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Sporting greats - Stories from Australia's Culture Portal

Australia reveres and treasures its sporting heroes. Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Since the advent of television in the 1950s, Australians have embraced the opportunity to...

Australia's swimming success and swimming pools - Australia's Culture Portal

Australian swimming successes at the Melbourne (1956), Rome (1960) and Tokyo (1964) Olympics fuelled enthusiasm for competitive swimming in pools. Swimming pools came to be seen as a standard local government community facility that was available to all ...

Australia's modern swimmers and ocean baths - Australia's Culture Portal

Public subscription has supported the construction of ocean baths and swimming pools around Australia. An innovative approach to swimming by Australia's first modern swimmers led to the development of the freestyle swimming stroke - the Australian Crawl....

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Dawn Fraser   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

Dawn Fraser is an Australian swimming legend. Dawn was born in 1937. A coach, Harry Gallagher, spotted Dawn. ...

ABC Local: Australia Wide - Swimming   (website Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) )

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NMA Collections Search - Black and white photograph of Fred Daly with Dawn Fraser and Australia Day Council in 1987   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Black and white photograph of Fred Daly with Dawn Fraser and Australia Day Council 1987. 1987" is handwritten on the reverse side. ...

NMA Collections Search - Photograph of Dawn Fraser, Fred Daly, John Newcombe and Mark Ella at the Australia Day Committee Meeting, 1986   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>A black and white photograph showing Dawn Fraser, Fred Daly, John Newcombe and Mark Ella. "Australia Day Committee Meeting, Gold Coast, Sept. 86" is handwritten on the ...

Dawn Fraser Swimming Pool   (website Tourism New South Wales )

> Moore Park Major sports stadiums, entertainment venues and an expansive park. > Sydney Olympic Park Home of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, major social and sporting venue. <br/>Located in Elkington Park in Balmain and built in the 1880s, ...

Dawn Fraser Swimming Pool   (website Tourism New South Wales )

> Moore Park Major sports stadiums, entertainment venues and an expansive park. > Sydney Olympic Park Home of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, major social and sporting venue. <br/>Located in Elkington Park in Balmain and built in the 1880s, ...

2002/14/1 Sydney 2000 Olympic Games pins (5), limited edition boxed set containing Dawn Fraser's DNA, metal/ plastic/ photographs/ human DNA/ paper/ fabric, AMINCO Australia Pty Ltd, Australia, 1997 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

This boxed set of pins was designed by AMINCO Australia Pty Ltd in Australia. Sydney 2000 Olympic Games pins (5), limited edition boxed set containing Dawn Fraser's DNA, metal/plastic/photographs/human DNA/cardboard/fabric/paper, AMINCO Australia Pty Ltd,...

2002/14/2 Prototype Sydney 2000 Olympic Games pins (5), limited edition boxed set containing Dawn Fraser's DNA, metal/ plastic/ photographs/ human DNA/ paper/ cardboard/ fabric, AMINCO Australia Pty Ltd, Australia, 1997 - Powerhouse Museum Collection   (website Powerhouse Museum )

> > An Australian company, DNA Technologies (Australia) Pty Ltd, developed the technology that was used to incorporate the DNA into pins. Prototype Sydney 2000 Olympic Games pins (5), limited edition boxed set containing Dawn Fraser's DNA, metal/plastic/...

Athlete: Dawn Fraser - Australian Olympic Committee   (website Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) )

At her first Olympics, in 1956 in Melbourne - where Australia dominated the freestyle swimming - she won the 100m freestyle, was a member of the winning 4 x 100m relay team, and finished second to Lorraine Crapp in the 400m. She went on to win the 100m f...

Gallery: Dawn Fraser - Australian Olympic Committee   (website Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) )

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Athlete: Dawn Fraser - Australian Olympic Committee   (website Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) )

At her first Olympics, in 1956 in Melbourne - where Australia dominated the freestyle swimming - she won the 100m freestyle, was a member of the winning 4 x 100m relay team, and finished second to Lorraine Crapp in the 400m. She went on to win the 100m f...

2002/14/1 Sydney 2000 Olympic Games pins (5), limited edition boxed set containing Dawn Fraser's DNA, metal/ plastic/ photographs/ human DNA/ paper/ fabric, AMINCO Australia Pty Ltd, Australia, 1997 - D*Hub   (website Design Hub - Your online design resource )

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Dawn Fraser admits she preferred to 'breast stroke'   (website The Chaser )

[Edition 40] SYDNEY, Friday: Australian swimming legend Dawn Fraser has written about her lesbian experiences, in a desperate attempt to make a sporting biography interesting. The book describes in painful detail many of the injuries which kept Dawn in do...

Our Dawn A Pictorial Biography - Fraser, Dawn & Murdoch, Lesley Howard   (website Adelaide Booksellers )

Binding: SoftcoverEdition: 1st EditionPublisher: Sydney Sally Milner Publishing 1991ISBN Number: 1863510451 / 9781863510455Seller ID: ID184385 4to. Very Good condition, issued without DJ. Front cover lightly curled at corners. ...

Protecting Heritage Places - Step 4: Why is this place important? Dawn Fraser Swimming Pool, Balmain   (website(s) Our House: Histories of Australian homes    Australian Heritage Council    Australia's heritage )

The Dawn Fraser Swimming Pool is important for its historic associations with the development of recreational and competitive swimming and water polo in Australia (Criterion A). It has had particular associations since 1884 with the Balmain Amateur Swimmi...

Dawn Fraser One Hell of a Life Lge HB with jacket - Biographies (Powered by CubeCart)   (website Safe & Fast Books )

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NMA Collections Search - Black and white photograph of Fred Daly, Dawn Fraser, Mark Ella and John Newcombe   (website National Museum of Australia (NMA) )

Image not availableDigital images are not yet available for all objects. Description>Black and white photograph of Fred Daly, champion swimmer Dawn Fraser, Rugby Union star footballer Mark Ella, and tennis ace John Newcombe. "Gold Coast, Sept 86" is han...