This document provides updated estimates of cultural and creative activity for the period 2009–10 to 2018–19. The updates are presented as a visual summary. This analysis can be compared with previous BCARR releases, including the BCARR working paper: Cultural and creative activity in Australia, 2008–09 to 2016–17 released in October 2018, and the visual summary for Cultural and creative activity in Australia, 2008–09 to 2017–18 released in October 2020. Each table and figure corresponds to those used in the BCARR working paper.
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