Singer Nikki Webster has reprised her role that captivated the Sydney 2000 Olympics, this time with her mini-me daughter and son.

The 38-year-old was among stars of the Olympic Games who came together on the 25th anniversary of the memorable opening ceremony on Monday.

Webster performed Under Southern Skies, accompanied by daughter Skylah and son Malachai.

Skylah is the spitting image of Webster all those years ago when she was the 13-year-old star of the Sydney 2000 Olympics opening and closing ceremonies.

Belting out the patriotic tune in a pink sundress and blonde curls, Webster became every young girl’s hero when she flew 25 metres above Homebush Stadium and journeyed from the Dreamtime to modern-day Australia with local icons Kylie Minogue, Yothu Yindi and Midnight Oil.

Other moments from the opening ceremony included a choreographed routine where hundreds of people pushed Victa lawnmowers, an iconic Aussie invention.

Nikki Webster’s performance has lived on in Australians’ collective memory. Photo: X

Those Olympics Games also featured Cathy Freeman’s history-making gold on the track and Ian Thorpe’s “Thorpedo” heroics in the pool.

In the afterglow of Sydney 2000, Webster was signed to record label BMG Music and immediately produced a hit.

The sweet and undeniably catchy Strawberry Kisses shot to  No.2 on the ARIA charts, playing on Webster’s status as a cutesy tween idol. She went on to release five albums and open her own dance studio.

Sydney had been narrowly chosen as host city over Beijing for what was the 24th modern staging of sport’s most famous tournament.

Nearly 11,000 athletes representing 199 member countries participated, featuring a record 928 medals awarded in 300 events.

Almost seven million tickets were sold, a Games record, as Sydney heralded its arrival as a globally iconic location.

Now chief photographer at Australian Associated Press, Dean Lewins was assigned to cover the three-week extravaganza, working 12-hour days to capture every moment.

In the moments following Freeman’s 400-metre success, Lewins was allowed on the track for her victory lap and ran alongside her.

More than 100,000 people had packed into the stands to watch the contest and the noise after she crossed the line first was deafening.

“There’s a photo I have from The Sydney Morning Herald of the back of Cathy, with all the media around her and I’m right there front and centre, which is an awesome keepsake,” Lewins said.

At the Commonwealth Games a few years prior, Freeman celebrated a win by draping the Australian and Indigenous flags across her shoulders.

Photographers assumed she would do the same in Sydney.

“There’s a rule within the Olympics that you’re not allowed to make political statements and at that time, the Aboriginal flag was considered making a political statement,” Lewins said.

“As she started to run her victory lap, she lifted her arms up with the flags and both of them started to fly behind her.

“That to me was a very significant moment and a very important moment.”

-with AAP