Victoria rode in as a white knight to the rescue the games when no other city bid for them.
In a handover during the closing ceremony, Indigenous Australian elders issued a welcome to “Naarm”, the Aboriginal name for the land where Melbourne sits.
Officials have touted infrastructure improvements and new jobs created in sleepy rural areas among a range of benefits along with themes like meeting diversity and inclusion commitments.Article content Whether other nations’ athletes fancy the long trip Down Under is doubtful, given the profile of the Games struggles to match that of other meets.
The 2018 Gold Coast Games were similarly given a wide berth by world class talent across a number of sports despite the lure of big crowds and shimmering beaches in the Queensland tourist mecca.
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