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		In 1672, the english arrived in the region, and annexed the islands, removing the dutch populations from tortola in 1672, and from anegada and virgin gorda in 1680.
		Tortola is the largest and most populated of the british virgin islands, a group of islands which form part of the archipelago of the virgin islands.
		It was assumed the british would fall back especially that july when everyone was more concerned to palestine, where they would block the canal with sunken about preparing to flee or how to ingratiate themselves ships, and the germans would get cairo.
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	1938: Italy - Archive Article - MSN Encarta
		During the summer Mussolini played a waiting game, not wanting to seem to fail his German friends, yet not wishing to do anything that might bring on a general war, which it was his interest to avoid just then.
		Early in January 1938 a meeting of the Rome Protocol States (Italy, Austria, and Hungary) was held at Budapest, at which Count Ciano apparently sought to stem the ebb of Italian influence along the Danube, and perhaps even to postpone the Anschluss, but without success.
		The Italians pushed ahead, during 1938, with their road-building program, the completion of which was an indispensable prerequisite to the country's pacification.
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_461500452/1938_Italy.html (7319 words)

	British Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Formal empire in India, beginning with the Government of India Act of 1858, was a means of consolidation, reacting to the abortive Indian Mutiny, which was in itself a conservative reaction among Indian traditionalists to British policy in the subcontinent.
		The last territorial expansion of the British Empire was the annexation of Rockall to the west of the Outer Hebrides in 1955.
		British withdrawal from the southern and eastern parts of Africa was complicated by the region's white settler populations: Kenya had already provided an example in the Mau Mau Uprising of violent conflict exacerbated by white landownership and reluctance to concede majority rule.
	abcworld.net /British_Empire.html (6358 words)

	Commonwealth Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		World War II interrupted the staging of the British Empire Games scheduled for 1942 and 1946, however the enthusiasm from within the British Empire to continue what was started in 1930 was still strong enough for interest to be shown in their revival.
		The VI Games marked the largest sporting event ever held in Wales and it was the smallest Country ever to host a British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
		The XIV Commonwealth Games, the third to be hosted by New Zealand and Auckland’s second, witnessed a fantastic opening ceremony comprising a magnificent and moving portrayal of the forces that led to the formation of New Zealand society and culture.
	www.sports.gov.pk /html/CommonwealthGames_Details.htm (3006 words)

	1938: Cricket - Archive Article - MSN Encarta
		Although cricket is a game quite foreign to Americans, it is the national sporting event of the British Empire.
		The outstanding game of 1938, and one that attracted world-wide attention, was the match between the Australian and the English team, in London, where the home team completely baffled the Antipodean bowlers, running up a score of 903 runs for the loss of seven wickets.
		Playing games in New England and Nova Scotia, the Philadelphia General Electric team won five games, and one was a draw.
	encarta.msn.com /sidebar_461500225/1938_Cricket.html (325 words)

	About the CGG
		Held in the southern hemisphere for the first time, the III Games opening ceremony took place at the famed Sydney Cricket Ground in front of 40,000 spectators who were keen to see Australia and New Zealand excel against England in particular.
		Fifteen nations participated down under at the Sydney Games involving a total of 466 athletes and 43 officials.
		Seven sports were featured in the Sydney Games - track and field, boxing, cycling, lawn bowls, rowing, swimming and diving, and wrestling.
	www.guernseycga.org.gg /1938sydney.html (81 words)

	Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The four constituent countries of the United Kingdom – England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland – send separate teams to the Commonwealth Games, and individual teams are also sent from the British Crown Dependencies – Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man – and many of the British overseas territories.
		From 1930 through 1950, the parade of nations was led by a single flagbearer carrying the Union Jack, symbolising Britain's leading role in the British Empire.
		All other nations march in English alphabetical order, except that the first nation marching in the Parade of Athletes is the host nation of the previous games, and the host nation of the current games marches last.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonwealth_Games (1127 words)

	Dewar, Phyllis
		She became Canada's aquatic darling at the 1934 British Empire Games by winning gold medals in the 100- and 400-yd freestyle, the 300-yd medley and the 400-yd relay, and was crowned Canada's female athlete of the year.
		Weakened by flu, she performed poorly in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but regained top form to win another gold medal in the 1938 British Empire Games.
		After her husband's death in a 1954 car accident, the mother of 4 young children grew despondent; her health failed, and she died at 45.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002268 (134 words)

	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Sydney
		Under instruction from the British government, a convict settlement was founded by Arthur Phillip in 1788.
		In April 1789 a disease, thought to be smallpox, decimated the indigenous population of Sydney; a conservative estimate says that 500 to 1000 Aboriginal people died in the area between Broken and Botany Bays.
		There was violent resistance to British settlement, notably by the warrior Pemulwuy in the area around Botany Bay, and conflicts were common in the area surrounding the Hawkesbury River.
	www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Sydney (4829 words)

	Bravo, the Games ethic
		In the middle of it all, it has strengthened friendships between participating countries, writes S. A few years before Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern Olympic Games, the idea of the Commonwealth Games was born to connect the English-speaking population of the British Empire.
		From 1930 to 1950 the Games were known as the `British Empire Games', then the `British Empire and Commonwealth Games' until 1962.
		Even as the 18th edition of the Games unfolds in Melbourne, it is difficult not to be nostalgic.
	www.tssonnet.com /tss2911/stories/20060318001902200.htm (1810 words)

	Commonwealth Games Medallists
		A "Festival of the Empire" celebrating the coronation of King George V was held at Crystal Palace, London in 1911.
		The first British Empire Games was held in 1930 and retitled British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and Commonwealth Games in 1978.
		Since 1990 silver and/or bronze medals may not have been awarded where a small number of competitors/teams started an event, however the first three placings are still listed for the record.
	www.gbrathletics.com /commonwealth (134 words)

	ABAE : History
		The 1930 Games were hosted by the City of Hamilton (Ontario, Canada).Eleven nations competed in six sports (including boxing).England won (5) gold medals from the (9) weight categories.
		In 1954 the Games became known as the 'British Empire and Commonwealth Games' until 1962.
		Then after a gap of twelve years the 'British Empire Games' returned in 1950, hosted by the City of Auckland (New Zealand).In 1958 (the Cardiff Games) witnessed the of the awarding a bronze medal to both losing semi finalists.
	www.abae.co.uk /Commonwealth/link/index.asp (317 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 188 - Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The tradition of an international sporting competition involving countries of the British Empire began with the Festival of Empire sports meeting, which took place in London as part of the events connected with the coronation of King George V in 1911.
		The 1938 Empire Games in Sydney were planned to form part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the establishment of the city (which also heralded the foundation of British settlement in Australia).
		Additional information relating to the Games can be found in other parts of the Archives' collection, and includes records relating to arrangements for celebrating the150th anniversary of European settlement, the publicity photographs of competitors found in the Australian National Travel Association collection, and Customs arrival permits for some of the overseas competitors.
	www.naa.gov.au /publications/fact_sheets/fs188.html (619 words)

	Australian Commonwealth Games Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Games will be staged in Melbourne from the 15th to 26th March 2006 and will involve 4,500 athletes and 1,500 officials from over 70 competing countries.
		Margaret Whitlam (nee Dovey) represented Australia at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, swimming in the 220 yards Breaststroke.
		The ACGA was extretnely shocked and saddened to hear of the death of CGF 1st Vice Chairman, Datuk Alexander Lee Yu Lung from Malaysia, known as Alex Lee, in a diving accident in Papua New Guinea.
	www.commonwealthgames.org.au /News/Newsletters/vol02no02.htm (2671 words)

	Yuva's Blog : India's history on Commonwealth Games, Yuvaraj Anandan blogs on sulekha, Sports blogs, Yuvaraj Anandan ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The National Olympic Committee of India was formed and recognised during 1927 and is responsible for organising India's participation in the Commonwealth Games.
		The Delhi Games Village is to be constructed as a low rise medium development on a 40 acre site in the heart of the capital with a possible capacity for 8,500 athletes and officials.
		Delhi won the right to host the 2010 Games by defeating the Canadian city of Hamilton by 46 votes to 22 at the CGF General Assembly held in Montego Bay in November 2003.
	www.sulekha.com /blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=45199 (341 words)

	Swim Ontario
		By the age of 16, George had qualified for the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, the youngest swimmer ever to represent Canada at those games.
		In addition to the bronze medals that he won in the 440 and 1500 yards Freestyle, he was a member of the gold medal 800 Freestyle Relay team.
		At the 1934 British Empire Games in Webley, England, George had, in his own estimation, his “finest hour”.
	www.swimontario.com /articledetail.php?id=239 (534 words)

	Sydney information - Search.com
		Under instruction from the British government, a convict settlement was founded by Arthur Phillip in 1788.
		In April 1789 a disease, thought to be smallpox decimated the Indigenous population of Sydney; a conservative estimate says that 500 to 1000 Aboriginal people died in the area between Broken and Botany Bay affecting Kuringgai and Darug.
		There was violent resistance to British settlement, notably by the warrior Pemulwuy in the area around Botany Bay, and conflicts were common in the area surrounding the Hawkesbury River.
	www.search.com /reference/Sydney (4616 words)

	1938 British Empire Games
		In 1938 London a theatrical actress devises an elaborate scheme against the...
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	1938 British Empire Games: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
		The 1938 British Empire Games was the third as its called now Commonwealth Games.
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	News Room - Donald remembers Games of yesteryear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Eighty-eight year old Donald Bonham finished seventh in the second heat of the One Mile event at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney and almost 70 years later remembers it vividly.
		Timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 years since the foundation of British settlement in Australia), the 1938 British Empire Games was the first hosted by an Australian city.
		He won't see the 2006 Commonwealth Games TV coverage, but reckons he will be eagerly listening to the commentary and reminiscing about his 15 minutes of fame.
	www.centrelink.gov.au /Internet/Internet.nsf/news_room/06tas_games_yesteryear.htm (1032 words)

	Sydney
		European interest in colonising Australia arose with the landing of British sea captain, Lieutenant James Cook in Botany Bay in 1770.
		In April 1789 a disease, thought to be smallpox, decimated the indigenous population of Sydney; a conservative estimate says that 500 to 1000 Aboriginal people died in the area between Broken and Botany Bays.
		Sydney Football Stadium also known as Aussie Stadium is home to such clubs as Sydney Roosters, Sydney FC and the NSW Waratahs, and the neighbouring Sydney Cricket Ground has been home to numerous sports for over a century, but is the main home for cricket and Australian rules football in the city.
	www.homestayfinder.com /dictionary.aspx?q=Sydney (5023 words)

	1938 British Empire Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Many of these can be purchased in extremely hi-res digital format.
		The 1938 British Empire Games was the third Commonwealth Games, this being the modern-day equivalent.
		It was held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/1938_British_Empire_Games (131 words)

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		Upon her withdrawal in 1774 Britain left behind a Commemorative plaque asserting her claims, and in 1790, Britain officially ceded control of the islands to Spain, and renounced any and all colonial ambitions in South America, and its adjacent islands, as part of the Nootka Convention.
		The British sent a large expeditionary force to retake the islands leading to the Falklands War.
		Following the war, the British increased their military presence on the islands, constructing RAF Mount Pleasant and increasing the military garrison.
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	Australia Day - Victoria - History - 1888-1938
		However, some of their strongest support was for Federation and a united Commonwealth (along with the Federation League), the celebration of a unified national day and the naming of that day Australia Day.
		However, little in the way of permanent structures and reminders were created during 1938, unlike the 1988 Bicentenary.
		The euphoria of the 150th anniversary celebrations was maintained as February 1938 saw the staging of the British Empire Games in Australia for the first time.
	www.australiaday.vic.gov.au /history_1888-1938.asp (450 words)

	The Trinidad Guardian -Online Edition Ver 2.0
		Interestingly enough, TandT`s next short sprint gold medallist at these Games was another individual well versed in handling his opponents both on the track and through the media: Ato Boldon who ran 100m in 9.98 to take the crown at the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
		At the 1994 Games in Victoria, Canada, Boldon was 4th (10.07), one spot away from a place on the podium.
		At the Empire Games the main feature was definitely going to be the magic mile, a showdown between the only two athletes who until then had run the mile in less than 4 minutes (England`s Roger Bannister and the Australian John Landy).
	www.guardian.co.tt /archives/2004-12-01/SA-7.html (1038 words)

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