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Formerly of Grumbler's Gully, more lately Bearbrass. Like Homer said - rock music reached perfection in the mid 70s. Portrait by Toffoli

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The world's first female sports celebrity, Suzanne Lenglen turns professional in 1926 https://t.co/oHNu9w8XU8

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Are Olympic athletes slaves or interns? They aren't paid https://t.co/fWH9ymGLND

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Modern sport, an origin story. The birth of the level playing field - Edwin Budding, grandfather of modern sport.
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Dawn Fraser – Australian swimming icon. A hell of a life indeed https://t.co/ao4gyz5Gsd

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Happy 'Lympics Countries trying for their first Gold medal https://t.co/QsMmPxTqUy

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April; 1896: Athens Olympic Games versus Stawell Gift. Which runners win this Pros vs Amateurs battle? https://t.co/viBpfv34uv

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1896 and all that.
The birth of the modern Olympic Games and their rocky first few outings.
Professional sport and amateurism in the 1890s.
The unwanted presence of women. https://t.co/dxFFHZyfNI

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Athletes looking to win their country's first ever medal at the Olympics. https://t.co/2rw9ZHjzbT

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Once Upon a Time in Olympia - the Ancient Greek Games. They must have been a great show - two weeks walk to get there from Athens. https://t.co/MxSoMMcEY5

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circus is rolling into Paris with exciting new events to add to the usual thrills. The USA will win the medal count, but which country performs best on a per capita basis? Which is the pluckiest little country? https://t.co/KTHViQR2HU

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This is a story about my parents, Alan & Joan Tangey, and the 1974 Stawell Easter Gift.
Alan was President of the Stawell Athletic Club & Joan presented sashes to the winners of the Stawell Easter Gift and the CUB World Sprint Championship. https://t.co/0sBl7VfuPA

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A trivia Q on Saturday - is the ibis a native bird? Serendipity today looking for something else - a report and photos on ibis breeding from the Age, 1939 https://t.co/eccnV1ByCS

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Same as it ever was - Russian military corruption 1904 style - Newcastle Morning Herald 24/2/1904

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@RnaudBertrand God no. We swear and blaspheme, have something akin to a social welfare system and proper medical insurance scheme, and relatively fairly organised elections.

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@arwon Probably a mix of both warm bodies (give or take winter weather) and corporate money. And they need to factor in the time zones as well for east coast viewers. If /when AFL goes team 20, then WA for sure.

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@arwon Most marketers aim for warm bodies, not tip trucks full of minerals thousands of kilometres from anywhere. SA share of population is 7.0, WA is 10.7

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Great article on the Australian (glorification of ) War Memorial and its approach to an upcoming Iraq exhibition. By all means, please highlight the lies and deceptions that dragged us into Iraq, and those responsible. https://t.co/czDjkQUdgg

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The Financial Times editorial warns that US allies such as Australia - which has ‘thrown in its lot’ with Washington over AUKUS - should be wary about the possibility of a return of a reckless, vengeful and irrational Trump to the world stage. https://t.co/Ey5fOC7nob

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There's a longstanding debate about the first rock n roll song.
You really should check out the A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs to find out a bit more
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Several weeks before the Kent State Shootings Bill Arthrell of the SDS protested the Vietnam War by highlighting the terrorist use of Napalm by the US military against the Vietnamese population by organizing the Naplam the dog teach in event https://t.co/kzlwrjhKaR