ABSTRACT
One of the enduring images many Australians associate with the 1999 New Years’ Eve millennium celebration is that of the word ‘eternity’ appearing in large illuminated letters on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. This word, also seen by over four billion people worldwide at the end of the opening ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games in September of 2000, represents a signifi cant instance of how a single practitioner of graffi ti writing can ‘speak’ to a wide cross-section of people about a variety of historical, social and cultural issues.
