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Australia: Great Sporting Land
Explore the unifying spirit of Australian sport - from tales to traditions, larrikins to legends
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It's the story, not the score
1st Quarter
The Culture
Aussie sporting DNA
2nd Quarter
The People
Legends of the game
3rd Quarter
The Moments
Highlights from history
4th Quarter
The Places
Great sporting landscape
A nation of good sports
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What Does Sport Mean to Australians?
Explore Australia's sporting culture
National Portrait Gallery
How Australia's Affection For Sport Endures
Australian sporting culture throughout history
Cricket
Australia had a cricket team before it was a nation
Football
Rugby union, rugby league, soccer and AFL
Surfing
From a recreational activity to a mainstream sport
Athletics
Some of Australia's greatest household names have come from the track
Tennis
5% of Australians over 15 play Tennis
Swimming
Great swimming heroes and their stories that have shaped a national identity.
Motorsports
A sport for a vast and diverse landscape
Boxing
One of Australia’s oldest sports
Horse Racing
Horse racing began in 1788
“Sport to many Australians is life, and the rest a shadow.”
Donald Horne, The Lucky Country, 1964
Firsts in the field
The people behind key developments in Australian sport
National Sports Museum
Australian Athletes Who Changed the Game
From Ido "Snowy" Munro to Judy Dalton
State Library of New South Wales
The First Australian Woman To Get the Gold
From 1910-1918 Sarah 'Fanny' Durack was considered the world's greatest female swimmer
Look back with a legend
Steve Waugh on putting his pads on wrong and winning the World Cup
Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame
Steve Waugh Visits The Bradman Museum
Join his tour and hear him tell stories from his career
Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame
Take a Tour With Steve Waugh
Explore the Bradman Museum with the iconic cricketer
Knock yourself out
See legendary cricket bats up close and learn their stories
Bradman Museum
Bradman's First Bat
The bat where it all began
Bradman Museum
Bradman's World Record 452 Bat
The signed 1930 Sheffield Shield bat
Bradman Museum
Bradman's 304 Leeds Bat
The bat with which Don Bradman scored his triple century at Headingley.
Bradman Museum
Victor Trumper's 1902 Test Bat
The first ever batsman to score 100 before lunch.
Bradman Museum
Packer's World Series Bat
"It's got to be the world's most expensive cricket bat"
Bradman Museum
Dennis Lillee's Aluminium Bat
A bat that caused a great deal of controversy...
Bradman Museum
The Bodyline Bat
Signed by the Australian 2nd Test Team and England's touring squad
Bradman Museum
Bradman's Blackheath Bat
See the cracks and the crossing marks
The bits you'd never normally get to see
Enter the inner sanctum
Sydney Cricket & Sports Grounds
Inside the Away Changing Room at Sydney Cricket Ground
A closer look at the inscriptions on the cupboard
Access all areas
Take a guided tour
Inside Melbourne Cricket Ground
Tour Australia's home of sport
Take a guided tour
Inside the Australian National Surfing Museum
Celebrate the history of surfing
Take a guided tour
Inside Bradman Museum
Where cricket is brought to life
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Melbourne Cricket Ground, On the Ground
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Australian National Surfing Museum Boardwalk
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Bradman Museum
The home of Australian sport
From football, to rugby, to the Olympics
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Discover the History of The 'G
Where the first cricket Test match between Australia and England was held in 1877
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Watch the Removal of the MCG Portable Cricket Pitch
Melbourne Cricket Ground
From Cricket to Football in Four Days
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Replacing the Turf at MCG
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Timelapse: MCG arena transforms for Guns N' Roses
How has cricket changed since 1744?
Zoom into a rare handkerchief to see how different cricket is now
Melbourne Cricket Club
The Historic Rules of the Game
Curved bats, underarm bowling and a two stump wicket
The green and gold, the boxing kangaroo, and the baggy green
National Sports Museum
Symbols of Australian Sport
What separates Australia from rival sporting nations?
National Sports Museum
Australia's Sporting Colours
They haven't always been green and gold....
The true story of the mythical ashes
How the rivalry between Australia and England was born
Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame
The Ashes History
It all started with a mock obituary...
Melbourne Cricket Club
The Winning Blackham Ball
The ball that won the 1882 match at Lords was one of the best kept secrets
Sydney Cricket & Sports Grounds
A Timeline of the Ashes
From 1882 to now
Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame
Was it Really a Perfume Bottle?
The origin of the trophy revealed
Cricket Australia
Remembering the 2005 and 2007 Ashes Series
Warnie, Hayden, Ponting talk about the 2005 and 2007 Ashes Series
Sport for all
Video
Women in sport
Seeking to defy the physical limitations society prescribes to women
Editorial Feature
How Sport Changes Lives On and Off the Field
Paralympian Kurt Fearnley on how inclusion and accessibility in sport is changing the world
Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame
The Invention of Blind Cricket
How the equipment and rules was modified to be more inclusive
Discover more about Australia's sports culture
Australia's sporting DNA
Explore the 1st Quarter
Making history
National Sports museum
How Hubert Opperman Cycled the Bol d'Or After His Bike Was "Sabotaged"...and Won
And other stories of trailblazing Australian world champions
The household names
Prized portraits of Aussie athletes
Soccer: Michelle Heyman
Former Matildas striker and LGBTI role model
Paralympics: Kurt Fearnley
3 time Paralympic gold medalist
Rugby Union: Mark Ella
10 time Australian rugby captain
Swimming: Dawn Fraser
Broke 39 world records
Rugby Union: Peter FitzSimons
Wallaby in seven tests
Athletics: Anna Meares
Won 11 world championships and 6 Olympic medals
Paralympics: Dylan Alcott
2 gold medals in wheelchair tennis
Athletics: Marjorie Jackson-Nelson
First world-record-breaking Australian woman
Rugby Union: Ken Catchpole
The greatest halfback the world has known'
Swimming: Ian Thorpe
The country’s leading Olympic medallist
AFL: Adam Goodes
Most AFL games played by an Indigenous footballer
Snowboarding: Torah Bright
Most successful female winter Olympian
Athletics: Louise Sauvage
Won 9 gold and 2 silver Olympic medals
Athletics: Cathy Freeman
First Aboriginal athlete to win a Commonwealth gold medal
Sailing: Jessica Watson
Sailed solo, non-stop and unassisted around the world
Cricket: Max Walker
34 Test matches between 1973 and 1981
Tennis: Lleyton Hewitt
Ranked world number 1 in 2002/3 and 2001/2
Swimming: John Konrads
Broke all the freestyle swimming world records from 200 to 1500 metre
Athletics: Betty Cuthbert
Leading gold-medal winning track and field athlete
Athletics: Robert Di Pierdomenico
Scored 130 AFL goals and played in 24 finals
What does sport mean to you?
Australian All Stars on what sports means to them
Meet Ellyse Perry
Come face to face with the youngest person to represent Australia in cricket
Tatyana - Basketball and Ninja Warrior
Tatyana is constantly inspired by the many famous sportspeople from her hometown, especially the people of colour
Phil - Surf Life Saving
Phil can't recall how many people he has rescued at Bondi beach, but it is well into the hundreds
Ellyana - Rock Climbing
Ellyana climbs to connect with nature, her body and her mind
Andrew - Speed Skating
Even as the years mount up, Andrew still feels the need for speed
Rina - Cricket
Rina truly believes that the game should be for everybody
Olivia - Soccer
Olivia strives to stay close to the game she loves, no matter what happens
Andrew - ex Rugby
The highs and lows of Andrew's rugby career following a string of injuries
Champions on the court
Tennis Australia
Australian Women's Tennis Champions, Past and Present
From Margaret Court to Ashleigh Barty
Discover more about the people of Australia sport
From backyard heros to sporting legends, these are the stories of triumph and adversity
Explore the 2nd quarter
The moments to remember
Australian Football League
AFL Grand Final Moments Every Fan Will Recognize
That "one day in September" when the final two Aussie Rules teams battle it out
Editorial Feature
Gerard Whateley's Favorite Sporting Moments
A lifetime of reflections on our sports-mad nation
What's your game?
The origin stories of some of Australia's favourite sports
Cricket
The story of Australian cricket
Aussie Rules
The big kick off
Golf
How golf teed off in Australia
Tennis
The history, from the 19th century until today
Motor Racing
Vintage Australian racing cars
Sporting throwbacks
Watch quirky vintage videos of games and athletics
Water Ballet
Janzen Water Ballet at City Baths, Adelaide, circa 1938
Skiing in Australia
A sport for 1% of Australia's land mass
Coobowie Rodeo
Bull riding, buck-jumping and a whip cracking competition, 1952
1920s Golf
Golfer Will Corry demonstrates how to play various shots, 1920s
BMX
A loop around Canberra BMX track
Donald Bradman Flicker Book
Don Bradman demonstrating the batting strokes in the 1930s
Discover more about legendary sporting moments
Highlights from history
Explore the 3rd quarter
Behind the scenes at Rod Laver Arena
Tennis Australia
Court Painting is an Art Form
A behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to create one of the world's most famous tennis courts
Tennis Australia
The Arena Gets a Roof Upgrade
Rod Laver Arena has always been at the forefront of technology. Now in 2019, the roof is faster than ever
Surf's up
Time to hit the beach
North Bondi Life Saving Club
A History of the North Bondi SLSC Club Buildings
From a tent to an architectural delight: the development of the club and its award-winning buildings
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Bondi Beach Walk
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Australian National Surfing Museum Boardwalk
The grounds where Don Bradman learnt to bat
Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame
A Boy Who Became the Pride of the Town
The story of a rural Australian community and how Bradman captured the heart of the nation
Bradman Museum & International Cricket Hall of Fame
The Captivating History of Cricket
As told by the Bradman museum and International Cricket Hall of Fame
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Bradman Oval, Bowral
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International Cricket Hall of Fame
Cricket: From Leg to Toe
Step Into the Positions of the Players
Know your gully from your slips
Discover more iconic sporting locations
Australia's great sporting landscape
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