartik
Milik Australia
Acknowledgements
Generated by Australia Post
Philatelic Group
Written by Lisa Lim and Rosemary Clark
Designed by Stacey Zass
©Australia Post
Front cover:
crab - Deidre Hunt
Inside spread:
king and bird, bird and star - Bill Wood;
dragon - Luis Chiang;
Siti Sanniah Kawi - Diane Masters;
Nakia Haji Dolman - Nameli Nallen-Yaderie;
Rafiuddin Radal - Tina Auld-Bower;
crab - Deidre Hunt
Back cover:
Emperor Penguins - Superstock Catalogue 7/
International Photographic Library
ANTARCTIC PENGUINS
Burung Penguin Antartik
Only two species of penguin breed in the Australian Antarctic Territory
(AAT): the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) and the Adélie Penguin
(Pygoscelis adeliae).
At approximately one metre in height, the adult Emperor Penguin is the
world's tallest penguin. Also the heaviest of penguins, it weighs between
23 and 40 kilograms. Extremely dense plumage, a woolly down underfelt
and a thick layer of fat all assist this remarkable creature to withstand the most
extreme breeding conditions of any bird species.
The smaller black and white Adélie Penguin stands 71 centimetres tall and
weighs up to six kilograms. Named after the wife of the French explorer,
Admiral Dumont d'Urville, these flightless birds breed on the shores of
Antarctica in early spring.
Photographs: Emperor – main & top image: Graham Robertson/AUSCAPE;
bottom image: Colin Blobel/ANT Photo Library
Adélie – main & lower image: Janet Boschen;
top image: Steve Turner/Oxford Scientific Films/AUSCAPE
Design: Janet Boschen, Australia Post Design Studio
Issue date: 24 July 2000
AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES
Wilayah-Wilayah Australia
In addition to the Australian stamp issue programme, Australia Post produces
stamps for three of Australia's external Territories – Christmas Island, Cocos
(Keeling) Islands and the Australian Antarctic Territory (AAT).
Known as Australia's Indian Ocean Territories, tropical Christmas and Cocos
(Keeling) Islands are 900 kilometres apart and closer to Indonesia than the
Australian mainland. Christmas Island lies some 2,600 kilometres north-west
of Perth, just 360 kilometres south of Jakarta. The Cocos (Keeling) Islands
are almost 2,800 kilometres north-west of Western Australia's capital city;
and around 1,000 kilometres south-west of Sumatra and Java.
These two Territories' proximity to south-east Asian countries is reflected
in their populations. Sixty-five per cent of Christmas Islanders are Chinese,
fifteen per cent are Malaysian and only one fifth of the 1,400 inhabitants are
Europeans. Out of approximately 570 people living on the Cocos (Keeling)
Islands, 86 per cent are Cocos Malays and descended from Javanese labourers.
The remainder of the population is generally of European extraction.
The Australian Government claims more than 5.8 million square kilometres
of Antarctica as its own territory. All people in the AAT are there on a
temporary basis. Australian mainlanders are employed by Australian
National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) to carry out scientific
research. Each year around 300 expeditioners are contracted to work for
twelve months in the coldest, windiest, highest and driest place on earth.
Casey, the continental ANARE base closest to Australia, lies 3,430 kilometres
south-west of Hobart.
2000
K O L E K S I S E T E M W I L A Y A H - W I L A Y A H A U S T R A L I A 2 0 0 0
THE
AUSTRALIAN
TERRITORIES
COLLECTION
2000
AUSTRALIA POST ISSUES STAMPS FOR THREE EXTERNAL AUSTRALIAN TERRITORIES.
THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS THE FULL COLLECTION OF TERRITORIES STAMPS RELEASED IN 2000,
COVERING AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC TERRITORY, CHRISTMAS ISLAND AND COCOS (KEELING) ISLANDS.
Territories collection 2000 (front spread)
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