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From factories to the fast-lane: How the Sydney Olympics transformed Homebush – ABC News
It was once the site of rolling fields, a slaughterhouse and a brick factory that built half of Sydney. But the 2000 Olympic Games changed everything for Homebush.
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September 06, 2020 07:23:57
It was once the site of rolling fields, a slaughterhouse and a brick factory that built half of Sydney.
But by 2000 almost everything about the area now called Sydney Olympic Park at Homebush had changed.
The Sydney Olympic Games transformed an industrial zone into a precinct to hold the world’s attention.
But let’s look back at Homebush before it was world famous.
The most notable institutions that operated in the area for most of last century were the …
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