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Blue Mountains, Australia
(Encyclopedia) Blue Mountains, region of New South Wales, SE Australia. Located W of Sydney, this elevation is actually a plateau forming part of the Great Dividing Range.Sydney: 2000 Summer Olympics
ArcheryBadmintonBaseballBasketballBoxingCanoe/kayakCyclingDivingEquestrianFencingField hockeyGymnasticsHandballJudoModern PentathlonRowingSailingShootingSoccerSoftballSwimmingTable…Sydney: 2000 Summer Olympics
Final Medal Standings Leading Medal Winners Medal Sports See also: 2008 Summer Olympics Nagano: 1998 Winter Olympics Olympics Atlanta: 1996 Summer OlympicsHoward, John Winston, Australian political leader
(Encyclopedia) Howard, John Winston, 1939–, Australian political leader and prime minister (1996–2007), b. Sydney. A graduate of Sydney Univ., a conservative lawyer, and a member of the Liberal party…Smith, Sydney
(Encyclopedia) Smith, Sydney, 1771–1845, English clergyman, writer, and wit, ordained in the Church of England in 1794. In 1798 he went as a tutor to Edinburgh, where he studied medicine,…Brenner, Sydney
(Encyclopedia) Brenner, Sydney, 1927–2019, British molecular biologist, Ph.D. Oxford, 1954. He was director of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, England (1979–86), and director of…Campion, Jane
(Encyclopedia) Campion, Jane, 1954–, New Zealand film director, b. Wellington; grad. Victoria Univ., Wellington (1975), Sydney College of the Arts, Australia (1979), Australian School of Film and…New South Wales
(Encyclopedia) New South Wales, state (2016 pop. 7,480,228), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban…Bourinot, Sir John George
(Encyclopedia) Bourinot, Sir John GeorgeBourinot, Sir John Georgeb&oobreve;rˈĭnōˌ [key], 1837–1902, Canadian historian and political scientist, b. Sydney, N.S. He is remembered as an authority on…Cape Breton Island
(Encyclopedia) Cape Breton Island, island, 3,970 sq mi (10,282 sq km), forming the northeastern part of N.S., Canada, and separated from the mainland…Trending
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