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Cricket began
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First athletics
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Early forms of football
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The Melbourne cup was first run
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First test cricket match against England
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First formal Australian football team (named the Wanderers)
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Rugby league began
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AFL was founded
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Women represented Australia for the first time at the Olympics
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Australia won the Davis Cup 8 times in the 1950s (1950, 1951 , 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959)
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John Landy runs the first 4 minute mile
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State of Origin series began
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The NRL was founded
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Cathy Freeman winning gold in 400m olympics
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Buddy Franklin's 1000th field goal