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The first Australian Rules match was between Scotch and Melbourne Grammar schools
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The first Test match was played, between Australia and England.
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The Victorian Football Association was formed - the original clubs were Hotham (North Melbourne), Melbourne, Geelong, Carlton, Albert Park (South Melbourne), St Kilda, Essendon and East Melbourne. -
the first year that the Australian Open Tennis Championship was held.
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The first year that a women's event was held at the Australia Open Tennis
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Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup
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The Olympic Games were held in Melbourne
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Betty Cuthbert won gold at the Tokyo Olympic Games, and Dawn Fraser won her 3rd consecutive Olympic title
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Peter Norman's Black Power Statement
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Australia II won yachting's America's Cup
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Shane Warne's 'ball of the century' to dismiss Mike Gatting
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The Olympic Games were held in Sydney. Cathy Freeman's 400m gold medal.
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Steven Bradbury won gold at Salt Lake City in spectacular fashion
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Australia defeated Uruguay to qualify for Soccer's 2006 World Cup Basketballer Andrew Bogut became the first Australian to be selected as the No.1 overall pick in the NBA Draft.
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Kieren Perkins 1500m freestyle Gold medal against the odds at the 1996 Atlanta Games
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Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France.
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Olympics cancelled due to world-wide pandemic ( covid 19 disease).
Mar 24, 2020 - Update, Tuesday, March 24, at 8:45 a.m.: The International Olympic Committee and Japan agreed to postpone the 2020 Olympic Games on ...