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Sport came to Australia in 1810 when the first athletics tournament was held, and soon cricket, horse racing and sailing clubs and competitions started. Australia's lower classes played sports on public holidays, with the upper classes playing more regularly on Saturdays. [2] Sydney was the early hub of sport in the colony. [3]
In Australia, sport is an important part of the country's culture and dates back to the early colonial period. The first of the country's mainstream sports to become established in order of their organisation were cricket, Australian rules football, rugby union, tennis, soccer, basketball, netball and rugby league.
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Below is a list of current Australian records in athletics as ratified by the national governing body, Athletics Australia.There are two types of Australian records. An Australian record is the best time recorded anywhere in the world by an athlete or team holding Australian citizenship whilst an Australian All Comers record is the best time recorded in Australia by an athlete or team.
Athletics is a popular sport in Australia, with around 34,000 athletes, officials and coaches currently registered with the national association. [ 2 ] Though not as high-profile as sports such as Cricket , Rugby league or Rugby Union in Australia, athletics has produced many world sporting legends, including Edwin Flack , Betty Cuthbert , Herb ...
The History of Australian cricket began over 210 years ago. [1] The first recorded cricket match in Australia took place in Sydney in December 1803 and a report in the Sydney Gazette on 8 January 1804 suggested that cricket was already well established in the infant colony. [ 2 ]
The first reports of a sport like rugby being played in Australia date back to the 1820s when visiting ship crews would play army teams at Barrack Square. [ 6 ] The versions played locally in this period borrowed elements from the various codes that are present today including Australian rules, soccer and rugby with the rules played being ...