027/240 & 008/007 Passing the baton. Sign in the background says 'Pyrenees Highway'. Also 'Melbourne'. Railway line in background. 027/221 & 008/010 Passing the baton from John DeCoite Jnr (#051) to his sister Wendy (#037). The support team are in the background and on the right is a group of children with balloons. 027/242 & 008/012 Wendy (nee DeCoite) standing with torch beside a torch relay motorcycle escort member on a Harley Davidson. People gathered on the right side. 008/011 John DeCoite Snr and unknown torch bearer #043. 008/008 John DeCoite Jnr holding the torch with his wife and a small group of children. 008/004 John and Betty DeCoite with son John who is holding the torch. 027/222 & 008/006 John DeCoite Jnr holds the torch aloft, surrounded by students from Monbulk State School where he was a teacher. 027/241 & 008/005 DeCoite family group including John (Snr), Bob and Betty. 027/239 & 008/009 Wendy (nee DeCoite) holding the torch, with family members

These stick pins were souvenirs of the Olympic Torch Relay in 2000. The summer Olympic Games were held in Sydney in 2000 and the Olympic Torch was brought from Olympia in Greece to Australia via Oceania. There were 13,400 torchbearers with 11,000 of these being in Australia. The Olympic Torch was carried on Day 43 (July 20th 2000) through the streets of Warrnambool. These stick pins are of minor interest as souvenirs of the Sydney Olympics 2000 Torch Relay, an event connected to Warrnambool’s history. .1 A metal stick pin attached to a card. The card has a blue background with coloured writing and background images. The pin is gold-coloured and designed in the shape of the State of Victoria with an image of a runner, a boomerang and ocean waves on the front and a metal clip at the back .2 as above Celebrate the Torch Relay with your Sydney 2000 Olympic Torch Relay Free Vic Pin Presenting Partner AMP Herald Sun Not for sale TM C SOCOG 1998 sydney olympics 2000, olympic torch relay 2000 warrnambool, history of warrnambool

The 2000 Summer Olympics was held in Sydney, Australia. The torch relay was the transferral of the Olympic Flame to Sydney, Australia and this was also part of the build up to the Games. The torch travelled to several island nations in Oceania before beginning an extensive journey around Australia. This included many regional areas including across the Glenelg Shire.Metal torch. Three layered design. White, blue, silver. White outer layer has the Sydney 2000 Olympic emblem on it with the five Olympic Rings. The inner layer is the only layer which is fully complete tear drop shape. Inside is a gas torch.Sydney 2000 emblem on both sides of white layter

John Henry Lockett OAM (22 January 1891 – 25 May 2002) was the oldest man ever in Australia when he died aged 111 years, 123 days. As one of the last surviving veterans of World War I, he was acclaimed as a national hero during the last decade of his life. Lockett was born in the small Victorian town of Waanyarra, near Bendigo. He left school aged nine to work on a local farm. Later, he worked for his uncles in the Mallee. On 24 March 1916, he travelled to Mildura to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force. He served in France with the 38th Battalion, earning promotion to sergeant and was discharged on 20 September 1919. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Lockett After the war, Jack returned to The Mallee and selected a 640 acres (260 ha) block of land in Linga, Victoria, deciding to make his living as a farmer. In 1923, he married Maybell Ingwerson and they had four children together. In 1963, the couple retired to Bendigo, leaving the farmland (which now covered more than 130,000 acres (53,000 ha), in the care of their children and grandchildren. The 2000 Olympic flame was relayed from Olympia in Greece to Sydney by 13400 carriers including 11000 Australians, each carrier had their torch Coloured photograph of a Bendigo Advertiser poster with Jack Lockett holding the Olympic Flame. At the top of the poster- Advertiser No. 42694 Friday, July 28, 2000 90c (GST Inc) A blue circle with a white image of a person carrying a flaming torch, five white Olympic Rings, SYDNEY 2000 In the main part of the poster Jack Lockett, in a white shirt is holding an Olympic torch Printed across the lower part of the poster - Just flamin' marvellous It has a dark grey mount and dark brown wooden frame behind glass. jack lockett, mabel ingwersen, world war 1, france, 38th battalion, olympic torch relay 2000

Issued in the lead up to the Sydney Olympics in 2000, this set contains 16 badges (pins) and was issued by the Herald Sun.Album contain 16 pin badges depicting places where the torch relay passed througholympic games sydney, olympic pins

The Banyule Banner is published quarterly by Banyule City Council to advertise upcoming events in the City of Banyule and to report on past events. This edition celebrates the Olympic Torch Relay and Banyule's links to the 1956 Olympic Games.20 pages (approx.), colour illustrations.olympic torch relay, 1956 olympic games

Heidi Beard, canoeist at the 1960 Rome Olympics, carried the Olympic flame into Heidelberg West's Olympic Reserve on 30 July 2000Two pages from "The Heidelberger" (25/07/2000 & 01/08/2000)Memories relit for Heidiesheidi beard, olympic torch relay, olympic games sydney 2000, beard family

Four pages souvenir edition of the Herald Sun from Thursday July 27, 2000. Herald sun official newspaper of the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch relay. Welcome to the Goldfieldsnewspaper, herald, souvenir edition