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Gold medalist Nancy Johnson (centre) of the U.S., raises her hands with silver medalist Cho-Hyun Kang (left), of Korea, and bronze winner Jing Gao (right), of China, during the first medal ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games (16 September 2000).

1793 - Captain William Paterson leads a party of Scotsmen in the first attempt to cross the Blue Mountains. He is unsuccessful.
1870 - Work begins on the Australian Overland Telegraph Line linking Port Augusta to Darwin.
1879 - Joseph Lyons, tenth Prime Minister of Australia, born inStanley, Tasmania.
2000 - The Opening Ceremony of the Sydney Olympics.

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