Year 9 PASS - Australia's Sporting Identity

First Aboriginal Australian cricket tour

May 1, 1868

First Australian cricket tour

First Cricket Test match played against England at the MCG

Mar 15, 1877

First Cricket Test match played against England at the MCG

Australia Competes at the First Modern Olympics In Athens

Apr 6, 1896

Australia at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Pharlap wins the 1930 Melbourne Cup

Nov 5, 1930

Pharlap wins the 1930 Melbourne Cup

Australia wins the Bledisloe Cup for the first time

Aug 27, 1934

The Bledisloe Cup - A History

Don Bradman captains The Invincibles to beat England without losing a test

Mar 1, 1948

Don Bradman and The Invincibles

Australia hosts their first Olympic games in Melbourne

Nov 22, 1956

Melbourne Olympic Games - 1956

Australia qualifies for their first FIFA World Cup

Jun 14, 1974

Australia in the FIFA World Cup

Evonne Goolagong wins her first Wimbledon Tennis Championship

Jun 28, 1980

Evonne Goolagong wins her first Wimbledon Tennis Championship

Queensland win the first State of Origin

Jul 8, 1980

Live and Kicking in 1980: State of Origin I

Australia wins the America's Cup

May 27, 1983

1983 America's Cup: a moment in history

Australia wins the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham

Nov 2, 1991

Australian Rugby Explained - A History

Cathy Freeman wins the 400m at the Sydney Olympic Games

Sep 25, 2000

Cathye Freeman - Athlete Biography

Steven Bradbury wins Australia’s First Winter Olympic Gold medal

Feb 8, 2002

The significance of Steven Bradbury’s winter triumph, 11 years on

Cadel Evans becomes first Australian to win Tour de France

Jul 24, 2011

Cadel Evans becomes first Australian to win Tour de France