Wikimedia Australia

13/10/2026

🔎 How does Wikipedia represent Australia?

The wikihistories team at UTS has spent four years researching which Australian people, places and events get covered on English Wikipedia, and which get left out. Join us online on Wednesday 11 November to hear what they found, including who is more likely to have a Wikipedia article and why some local histories are missing.

The seminar is free.
12:30–2pm AEDT (12pm ACDT, 11:30am AEST, 9:30am AWST)

Register here:

The wikihistories team shares findings from four years researching how English Wikipedia covers Australian people, places and events. Free online seminar.

09/10/2026

📚 In September, Alice Woods from our team and Perth-based Wikimedians Gnangarra and Sam Wilson presented at the ALIA West conference, hosted by the State Library of Western Australia.

Our session covered GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives and museums) partnerships and the opportunities to work with Wikimedia Australia. We also shared projects from the region, many led by WikiClubWest. These include Noongarpedia, a Noongar-language Wikipedia, and WikiTowns projects such as Freopedia and Toodyaypedia.

The team also documented the conference on-wiki, including creating new Wikidata items, with help from Tamsin Braisher and Mike Dickison’s guide “Wikifying a Conference”.

Thank you to and the State Library of Western Australia for hosting, and to everyone who came to our session. If your organisation is interested in working with us, read more here: https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/ALIA_West_Conference_2026

08/10/2026

It’s World Space Week! 🔭 This image of the Angel Nebula won the astronomy category of the 2025 Wiki Science Competition for Australia and New Zealand. The image was 33 Hours in the making! Thank you for contributing it to Wikimedia Commons, Rolf.

Image: Rolf Wahl Olsen (Hwy37), CC BY-SA 4.0

Enjoy some of the other AMAZING entries to last year's competition: https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/World_Space_Week:_deep-sky_images_from_our_community

Wikipedia Aotearoa New Zealand

23/09/2026

Congratulations to Pru Mitchell!
Wikimedia Australia is pleased to announce that Pru Mitchell is the winner of the 2026 Craig Franklin Award. This award recognises an individual or organisation that has made a positive impact on the Wikimedia movement in Australia.

Congratulations to Pru Mitchell

17/09/2026

Halfway to the goal 🗳️🤩

WikiProject Organised Labour Month has just passed 4,467 of its 10,000-edit target, with 933 people taking part around the world.

This week's International Day of Democracy felt like a good moment to mark it. Democracy isn't just about elections, it's about people having a say & Australia's union movement has been part of that story since 1856.

Two weeks left in September — jump in any time:

A progress update for WikiProject Organised Labour Month - Australia 2026

17/09/2026

It's a great feeling to have this first phase out there! We are looking forward to hearing from Community and our Australian Wiki editors, as we navigate the next phase and put the Guide to work.

Official website of the non-profit charitable New Zealand affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation.

08/09/2026

Wikimedia Australia's 2026 Annual General Meeting is on Sunday 20 September, 5pm AEST (4:30pm SA/NT, 3pm WA), held online. As well as annual reports and the presentation of the Craig Franklin Award, this year's AGM includes board elections — one Ordinary Member position is open, alongside four board members standing for re-election. Nominations are open now and close Saturday 13 September, 11:59pm AEST. All welcome to attend; current members can nominate and vote. Details: https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/Wikimedia_Australia_2026_AGM

07/09/2026

One week left! Expressions of Interest for Partner Projects 2026-27 close Monday 14 September, 23:59 in your timezone. Funding of up to $10,000 for projects on any Wikimedia platform. Questions? See our website for details:

Expressions of Interest for Partner Projects 2026-2027 are now open. Apply by 14 September 2026.

07/09/2026

🐨 Today is National Threatened Species Day, marking the anniversary of the death of Benjamin, the last known thylacine, in 1936.

Every species article on Wikipedia carries a small coloured bar showing its conservation status, from Least Concern to Extinct. It's used across dozens of language editions worldwide, and it was designed by a Melbourne Wikipedian, Pengo Wray. Last year, Wikimedia Australia funded Pengo to refresh the code behind Wikipedia's threatened species lists and build a dedicated Australia-specific list, keeping this information accurate as species are added, uplisted or downlisted.

If you are like Pengo and notice a gap on Wikipedia that you can fix, the WMAU Partner Projects funding round is currently open. Please get in touch and put in an application!

Read more:

Threatened Species Day and Partner Projects 2026-2027.

01/09/2026

"Eight hours' work, eight hours' rest, eight hours' recreation". ⏱️

That was the rallying cry of Melbourne's stonemasons in 1856, when they became the first workers anywhere in the world to win the eight-hour day at industry scale. It's a huge part of Australian history — and it's still missing a lot of detail on Wikipedia.

Throughout September, Wikimedia Australia is encouraging editors to take part in WikiProject Organised Labour Month. We'll be working to expand the coverage of Australian trade union history — from the eight-hour day movement to the women who organised alongside it and are still missing from the encyclopaedia.

No experience needed. Whether it's writing a short biography, tagging a photo on Wikimedia Commons, or improving a Wikidata entry, every contribution helps tell the Australian story!

Join the campaign: https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/WikiProject_Organised_Labour_Month_-_Australia_2026

A Wikimedia editing campaign for September 2026.