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Australia's olympic story : going for green and gold / Nicolas Brasch.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
J 796.48 BRA	Junior Non Fiction		Greenacre .	. Available .
J 796.48 BRA	Junior Non Fiction		Padstow .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781420293487 (hbk.)
Name	Brasch, Nicolas, 1961-
Title	Australia's olympic story : going for green and gold / Nicolas Brasch.
Published	South Yarra, Vic. : Macmillan Education Australia, 2012
Description	96 p. : col. ill., col. ports. ; 29 cm.
Notes	Includes index.
Contents	Our story begins -- Australia's olympic journey -- Rolling out the green and gold carpet -- Winners are grinners -- Aussie scandals and controversy -- Ready, set, gold.
Summary	Telling the story of our Olympic journey from our first participation to London 2012, this title explores the history of Australia.s role in the Olympics: the fist-pumping superstar Olympians, our teary disappointed favourites, the fans, the Melbourne Games, the Sydney Games and all our glorious green and gold moments from 1896 to 2008.
Subjects	Olympics -- Juvenile literature
	Olympics -- Planning -- Juvenile literature
	Olympic athletes -- Training of -- Australia -- Juvenile literature
	Sports and state -- Australia -- Juvenile literature
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Olympic athletes -- Training of -- Australia -- Juvenile literature . Olympics -- Juvenile literature . Olympics -- Planning -- Juvenile literature . Sports and state -- Australia -- Juvenile literature . Authors: Brasch, Nicolas, 1961- .