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	General Commonwealth Games Sites		Queens Baton Relay
	History of the Games		Commonwealth Games Mascot
	Countries competiting		Drugs and drug testing at the games
	Sports and athletes
	Disability events

GENERAL SITES

Australian Commonwealth Games Association - Information about Australia's involvement in the Commonwealth Games

HISTORY AND RECORDS

Brief history of the British Empire & Commonwealth Games- Brief history of the Commonwealth Games since its introduction as the British Empire Games

Starting blocks: History of the Games- Brief history of the Commonwealth Games, written specifically for school assignments

PastCommonwealth Games- Information about each games since 1930. Includes Australian team results and a medal tally

Commonwealth Games Records - search for a speciifc record in a sport, or records held by specific countries

SPORTS AND ATHLETES

Commonwealth Games - Australian Team-List of all athletes competiting in the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Australian Athlete Profiles - Profiles of Australian athletes

Sports in the Commonwealth Games -Information about the sports to be contested at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Disability Events in the Commonwealth Games -Information about the disability events to be contested at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

COUNTRIES

Commonwealth Games Countries -List of countires competing in the Commonwealth Games with links to brief information about each cuntry

Countries of the World -You can find information about Countires from this site

QUEEN'S BATON RELAY

Queen's baton relay - Information about the tradition of the baton, and the route it is taking

COMMONWEALTH GAMES MASCOT

Karak - Official Mascot- Read this information from the Healesville Sanctuary

Red-tailed black cockatoo.- Find out about it this bird

DRUGS AND DRUG TESTING

Sports events regulations - Commonwealth Games 2006 - Advice issued by the Australian Commonwealth Games Association & the Australian the Australian Sports Drug Agency.

Anti-doping. -Provides information about cutting-edge testing and links to fact sheets and more information.