Awards

Lore of the Land winner in AIMIA Awards, 2000

Aimia Awards The Australian Interactive Multimedia Industry Association (AIMIA) has announced a record 370 entries for the 7th Annual Industry Awards.

Lore of the Land was the winner in the Education and Training Category for Best Higher Education Title.

This year's awards are sponsored by the Victorian Government through Multimedia Victoria, and were presented at the Melbourne Convention Centre on November 2.

UN Commendation for Fraynework Multimedia

Un Peace Awards Outstanding journalism during a landmark year for debate on Aboriginal reconciliation was honored at the 22nd presentation of the United Nations Assocation of Australia annual Media Peace Awards announced on Friday October 20.

The national awards were presented at a dinner at the Grand Hyatt in Melbourne. They recognise media efforts to promote peace and resolve conflict.

Fraynework Multimedia received a special commendation for Desert Healing which was a finalist in two categories, Best Television and Promotion of Aboriginal Reconciliation.

Lore of the Land wins award

Certificate of Excellence in
Information Technology

awarded to FRAYNEWORK MULTIMEDIA
for the best multimedia documentary and resource
produced for the benefit of schools & reconciliation in the wider community.

"Congratulations on the success of LORE OF THE LAND, Reconciling Spirit & Place in Australia's Story. It was judged as the most outstanding contribution in the Awards for Excellence in IT at the 2nd National Conference presented by Open Learning Australia in conjunction with the Open Learning Indigenous Steering Committee from 28th to 30th June 2000."

Joseph Costigan
Academic Programs Manager

Winners - ATOM Award 2000

Atom Awards On Saturday the 20th of May, Fraynework Multimedia were proud to accept the Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) Award for Best Indigenous Resource Production (Multimedia). The award was accepted by Adele Howard and Steve Darmody from Fraynework, and also by Patricia and Fiona Clarke, contributors to the CD and representatives of the Gunditjmara people.

"ATOM has been promoting the use of media in education for over twenty years, and in this time, the ATOM Awards have evolved into a prestigious annual event. Awards are presented to productions which entertain, inform, enlighten and most importantly educate" - Karen Koch, ATOM Awards Executive Officer.

Fraynework's reconciliation video, Desert Healing, was also nominated in the categories of Best Indigenous Resource Production, and Secondary Student Educational Resource.

Lore of the Land runner-up for an Emma Award

Lore of the Land was runner-up in the 2000 International Emma Awards in the category of Interactive Approach - CD/Online Integration.

The EMMA Awards recognise excellence in digital media content creation through the acknowledgement of best practices and on going educational programmes.

Now in their 9th year, the International EMMA Awards attracts entries from over 40 countries. They are respected for their independence and impartiality and are widely recognised as the most prestigious interactive media awards. The EMMA's are organised in conjunction with an international panel of experts representing all sectors of the industry and the sole objective of the competition is to reward excellence in interactive media.

Web Awards

Nem5 Web Maggic Bronze Award

"You have created a wonderful site and I would like to thank you from my whole staff for the enjoyable time we spent there". April 2001

NetMagick Master of Content Award

NetMagick wrote such a thoughtful and delightful letter when they presented us with their award, we just had to include it here:

"Fraynework Multimedia,
Webmasters of a content rich site want to know that they have reached their intended audience and, no doubt, you have had many letters from viewers thanking you for all your hard work.

Perhaps the best compliment anyone can pay a webmaster is to say "I've bookmarked your site." Lore of the Land goes well past being worthy of a bookmark. We have given it a permanent link. It is indeed our pleasure to honor your site with the Master of Content award. It is richly deserved and from what we can see, will continue to be richly deserved again and again in the future.

Your use of changing the scenes with navigational aids is wonderfully innovative! ... We are sure that as you continue to add new and creative features to the site, and of course magnificent content, that it will be continually awarded top honors from rated award programs!"

Thankyou Solitaire and NetMagick! March 2001

TMC Exceptional Design Award For "an eye pleasing design, good navigation, a pleasant color scheme and an interesting content". March 2001
Golden Web Award Presented by The International Association of Web Masters and Designers. March 2001
Historic & Cultural Heritage Silver Award "For your very excellent content, easy to navigate, good loading time and original graphics". March 2001
Lore of the Land wins Silver! Lore of the Land has won Believe to Achieve's Silver Webmaster Award of Excellence, March 2001.
Peacework Certified Sites - Merit Lore of the Land was recognised by Peacework Certified Sites with a Merit Award, March 2001.
Master Site of the Day! The Lore of the Land website has been chosen as the MasterSite.com Site of the Day - September 5th 2000.