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Whether it's surfing at the local beach, cheering on our national rugby team or playing a game of social tennis, Australians are great lovers of sport. It brings us together as competitors and participants, as spectators and, simply, as Australians in events that will often shape our own lives.

This unique culture of sport and the role it plays in our national identity is captured in Play the Game, the final CD-ROM in the Australia on CD program. The project was managed by a consortium of the Australian Sports Commission and the National Museum of Australia who engaged the talents of the Swish Group - a Melbourne based new media and design company.

When you Play the Game, you can visit special moments in Australia's sporting history, meet the legends - past and present - who have achieved sporting greatness, and explore the many and varied pursuits that Australians call sport.

At the centre of the CD-ROM is an Oval which takes you to four other environments, presenting different aspects of sport. On the Oval you will also find a sporting event for each day of the year, meet some challenges and see some unique Australian events.

In the Gallery you will find some of our sports heroes and relive memorable moments, quizzes will test your knowledge of sports trivia and the information centre will guide you further. The Grandstand invites you into a locker room packed with the stuff of legends and the Biodome demonstrates the important role of science and technology in sport. The Time Machine lets you explore changes that have occurred in some of our key sporting events, including the Olympic Games.

You will be guided through the modules by Channel 7 sport presenters Tracey Holmes and Neil Brooks and some other characters synonymous with the sporting arena like the 'coach', the 'umpire', the 'spectator' and the 'St John Ambulance officer'.

Play the Game has brought together a wealth of information by drawing on the memorabilia and pictorial collections of our major institutions including the National Library of Australia, the National Film and Sound Archive (now Screen Sound Australia) and the National Maritime Museum.

The CD-ROM is due for release in November this year.

Contact:

Australian Sports Commission: 02 6214 1375

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• Last modified: 5 February 2008, 6:02pm