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Sydney Morning Herald on 2019-06-17 16:00

From the Archives: A ring of fire, from Sydney to Sydney at 900 km/h

At sunset on June 18, 1988, a bonfire was lit at Botany Bay, setting off a chain of "Bicentennial beacons" stretching 15,000 kilometres around Australia.

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