Australias Sporting Identity By hannakozik Mar 15, 1877 First cricket test against England played at the MCG Apr 6, 1896 Australia competes at the first modern Olympics at Athens Jun 13, 1930 Don Bradman plays his last test match Nov 5, 1930 Phar Lap wins the melbourne cup Nov 22, 1956 Melbourne Olympics Aug 26, 1972 Shane Gould wins 3 medals at Munich Olympic Games Jun 13, 1974 Australia competes at their first football World cup Jun 1, 1978 Australia competes at second world cup Jul 28, 1980 Evonne Goolagong wins her first Wimbledon Tennis Championship Sep 26, 1983 Australia wins the Americas cup Aug 4, 1987 Rugby World Cup hosts Oct 4, 1991 Australia wins first Ruby Union World cup Aug 20, 1999 Cathy Freeman wins 400m gold at Seville World Athletics Championships Sep 15, 2000 Sydney Olympics Mar 26, 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Apr 17, 2013 Retirement of Black Caviar May 15, 2015 Australia hosts Cricket World Cup