A big night of football ahead

Soccermania in OZ?

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June 24th 2006
Soccermania in OZ? Pictures of thousands of extatic fans dancing on Melbourne's Federation Square are going around the world at the moment the Socceroos have claimed their place in the final 16 at the World Cup in Germany 2006 for the first time ever. In the SBS studio in Sydney the commentators are shedding tears of joy and officials are already talking about the possibility of hosting ... read more

Oceania » Australia

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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