Football 06

Australia and Sport in the 20th Century

By Ethan Kelly
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    Australia & Sport

  • Federation

  • World War I begins

  • World War 1 ends

  • World Wide influenza epidemic killed 11 552 Australians

  • The Great Deperession affected Australia

  • Bradman scored 334 runs, highest score by an Australian in test Cricket

  • First Commercial radio & television between England & Aust

  • Phar lap won the Melbourne Cup

  • Australia hosted its first Empire Game (Commonwealth Games)

  • World War 2 begins

  • Darwin was bombed by the Japanese

  • World War 2 ended

  • Melbourne hosted XVI Olympic Games

    Australia came third in thre medal tally. World tennis and swimming was dominated by Australians.
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    Channel 7 was the only broadcaster of VFL/AFl

  • 2 out of 3 homes had televisions and radios

  • Rod Laver wins Wimbledon

  • Australia was involved in the Vietnam War

  • The Ashes was broadcast live via satellite for the first time

  • Kerry Packer launched Channel 9's World Series Cricket. This impacted on how sport and television was used together

  • Wimbledon & Melbourne cup were broadcast live for the first time

  • Active Australia starts with Aussie Sports

  • PayTV was launched in Australia