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Famous Aborigines

These are eight Australian and Tasmanian Aboriginals that have made a lasting impression on me with their determination to pursue reconciliation of Aborigines and whites through government, first contact interactions, sports, music, fine arts, writing, and acting.

18 comments    education music sports
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Top 8 Reasons for Moving to Sydney

Sydney Opera House and harbour bridge I first came to Sydney Australia from Malaysia in February 1982 to attend high school and university. I stayed for 5 years as an overseas student on a student visa until...

10 comments    australia sydney opera house
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Roger Federer - The Making of a Legend in Grass

In the sweep of history, we are currently witnessing arguably the very best to have ever played tennis. Yes it is none other than ROGER FEDERER. History was made on the Centre Court as he has decorated...

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The Olympic Torch Relays

Olympic Torch In 2000 Sydney had her first Olympic Games and the second one for Australia, as Melbourne had the Olympic Games in 1956. Val and I were married 1 year latter in 1957. Those first Olympic...

10 comments    entertainment education history
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Amazing Australia: Travel to the deep down under

Amazing Australia: My travel to the deep down under So what did I discover when I went to Australia? The capital is Canberra and not Sydney Part of their legacies and history are the aborigines and...

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Princess Mary of Denmark

The Story of how Mary became a Princess is one of pure fairytale. The truth as they say is often stranger than fiction. Prince Frederik of Denmark was visiting Australia to compete in a yachting challenge of...

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Sydney Australia the best parts

When we talk about Sydney, we about a city that has got some really beautiful places to see, visit and enjoy.  For instance if we look at Balmoral which is on the lower northern shoreline of Sydney it is a...

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Interesting Olympic Moments - Sink or Swim, Eric "The Eel" Moussambani

As the countdown to the Beijing Olympic Games winds down, I can't help but reflect on the Olympic Games of the past. In an effort to catalogue some of these reflections I have compiled a list of the greatest...

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Personal experience's as a volunteer at the Sydney Olympic Games.

The President of the IOC . Volunteering can and should be the most rewarding of experiences. So it was on this occasion as a volunteer driver at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Summer Games. I put my name down...

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Olympic Games Gold stories...

Australia found out that we would host the summer games of 2000 in September 1993. This was a huge coup. The winning of the bid revitalised Sydney from the word go. Each time I visited Sydney from Queensland...

4 comments    travel recreation games
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