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The 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. ...
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 ...
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...
"SYDNEY 2000 / OLYMPIC TORCH / RELAY / PRESENTING PARTNER / AMP" with Sydney 2000 logo and Olympic rings is repeated three times on base and printed on top. Collection statement of significanceThe Project 2000 Taskforce Collection comprises an Olympic Fl...
Description>An Ansett Australia and Sydney 2000 Olympic Games promotional cotton baseball cap. "ANSETT AUSTRALIA" is embroidered in white below an embroidered Ansett logo on the front of the cap, and the embroidered logo of an "Official Partner" to the S...
Playing of the Italian national anthem and raising of the medallist's flags, fencing, women's individual foil, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 21 September 2000 [picture] / Loui Seselja. Hockey, archery and fencing events, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 21 Septem...
Playing of the Italian national anthem and raising of the medallist's flags, fencing, women's individual foil, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 21 September 2000 [picture] / Loui Seselja. Hockey, archery and fencing events, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, 21 Septem...
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irn=375480&search=numbered&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=375481&search=numbered&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=155321&search=numbered&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/coll...
irn=163442&search=rene+roy&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=163445&search=rene+roy&site_id=3 > 98/36/2 Photographs (3), of Roy Rene, paper, Australia, c.1965 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=1634...
irn=502723&search=Australian+beach+culture&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=319922&search=Australian+beach+culture&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=358580&search=Australian+beach+cultur...
irn=10741&search=australian+designers&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=10951&search=australian+designers&site_id=3 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=10952&search=australian+designers&site_id=3 htt...
irn=9699&search=royal+blue+white&site_id=3 2001/105/4 Posters (3), advertising Royal Elastics shoes, paper, designed and made by Royal Elastics, Australia, 2000 http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/? irn=9699&search=royal+blue+white&site_id...
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