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$889,225 earmarked for 68 projects across regional Australia

Almost a quarter of funded projects will engage Indigenous Australians; young people are also major beneficiaries.

11 Jul 2014 12:00

Richard Watts

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Image: Elton Wirri, Petermann Ranges, 2012 (detail), watercolour on paper 12 x 36 cm. Araluen Art Collection acquired 2012. Via www.namatjira.bighart.org

Successful applications for the March 2014 round of the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund have been announced, with $889,225 to be distributed to 68 projects across regional, remote and very remote communities in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Western Australia.

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts