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Remembering 2000 – Part 2: The sad, lost legacy for football – The World Game
The Oxford Olympics Study in 2016 estimated the cost of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics as being A$6.9 billion – making it one of the most expensive things Australia has ever done.
But few would argue it was money badly spent.
The Sydney Olympics had a transformative effect on Australia. It was so successful that it began the process of changing how the nation viewed itself.
Previously, Australia was a humble, self-deprecating roll-up-the-sleeves type of place the kind the Opening Ceremony celebrated.
Think Hills Hoists, corrugated iron, Holdens and quarter-acre blocks.
But having the world gush and guffaw at Australias natural beauty and event organising skills was …
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