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Arts Grants Program - The next Round of Arts Grants closes on 15 October 2004. New Guidelines and forms are now available. Arts NT will be hosting information sessions in Katherine and Alice Springs. [More]

2005 Chief Minister's Roundtable for Young Territorians - A Chance for YOUth to have a say !! 2005 Applications Now Open. Applications are now being sought from young Territorians who are interested in being part of the 2005 Chief Minister's Round Table of Young Territorians. For more information call OYA on free call 1800 652 736 or 8999 3724 or check out the Round Table website. Don't forget applications close 15 October 2004.

Want to win for Water Safety? - As part of Water Safety Week 2004 you could win one of two prize packs of aquatic gear valued at $150.00 by colouring in the drawing showing Boof the Barra, Penny the Pelican and Matty the Turtle teaching kids to be water wise. Visit www.watersafety.nt.gov.au for more information.

Desert Mob Marketplace - In association with Arts NT's new Indigenous Arts Development Unit, the Alice Springs Cultural Precinct presented a new and exciting event for 2004 – Desert Mob Marketplace on Saturday 4 September. A prelude to the Desert Mob exhibition opening, an estimated 800 people attended throughout the afternoon with in excess of $43,000 worth of works sold. Whilst record sales have again accompanied the launch of the 14th annual Desert Mob art exhibition at the Araluen Galleries in Alice Springs on Sunday, 5 September. [More]

Legal Deposit Legislation - The Northern Territory will soon have the capacity to ensure rich and comprehensive heritage and information collection. [More]

Australia's richest Indigenous art prize, the Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award, was presented on 13 August to Gulumbu Yunupingu. The coveted $40,000 Telstra First Prize was announced by Mr Geoff Booth, Regional Managing Director, Telstra Country Wide, at the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory in Darwin for the work titled Garak, the Universe. [More]


On Thursday 19 August 2004, John Ah Kit, the Minister for Housing delivered his new vision for housing through a Ministerial Statement (pdf 48Kb) on Home Territory 2010. This Strategy provides a strategic new direction for housing and related infrastructure. The primary goal of the Strategy is to provide safe, secure and affordable housing for all Territorians.

Arts NT, in conjunction with the Office of Senior Territorians and the Government House Foundation, is pleased to call for entries to the 2004 Portrait of a Senior Territorian Art Award. This year's Award is being held from 1-12 November 2004 in Parliament House, Darwin. [More]

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