Awaiting the Opening Ceremony

All Eyes on Melbourne

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March 16th 2006
Last night the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Commonwealth was held in Melbourne. The newly renovated MCG (Melbourne Cricket Ground) was centre stage for the night with the limelight occasionally passing to the banks of the Yarra. Here a flotilla of fish (each country having a native fish represented) was watched by the thousands of spectators who wanted to experience the atmosphere of the games ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more