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Re: [NSW] CityRail's New Year's Eve (was, a long time ago, "Tangaras are crap"
- Subject: Re: [NSW] CityRail's New Year's Eve (was, a long time ago, "Tangaras are crap"
- From: ajwright@spam.ozemail.com.au (Ashley Wright)
- Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 09:15:11 GMT
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- Newsgroups: aus.rail,misc.transport.rail.australia-nz
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On Fri, 31 Dec 1999 12:35:35 +1100, John Dennis
<jdennis@acslink.net.au> wrote:
>>I don't care because we're all partying for the wrong year anyway. The new
>>century doesn't start until the end of y2k, and besides, there's a better
>>reason to delay until the end of next year because it'll also be the
>>centenary of Federation.
>
>Indeed, and I have been told that one reason federation occurred when
>it did was so it would coincide with the end of the century - Jan
>1901.
>
It was the main reason, symbolic of a new direction for the 20th
Century. Probably the best day for Australia day as well!
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