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In 2018 the 21st Commonwealth Games took place on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
Seventy-one nations competed in 275 events across 18 sports. It was the fifth Commonwealth Games to be held in Australia...
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On the eve of the 21st Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, we look back at highlights from the previous four Games held in Australia.
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Two of Australia’s greatest swimmers, Olympic champions Jon Henricks and Lorraine Thurlow (nee Crapp), recently donated a never-before-seen film to the NFSA.
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This Nine Network news story from the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne reports on the women's 4 x 100 metres relay team smashing its own world record by more than a second. The team set the...
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A Ten Eyewitness news report about protests by Indigenous Australians on 30 September 1982, at the start of the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane.
Despite the Queensland Premier's ban on street marches...
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This Ten news story showcases the newly revealed uniforms for athletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. It features short interviews with sprinters Lauren Hewitt and Matt Shirvington....
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The Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip, opens the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane on 30 September 1982. Reporter John Wiseman covers the opening ceremony for Ten Eyewitness News.
The starting of...
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This newsreel shows highlights of boxing, fencing, weightlifting and swimming competitions where Australia won gold at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Australian boxer Tony Madigan...
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John Steffensen won the race and won over the crowd, according to this Nine Network news report from the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Steffensen was ranked 17th in the world and 9th in the...
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This newsreel item from 1961 shows Prime Minister Robert Menzies touring the construction site for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.
The 1958 announcement...