Year 9 PASS - Australia's Sporting Identity By fullerteaching May 1, 1868 First Aboriginal Australian cricket tour First Australian cricket tour Mar 15, 1877 First Cricket Test match played against England at the MCG First Cricket Test match played against England at the MCG Apr 6, 1896 Australia Competes at the First Modern Olympics In Athens Australia at the 1896 Summer Olympics Nov 5, 1930 Pharlap wins the 1930 Melbourne Cup Pharlap wins the 1930 Melbourne Cup Aug 27, 1934 Australia wins the Bledisloe Cup for the first time The Bledisloe Cup - A History Mar 1, 1948 Don Bradman captains The Invincibles to beat England without losing a test Don Bradman and The Invincibles Nov 22, 1956 Australia hosts their first Olympic games in Melbourne Melbourne Olympic Games - 1956 Jun 14, 1974 Australia qualifies for their first FIFA World Cup Australia in the FIFA World Cup Jun 28, 1980 Evonne Goolagong wins her first Wimbledon Tennis Championship Evonne Goolagong wins her first Wimbledon Tennis Championship Jul 8, 1980 Queensland win the first State of Origin Live and Kicking in 1980: State of Origin I May 27, 1983 Australia wins the America's Cup 1983 America's Cup: a moment in history Nov 2, 1991 Australia wins the Rugby World Cup at Twickenham Australian Rugby Explained - A History Sep 25, 2000 Cathy Freeman wins the 400m at the Sydney Olympic Games Cathye Freeman - Athlete Biography Feb 8, 2002 Steven Bradbury wins Australia’s First Winter Olympic Gold medal The significance of Steven Bradbury’s winter triumph, 11 years on Jul 24, 2011 Cadel Evans becomes first Australian to win Tour de France Cadel Evans becomes first Australian to win Tour de France
