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Australia reveres and treasures its sporting heroes. Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Since the advent of television in the 1950s, Australians have embraced the opportunity to...
2009 Australian of the Year, Professor Michael Dodson. Image courtesy of the National Australia Day Council. On Australia Day - 26 January - each year, the Prime Minister of Australia announces the Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year, Se...
Sir Donald Bradman is an Australian sporting legend. During his 21 years of first-class cricket, Bradman achieved everything that was possible in the sport - he captained his South Australian Sheffield Shield team; was a State selector; Test selector; an...
For those living in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, football usually refers to Australian Rules Football. In the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, and Queensland, it could mean rugby league ...
Photograph courtesy of the Victoria Racing Club. Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup....
When Australian Edward 'Ned' Trickett won the world sculling championship on London's Thames River in 1876, he became Australia's first sporting star. Cashman, R, Sport in the National Imagination, Sydney, Walla Walla Press, 2002, p. Cashman, R, Sport i...
The first recorded tennis tournament played in Australia was held in January 1880 on the courts of the Melbourne Cricket Club. The Australasian Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) was Australia's first national tennis body. Australia has a long and successfu...
21 days of celebrations, food, wine, art, performance, music, family fun and sport. Points of celebration includes the Great Barrier Reef, the surrounding World Heritage Rainforest and the relaxed tropical lifestyle in Cairns, Queensland. Find out more de
Australia reveres and treasures its sporting heroes. Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Australians flock to see their sporting heroes in tickertape parades in capital cities fo...
Celebrating the performances of ten people who have become legends of sport. This great book looks at sporting greats such as Sir Donald Bradman, Micheal Jordan, Carl Lewis, Dawn Fraser, Jack Nicklaus, John Eales, Muhammad Ali, Nadia Comaneci, Pele and R...
The Captains,Äô Forum is an initiative of The Sport Australia Hall of Fame in partnership with the Australian Sports Commission. On 19 November, the captains and leading athletes of major Australian sports will convene at Parliament House in Canberra for ...
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Former coach of the Australian Opals women,Äôs basketball team Jan Stirling has been appointed to the National Coaching Advisory Panel. The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is pleased to announce the members of the newly formed National Coaching Advisor...
The Captains,Äô Forum is an initiative of The Sport Australia Hall of Fame in partnership with the Australian Sports Commission. On 19 November, the captains and leading athletes of major Australian sports will convene at Parliament House in Canberra for ...
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Former coach of the Australian Opals women,Äôs basketball team Jan Stirling has been appointed to the National Coaching Advisory Panel. The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is pleased to announce the members of the newly formed National Coaching Advisor...
Former coach of the Australian Opals women,Äôs basketball team Jan Stirling has been appointed to the National Coaching Advisory Panel. The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is pleased to announce the members of the newly formed National Coaching Advisor...
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The Captains,Äô Forum is an initiative of The Sport Australia Hall of Fame in partnership with the Australian Sports Commission. On 19 November, the captains and leading athletes of major Australian sports will convene at Parliament House in Canberra for ...
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