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Sydney Olympic Games, 2000: related links - Australia's Culture PortalThe Olympic Games: past present and future Olympic- and sports-related sites Sydney: home of the 2000 Olympic Games Australia: culture, heritage, history Sydney Olympic website (now archived) The Official site of the Games of the XXVII Olympiad Sydney, N...
1956: Australia held its first Olympics in Melbourne. 1993: Sydney, Australia was awarded the right to host the 2000 Olympic Games. Lighting of the Olympic torch The lighting of the Olympic torch will take place at noon, 12 May, 2000 at Olympia, the site ...
Hoopdive, The Flying Fruit Fly Circus. Troupes like the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and Circus Oz have spearheaded a new style of circus performance that features highly physical activities and no animal tricks. Judith Lanigan trained with a small modern cir...
Cathy Freeman, with the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games identity logo. Photograph courtesy of Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation. The XVIII Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne from 15 to 26 March 2006. ...
Art forms such as dance, theatre, writing, music and the visual arts draw on the creativity and interests of Australians of many abilities. The Australia Council, Arts Access Australia, [formerly Disability in the Arts, Disadvantage in the Arts (DADAA)] ...
While Australia has no single uniform national costume, an Australian national dress style, based on specific local dress styles, has emerged in response to climate, lifestyle and identity. An Australian style can be seen clearly in the main types of loc...
For those living in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, football usually refers to Australian Rules Football. In the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, and Queensland, it could mean rugby league ...
For example, for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders these ceremonies bring together all aspects of their culture - song, dance, body decoration, sculpture and painting. Anny Nungarrayi (centre) with other Warlpiri women perform a traditional dance dur...
The emergence of 'dot' paintings by Indigenous men from the western deserts of Central Australia in the early 1970s has been called the greatest art movement of the twentieth century. Papunya was described as a 'centralised government settlement establis...
In the early days of the Australian colonies, convict ballads and songs became the foundation of Australia's later day folk music and its first original compositions. Bush songs, ballads and music influenced and defined the folk music of the 1950s. Indi...
Australian singer Little Pattie and the band, Col Joye and the Joye Boys, perform for soldiers of Headquarters Australian Force Vietnam, in the Free World Military building, Saigon, Vietnam. Like rock music, popular, or pop music had its origins in the 1...
Sculpture is part of many everyday Australian places including streets, public squares, buildings, parks and gardens. The influence of sculpture is obvious in the overall design of some notable Australian buildings such as Federation Square and The Austr...
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...
Reconciliation is about unity and respect between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. It is about respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage and valuing justice and equity for all Australians. National R...
The first National Sorry Day was held on 26 May 1998 - one year after the tabling of the report Bringing them Home, May 1997. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission into the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their fami...
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PHM - Sydney 2000 Games Collection (website Powerhouse Museum )2001/84/254 L540 W125 H180 Opening and closing ceremonies Powerhouse Museum Gift of the New South Wales Government, part of the Sydney 2000 Games Collection. ...
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Designs and Photo Images of Prototype Props", an A3 folder "Arrivals / Europe + Oceania / Costume Designs", an A3 folder "Arrivals / Designs by: / Lisa Ho / Jenny Kee / Norma Moriceau / Peter Morrisey", an A3 folder "Arrivals /Africa + Americas / Costume ...
2001/84/289 Look and image Powerhouse Museum Gift of the New South Wales Government, part of the Sydney 2000 Games Collection. ...
2001/84/364 L730W665D13 Pins, coins, medals and stamps Powerhouse Museum Gift of the New South Wales Government, part of the Sydney 2000 Games Collection. ...
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