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7 October 2026
Queensland State Office hosts Brisbane’s Pacific community
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Queensland State Office hosted a reception on 17 September to celebrate DFAT’s Australia now: Pacific edition partnership with the Brisbane Festival’s Pasifika Made. Australia now: Pacific edition is DFAT’s flagship public diplomacy initiative celebrating the deep cultural connections between Australia and Pacific partners in 2026. Through the initiative, DFAT supported Pasifika Made, a flagship event showcasing contemporary Pacific culture and strengthening cultural links between Australia and Pacific partners.
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27 September 2026
Pacific perspectives on global stage at the 22nd International Congress of Maritime Museums, Sydney
What do a master voyager from the Cook Islands, a museum director from Fiji and a researcher from Samoa have in common? This month, Australia was proud to support Deon Wong, Captain of the Cook Islands voyaging canoe Marumaru Atua; Armando Lowe, Director of the Fiji National Museum; and Vaiwilmalua Filia Maotua, Research Assistant at the National University of Samoa, to join maritime heritage leaders from around the world at the 22nd International Congress of Maritime Museums in Sydney, Australia #ICMM2026
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21 September 2026
Artists from Australia, New Zealand and Fiji selected for the inaugural Oceania Pacific Arts Residency in Suva
Creative Australia, Creative New Zealand and the Oceania Centre at the University of the South Pacific (USP) are thrilled to announce Emele Ugavule, Ulamila Buiravonu Bulamaibau, and Nina Nawalowalo ONZM for the inaugural Oceania Pacific Arts Residency in Suva, Fiji.
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16 September 2026
Australia now: Pacific edition Program now available
The Australia now: Pacific edition program brochure is now available.
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11 September 2026
5,000 people celebrate Australian First Nations and Pacific culture at Darwin Festival
Around 5,000 people came together to celebrate Australian First Nations and Pacific culture at a free family concert supported by Australia now: Pacific edition during Darwin Festival.
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11 September 2026
Minister for Pacific Island Affairs unveils Palau mural
In Palau for the The 55th Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders Forum, the Hon Pat Conroy MP Minister for Pacific Island Affairs officially unveiled the Australia/ Palau mural – Two Nations, One Ocean at Palau High School on the 3 September 2026.
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11 September 2026
Pasifika Film Fest comes to Tuvalu
Golden sunsets, powerful stories and unforgettable people, the Pasifika Film Fest’s time in Tuvalu was truly magical.
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27 August 2026
New large-scale Australian-Palaun Mural visited by Head of State
Check out the amazing “Two Nations. One Ocean” mural at Palau High School as part of Australia now: Pacific edition. This collaboration between Palauan artist Elsei Tellei and Australian First Nations artist Maddison Gibbs is a celebration of strong and growing cultural connections between Palau and Australia as part of Australia Now: Pacific Edition. Palau President, H.E. Surangel Whipps Jr visited the mural and met the artists.
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12 August 2026
Samoa hosts internally-acclaimed musician William Barton
Australian and Samoan artists, musicians and communities came together from 21 July to 1 August for Breath of Country, Breath of Ocean, a cultural exchange presented by the Australian High Commission in Samoa and Tiapapata Art Centre as part of Australia now: Pacific edition. Internationally acclaimed First Nations musician William Barton, respected Elder and storyteller Aunty Delmae Barton, and Samoan-Australian musician Isaiah B. Brunt joined communities across Samoa for workshops, cultural visits, performances and creative collaborations.
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17 June 2026
Australia now: Pacific edition kicks off at Rising Festival in Melbourne
Thousands of people descended on Federation Square in Melbourne for an all-ages Pasifika block party with live beats and killer moves at Rising Festival – an annual celebration of music, food, arts and culture under moonlight in the heart of Melbourne, Australia.
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1 June 2026
Australia now: Pacific edition celebrates and deepens cultural connections with the Pacific
Australia is delivering a vibrant program of cultural collaborations across the Pacific region from June to December 2026, to celebrate the deep connections between Australia and our Pacific partners.
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