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Jesus was born
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The first Australian Football match was between Scotch and Melbourne Grammar schools
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The first cricket 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
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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 Australian 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. Catherine Freeman's 400m Gold Medal
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Steven Bradbury won gold at Salt Lake City in spectacular fashion
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Basketballer Andrew Bogut became the first Australian to be selected as the No.1 overall pick in the NBA Draft
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Australia defeated Uruguay to qualify for Soccer's 2006 World Cup
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Cadel Evans became the first Australian to win the Tour de France
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Australia finished 6th on the Tokyo Olympic medal tally, with 17 gold medals, equaling the best total from Athens 2004
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ash barty wins australian open
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harry souttar game saving tackle
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australia women beat france women on penalties