For the last 23 years, a park in Dover Heights, in Sydney s east, has been known as Warren Zines Reserve in memory of the late lawn bowler. It could now be renamed after an Indigenous AFL great.
Twenty-five years after the Maccabiah Bridge disaster, few will forget the awful images of people plunging into the Yarkon River, as survivors remember in vivid detail the crackling of the bridge as it began to collapse.
Few will forget the awful images of people plunging into the Yarkon River on July 14, 1997. Survivors remember in vivid detail the crackling of the bridge as it began to collapse
Twenty-fives ago, a bridge collapsed during the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Israel, while the Australian team was crossing. Four athletes were killed, and many others injured, in the disaster.
Minister for Science, Innovation and Technology Alister Henskens joined Australian ambassador to Israel Paul Griffiths in laying a wreath on Monday to honour the memory of the four Australians killed in the 1997 Maccabiah bridge collapse disaster. Ahead of the 21st Maccabiah Games which begin this week, Mr Henskens was among the Australians who paused for a minute’s…