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The ceremony began with the temporary stage on the playing ground of the Melbourne Cricket Ground lighting up with previous host cities. The flags of Australia (current host), England (previous host) and India (next host) were raised. Surf boats which represented each of the past 18 host cities were on the Yarra River as were flags of the participating countries. A W-class Melbourne tram with wings attached was lowered into the stadium. A performance followed based on a poem by Michael Leunig, involving a boy with a duck which was an artificial one at first, and koalas, (people dressed in koala 'suits'). At the end of the display, the boy came into the Stadium with a real white duck. The opening ceremony had many themes, including Melbourne's Wurundjeri Indigenous heritage and Melbourne's fickle weather. The role of the boy was performed by 12-year old (almost 13) Sean Whitford, who had been selected from thousands of candidates. Australian rock band The Church played Under The Milky Way to accompany a performance by the Australian Ballet, with areal work performed by students of the National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA). Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification - by Athelstan AD 927 Area - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK) 50,346 sq mi Population - 2006 est. ...
Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia); it is the river on which the city of Melbourne was founded. ...
The city of Melbourne, the second-largest city in Australia, is home to the third largest tram network in the world, consisting of 245 kilometres of track, 500 trams, and 1770 tram stops. ...
Michael Leunig (born 2 June 1945), often referred to as Leunig, is a noted Australian cartoonist. ...
Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Aythyinae Merginae Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. ...
Binomial name Phascolarctos cinereus Goldfuss, 1817 The Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus; sometimes also spelled Phascolarctus cinereus) is a thickset arboreal marsupial herbivore endemic to Australia, and the only representative of its family, Phascolarctidae. ...
The Wurundjeri are Aboriginal people of the Kulin nation, who occupied what is now Melbourne, Australia prior to European settlement of the area. ...
Indigenous Australians or Aborigines[1][2] are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ...
The Church are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney in 1980. ...
Under the Milky Way is a 1988 song by The Church. ...
Australian Ballet is a leading Ballet dance company in Australia. ...
The National Institute of Circus Arts (NICA) was founded in 1995 and is associated with Swinburne University of Technology, in Melbourne, Victoria Australia. ...
 A fireworks display within the stadium as Delta Goodrem performs in the finale. Contrary to tradition, the nations did not enter the stadium in alphabetical order, but by regions of the Commonwealth. European nations entered the stadium first, followed by those from Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Caribbean and finally, Oceania. English athletes and officials entered the stadium first (as the host of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester) while the host nation, Australia entered last. The athletes entered with The Cat Empire playing a specially written musical 'set', tailoring music to specific regions. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 328 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: w:User:Harro5 Date: March 15, 2006 Description: The flying Melbourne Tram featured in the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 328 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Author: w:User:Harro5 Date: March 15, 2006 Description: The flying Melbourne Tram featured in the Opening Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 399 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) GNU image from wikipedia, [1] Author: en:User:Harro5 Date: March 15, 2006 Description: File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia...
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Delta Lea Goodrem (born November 9, 1984) is a multi-ARIA Award winning Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and Logie Award winning actress. ...
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4. ...
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The Cat Empire is a six-piece band, based in Melbourne, Australia. ...
The final leg of the Queen's Baton Relay included the baton being handed to the 16 captains of the Australian Football League across the floating flags and fish along the Yarra River. After each of the captains had carried the baton, the last of the captains handed the baton to Ron Barassi, who walked on a semi submerged pontoon, giving the effect that he was walking on water (some commentators joked that the stunt "proved what most of us suspected"). Barassi then handed the baton to Herb Elliott. The Queens Baton Relay, similar to the Olympic Torch Relay, is a relay around the world held prior to the beginning of the Commonwealth Games. ...
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Melbourne as seen from south-east side along the Yarra River, home of many rowers and active crew teams The Yarra River is a river in southern Victoria (Australia); it is the river on which the city of Melbourne was founded. ...
Ronald Dale Barassi (born 27 February 1936) is an Australian rules football player and coach. ...
Herbert James Herb Elliott (February 25, 1938) was an Australian athlete, one of the worlds greatest middle distance runners. ...
The Commonwealth Games Federation flag was then brought into the stadium by eight Young Australian of the Year recipients. The athlete's oath was taken by Adam Pine. Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. ...
The Young Australian of the Year Awards commenced in 1979. ...
Adam Pine (born February 28, 1976 in Lismore, New South Wales) is a freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Australia, who competed for his native country in two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ...
Harry White, a 13 year old boy, who was youth ambassador, presented a message to the Queen. After a rather controversial furore before the start of the Games regarding the decision by the Organising Committee not to include God Save the Queen [1], [2], [3] in the Opening Ceremony, a Happy Birthday medley was sung by Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in tribute of the Queen's 80th birthday (37 days hence), ending with eight bars from God Save the Queen [4]. Michael Fennel, the president of the Commonwealth Games Federation then spoke. Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ...
God Save the King/Queen is a patriotic hymn, and the National Anthem and Royal Anthem of the United Kingdom. ...
Happy Birthday to You is often sung when a birthday cake is brought to a party table. ...
Kiri Te Kanawa Dame Kiri Te Kanawa ONZ DBE AO (March 6, 1944), is a well-known New Zealander opera singer of Maori ancestry. ...
The final bearers of the Queen's Baton were all former elite world-class athletes who had successfully competed at both the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games. They were: The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ...
Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. ...
The Queen then read the message of greeting which she had placed in the baton (366 days earlier on Commonwealth Day, March 14, 2005), declaring the games open. Australian postal stamp depicting Freeman Catherine Astrid Salome Freeman OAM (born 16 February 1973) is an Australian athlete who is particularly associated with the 400 m race. ...
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The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were held in 1956 in Melbourne, Australia, although the equestrian events could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. ...
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Australian singer Delta Goodrem sang Together We Are One, the theme song for the 2006 games while many fireworks were ignited, within the stadium, on the backs on roller-bladers circling the singer, and fireworks were also ignited on the banks of the Yarra, as well as the floating pontoons, and Melbourne's larger skyscrapers. Delta Lea Goodrem (born November 9, 1984) is a multi-ARIA Award winning Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and Logie Award winning actress. ...
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Order of entry of teams In a break of tradition the teams entered the Melbourne Cricket Ground in the opening ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games by regions, instead of by alphabetical order. “MCG†redirects here. ...
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26. ...
First into the arena was England as hosts of the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. The flag of England Commonwealth Games Council for England logo for the Melbourne Games At the previous 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, England had 444 athletes and 221 officials, winning 54 Gold, 51 Silver and 60 Bronze medals. ...
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from July 25 to August 4. ...
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The flag of England Commonwealth Games Council for England logo for the Melbourne Games At the previous 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, England had 444 athletes and 221 officials, winning 54 Gold, 51 Silver and 60 Bronze medals. ...
Then followed the European countries.
 Cyprus |
 Gibraltar |
 Guernsey |
 Isle of Man |
 Jersey |
 Malta |
 Northern Ireland |
 Scotland |
 Wales Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ...
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Flag of Northern Ireland The Official Logo of the Northern Ireland Commonwealth Games Association Northern Ireland is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising 64[citation needed] sportspersons and xx officials. ...
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The Saltire: the flag of Scotland Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland logo for the Melbourne Games On 3 November 2005, the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland announced that Scotland would be sending 166 athletes (104 men and 62 women) to compete in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, supported...
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The squad to represent Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was announced by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales (CGCW) on 22 February 2006. ...
Then followed the African countries.
 Botswana |
 Cameroon |
 The Gambia |
 Ghana |
 Kenya |
Lesotho |
 Malaŵi |
 Mauritius |
 Mozambique |
 Namibia |
 Nigeria |
 Seychelles |
 Sierra Leone |
 South Africa |
 Swaziland |
 Uganda |
 United Republic of Tanzania |
 Zambia Image File history File links Flag_of_Botswana. ...
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Flag of Malawi The Official Logo of the Malawi Commonwealth Games Association Malawi is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials. ...
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Then followed the Asian countries.
 Bangladesh |
 Brunei Darussalam |
 India |
 Malaysia |
 Maldives |
 Pakistan |
 Singapore |
 Sri Lanka Image File history File links Flag_of_Bangladesh. ...
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Flag of Brunei Darussalam Brunei Darussalam CGA logo Brunei Darussalam will be sending a Lawn Bowls team to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. ...
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Then followed the American countries.
 Belize |
 Bermuda |
 Canada |
 Falkland Islands |
 Guyana |
 St Helena Image File history File links Flag_of_Belize. ...
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Then followed the Caribbean countries.
 Anguilla |
 Antigua and Barbuda |
 Bahamas |
 Barbados |
 British Virgin Islands |
 Cayman Islands |
 Dominica |
 Grenada |
 Jamaica |
 Montserrat |
 St Kitts & Nevis |
 Saint Lucia |
 St Vincent & the Grenadines |
 Trinidad & Tobago |
 Turks & Caicos Image File history File links Flag_of_Anguilla. ...
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Flag of St Kitts Nevis The Official Logo of the St Kitts Nevis Commonwealth Games Association St Kitts Nevis is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials. ...
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Flag of St Vincent & the Grenadines The Official Logo of the St Vincent & the Grenadines Commonwealth Games Association St Vincent & the Grenadines is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials. ...
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Trinidad & Tobago CGA logo Trinidad & Tobago are fielding a team of 71 athletes to the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, taking part in ten disciplines including athletics, badminton, gymnastics, hockey, shooting, table tennis and triathlon. ...
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Flag of Turks & Caicos The Official Logo of the Turks & Caicos Commonwealth Games Association Turks & Caicos is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a xx-member strong contingent comprising xx sportspersons and xx officials. ...
Then followed the Oceanian countries.
 Cook Islands |
 Fiji |
 Kiribati |
 Nauru |
 New Zealand |
 Niue Island |
 Norfolk Island |
 Papua New Guinea |
 Samoa |
 Solomon Islands |
 Tonga |
 Tuvalu |
 Vanuatu Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Cook_Islands. ...
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Flag of Niue Island The Official Logo of the Niue Island Commonwealth Games Association Niue Island is represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 7-member strong contingent comprising 4 sportspersons and 3 officials. ...
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and finally, the hosts of the 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Australia between March 15 and March 26. ...
 Australia Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ...
On Television The opening ceremony was broadcast in Australia on the Nine Network. It is currently the highest rating program of 2006 with 3,561,000 viewers across the five metro areas. The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ...
See also The Closing Ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on March 26, 2006 to mark the closing of the 18th Commonwealth Games. ...
External links - Report on the Opening Ceremony - "Toronto Star", Canada
- Opening ceremony fireworks at Google Video
- Yarra River Fish Display at Google Video
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