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Cathy Freeman and Australia’s Indigenous heritage: a new beginning for an old nation at the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games

Pages 153-170 | Received 31 Mar 2011, Accepted 22 Feb 2012, Published online: 03 Apr 2012

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