Australia's Sporting Identity By KUNTAKINTE1 Mar 15, 1877 First Cricket Test played against England at the MGC Apr 6, 1896 Australia's Competes in the first modern Olympics in Athens 1897 First Australian Football Competition Nov 4, 1930 Phar Lap's wins Melbourne Cup Jun 10, 1945 Don Bradman's last test match Nov 22, 1956 Melbourne Olympics 1963 Australia wins the first Netball World Tournament Sep 26, 1972 Shane Gould wins 3 Gold Medals at Munich Olympics Jul 13, 1974 Australia's First participation in FIFA World Cup Jun 23, 1975 Evonne Goolagong (Cawley) wins her first Wimbledon Tennis Championship Sep 14, 1983 Australia wins the America's Cup Oct 3, 1991 Australia wins their first Rugby Union World Cup Oct 27, 1994 Cathy Freeman's 400m Gold Medal at Seville World Athletics Championships Sep 15, 2000 Sydney Olympics Jun 9, 2006 Australia's 2nd participation in FIFA World Cup
