Australian Centre for Olympic Studies
The Australian Centre for Olympic Studies (ACOS) was launched in 2005 and aims to provide a national focus for Olympic studies in Australia. The centre's main activities are research, publishing, teaching and documentation. The book The Bitter-Sweet Awakening: the Legacy of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games is particularly relevant to the Beijing 2008 teaching units also featured on the Planet Sport website.
Australian Geography Teachers Association
The Australian equivalent of the GA - providing support to geography educators.
Australian Government Culture and Recreation Portal
Quick facts and useful links gathered at the time of the 2000 Olympics.
Games Info
During the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games this site provided the Games organisers with an effective channel for communicating with and informing the world. It is an amalgam of information from a number of Sydney 2000 information systems and its primary role is now as an archive for research.
International Olympic Committee – Sydney 2000
Comprehensive information from the IOC on all aspects of the Athens Games.
Our Green Olympic Games
ABC's summary of some of the green ideas successfully implemented for the Olympic Village in Sydney.
Pandora
This collection from Australia's Web Archive includes samples of websites concerned with many aspects of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. The publishers' sites may provide more information although many of them are no longer available.
Sydney Olympic Park
Official website of the Sydney Olympic Park.
Wikipedia – 2000 Summer Olympics
Information about the 2000 Olympic Games held in Sydney, including bid and preparation, venues, mascots, medal count, ceremonies and sports.
Wikipedia - 2000 Summer Olympics Medal Count
Complete listings of all medals won, with totals, and links to detailed performance pages for each country.
Visit the Beijing 2008 area for more links.
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