Australian Events: URLS

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Book 3

Section 1:
Disasters and Tragedies
Section 2:
Australian Political Events
Section 3:
Historical Sporting Events
Section 4:
Australia and the Olympic Games
Section 5:
Annual Sporting Events
Section 6:
National Days of Celebration

Australian Disasters and Tragedies

The Batavia - page 7

The VOC Ship Batavia

Cyclone Tracy - pages 8 and 9

Cyclone Tracy Aftermath Index

Ash Wednesday Bushfires - pages 10 and 11

Ash Wednesday

Australian Political Events

The Eureka Stockade - page 14

Eureka Stockade - Links

The Dismissal - page 15

Gough Whitlam Biography from official ALP website

The Whitlam Dismissal

The Disappearance of Harold Holt - page 16

Government Fact Sheet - Harold Holt's Disappearance

Historical Sporting Events

Sport in Australia - Links

The Bodyline Series - page 18

The Bodyline Series

Douglas Jardine and the Bodyline Series

The Bodyline Tour  - Scroll down to 1932/33

Phar Lap - page 19

Phar Lap Virtual Museum

Phar Lap Online Quiz - Sorry this site is not available anymore!

The America's Cup - page 21

Official America's Cup Site

Australia and The Olympic Games

The Melbourne 1956 Games - page 23

1956 Melbourne Olympics

Olympic Links

The Sydney 2000 Olympics - page 26

Olympic Mascots

The Great Virtual Olympic Adventure - Sorry this site is not available anymore.

Annual Sporting Events

The Melbourne Cup - page 30

Melbourne Cup History and Past Winners

Sydney To Hobart Yacht Race - page 32

About the Race

Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race - Official Site

A Tragedy at Sea - News of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

News Index - 1998 Website

National Days of Celebration

Australia Day - page 35

Australia Day - A History

Anzac Day - page 37

Anzac Day, April 25th, 1915

"Lest We Forget"

Simpson and his Donkey

Anzac Day and ANZACS

National Aborigines Day - page 39

Torres Strait Island Flag

NAIDOC Week

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These pages were last updated on 2 October 2007.