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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.

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Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Volunteers Nine years on...more trivia.

  IOC President Juan Antonio Samaranch declared at the Closing Ceremony, "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever." It has been nine years this...

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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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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...

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Stay Tall in the Saddle Tiger Woods

Fork in the roadMr. Woods, this is the perfect time to go either of two directions; one is the way of most people whether celebrities or not and the other is on the honorable road that will further improve...

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Northern Spirit FC

Northern Spirit Football Club were a now defunct soccer club that competed in the National Soccer League (NSL) in Australia for 5 seasons. The team was based in North Sydney, Australia and was formed in 1997....

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Volunteering at the Sydney Olympic Games

One of the great thing about volunteering for any role including the Sydney Olympics is you can if you want to call the shots. Your not on the payroll so the obligation to work and do as one is told is flimsy...

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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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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...

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