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A USTRALIAN
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australian
january
february
march
2000
•Year of the
Dragon
•Face of Australia
•Gorgeous Gardens
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Ye a r o f t h e D r a g o n
C H R I S T M A S
I S L A N D
2000
A U S T R A L I A
C H R I S T M A S
I S L A N D
2000
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February 5,
2000 marks the Lunar New Year
and the beginning of the Year of
the Dragon. Chinese astrology
groups people into different
personality types according to the year
they were born. Each year is named for an
animal over a twelve-year cycle: rat, ox, tiger,
rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey,
rooster, dog and pig.
People born in dragon years are said to be charming, energetic, generous and
successful. They love to help out when things go wrong.
Dragon years in the 20th century are 1904, 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000.
Famous Dragons include Louisa May Alcott, Lewis Carroll, Bing Crosby, Salvador Dali,
Sigmund Freud, Martin Luther King, Shirley Temple, Raquel Welch, Ringo Starr, John
Lennon, Bruce Lee, Tom Jones, Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve.
Chinese tradition says that the Dragon is a very lucky sign - it's lucky to be a Dragon,
and to be friends with a Dragon!
Issue date:13 January 2000
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These 25 Face of Australia stamps represent a
'snapshot' that shows who we are as a nation at
the beginning of the year 2000.
All of the photos were sent in by friends or relatives of the people on the
stamps as a result of an Australia-wide competition in 1999. The winners
were chosen from many thousands of entries. Judges in all states of
Australia selected photos to represent the wide variety of people who
make up our Australian community.
Now that you know how they were chosen, meet the people on the
stamps (each row is described from left to right):
Top row: Twin sisters, Nicholle & Meghan Triandis, QLD; cattleman
David Willis, QLD; environmentalist Natasha Bramley, SA; Cyril Watson,
NT; Mollie Dowdall, WA.
Row 2: Flying instructor Robin Dicks, WA; WWII veteran Mary Simons,
TAS; Peta & Samantha Nieuwerth, VIC; Dr John Matthews, VIC; Edith
Dizon-Fitzsimmons, VIC.
Row 3: Teacher Philippa Weir, QLD; Vietnam veteran John (Jack) Thurgar
MBE, NSW; Miguel Alzona, NSW; Rachael Thomson, QLD; Australia
Post employee Necip Akarsu, VIC.
Row 4: Justin Allan, NSW; Wadad Dennaoui, VIC; Jack Laity, VIC;
Kelsey Stubbin, QLD; Gianna Rossi, SA.
Row 5: Paris Hansch, NSW; Donald Whatham, NSW; Stacey Coull, NT;
Alex Payne, NSW; John Lodge, NSW.
Issue date: 1 January 2000
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Mystery
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It's that time of the year when
everyone starts to wonder: who will be
the next Australian Legend?
Each year since 1997 Australia Post has presented
awards to Australians who have made an
outstanding contribution to the Australian identity
and has featured them on a stamp issue.
The first in the series showed Sir Donald Bradman,
the greatest player in cricket history. The second
issue honoured six Australian Olympic Legends:
Betty Cuthbert, Herb Elliott, Dawn Fraser,
Marjorie Jackson, Murray Rose and Shirley
Strickland. The famous artist Arthur Boyd was
chosen last year.
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arts festivals
Many different arts festivals take place around
Australia each year. These stamps celebrate our
five largest arts festivals.
The 45c stamps show (from left) Australia's oldest international arts
festival, Perth Arts Festival; Adelaide Festival, which is held every two
years; Sydney Festival; Melbourne Festival and Brisbane Festival.
All of these festivals feature local and international dancers, actors and
musicians. The festivals often also include films, art exhibitions and street
theatre performances.
Issue date: 24 February 1999
DO YOUR FRIENDS A FAVOUR!
Who will it be in 2000? Sorry...it's a
secret and we can't tell! Watch the
news in January, or wait for the next
Stamp Explorer for details!
Issue date: 21 January 2000
Tell your friends how to get their own
copies of the Stamp Explorer! All they
need to do is send their name, address and
date of birth to:
STAMP EXPLORER
PO BOX 4000, FERNTREE GULLY
VIC 3156
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GORG EOU S GAR DE N S
Do you like to plant flowers and dig for
weeds? Sniffer loves to dig in the garden, but
he hasn't learnt how to plant anything yet.
Gardening is one of the most popular pastimes in Australia. Even those
of us who don't have green thumbs can enjoy the magic of relaxing or
playing in a beautiful garden.
These five stamps show a garden going through some of the changes of
the seasons. The first stamp shows a garden in winter; the rest of the
stamps show spring, summer and a hint of autumn.
You might also have noticed that the first two stamps show mainly
native plants such as banksias and bottlebrushes, while the rest show
mainly exotic flowers like roses and hibiscus.
Issue date: 23 March 2000
Gardens are
pretty and they smell good
too. So does the booklet of
Garden stamps. It comes
with a scratch and sniff
cover that will remind you
of a favourite garden
scent.
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GARDENS PUZZLE
Sniffer’s
See if you can find all these things that
the Stamp Gang like to do in their garden.
Hint: some words overlap, and they can go in any
direction! The remaining letters spell out the name of
someone in the Stamp Gang.
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Hi Gang
My kennel is overflowing with all of your great Freddo stamp designs! It was a hard job
choosing the winners...and even harder to choose just a few to show. Our next issue will
feature stamps commemorating Federation, an important event in Australian history. Send
us a picture of an important event in your family’s history, by 18 January 2000 and you
could win one of10 fantastic Year of the Dragon mouse mat prize packs.
Until next time...Love, Sniffer
Sniffer’s
PS Don’t forget to put your name, age, address and membership number on your letters and
competition entries!
FREDDO WINNERS
TM
Tara May
Jacob Arblaster
Anna Welsh
Brendan Silk
Ben Whitmore
Michelle Clark
Kate Van Der Heyden
Josie Eynard
Anthony Woodford
Aaron Blazic
Bond Youman
Liam Bickle
Rachel Oliver
Alana Hutchinson
Bryan Carter
Natalie Witsen
Briana Kupke
Anna Florin
Jessica Kirby
Dylan Hill
Amy Borrell
Ruwini Withanachchi
Mitchell Gourley
Emmaly Boone
S Shepheard
Tina Caruso
Malinda Brunsdon
Jessica Lyndon
Zoe Stephenson
Amy Bennett
Belinda Lee
Jenna Maher
Ryan Grose
Anna Pearce
Helen Wong
Verity Russo
Adam Cubito
Leanne Lai
Olivia Sharpe
Clarissa Rentsch
Casey Ely
Claire Franke
Jessica Wilson
Jessica Evans
Teagan McDonald
Jillian Moffatt
VIC
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SA
Jessica Kelly
QLD
Elizabeth Gourley
QLD
Tara Harvey
QLD
Lisa Stoss
VIC
Ray De Mack
VIC
Crystal Hildred
QLD
Linda Liu
VIC
Anna Dang
NSW
Laura Penni
VIC
Amy Sledziona
VIC
Marco Centurione
Italy
Georgina Daniel
VIC
Mubara Mansoor
Sri Lanka
Laura Rentsch
VIC
Felicity Maher
VIC
Mark Baulis
SA
Meg Fowler
QLD
Michael Watson
NSW
Katherine Quinton
WA
Karen Nightingale
NSW
Lewis Martin
QLD
Tahnee Bostock
NSW
Kirsty Robertson
NSW
Alyce Bowe
NSW
Vanessa Gregory
SA
Anita Curtis
QLD
Jana Dawson
WA
Justin Taylor
TAS
Jessica Whitaker
SA
Kathy Ng
VIC
Timothy Chan
Christmas Is.
Hanna McKerrow
NSW
Emma Garnsey
NSW
Nadia Vittoria
VIC
Beck Wilson
TAS
Matthew Blazic
WA
Jessica Sutton
SA
Kate Phillips
QLD
Lila Landowski
TAS
Ronnie Scanlon
QLD
Jessica Tsam
VIC
Helen Saykao
VIC
Stephanie Hing
NSW
Theresa Hoang
NSW
Elizabeth Cheung
NSW
Samantha Lloyd
NSW
Teresa Badenoch
Naomi Absalom
Zoe Birch
Kasey Hambeuchen
Sara Asamoah
Kate Meenan
Nicholas Jesser
Daniel Tan
Ben Parke
Daniel Kos
James Lynch
Bianca Skow
Alex Silk
Brock Edridge
Andrew Craigie
Bryn James
Elise Hart
Michael Powell
Ruata Hurtado
Jane Archer
Zhi Yin Chau
Charmaine Chamberlain
Mitchell Hender
Sylvie Ashford
Hill Yee Hsieh
Deanne Buterin
Terese Vecchio
Annabel Koten
Alison Strachan
Sarah Bignell
Renee Steer
Thomas Dang
Hannah Vanyai
Sophanna Muth
Hayley Blacker
Sonia Singh
Thuy Nguyen
Zoe Wilson
Daryl Cutter
Daniel Black
Hayden Reeve
Leigh Buchanan Grant
W. Hsieh
Kristen Whitton
Jondelle Watkins
Emily Carter
SA
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WA
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ACT
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SA
NSW
QLD
VIC
Barry Lo
Rebecca Bassett
Simon Rendle-Short
Peggy Kuo
Joel Leak
Katherine Parsons
Jessica Johnson
Alicia Wilson
Rosie Ashford
Lorraine Nguyen
Yen Le
Zoe Flick
Joy Burton
Jack Yang
Vinh Ha
David Baulis
Ben McHattie
Danielle Crestani
Peter Sergeev
Julie Schefe
Callum Glennen
Andrew Lowe
Ashley Woods
Chhoung Lim
Adrian Di Girolamo
Catherine Curtis
Maria Cumbo
Thomas O’Connor
Sarah Robertson
Julia Bartolo
Jonathan Konrad
Fred Cook
Stephanie Wende
Jade Child
Elizabeth Engler
Sally McConnell
Meaghan Raymond
Lauren Kajewski
Nicole McLeod
Julian Dilizia
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FREDDO STAMP DESIGNS
TM
Sniffer’s
Barry Lo VIC
Rosie Ashford NSW
Katherine
Parsons
NSW
Bryan Carter QLD
Stephanie Wende SA
Zoe Wilson ACT
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