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Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park) is an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria, Australia.^[1]

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Adelaide

Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.

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The Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Crows, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Adelaide, South Australia that was founded in 1990.

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AFL Grand Final

The AFL Grand Final is an Australian rules football match to determine the premiers for the Australian Football League (AFL) season.

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Alkali–silica reaction

The alkali–silica reaction (ASR), also commonly known as concrete cancer, is a deleterious internal swelling reaction that occurs over time in concrete between the highly alkaline cement paste and the reactive amorphous (i.e., non-crystalline) silica found in many common aggregates, given sufficient moisture.

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Anzac Day

Anzac Day (Rā Whakamahara ki ngā Hōia o Ahitereiria me Aotearoa or lit) is a national day of remembrance in Australia, New Zealand and Tonga that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders "who served and died in all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations" and "the contribution and suffering of all those who have served".

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australia ICOMOS

Australia ICOMOS is a peak cultural heritage conservation body in Australia.

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Australian Baseball League (1989–1999)

The Australian Baseball League (ABL) was a baseball league, established in 1987 and disbanded in 1999.

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Australian dollar

The Australian dollar (sign: $; code: AUD; also abbreviated A$ or sometimes AU$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; and also referred to as the dollar or Aussie dollar) is the official currency and legal tender of Australia, including all of its external territories, and three independent sovereign Pacific Island states: Kiribati, Nauru, and Tuvalu.

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The Australian Football League (AFL) is the pre-eminent and only fully professional competition of Australian rules football.

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Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding.

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The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition.

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City of Greater Dandenong

The City of Greater Dandenong is a local government area in Victoria, Australia in the southeastern suburbs of Melbourne.

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The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition.

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Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.

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Dangerous World Tour

The Dangerous World Tour was the second world concert tour by American singer Michael Jackson and was staged to promote his eighth studio album Dangerous. The tour was sponsored by Pepsi-Cola.

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David Bowie

David Robert Jones (8 January 194710 January 2016), known professionally as David Bowie, was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and actor.

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Day/night cricket

Day/night cricket, also known as floodlit cricket, is a cricket match that is played either totally or partially under floodlights in the evening.

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Demography

Demography is the statistical study of human populations: their size, composition (e.g., ethnic group, age), and how they change through the interplay of fertility (births), mortality (deaths), and migration.

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Docklands Stadium

Docklands Stadium, known by naming rights sponsorship as Marvel Stadium, is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the suburb of Docklands in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Waverley Park and Docklands Stadium are music venues in Melbourne and sports venues in Melbourne.

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The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), the game's premier competition.

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The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA).

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Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. Waverley Park and football Park are Defunct Australian Football League grounds.

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Gary Buckenara

Gary William Buckenara (born 3 July 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Subiaco Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL).

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The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed the Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

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Glenferrie Oval

Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Waverley Park and Glenferrie Oval are Defunct Australian Football League grounds, Hawthorn Football Club and sports venues in Melbourne.

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The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). Waverley Park and Hawthorn Football Club are sport in the City of Monash.

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Heritage Victoria

Heritage Victoria is a branch of the Victorian Department of Transport and Planning.

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International rules football (Peil na rialacha idirnáisiunta; also known as international rules in Australia and compromise rules or Aussie rules in Ireland) is a team sport consisting of a hybrid of football codes, which was developed to facilitate international representative matches between Australian rules football players and Gaelic football players.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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James Hird

James Albert Hird (born 4 February 1973) is a former professional Australian rules football player and past senior coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Jason Dunstall

Jason Hadfield Dunstall (born 14 August 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Jim Stynes

James Peter Stynes OAM (23 April 196620 March 2012) was an Irish footballer who converted from Gaelic football to Australian rules football.

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John Cain (41st Premier of Victoria)

John Cain (26 April 1931 – 23 December 2019) was an Australian politician who was the 41st Premier of Victoria, in office from 1982 to 1990 as leader of the Labor Party.

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Kenneth Luke

Sir Kenneth George Luke (11 November 1896 – 13 June 1971) was a self-made millionaire manufacturer and a leading Australian rules football administrator in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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Kerry Packer

Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer (17 December 1937 – 26 December 2005) was an Australian media tycoon, and was considered one of Australia's most powerful media proprietors of the twentieth century.

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King's Official Birthday

The King's Official Birthday is the selected day in most Commonwealth realms on which the birthday of the monarch is officially celebrated in those countries.

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Kiss (band)

Kiss (often styled as KISS) was an American rock band formed in New York City in 1973 by Paul Stanley (vocals, rhythm guitar), Gene Simmons (vocals, bass guitar), Ace Frehley (lead guitar, vocals) and Peter Criss (drums, vocals).

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Mary Delahunty

Mary Elizabeth Delahunty (born 7 June 1951) is an Australian journalist and politician with the Labor Party.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Melbourne central business district

The Melbourne central business district (also known colloquially as simply "the City" or "the CBD") is the city centre and main urban area of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, centred on the Hoddle Grid, the oldest part of the city laid out in 1837, and includes its fringes.

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Melbourne Cricket Club

The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) is a sports club based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as The 'G, is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Waverley Park and Melbourne Cricket Ground are music venues in Melbourne and sports venues in Melbourne.

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The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Demons, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition.

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Melbourne Reds

The Melbourne Reds were a Victorian-based baseball team in the Australian Baseball League.

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist.

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Mirvac

Mirvac is an Australian property group with operations across property investment, development, and retail services.

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Monash Freeway

The Monash Freeway is a major urban freeway in Victoria, Australia, linking Melbourne's CBD to its south-eastern suburbs and beyond to the Gippsland region.

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Mulgrave, Victoria

Mulgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, Australia Post located within the City of Monash local government area.

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The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is a professional Australian rules football club.

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Pitch invasion

A pitch invasion (also known as field storming, rushing the field or rushing the court) occurs when a person or a crowd of people spectating a sporting event run onto the competition area, usually to celebrate or protest an incident, or sometimes as a publicity stunt.

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Port Phillip

Port Phillip (Kulin: Narm-Narm) or Port Phillip Bay is a horsehead-shaped enclosed bay on the central coast of southern Victoria, Australia.

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Premier of Victoria

The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia.

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Rod Stewart

Sir Roderick David Stewart (born 10 January 1945) is a British rock and pop singer and songwriter.

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Seating capacity

Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law.

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Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel were an American folk rock duo consisting of the singer-songwriter Paul Simon and the singer Art Garfunkel.

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The St Kilda Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria.

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Stadium

A stadium (stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.

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Stan Alves

Neil Stanley "Stan" Alves, OAM (born 22 May 1946) is a former Australian rules football player and coach.

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State Electricity Commission of Victoria

The State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SEC, SECV or ECV) is a government-owned electricity company in Victoria, Australia.

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Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band formed in Dublin in 1976.

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Urban sprawl

Urban sprawl (also known as suburban sprawl or urban encroachment) is defined as "the spreading of urban developments (such as houses, dense multi family apartments, office buildings and shopping centers) on undeveloped land near a more or less densely populated city".

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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The Victoria Australian rules football team, known colloquially as the Big V, is the state representative side of Victoria, Australia, in the sport of Australian rules football.

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Victoria State Government

The Government of Victoria, also referred to as the Victorian Government, is the executive branch of the Australian state of Victoria.

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Victorian Heritage Register

The Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) lists places deemed to be of cultural heritage significance to the State of Victoria, Australia.

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West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia.

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The Western Australia Australian rules football team is the state representative side of Western Australia in the sport of Australian rules football.

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World Series Cricket

World Series Cricket (WSC) was a commercial professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 which was organised by Kerry Packer and his Australian television network, Nine Network.

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1977 VFL Night Series

The 1977 Victorian Football League Night Series was the 17th edition of the VFL Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the clubs from the VFL.

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1981 VFL season

The 1981 VFL season was the 85th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria.

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1991 AFL Grand Final

The 1991 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Hawthorn Football Club and West Coast Eagles, held at Waverley Park in Melbourne on 28 September 1991. Waverley Park and 1991 AFL Grand Final are Hawthorn Football Club.

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2006 AFL season

The 2006 AFL season was the 110th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.

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