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Sporting greats - Stories from Australia's Culture PortalAustralia reveres and treasures its sporting heroes. Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Since the advent of television in the 1950s, Australians have embraced the opportunity to...
Image courtesy of the National Australia Day Council. On Australia Day - 26 January - each year, the Prime Minister of Australia announces the Australian of the Year, Young Australian of the Year, Senior Australian of the Year, and Local Heroes Awards. T...
Sir Donald Bradman is an Australian sporting legend. During his 21 years of first-class cricket, Bradman achieved everything that was possible in the sport - he captained his South Australian Sheffield Shield team; was a State selector; Test selector; an...
For those living in the Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia, football usually refers to Australian Rules Football. In the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, and Queensland, it could mean rugby league ...
Photograph courtesy of the Victoria Racing Club. Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup....
When Australian Edward 'Ned' Trickett won the world sculling championship on London's Thames River in 1876, he became Australia's first sporting star. Cashman, R, Sport in the National Imagination, Sydney, Walla Walla Press, 2002, p. Cashman, R, Sport i...
The Australasian Lawn Tennis Association (ALTA) was Australia's first national tennis body. Australia has a long and successful tradition of Davis Cup competition, with the first Australasian Davis Cup crown won in 1907. Margaret Smith Court won a singl...
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21 days of celebrations, food, wine, art, performance, music, family fun and sport. Points of celebration includes the Great Barrier Reef, the surrounding World Heritage Rainforest and the relaxed tropical lifestyle in Cairns, Queensland. Find out more de
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Sporting Great Mark Ella Backs Grass Roots Sports Fundraising Initiative (website Australian Baseball Federation ABF )SportCard is a response to the fundraising challenge faced by sporting clubs nationally - a grass roots fundraising programme designed for anyone involved in sport. The brainchild of Ian Lowe, sports dad and 20-year marketing veteran, SportCard will revo...
>>Some of the biggest names in Australian sport today launched the National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), prior to the official opening to the public. ,Äù >>The National Sports Museum will showcase a range of sporting subjects, incl...
>>Some of the biggest names in Australian sport today launched the National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), prior to the official opening to the public. ,Äù >>The National Sports Museum will showcase a range of sporting subjects, incl...
Australia reveres and treasures its sporting heroes. Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Since the advent of television in the 1950s, Australians have embraced the opportunity to...
Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Australians flock to see their sporting heroes in tickertape parades in capital cities following major sporting events, to celebrate with athl...
Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Australians flock to see their sporting heroes in tickertape parades in capital cities following major sporting events, to celebrate with athl...
Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Australians flock to see their sporting heroes in tickertape parades in capital cities following major sporting events, to celebrate with athl...
You rock, he rocks, she rocks, it rocks: rock and roll! Long before that, Latin music, Afro Cuban music, the bossa nova, classical music both Indian and western all influenced jazz. > Ellington, Charles Mingus and Miles Davis all declared that they did n...
AUSTRALIA'S Test team and officials are trying to remain patient while security officials decide whether next week's tour of India should proceed. AUSTRALIAN long-jumper Fabrice Lapierre scored the biggest win of his career yesterday at the World Athletic...
For more details about the National Sports Museum, please visit www.nsm.org.au. >>Some of the biggest names in Australian sport today launched the National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), prior to the official opening to the public. ,...
Some of the biggest names in Australian sport today launched the National Sports Museum at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), prior to tomorrow,Äôs official opening to the >public. The National Sports Museum will showcase a range of sporting subjects, in...
A Perfect Ten - Sporting Greats of the 20th Century Celebrating the performances of ten people who have become legends of sport. If you like this product you may also like:...
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