Cathy Freeman grew up at Mackay, educated throughout South-East Queensland, lives life largely in Victoria now, but that greatest moment will always belong to Sydney.
It was a September night 23 years ago when the 27-year-old famously turned the bend into the home straight before running into the history books to claim Olympic gold in the women's 400 metres.
That pulsating finish to the race that went from breaking stride and leaving her rivals behind like they were left standing is equally iconic as the one-off bodysuit she wore.
The sold-out crowd of more than 110,000 rose but no more so than on the eastern side of Stadium Australia that eyed Freeman all the way to the line before breaking out to one of the loudest cheers heard there both then or since.
That grandstand closest to Freeman's final 100 metres that turned the 400m favourite into an Australian sporting icon has finally been named after the proud Kuku Yalanji and Birra Gubba woman.
"This stadium, and Sydney Olympic Park, hold a truly special place in my heart and that will never change," she said at the ceremony.
"I hope that my story continues to inspire generations of girls and boys to chase their own dreams in sport and life."
The NSW government announcement on Friday at the venue's currently-named Accor Stadium confirmed that for the first time a state sports stand would be named after a female hero, let alone arguably after the finest Aboriginal.
The move comes after the public was asked to nominate a woman that they believed deserved the honour the most.
The most popular name – by that proverbial home stretch – was to arrange that more than 30,000 seats would be emblazoned with the words of The Cathy Freeman Stand.
Freeman, who also lit the Olympic flame 10 days earlier to open the 2000 Games, was profoundly touched that her feats are still remembered so fondly, even though that memory is only one chapter of her whole story.
"I was a barefoot kid running around," Freeman recalled, "dreaming of big things and everything else beyond that Olympic gold medal."
Freeman went through a gamut of emotions at the stand's launch in front of notable dignitaries, but without the most notable whose advice and encouragement launched her career.
Turning back around and looking up at the distinct words, which is undoubtedly the most magnanimous achievement she's had since that gold medal, Freeman was almost lost for words.
"I'm seeing my father's name up there as well – so this is not just about me," she said.
"This is about my family, the community I belong to, and, of course, the ancestral lines that go back so long and so deep and rich."
The venue has held epic State of Origin clashes, classic NRL grand finals like the 1999 Melbourne Storm victory over St George-Illawarra in only the club's second-ever year before Freeman got to even run on the track and later the 2015 golden-point win for a groundbreaking North Queensland Cowboys title against Brisbane Broncos.
Not even Australia qualifying for its first FIFA World Cup in 32 years after John Aloisi scored the winning penalty back in 2006 that sent the nation into delirium matched what Freeman achieved on September 25, 2000.
NSW Premier Chris Minns stated it was "about time" his state named a grandstand to celebrate a prominent Australian woman, particularly after the sheer popularity of the Matildas football team at the recent Women's World Cup.
More than half of that Matildas squad that did include Indigenous duo Lydia Williams and Kyah Simon named Freeman as their sporting hero.
Freeman's impact is so great that a handful of the national women's soccer representatives were not even born when she did a lap of her honour ahead of time.
"I want the next generation of young girls to watch sport at this stadium, looking up at The Cathy Freeman Stand, thinking about their own sporting dreams," Minns said.
