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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. Nicole Brackertz, teacher of circus history at...
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...
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...
National Reconciliation Week (NRW), which was first celebrated in 1996, aims to give people across Australia the opportunity to focus on reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. 27 May is the anniversary of the 1967 referendum in...
Robert James Wallace, Participants in the Corroboree 2000 'Sorry' Sydney Harbour Bridge Walk, 28th May, 2000, photograph: digital. Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation (now known as Reconciliation Australia), a Federal Government initiative to promote g...
There are a number of professions in Australia that contribute to a diverse design industry, including architects, interior designers, landscape architects, graphic designers, jewellers, industrial designers, fashion designers, furniture makers and textil...
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Sydney Harmony Voices 2000 Show Photos (website Sydney Harmony )The Idea of North seen here slumming it with Southern Cross, all in full dress regalia! These guys performed a couple of contemporary pieces as part of the Voices 2000 Show and stole the show! (L-R) John (current SH President), Pat (Sydney Harmoniser Edi...
The Idea of North seen here slumming it with Southern Cross, all in full dress regalia! These guys performed a couple of contemporary pieces as part of the Voices 2000 Show and stole the show! (L-R) John (current SH President), Pat (Sydney Harmoniser Edi...
The Idea of North seen here slumming it with Southern Cross, all in full dress regalia! These guys performed a couple of contemporary pieces as part of the Voices 2000 Show and stole the show! (L-R) John (current SH President), Pat (Sydney Harmoniser Edi...
The Idea of North seen here slumming it with Southern Cross, all in full dress regalia! These guys performed a couple of contemporary pieces as part of the Voices 2000 Show and stole the show! (L-R) John (current SH President), Pat (Sydney Harmoniser Edi...
The Idea of North seen here slumming it with Southern Cross, all in full dress regalia! These guys performed a couple of contemporary pieces as part of the Voices 2000 Show and stole the show! (L-R) John (current SH President), Pat (Sydney Harmoniser Edi...
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