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It's almost 50 years since the first Mardi Gras in Sydney wound its way down Oxford Street; and was marred by police violence and a large number of arrests


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It's almost 50 years since the first Mardi Gras in Sydney wound its way down Oxford Street; and was marred by police violence and a large number of arrests



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