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In July of 1976, Brisbane was declared Host City for the XII Commonwealth Games to take place in 1982. Following this decision, investigations were conducted by various local, state, and federal government bodies into what facilities/resources would be required for Brisbane to host this event.

Founding Vice Chancellor Professor John Willett lobbied government officials to use Griffith University (Nathan Campus) as the site for the Commonwealth Games Village. His reasons for this were quite simple. Brisbane needed a place to accommodate thousands of visiting Commonwealth athletes and officials, and Griffith University needed to continue its extraordinary growth by providing student accommodation and other supporting facilities.

After nearly two years of political discussion and investigation, it was decided that the University would indeed become the home of the 1982 Games Village. Things progressed much more quickly with this decision made and construction of the village began in earnest

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Weightlifting is an athletic discipline in which the athlete attempts a maximum-weight single lift of a barbell loaded with weight plates. The two competition lifts in order are the snatch and the clean and jerk. Each weightlifter receives three attempts in each, and the combined total of the highest two successful lifts determines the overall result within a bodyweight category.

Bodyweight categories are different for male and female competitors. A lifter who fails to complete at least one successful snatch and one successful clean and jerk also fails to total, and therefore receives an “incomplete” entry for the competition.

Weightlifting tests aspects of human ballistic limits (explosive strength); the lifts are therefore executed faster – and with more mobility and a greater range of motion during their execution – than other strength movements. Properly executed, the snatch and the clean and jerk are both dynamic and

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The Games were to be held from the 30th September to 9th October, 1982. The Village construction and impending Commonwealth Games did provide some inevitable disruption for both students and staff at Griffith University. Similarly, there were some problems for athletes and officials once the Games Federation took control of the new accommodation and administrative buildings. Nonetheless, the Games Village experience generally received positive reviews from athletes, officials, and organisers.

This event meant short and long-term benefits for Griffith University including a marketing coup with a visit to The Village by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. In addition, the organisation now had much improved on-campus accommodation for its students. The University also now had a large dining hall and a small shopping precinct that included a grocery store and post office. In addition to these new features, the University used one of the new games buildings

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The Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre, originally known as Queen Elizabeth II Stadium (QEII Stadium) and more recently ANZ Stadium, was built for the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games and is the former home of the Brisbane Broncos NRL Club. The stadium is now used for international, national and local athletics.

The Stadium consists of two large grandstands on either side of the playing field and several stands forming a semi-circle at both ends, with a total capacity of just under 50,000. Also situated in the sports complex is a second athletics track which includes a small grandstand. After the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the athletics track was ripped up, however, in 2001, a new track was installed to cater for the 2001 Goodwill Games which were held at the stadium.

Tennis has also been played at the stadium, with the Davis Cup being played two times, with a

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Sir Edward Stratten Williams (29 December 1921 – 10 January 1999) was a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland and was also the Chairman of the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games Foundation, for which he received the Australian of the Year Award in 1982.

Sir Edward was also appointed Commissioner General for Expo ’88, and received the Queenslander of the Year award in 1983. Sir Edward was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire and later Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

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