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The Mountain: home of Australia's 'Great Race'

PHIL BRANAGAN delves into the history of Bathurst's Mount Panorama circuit and its legendary long-distance classic - which has witnessed a few changes down the years

Two centuries have passed since British settlers first sighted what is now known as Bathurst.

You head west from Sydney, over the Blue Mountains and into central New South Wales, where many have sought their fortunes in gold, agriculture and manufacturing. But fame has been sought on one mountain, Mount Panorama, by those who race cars.

The Bathurst community turns 200 this year and a few miles from the city centre, the racetrack that has made it famous right around the world turns 75. It started life as what looked like a tourism project, but it was one that had a second purpose.

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