Top 20 Aus Players/Events

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  • Australia had gotten sport

    Australia was gifted with sports from the European settlers such as boxing, horse racing, cockfighting and athletics.

  • First AFL match in Australia

    The first match of AFL was played in 1858 Scotch vs South Melbourne

  • VFL was formed

    The VFL league has formed, some teams were Hotham, Melbourne, Geelong, Carlton, Essendon, St Kilda, East Melbourne and Albert Park. That was all the teams.

  • First Test Cricket Match in Australia

    Australia and England play their first test cricket match in Australia

  • First Year Australian Open

    Australian Open first grand slam in Australia but this was for men only. Playing in Melbourne on Warehouseman Cricket Ground. Rodney Heath was the first Grand Slam winner in Australian Open

  • Women get to play Australian Open

    Women get their place in tennis by getting to compete in Australian Open

  • Phar Lap

    Wins Melbourne Cup born New Zealand and raised in Australia

  • Black Power Salute

    Peter Norman stood by two black men doing a power salute in front of millions while wearing human rights badges.

  • NBL

    NBL was founded in 1979 made for Australia and New Zealand

  • Australia wins Americas Cup

    Australia II had won and beaten the Americans in the Americas cup
    Yachting

  • Pat Cash

    Pat Cash the underdog in the Wimbolden Final versing the world No.1 Ivan Lendl, surprisingly beats him in straight sets and wins his one and only grand slam he has gotten

  • Olympics Sydney and Kathy Freeman

    Australia got to host the Olympics once again, in this event Kathy Freeman wins gold holds Australian Flag and Aboriginal while celebrating

  • Stephen Bradbury

    Stephen Bradbury won gold in the winter Olympics for australia for the first time ever and also he won by accident because all of the other skaters tripped and fell near the end of the last lap.

  • Andrew Bogut NBA draft No.1 Overall

    Andrew Bogut was the first Australian basketball to be drafted No.1 Overall in the NBA

  • Tim Cahil WC R1

    Tim Cahil wins the Australian soccer team round 1 by scoring 2 goals in the last ten minutes of the game. Get their first round win ever

  • Australia Qualify To Soccer WC

    Australia beat Uruguay 3-0 to go to the Soccer WC for the first time in a while

  • Cadel Evans wins Tour De France

    Cadel Evans was the first Australian to ever in Tour de France

  • Ben Simmons Drafted No.1 Overall in NBA and Winning Rookie of the Year

    Ben Simmons was the 2nd Australian basketball player to be drafted No.1 Overall, in his 'first season' he got injured during Summer League and could not complete his 'first NBA season'. But next season came back and he was back stronger than ever and won Rookie of the Year, he was the first Australian to win this Award