Timeline: Changes In The Nature Of Australian Sport | Timetoast

Aug 7, 1858

The first Australian Rules match was between Scotch and Melbourne Grammar schools

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1877

The first Test match was played, between Australia and England.

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The Victorian Football Association was formed - the original clubs were Hotham (North Melbourne), Melbourne, Geelong, Carlton, Albert Park (South Melbourne), St Kilda, Essendon and East Melbourne.
1905

the first year that the Australian Open Tennis Championship was held.

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1922

The first year that a women's event was held at the Australia Open Tennis
1930

Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup

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1956

The Olympic Games were held in Melbourne

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1964

Betty Cuthbert won gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Dawn Fraser won her 3rd consecutive Olympic title

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1968

Peter Norman's Black Power Statement

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1983

Australia II won yachting's America's Cup

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1993

Shane Warne's 'ball of the century' to dismiss Mike Gatting

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2000

The Olympic Games were held in Sydney. Cathy Freeman's 400m gold medal.

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2002

Steven Bradbury won gold at Salt Lake City in spectacular fashion

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2005

Australia defeated Uruguay to qualify for Soccer's 2006 World Cup Basketballer Andrew Bogut became the first Australian to be selected as the No.1 overall pick in the NBA Draft.

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2009

Kieren Perkins 1500m freestyle Gold medal against the odds at the 1996 Atlanta Games

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2011

Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France.

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2020

Olympics cancelled due to world-wide pandemic ( covid 19 disease).

Mar 24, 2020 - Update, Tuesday, March 24, at 8:45 a.m.: The International Olympic Committee and Japan agreed to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games on ...