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ANZ Stadium and Forest of Poles at night
ANZ Stadium and Forest of Poles at night

Sydney Olympic Park is a 640-hectare site located in the suburb of Homebush Bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. Homebush Bay is a Suburb of western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. It was built for the 2000 Olympics and continues to be used for sporting and cultural events, including the Sydney Royal Easter Show, Sydney Festival, Big Day Out and a number of world class sporting fixtures. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever The Sydney Royal Easter Show, also known as the Royal Easter Show or simply The Show, is an annual show held in Sydney, Australia over two weeks Sydney Festival is Australia 's largest and most attended annual cultural event running every January since it was first held in 1976 The Big Day Out ( BDO) is an annual Music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 It is served by the Olympic Park railway line and station. The Olympic Park Line (or the Olympic Park Sprint) is a train line in Sydney, Australia that connects the Sydney Olympic Park precinct to the The Olympic Park railway station in Sydney serves the stadiums and sportsgrounds in the suburb of Homebush Bay. There are also regular ferry services to the nearby wharf which run to and from from various points around Sydney Harbour. Sydney Olympic Park Ferry Wharf is the commuter Wharf serving the suburb of Homebush Bay in Sydney Australia. Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney Australia

Sydney Olympic Park is managed by the Sydney Olympic Park Authority. The site was previously intended for a massive urban renewal project of the Homebush Bay area, prior to the Olympic bid, so the renewal masterplan was altered to accommodate venues for the 2000 Olympics. Urban Renewal (similar to Urban Regeneration in British English) is a controversial U

Looking east along the Olympic Boulevard
Looking east along the Olympic Boulevard
Looking east along Olympic Boulevard
Looking east along Olympic Boulevard
ANZ Stadium (formerly Telstra Stadium)
ANZ Stadium (formerly Telstra Stadium)

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History

The Wann-gal clan of Indigenous Australians lived in the area before British settlement. Indigenous Australians are descendants of the first known human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. The area was called "The Flats" by a scouting party shortly after the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788. It became part of the Newington Estate in 1807 which was acquired by John Blaxland. John Blaxland ( 4 January 1769 – 5 August 1845) was a pioneer in Australia. The Government acquired some of the land for an aged women's home in the late 19th century. Much of the land was reclaimed from the river and wetlands by landfill. [1]

In the mid-1980s an area bounded by Australia Avenue and what are now Herb Elliott Avenue and Sarah Durack Ave was promoted as a 'technology park' called the Australia Centre. Herbert James ("Herb" Elliott AC MBE (born February 25, 1938) is a former Australian athlete Sarah Frances "Fanny" Durack (27 October 1889 &ndash 20 March 1956 was an Australian swimmer However, apart from a few relatively high tech businesses like AWA Microelectronics, BASF, Phillips and Sanyo, the idea did not catch on and the Australian Technology Park is now in Eveleigh. Amalgamated Wireless Australasia Limited (AWA was Australia's largest and most prominent manufacturer of Radio, Telecommunications and Audio equipment BASF SE () is a German chemical company and the largest chemical company in the world () is a major Japanese electronics company and member of the Fortune 500 whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan The Australian Technology Park ( ATP) is a business and technology centre in Eveleigh, an inner-city Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New Eveleigh is an inner-city Suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. In any event, a decade later the entire area became the site for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever

Before its transformation, a large part of Olympic Park was an industrial wasteland after more than a century of industrial and military ventures on the site. For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" The site was once home to a brickworks, abattoir and an armaments depot as well as being the site for eight of Sydney's rubbish dumps. A Brickworks also known as a brick factory is a factory for the manufacturing of Bricks, from Clay or Shale. A slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir (from the French verb abattre, "to strike down" or freezing works ( New Zealand A weapon is a Tool used either in Hunting, or attack or defence in Combat for the purpose of subduing enemy personnel or to destroy enemy weapons

With the successful completion of the 2000 Olympics, Sydney Olympic Park has undergone a significant amount of development work to support its conversion to a multipurpose facility with a number of businesses re-locating to the area. In addition the long term plan for the area envisages the site becoming home to 16,500 residents with another 24,500 workers and students commuting to the Park daily.

The Park is home to a significant arts and cultural program including regular events, the largest single precinct public art collection in Australia, the Armory Gallery which is the largest single room permanent art exhibition space in the Southern Hemisphere, a new theatre and an artist studio facility at Newington Armory.

Recent Developments

Recent years have seen a surge in development. The first of three major Commonwealth Bank office buildings has completed construction, with the first of 3,500 staff commencing relocation from September 2007. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia ( is the largest bank in Australia. A five star Pullman hotel and a two star Formule 1 hotel are under construction with completion scheduled for mid-2008. Hotel Formule 1 is an international chain of "super low budget" or " No frills " hotels owned by the Accor Group

An education facility is planned to be built within the Park's urban core, tenders have been called for two serviced apartment complexes and the first of a number of residential developments is planned to start construction in 2008.

The parklands at Sydney Olympic Park are also undergoing development with Blaxland Riverside Park (formery Blaxland Common) being transformed into an urban park along Parramatta River. The Park opened on March 3, 2007. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. In addition the Wentworth Common area is being upgraded with significant adventure playground facilities for children aged 8-13 years.

Events

Currently there are more than 1800 events held at the park each year, including the Sydney Royal Easter Show, National Rugby League, Australian Football League and Australian Rugby League games at ANZ Stadium, and athletics and swimming events. The Sydney Royal Easter Show, also known as the Royal Easter Show or simply The Show, is an annual show held in Sydney, Australia over two weeks The Australian Football League (AFL is both the professional Australian national competition in the Sport of Australian Rules Football and its highest The Australian Rugby League (ARL is the governing body for the Sport of Rugby league in Australia Stadium Australia, presently known as ANZ Stadium, is a multi-purpose Stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct of Homebush, Sydney Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance It hosts the Big Day Out music festival and has been the venue for free, open air performances as part of the Sydney Festival such as Movies in the Overflow and Music by Moonlight. The Big Day Out ( BDO) is an annual Music festival that tours Australia and New Zealand which originated in Sydney in 1992 Sydney Festival is Australia 's largest and most attended annual cultural event running every January since it was first held in 1976

The Newington Armory is the venue for the "Great Escape" and "Acoustica at the Armory" music festival, both held during the Easter long weekend. Some venues function have changed from the original uses in the 2000 Olympics, such as the Baseball stadium shown on this map which has become the Sydney Showground, the former Sydney Superdome is now known as Acer Arena and the Olympic Stadium has been renamed ANZ Stadium, following on from its prior sponsor Telstra. The Sydney Showground is located the Sydney suburb of Homebush Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Acer Arena is a large entertainment and sporting complex located in Homebush in Sydney Australia. Stadium Australia, presently known as ANZ Stadium, is a multi-purpose Stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park precinct of Homebush, Sydney Telstra or Telstra Corporation (often abbreviated as Telstra Corp) () is an Australian Telecommunications and media company formerly The latter two venues are now very successful in their own right, with the stadium serving as the venue for 49 major sporting events in 2007 and the Arena being the world's second-highest grossing venue of its type in the world in 2005 - behind only Madison Square Garden. Madison Square Garden, often abbreviated as MSG, and known colloquially as The Garden, has been the name of four Arenas in New York City.

Management

Facilities

Sydney 2000 Olympics venues

Map of the Olympic site
Map of the Olympic site

Non-Olympic facilities

Accommodation

Transport

Parklands

Restricted areas

Gallery

Athletics Centre

Sports Centre

Hockey Centre

Sydney Showground Hall

Sports Halls

Sports Halls

Acer Arena

Sydney Olympic Park at night

Cauldron converted into fountain

Fountain on western slope

Fountain and walkway to Haslems Creek lookout

Fig Grove Fountain, near ANZ Australia

Light tower dedicated to Melbourne 1956

Video screen pod

Forest of Poles

"Running Man" Athlete sculpture

Railway Station

Sydney Olympic Park

Abattoir Heritage Precinct

Novotel and Hotel Ibis

Brickpit and ring walkway

Haslams Creek

Bicentennial Park

Monument for Cyrus the great of Persia at Bicentennial Park

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The bicentenary of Australia was celebrated in 1970 on the 200th anniversary of Captain James Cook landing and claiming the land and again in 1988 to celebrate 200 years Newington Arms Depot was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN ammunitions depot at Newington New South Wales, Australia. An armory (Armoury is a Military depot used for the storage of Weapons and Ammunition. The Royal Australian Navy ( RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. Haslams Creek is located in Sydney, Australia. It flows through Sydney Olympic Park. Bicentennial Park is a large area of parkland in the Sydney Suburb of Homebush Bay, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Persian Empire was a series of Iranian empires that ruled over the Iranian plateau, the original Persian homeland and beyond in Western Asia Bicentennial Park is a large area of parkland in the Sydney Suburb of Homebush Bay, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
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