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Australia's
most popular song prompts some troubling questions
'Who is this Matilda? And how is waltzing with her going to help the jolly swagman?'
Waltzing Matilda is so popular it was performed at the opening ceremonies of the Sydney
Olympics before the Australian national anthem was played. Why is it such an icon down
under?-September 22, 2000 |
Opening
Ceremonies celebrate women and the Olympics
The Olympic flame was carried through the stadium by a relay of the Australia's
great female Olympians of the past, then handed off to Cathy Freeman, one of its great
hopes for gold this year in the 400 meters. The choice of Freeman, a champion of
aboriginal rights, also was a symbol of the country's efforts to heal the wounds over the
treatment of its 390,000 indigenous people. - September 15, 2000 |
Canadian soccer referee chosen for
Olympics
Sonia Denoncourt recently learned she's been selected to referee at this year's Sydney
Olympics women's soccer tournament. She'll be working her second Games, one of just eight
women referees, and she's the only Canadian, male or female, on the Sydney roster prepared
by FIFA, soccer's world governing body. (Montreal Gazette) - April 15, 2000 |
Auch to try for cycling team
Susan Auch, CAAWS Board member and two-time Olympic silver medallist on the ice-packed
oval, will try to pedal her way to a berth at this September's Olympic Games in Sydney,
Australia on the action-packed velodrome. She wants to compete in sprint
cycling. "It's not like I come to this out of the blue," said the
33-year-old Auch, "I'm cycling all summer during the skating off-season anyway. All
the skaters do. (Winnipeg Sun) - April 13, 2000 |
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