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* Australia is home to some excellent golf courses, producing championship players like Peter Thomson (who won the British Open three years running in the 50s), Greg Norman (famous for being a [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut choker]] when it came to the Majors & marrying Chris Evert), and our current heroes Cameron Smith & Adam Scott. In terms of LGPA, our best player was Queensland's Karrie Webb, but we're still well-represented by Min Woo Lee & Minjin Lee (not related to each other).

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* Australia is home to some excellent golf courses, producing championship players like Peter Thomson (who won the British Open three years running in the 50s), Greg Norman (famous for being a [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut choker]] when it came to the Majors & (briefly) marrying Chris Evert), and our current heroes Cameron Smith & Adam Scott. In terms of LGPA, the LPGA in the States,[[note]]US-based, but holds events in other parts of the world[[/note]] our best player was Queensland's Karrie Webb, but we're still well-represented by Min Woo Lee & Minjin Lee (not related to each other).



Youth baseball experienced explosive growth here in the early 21st century. Little League Baseball, a US-based body that's the world's largest youth sports organisation, did not sanction its first Australian league until 2007, but had more than 400 leagues in the country within five years. Since 2013, Australia has been one of only four countries (the others being Canada, Japan and Mexico) whose Little League champion gets an automatic berth in the annual Little League World Series in UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}}.[[note]]From 2022, Cuba, Panama, and Puerto Rico will collectively have two automatic LLWS berths on a rotating basis; each country will compete within the region it's currently a part of when it doesn't get automatic entry.[[/note]]

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Youth baseball experienced explosive growth here in the early 21st century. Little League Baseball, a US-based body that's the world's largest youth sports organisation, did not sanction its first Australian league until 2007, but had more than 400 leagues in the country within five years. Since 2013, Australia has been one of only four countries (the others being Canada, Japan and Mexico) whose Little League champion gets an automatic berth in the annual Little League World Series in UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}}.[[note]]From [[note]]Since 2022, Cuba, Panama, and Puerto Rico will collectively have two automatic LLWS berths on a rotating basis; each country will compete competes within the region it's currently a part of when it doesn't get automatic entry.[[/note]]
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And, as of 2021, everyone loves Sam[[note]]Samantha[[/note]] Kerr, star for the women's national team, the Matildas, and steadily rising up the rankings of the team's all-time goal scorers. At the time of the 2019 World Cup, she was also the all-time leading goal scorer in the W-League, at the time Oz's semi-pro women's league and now mostly professional under the banner of A-League Women. ''And'' the National Women's Soccer League in the States (where many Aussie players go to play in the northern summer; Kerr now plays her club soccer in England). ''At age 25.'' In 2019, her jersey was the top-selling Australian soccer jersey—including men and women.

Australia is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Speaking of the women's game, it's all but certain to receive a huge boost with the announcement that Australia and New Zealand will team up to host the 2023 World Cup; the final will be at Stadium Australia in the Sydney Olympic Park.

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And, as of 2021, 2023, everyone loves Sam[[note]]Samantha[[/note]] Kerr, star for the women's national team, the Matildas, and steadily rising up the rankings of the team's all-time goal scorers. At the time of the 2019 World Cup, she was already also the all-time leading goal scorer in the W-League, at the time Oz's semi-pro women's league and now mostly professional under the banner of A-League Women. ''And'' the National Women's Soccer League in the States (where many Aussie players go to play in the northern summer; Kerr now plays her club soccer in England). ''At age 25.'' In 2019, her jersey was the top-selling Australian soccer jersey—including men and women.

Australia is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Speaking of the women's game, it's all but certain to receive it received a huge boost with the announcement that Australia and New Zealand will team up to host Australia's co-hosting of the 2023 World Cup; Cup alongside NZ. The Matildas reached the final will be at Stadium Australia in the Sydney Olympic Park.
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In his [[IncrediblyLamePun autobiography]], Murray Walker mentioned that touring car racing is basically a religion in Australia – with the caveat that our touring cars aren’t the delicate, high-revving 4-cylinder jobs Europeans associate with the term "touring cars", but [[RatedMForManly big, heavy, angry, low-revving V8s]] that frighten old ladies and generally make blokes talk like [[Series/HomeImprovement Tim Allen]]. We call these beasts the '''V8 Supercars''', shorthand for "is a taxi faster than a police cruiser?"

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In his [[IncrediblyLamePun autobiography]], Murray Walker mentioned that touring car racing is basically a religion in Australia – with the caveat that our touring cars aren’t the delicate, high-revving 4-cylinder jobs Europeans associate with the term "touring cars", but [[RatedMForManly big, heavy, angry, low-revving V8s]] V8s that frighten old ladies and generally make blokes talk like [[Series/HomeImprovement Tim Allen]]. We call these beasts the '''V8 Supercars''', shorthand for "is a taxi faster than a police cruiser?"
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* Greyhound racing is still legal in all states (for now), but all the established, well-known tracks in the cities & big towns are increasingly being sold off to developers, making the sport ever harder to support.

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* Greyhound racing is still legal in all states (for now), but all the established, well-known tracks in the cities & big towns are increasingly being sold off to developers, making the sport ever harder to support.
support. It's also been banned in the ACT (but not the NT).

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The Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, is the biggest tennis competition held in Australia. It is the first major event and Grand Slam of the tennis season, and takes place on hard courts, the most modern and common type of court surface. A few minor ones are also held each year. Australia has produced a number of great tennis players, with the most recent ones being the extremely cocky Lleyton Hewitt among the men and Ash Barty on the women's side.

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The Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, is the biggest tennis competition held in Australia. It is the first major event and Grand Slam of the tennis season, and takes place on hard courts, the most modern and common type of court surface. A few minor ones are also held each year. Australia has produced a number of great tennis players, with the most recent ones being the extremely cocky Lleyton Hewitt among talented but self-destructive Nick Kyrgios and the men and Ash Barty on the women's side.now-retired Ash(leigh) Barty.



* New Zealanders and Australians are still arguing over which side of the ditch Phar Lap belonged to.

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* ** New Zealanders and Australians are still arguing over which side of the ditch Phar Lap belonged to.
** Also popular (especially in semi-rural & country areas) is harness racing, in which horses draw small, open-topped, two-wheeled carriages called gigs which the jockeys ride in.
* Greyhound racing is still legal in all states (for now), but all the established, well-known tracks in the cities & big towns are increasingly being sold off to developers, making the sport ever harder to support.




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** Dirt-track racing (known Down Under as speedway racing) still maintains a loyal fanbase, even as the sport suffers the same fate as the greyhounds: tracks closing due to urban encroachment & rising land value.

'''Golf'''
* Australia is home to some excellent golf courses, producing championship players like Peter Thomson (who won the British Open three years running in the 50s), Greg Norman (famous for being a [[EveryYearTheyFizzleOut choker]] when it came to the Majors & marrying Chris Evert), and our current heroes Cameron Smith & Adam Scott. In terms of LGPA, our best player was Queensland's Karrie Webb, but we're still well-represented by Min Woo Lee & Minjin Lee (not related to each other).
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It should also be noted that an increasing number of Aussies are finding their way to the States to play gridiron as punters (as in specialist kickers, not bettors). The skill set of Aussie rules translates very well to that particular position. Nowadays, about a fourth of the teams in the top level of [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball US college gridiron]], UsefulNotes/{{NCAA}} Division I FBS, have Aussie punters, and a few Aussies have made it all the way to the NFL at that position (with five being on NFL rosters in 2019). This surge of Aussies into the position can be traced to two men: Darren Bennett, a former AFL player who became one of the NFL's best punters near the turn of the 21st century, and Nathan Chapman, who founded and runs a punting academy that has trained most of the Aussies who've followed in Bennett's footsteps. Both have brief descriptions in the "Kickers and Punters" folder of UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers.

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It should also be noted that an increasing number of Aussies are finding their way to the States to play gridiron as punters (as in specialist kickers, not bettors). The skill set of Aussie rules translates very well to that particular position. Nowadays, about a fourth of the teams in the top level of [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball US college gridiron]], UsefulNotes/{{NCAA}} Division I FBS, have Aussie punters, and a few Aussies have made it all the way to the NFL at that position (with five being on NFL rosters in 2019). This surge of Aussies into the position can be traced to two men: Darren Bennett, a former AFL player who became one of the NFL's best punters near the turn of the 21st century, and Nathan Chapman, who founded and runs a punting academy that has trained most of the Aussies who've followed in Bennett's footsteps. Both have brief descriptions in the "Kickers and Punters" "Punters" folder of UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers.
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Australia's rugby Union (that's the 15-man game) team is called the Wallabies. Australia has won the Rugby World Cup twice since its inception in 1987. Before 2012, the Australian, New Zealand and South African teams used to play every year in the Tri Nations tournament (similar to the Northern Hemisphere's Six Nations). As of 2012, Argentina has now joined and the tournament is now called The Rugby Championship. As a part of this competition is a separate series exclusively between Australia and New Zealand called the Bledisloe Cup.

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Australia's rugby Union (that's the 15-man game) team is called the Wallabies. Australia has won the Rugby World Cup twice since its inception in 1987.1987; in 1991 & '99. Before 2012, the Australian, New Zealand and South African teams used to play every year in the Tri Nations tournament (similar to the Northern Hemisphere's Six Nations). As of 2012, Argentina has now joined and the tournament is now called The Rugby Championship. As a part of this competition is a separate series exclusively between Australia and New Zealand called the Bledisloe Cup.
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The most popular sport in Queensland and New South Wales. Well, sport'''s''': there's a difference between UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague and UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion. The NRL (National Rugby League) involves sixteen teams (ten from NSW, three from QLD, one from the ACT, one from Victoria and one, oddly enough, from New Zealand) and is the highest league in Australia, but the most important matches in any given year are the State of Origin, where two teams, one representing NSW and the other QLD, battle each other thrice a year for absolute glory: they're so popular the matches will be the among the most watched sporting events in an average year even though they're rarely shown outside Queensland and New South Wales. If you want to imagine what it's like, think of the atmosphere of a UsefulNotes/SuperBowl, only fought with the hate of a world war between England and Germany and you'll get the idea. It's one of those games that is played at 110% for the entire game. And then played twice more after that.

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The most popular sport in Queensland and New South Wales. Well, sport'''s''': there's a difference between UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague and UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion. The NRL (National Rugby League) involves sixteen teams (ten from NSW, three from QLD, one from the ACT, one from Victoria and one, oddly enough, from New Zealand) and is the highest league in Australia, but the most important matches in any given year are the State of Origin, where two teams, one representing NSW and the other QLD, battle each other thrice a year for absolute glory: they're so popular the matches will be the among the most watched sporting events in an average year even though they're rarely shown outside Queensland and New South Wales.Wales (that's not exactly true; it is transmitted and widely watched in Rugby League's other Bastion the UK, and for those on Cruise holidays or in flight at the time Sport 24 also transmits it Live). If you want to imagine what it's like, think of the atmosphere of a UsefulNotes/SuperBowl, only fought with the hate of a world war between England and Germany and you'll get the idea. It's one of those games that is played at 110% for the entire game. And then played twice more after that.
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And so it was up till as recently as 2005. But then several things happened which has caused the popularity of the sport to expand and diversify rapidly: first, the National Soccer League crumbled in 2004 partly due to ExecutiveMeddling and being ScrewedByTheNetwork, and was replaced the following year by the A-League, which has a strict policy against ethnic teams and consisted of teams evenly spaced around the country, limited (initially) to one team per city; second, the Socceroos reached the Round of 16 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, generating greater interest as a point of national pride. This has added up to [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]] starting to become popular in mainstream Australia. It's even ''*gasp*'' being called '''football''' in some media. The network Creator/{{SBS}} is so avid a supporter of football that it is sometimes known as (derisively or affectionately) "[[FunWithAcronyms Sex & Bloody Soccer]]", and its main related show is ''The World Game''. The league, which renamed itself A-League Men in advance of the 2021–22 season (at which time the existing women's W-League became A-League Women), is broadcast free-to-air on Creator/SBSViceland.

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And so it was up till as recently as 2005. But then several things happened which has caused the popularity of the sport to expand and diversify rapidly: first, the National Soccer League crumbled in 2004 partly due to ExecutiveMeddling and being ScrewedByTheNetwork, and was replaced the following year by the A-League, which has a strict policy against ethnic teams and consisted of teams evenly spaced around the country, limited (initially) to one team per city; second, the Socceroos reached the Round of 16 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, generating greater interest as a point of national pride. This has added up to [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]] starting to become popular in mainstream Australia. It's even ''*gasp*'' being called '''football''' in some media. The network Creator/{{SBS}} is so avid a supporter of football that it is sometimes known as (derisively or affectionately) "[[FunWithAcronyms Sex & Bloody Soccer]]", and its main related show is ''The World Game''. The league, which renamed itself In 2020, the A-League Men in advance of amicably separated from the 2021–22 season (at which time national federation and took direct control of the existing women's W-League became W-League. Then, shortly before the 2021–22 season, the men's and women's leagues were rebranded as A-League Women), Men and A-League Women. A-League Men is broadcast free-to-air on Creator/SBSViceland.



And, as of 2021, everyone loves Sam[[note]]Samantha[[/note]] Kerr, star for the women's national team, the Matildas, and steadily rising up the rankings of the team's all-time goal scorers. At the time of the 2019 World Cup, she was also the all-time leading goal scorer in the W-League, at the time Oz's semi-pro women's league and now fully professional under the banner of A-League Women. ''And'' the National Women's Soccer League in the States (where many Aussie players go to play in the northern summer; Kerr now plays her club soccer in England). ''At age 25.'' In 2019, her jersey was the top-selling Australian soccer jersey—including men and women.

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And, as of 2021, everyone loves Sam[[note]]Samantha[[/note]] Kerr, star for the women's national team, the Matildas, and steadily rising up the rankings of the team's all-time goal scorers. At the time of the 2019 World Cup, she was also the all-time leading goal scorer in the W-League, at the time Oz's semi-pro women's league and now fully mostly professional under the banner of A-League Women. ''And'' the National Women's Soccer League in the States (where many Aussie players go to play in the northern summer; Kerr now plays her club soccer in England). ''At age 25.'' In 2019, her jersey was the top-selling Australian soccer jersey—including men and women.
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Football Federation Australia has dropped "Federation" from its name.


Football followers generally get split up into two sects, with one of them split again into two. Local supporters are the first, and they are split into "Old Soccer" and "New Football", named as the NSL-era organisation was called Soccer Australia, whilst the A-League organisation was renamed to Football Federation Australia.

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Football followers generally get split up into two sects, with one of them split again into two. Local supporters are the first, and they are split into "Old Soccer" and "New Football", named as the NSL-era organisation was called Soccer Australia, whilst the A-League organisation was renamed renamed, first to Football Federation Australia and then in 2020 to Football Australia.



Obviously, some people can have aspects of all three. Someone might follow an ethnic based state league team, their local A-League team, as well as their chosen European club. Someone might follow A-League Men and a European team. Others might follow their ethnic club, and a club of their ethnicity overseas.

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Obviously, some people can have aspects of all three. Someone might follow an ethnic based state league team, their local A-League Men team, as well as their chosen European club. Someone might follow A-League Men and a European team. Others might follow their ethnic club, and a club of their ethnicity overseas.
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* New Football are people who started following football around 2005 (often as a consequence of following the game through the 2006 World Cup and the previous World Cup Qualification stage), or have only ever followed an an A-League Men club, often due to not 'matching' with the ethnic origins of the clubs in their area.

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* New Football are people who started following football around 2005 (often as a consequence of following the game through the 2006 World Cup and the previous World Cup Qualification stage), or have only ever followed an an A-League Men club, often due to not 'matching' with the ethnic origins of the clubs in their area.
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And so it was up till as recently as 2005. But then several things happened which has caused the popularity of the sport to expand and diversify rapidly: first, the National Soccer League crumbled in 2004 partly due to ExecutiveMeddling and being ScrewedByTheNetwork, and was replaced the following year by the A-League, which has a strict policy against ethnic teams and consisted of teams evenly spaced around the country, limited (initially) to one team per city; second, the Socceroos reached the Round of 16 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, generating greater interest as a point of national pride. This has added up to [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]] starting to become popular in mainstream Australia. It's even ''*gasp*'' being called '''football''' in some media. The network Creator/{{SBS}} is so avid a supporter of football that it is sometimes known as (derisively or affectionately) "[[FunWithAcronyms Sex & Bloody Soccer]]", and its main related show is ''The World Game''. The A-League is broadcast free-to-air on Creator/SBSViceland.

Football followers generally get split up into two sects, with one of them split again into two. Local supporters are the first, and they are split into "Old Soccer" and "New Football", named as the NSL era organisation was called Soccer Australia, whilst the A-League organisation was renamed to Football Federation Australia.
* Old Soccer are adherent followers of the ethnic-based teams who now play in the second tier state leagues. They are generally disdainful of broadbased non-ethnic clubs and the standard of the league. The worst kind generally wish the A-League to fold completely.
* New Football are people who started following football around 2005 (often as a consequence of following the game through the 2006 World Cup and the previous World Cup Qualification stage), or have only ever followed an an A-League club, often due to not 'matching' with the ethnic origins of the clubs in their area.

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And so it was up till as recently as 2005. But then several things happened which has caused the popularity of the sport to expand and diversify rapidly: first, the National Soccer League crumbled in 2004 partly due to ExecutiveMeddling and being ScrewedByTheNetwork, and was replaced the following year by the A-League, which has a strict policy against ethnic teams and consisted of teams evenly spaced around the country, limited (initially) to one team per city; second, the Socceroos reached the Round of 16 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, generating greater interest as a point of national pride. This has added up to [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]] starting to become popular in mainstream Australia. It's even ''*gasp*'' being called '''football''' in some media. The network Creator/{{SBS}} is so avid a supporter of football that it is sometimes known as (derisively or affectionately) "[[FunWithAcronyms Sex & Bloody Soccer]]", and its main related show is ''The World Game''. The league, which renamed itself A-League Men in advance of the 2021–22 season (at which time the existing women's W-League became A-League Women), is broadcast free-to-air on Creator/SBSViceland.

Football followers generally get split up into two sects, with one of them split again into two. Local supporters are the first, and they are split into "Old Soccer" and "New Football", named as the NSL era NSL-era organisation was called Soccer Australia, whilst the A-League organisation was renamed to Football Federation Australia.
* Old Soccer are adherent followers of the ethnic-based teams who now play in the second tier state leagues. They are generally disdainful of broadbased non-ethnic clubs and the standard of the league. The worst kind generally wish the A-League Men to fold completely.
* New Football are people who started following football around 2005 (often as a consequence of following the game through the 2006 World Cup and the previous World Cup Qualification stage), or have only ever followed an an A-League Men club, often due to not 'matching' with the ethnic origins of the clubs in their area.



Obviously, some people can have aspects of all three. Someone might follow an ethnic based state league team, their local A-League team, as well as their chosen European club. Someone might follow the A-League and a European team. Others might follow their ethnic club, and a club of their ethnicity overseas.

And, as of 2019, everyone loves Sam[[note]]Samantha[[/note]] Kerr, star for the women's national team, the Matildas, and steadily rising up the rankings of the team's all-time goal scorers. At the time of the 2019 World Cup, she was also the all-time leading goal scorer in the W-League, Oz's current semi-pro women's league. ''And'' the National Women's Soccer League in the States (where many Aussie players go to play in the northern summer; Kerr now plays her club soccer in England). ''At age 25.'' In 2019, her jersey was the top-selling Australian soccer jersey—including men and women.

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Obviously, some people can have aspects of all three. Someone might follow an ethnic based state league team, their local A-League team, as well as their chosen European club. Someone might follow the A-League Men and a European team. Others might follow their ethnic club, and a club of their ethnicity overseas.

And, as of 2019, 2021, everyone loves Sam[[note]]Samantha[[/note]] Kerr, star for the women's national team, the Matildas, and steadily rising up the rankings of the team's all-time goal scorers. At the time of the 2019 World Cup, she was also the all-time leading goal scorer in the W-League, at the time Oz's current semi-pro women's league.league and now fully professional under the banner of A-League Women. ''And'' the National Women's Soccer League in the States (where many Aussie players go to play in the northern summer; Kerr now plays her club soccer in England). ''At age 25.'' In 2019, her jersey was the top-selling Australian soccer jersey—including men and women.
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Clarification: Danehill's Australian legacy is as a stallion.


The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation: held on the first Tuesday of every November, this is the highest competition of horse racing in Australia, but is also a major event associated with the fashion off the track, as the public often dress extravagantly, often with "fascinating" hats. There are similar events held in each state throughout the year. Famous Australian racehorses include Phar Lap; Makybe Diva, who won the Melbourne Cup three years in a row; Black Caviar, a champion sprinter unbeaten in 25 career starts; Chautauqua, another sprinter famed for improbable come-from-behind wins and (later in his career) a tendency to refuse to leave the starting gate; and Winx, who won her last 33 races, including a world-record 25 Group 1s and four Cox Plates[[labelnote:*]]whilst not having the impact of the Melbourne Cup in general Aussie culture, it's arguably the country's most respected race[[/labelnote]], and by some measures retired as the biggest money-winner in Thoroughbred history.[[labelnote:*]]Due to differing exchange rates over time, the title of "biggest money winner" depends on the methodology.[[/labelnote]] Another notable racehorse is Danehill, but his legacy is more related to his impact on the Thoroughbred breeding industry, having been the first major "shuttle stallion"—one who was regularly shipped between the northern and southern hemispheres to mate with mares during both breeding seasons.

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The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation: held on the first Tuesday of every November, this is the highest competition of horse racing in Australia, but is also a major event associated with the fashion off the track, as the public often dress extravagantly, often with "fascinating" hats. There are similar events held in each state throughout the year. Famous Australian racehorses include Phar Lap; Makybe Diva, who won the Melbourne Cup three years in a row; Black Caviar, a champion sprinter unbeaten in 25 career starts; Chautauqua, another sprinter famed for improbable come-from-behind wins and (later in his career) a tendency to refuse to leave the starting gate; and Winx, who won her last 33 races, including a world-record 25 Group 1s and four Cox Plates[[labelnote:*]]whilst not having the impact of the Melbourne Cup in general Aussie culture, it's arguably the country's most respected race[[/labelnote]], and by some measures retired as the biggest money-winner in Thoroughbred history.[[labelnote:*]]Due to differing exchange rates over time, the title of "biggest money winner" depends on the methodology.[[/labelnote]] Another notable racehorse is Danehill, but Danehill; though he was foaled in the States and raced mainly in England, he established his Australian legacy is in the breeding shed as arguably the country's greatest sire. Even more related to significant is his impact on the Thoroughbred breeding industry, having been the first major "shuttle stallion"—one who was regularly shipped between the northern and southern hemispheres to mate with mares during both breeding seasons.
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The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation: held on the first Tuesday of every November, this is the highest competition of horse racing in Australia, but is also a major event associated with the fashion off the track, as the public often dress extravagantly, often with "fascinating" hats. There are similar events held in each state throughout the year. Famous Australian racehorses include Phar Lap and Makybe Diva, the latter of which won the Melbourne Cup three years in a row. Another notable racehorse is Danehill, but his legacy is more related to his impact on the Thoroughbred breeding industry, having been the first major "shuttle stallion"—one who was regularly shipped between the northern and southern hemispheres to mate with mares during both breeding seasons.

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The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation: held on the first Tuesday of every November, this is the highest competition of horse racing in Australia, but is also a major event associated with the fashion off the track, as the public often dress extravagantly, often with "fascinating" hats. There are similar events held in each state throughout the year. Famous Australian racehorses include Phar Lap and Lap; Makybe Diva, the latter of which who won the Melbourne Cup three years in a row. row; Black Caviar, a champion sprinter unbeaten in 25 career starts; Chautauqua, another sprinter famed for improbable come-from-behind wins and (later in his career) a tendency to refuse to leave the starting gate; and Winx, who won her last 33 races, including a world-record 25 Group 1s and four Cox Plates[[labelnote:*]]whilst not having the impact of the Melbourne Cup in general Aussie culture, it's arguably the country's most respected race[[/labelnote]], and by some measures retired as the biggest money-winner in Thoroughbred history.[[labelnote:*]]Due to differing exchange rates over time, the title of "biggest money winner" depends on the methodology.[[/labelnote]] Another notable racehorse is Danehill, but his legacy is more related to his impact on the Thoroughbred breeding industry, having been the first major "shuttle stallion"—one who was regularly shipped between the northern and southern hemispheres to mate with mares during both breeding seasons.
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Ah, netball. Even though Australians are one of the best at this game, it has high turnout to its matches and some of its players are celebrities, for years the major networks wouldn't touch the broadcast rights with a ten-foot pole. Maybe because it's a girls' sport. [[note]] For those of you who don't know, netball is kinda like a seven-a-side version of basketball, only more restrictive: players can't move with the ball, players can only be in certain areas of the court (e.g. goal shoots can only be in the third of the court closest to the ring), and you don't get a back board.[[/note]] Netball is perceived to be one of the most brutal sports in the world, causing numerous injuries amongst athletic women, although injury rates per player are on par with most other limited-contact sports. It is also one of the few sports to require a fingernail sharpness test before play. Although men's netball is common at amateur level, it's almost always played with women's teams, so some morons just say it's girlified basketball. In 2008, Australia and New Zealand started the (semi-pro) ANZ Championship as the highest-level competition, and pay TV provider Fox Sports and free-to-air's Creator/{{SBS2}} showed matches. After the 2016 season, Australia pulled out of the ANZ Championship. Suncorp Super Netball launched the next year as a fully professional and Aussie-only league, with Telstra (pay) and Creator/NineNetwork (free-to-air) as broadcast partners, giving it the recognition it deserves.

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Ah, netball. Even though Australians are one of the best at this game, it has high turnout to its matches and some of its players are celebrities, for years the major networks wouldn't touch the broadcast rights with a ten-foot pole. Maybe because it's a girls' sport. [[note]] For those of you who don't know, netball is kinda like a seven-a-side version of basketball, only more restrictive: players can't move with the ball, players can only be in certain areas of the court (e.g. goal shoots can only be in the third of the court closest to the ring), and you don't get a back board.[[/note]] Netball is perceived to be one of the most brutal sports in the world, causing numerous injuries amongst athletic women, although injury rates per player are on par with most other limited-contact sports. It is also one of the few sports to require a fingernail sharpness test before play. Although men's netball is common at amateur level, it's almost always played with women's teams, so some morons just say it's girlified basketball. In 2008, Australia and New Zealand started the (semi-pro) ANZ Championship as the highest-level competition, and pay TV provider Fox Sports and free-to-air's Creator/{{SBS2}} Creator/SBSViceland showed matches. After the 2016 season, Australia pulled out of the ANZ Championship. Suncorp Super Netball launched the next year as a fully professional and Aussie-only league, with Telstra (pay) and Creator/NineNetwork (free-to-air) as broadcast partners, giving it the recognition it deserves.
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And so it was up till as recently as 2005. But then several things happened which has caused the popularity of the sport to expand and diversify rapidly: first, the National Soccer League crumbled in 2004 partly due to ExecutiveMeddling and being ScrewedByTheNetwork, and was replaced the following year by the A-League, which has a strict policy against ethnic teams and consisted of teams evenly spaced around the country, limited (initially) to one team per city; second, the Socceroos reached the Round of 16 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, generating greater interest as a point of national pride. This has added up to [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]] starting to become popular in mainstream Australia. It's even ''*gasp*'' being called '''football''' in some media. The network Creator/{{SBS}} is so avid a supporter of football that it is sometimes known as (derisively or affectionately) "[[FunWithAcronyms Sex & Bloody Soccer]]", and its main related show is ''The World Game''. The A-League is broadcast free-to-air on Creator/{{SBS2}}.

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And so it was up till as recently as 2005. But then several things happened which has caused the popularity of the sport to expand and diversify rapidly: first, the National Soccer League crumbled in 2004 partly due to ExecutiveMeddling and being ScrewedByTheNetwork, and was replaced the following year by the A-League, which has a strict policy against ethnic teams and consisted of teams evenly spaced around the country, limited (initially) to one team per city; second, the Socceroos reached the Round of 16 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, generating greater interest as a point of national pride. This has added up to [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]] starting to become popular in mainstream Australia. It's even ''*gasp*'' being called '''football''' in some media. The network Creator/{{SBS}} is so avid a supporter of football that it is sometimes known as (derisively or affectionately) "[[FunWithAcronyms Sex & Bloody Soccer]]", and its main related show is ''The World Game''. The A-League is broadcast free-to-air on Creator/{{SBS2}}.
Creator/SBSViceland.
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GM shuttered Holden. The 2021 Supercars series is now Ford vs. Holden, though with no GM factory involvement.


That era lasted 20 years, but times change. Today, sales of Falcons and Commodores are plummeting and Ford and Holden’s market share ''combined'' is smaller than, say, Toyota’s. The core fanbase whose childhood nostalgia was formed in the Peter Brock years are starting to find themselves outnumbered by the Millennials, a generation raised on ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' and ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' re-runs who find the Holden-vs-Ford thing lame and contrived. Ergo, V8s is evolving to survive, debuting the less prehistoric “Car of the Future” (subtle, guys) and working hard to become an international category, DTM-style, with races in the U.S. and Middle East. Thus the 2013 grid is set to feature 6 Ford Falcons, 4 Nissan Altimas and 3 Mercedes E63s (but still 15 Holden Commodores…), all mechanically much the same, all just as overpowered and clumsy (and therefore just as exciting to watch) as the old Falcons and Commodores. Time will tell how if the new era takes off; history seems to show that Australian touring cars flourish in isolation, and attempts to change the rules to be more “international” (like the aforementioned Group A years) tend to end in tears.

That said, the ANZAC heart of the sport won’t be changing; ground zero of the series will still be the sacred tarmac of Bathurst, NSW, a track built in the [[TheGreatDepression 1930s]] by Mayor Griffin as a [[BlatantLies “scenic drive”]] for tourists (because he knew the council would never fund a racetrack) and has hosted a car-breaking endurance race since 1963 (it's our Nürburgring, but with the industry investment of Le Mans; Americans, imagine the Daytona 500 run at Laguna Seca; that's Bathurst). In the mad old days, the crowd made Bathurst a dangerous place to be when the race was on, with car burnings, epic boozing and even the odd lost limb considered par for the course. In recent years the culture has changed and now it’s become much more family-friendly, so you can take your kids to watch the great race knowing the worst damage they’ll suffer is a bit of sunburn and [[ClusterFBomb an expanded vocabulary]]. That said, the fans still thought their throats had been cut when the new "one-slab-per-day" alcohol restriction was announced in 2008 (it says a lot about this country that 24 full-strength beers a day counts as a ''restriction''). Other important races include the Clipsal 500 (held on a shortened version of the old Adelaide Grand Prix circuit), the Sandown 500 (Bathurst's "little brother" since it shares the 161 lap-count) and the Gold Coast 300, which has become a surprise hit post-UsefulNotes/{{IndyCar}} because the format has required the usual drivers to team up with “international” drivers from other series, mostly [=IndyCar=], Le Mans and BTCC. Big-name drivers in unfamiliar cars that are famously hard to drive? Yes please!

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That era lasted 20 years, but times change. Today, In the current century, sales of Falcons and Commodores are plummeting and have plummeted to the point that GM killed the Holden brand in 2021, by that time, Ford and Holden’s market share ''combined'' is was smaller than, say, Toyota’s. The core fanbase whose childhood nostalgia was formed in the Peter Brock years are starting to find themselves outnumbered by the Millennials, a generation raised on ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' and ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' re-runs who find the Holden-vs-Ford thing lame and contrived. Ergo, V8s is evolving to survive, debuting the less prehistoric “Car of the Future” (subtle, guys) and working hard to become an international category, DTM-style, with races in the U.S. and Middle East. Thus the 2013 grid is set to feature featured 6 Ford Falcons, 4 Nissan Altimas and 3 Mercedes E63s (but still 15 Holden Commodores…), all mechanically much the same, all just as overpowered and clumsy (and therefore just as exciting to watch) as the old Falcons and Commodores. Time will tell how if the new era takes off; history seems to show that Australian touring cars flourish in isolation, and attempts to change the rules to be more “international” (like the aforementioned Group A years) tend to end in tears.

tears. In fact, by 2021, the series had returned to being a Ford–Holden affair, although the Holden teams are now operating without factory support.

That said, the ANZAC heart of the sport won’t won't be changing; ground zero of the series will still be the sacred tarmac of Bathurst, NSW, a track built in the [[TheGreatDepression 1930s]] by Mayor Griffin as a [[BlatantLies “scenic drive”]] for tourists (because he knew the council would never fund a racetrack) and has hosted a car-breaking endurance race since 1963 (it's our Nürburgring, but with the industry investment of Le Mans; Americans, imagine the Daytona 500 run at Laguna Seca; that's Bathurst). In the mad old days, the crowd made Bathurst a dangerous place to be when the race was on, with car burnings, epic boozing and even the odd lost limb considered par for the course. In recent years the culture has changed and now it’s become much more family-friendly, so you can take your kids to watch the great race knowing the worst damage they’ll suffer is a bit of sunburn and [[ClusterFBomb an expanded vocabulary]]. That said, the fans still thought their throats had been cut when the new "one-slab-per-day" alcohol restriction was announced in 2008 (it says a lot about this country that 24 full-strength beers a day counts as a ''restriction''). Other important races include the Clipsal 500 (held on a shortened version of the old Adelaide Grand Prix circuit), the Sandown 500 (Bathurst's "little brother" since it shares the 161 lap-count) and the Gold Coast 300, which has become a surprise hit post-UsefulNotes/{{IndyCar}} because the format has required the usual drivers to team up with “international” drivers from other series, mostly [=IndyCar=], Le Mans and BTCC. Big-name drivers in unfamiliar cars that are famously hard to drive? Yes please!
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The self-proclaimed 'national game' (unless you happen to live in Queensland or New South Wales as half the population do, in which case it's UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague), and one of only two sports to be invented in Australia. (The other is an obscure game called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trugo Trugo]]). Australia has a national league, the AFL, and a plethora of local ones in the states of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and West Australia. The AFL Grand Final is one of the most watched sporting events in a given year. Most of what you need to know about it is in the article.

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The self-proclaimed 'national game' (unless you happen to live in Queensland or New South Wales as half the population do, in which case it's UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague), and one of only two four sports to be invented in Australia. (The other is others are Surf Lifesaving (discussed below), Boomerang Throwing, and an obscure game called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trugo Trugo]]). Australia has a national league, the AFL, and a plethora of local ones in the states of Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and West Australia. The AFL Grand Final is one of the most watched sporting events in a given year. Most of what you need to know about it is in the article.
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The Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, is the biggest tennis competition held in Australia. It is the first major event and Grand Slam of the tennis season, and takes place on hard courts, the most modern and common type of court surface. A few minor ones are also held each year. Australia has produced a number of great tennis players, with the most recent ones being the extremely cocky Lleyton Hewitt, and Ashleigh Barty.

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The Australian Open, one of the four Grand Slam tournaments, is the biggest tennis competition held in Australia. It is the first major event and Grand Slam of the tennis season, and takes place on hard courts, the most modern and common type of court surface. A few minor ones are also held each year. Australia has produced a number of great tennis players, with the most recent ones being the extremely cocky Lleyton Hewitt, Hewitt among the men and Ashleigh Barty.Ash Barty on the women's side.
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Misread the classification of Eurosnobs re: soccer.


** Eurosnobs: Seen as part of New Football, this group generally follows a team overseas, usually a big club in England (such as the two Manchester teams, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea), Spain (Real Madrid or Barcelona) or Italy (the Milan teams or Juventus), but some follow teams in Germany, Scotland, France or other more minor leagues. Due to the nature of the broadcasting, matches are aired from 10pm up to the early morning depending on daylight savings time being in or out. They are so named because a eurosnob is derisive about Australian football completely, refusing to watch Australian matches due to a perceived lack of quality compared to the European nation based leagues.

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** Eurosnobs: Seen as part of New Football, this
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group is Eurosnobs, who generally follows follow a team overseas, usually a big club in England (such as the two Manchester teams, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea), Spain (Real Madrid or Barcelona) or Italy (the Milan teams or Juventus), but some follow teams in Germany, Scotland, France or other more minor leagues. Due to the nature of the broadcasting, matches are aired from 10pm up to the early morning depending on daylight savings time being in or out. They are so named because a eurosnob is derisive about Australian football completely, refusing to watch Australian matches due to a perceived lack of quality compared to the European nation based leagues.
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Eurosnobs: This group generally follows a team overseas, usually a big club in England (such as the two Manchester teams, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea), Spain (Real Madrid or Barcelona) or Italy (the Milan teams or Juventus), but some follow teams in Germany, Scotland, France or other more minor leagues. Due to the nature of the broadcasting, matches are aired from 10pm up to the early morning depending on daylight savings time being in or out. They are so named because a eurosnob is derisive about Australian football completely, refusing to watch Australian matches due to a perceived lack of quality compared to the European nation based leagues.

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\n** Eurosnobs: This Seen as part of New Football, this group generally follows a team overseas, usually a big club in England (such as the two Manchester teams, Arsenal, Liverpool, Chelsea), Spain (Real Madrid or Barcelona) or Italy (the Milan teams or Juventus), but some follow teams in Germany, Scotland, France or other more minor leagues. Due to the nature of the broadcasting, matches are aired from 10pm up to the early morning depending on daylight savings time being in or out. They are so named because a eurosnob is derisive about Australian football completely, refusing to watch Australian matches due to a perceived lack of quality compared to the European nation based leagues.



Australians have been to every single Olympics, won a medal at every Olympics, but, most importantly, we have ruled the pool. Because most Australians live close to the coast, Australians have an affinity with the water, and also swimming. In fact, freestyle's official name is "Australian crawl" - we invented it. (Or nicked it off one of the smaller Pacific Islands and then introduced it to the rest of the world; the historical record is foggy on this one.) Well known and successful Aussies in the pool include Dawn Fraser, Kieren Perkins, and the golden boy of Sydney 2000 Ian Thorpe (a.k.a. "the Thorpedo").

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Australians have been to every single Olympics, won a medal at every Olympics, but, most importantly, we have ruled the pool. Because most Australians live close to the coast, Australians have an affinity with the water, and also swimming. In fact, freestyle's official name is "Australian crawl" - we invented it. (Or nicked it off one of the smaller Pacific Islands and then introduced it to the rest of the world; the historical record is foggy on this one.) Well known and successful Aussies in the pool include Dawn Fraser, Kieren Perkins, and the golden boy of Sydney 2000 Ian Thorpe (a.k.a. "the Thorpedo").
Thorpedo"), and the golden girl of Tokyo 2020/[[ReleaseDateChange/COVID19PandemicRelatedExamples 21]] Ariarne Titmus (a.k.a. "The Terminator").



The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation: held on the first Tuesday of every November, this is the highest competition of horse racing in Australia, but is also a major event associated with the fashion off the track, as the public often dress extravagantly, often with "fascinating" hats. There are similar events held in each state throughout the year. Famous Australian racehorses include Phar Lap, and Makybe Diva, the latter of which won the Melbourne Cup three years in a row].

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The Melbourne Cup is the race that stops a nation: held on the first Tuesday of every November, this is the highest competition of horse racing in Australia, but is also a major event associated with the fashion off the track, as the public often dress extravagantly, often with "fascinating" hats. There are similar events held in each state throughout the year. Famous Australian racehorses include Phar Lap, Lap and Makybe Diva, the latter of which won the Melbourne Cup three years in a row].row. Another notable racehorse is Danehill, but his legacy is more related to his impact on the Thoroughbred breeding industry, having been the first major "shuttle stallion"—one who was regularly shipped between the northern and southern hemispheres to mate with mares during both breeding seasons.
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Background on how Australia became a source of gridiron punters (kickers).


It should also be noted that an increasing number of Aussies are finding their way to the States to play gridiron as punters (as in specialist kickers, not bettors). The skill set of Aussie rules translates very well to that particular position. About a fourth of the teams in the top level of [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball US college gridiron]], UsefulNotes/{{NCAA}} Division I FBS, had Aussie punters in the most recent 2019 season, and a few Aussies have made it all the way to the NFL at that position (with five being on NFL rosters in 2019).

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It should also be noted that an increasing number of Aussies are finding their way to the States to play gridiron as punters (as in specialist kickers, not bettors). The skill set of Aussie rules translates very well to that particular position. About Nowadays, about a fourth of the teams in the top level of [[UsefulNotes/CollegiateAmericanFootball US college gridiron]], UsefulNotes/{{NCAA}} Division I FBS, had have Aussie punters in the most recent 2019 season, punters, and a few Aussies have made it all the way to the NFL at that position (with five being on NFL rosters in 2019).
2019). This surge of Aussies into the position can be traced to two men: Darren Bennett, a former AFL player who became one of the NFL's best punters near the turn of the 21st century, and Nathan Chapman, who founded and runs a punting academy that has trained most of the Aussies who've followed in Bennett's footsteps. Both have brief descriptions in the "Kickers and Punters" folder of UsefulNotes/NFLDefensiveAndSpecialTeamsPlayers.
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The Australian cricket team is among the best in the world, and brings us such names as Shane Warne, Alan Border, and, of course, Sir Donald Bradman, who is so much of an Aussie icon that Series/[[The Chaser|sWarOnEverything}} once suggested (tongue in cheek) he should be Australia's first official saint. Cricket on [[Creator/NineNetwork Channel Nine]] is just as iconic, with generations of Australians growing up with summers filled with test matches voiced by the well-known commentator Richie Benaud. The most important test series in Australian cricket is UsefulNotes/TheAshes, where the Australian team plays against the English for an urn that symbolically represents the death of English cricket: any time Australia loses it, it's a national tragedy.

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The Australian cricket team is among the best in the world, and brings us such names as Shane Warne, Alan Border, and, of course, Sir Donald Bradman, who is so much of an Aussie icon that Series/[[The Series/{{The Chaser|sWarOnEverything}} once suggested (tongue in cheek) he should be Australia's first official saint. Cricket on [[Creator/NineNetwork Channel Nine]] is just as iconic, with generations of Australians growing up with summers filled with test matches voiced by the well-known commentator Richie Benaud. The most important test series in Australian cricket is UsefulNotes/TheAshes, where the Australian team plays against the English for an urn that symbolically represents the death of English cricket: any time Australia loses it, it's a national tragedy.
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2023 WWC final now confirmed for Stadium Australia.


The Australian cricket team is among the best in the world, and brings us such names as Shane Warne, Alan Border, and, of course, Sir Donald Bradman, who is so much of an Aussie icon that [[Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything The Chaser]] once suggested (tongue in cheek) he should be Australia's first official saint. Cricket on [[Creator/NineNetwork Channel Nine]] is just as iconic, with generations of Australians growing up with summers filled with test matches voiced by the well-known commentator Richie Benaud. The most important test series in Australian cricket is UsefulNotes/TheAshes, where the Australian team plays against the English for an urn that symbolically represents the death of English cricket: any time Australia loses it, it's a national tragedy.

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The Australian cricket team is among the best in the world, and brings us such names as Shane Warne, Alan Border, and, of course, Sir Donald Bradman, who is so much of an Aussie icon that [[Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything The Chaser]] Series/[[The Chaser|sWarOnEverything}} once suggested (tongue in cheek) he should be Australia's first official saint. Cricket on [[Creator/NineNetwork Channel Nine]] is just as iconic, with generations of Australians growing up with summers filled with test matches voiced by the well-known commentator Richie Benaud. The most important test series in Australian cricket is UsefulNotes/TheAshes, where the Australian team plays against the English for an urn that symbolically represents the death of English cricket: any time Australia loses it, it's a national tragedy.



The game is now catching up with cricket, Rugby League and AFL as the third big Aussie sport (having well overtaken Rugby Union in terms of popularity and reach). It is broadcast free-to-air on Creator/{{SBS}}, and on cable on Fox Sports. A big boost to the game's popularity occured when the national team, the Socceroos, reached the Round of 16 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. However, before then the sport was largely dismissed and even mocked in Australia.

The early history of the game starts around the 1880s, with a number of clubs starting and playing matches between each other. The sport was relatively popular, but in Melbourne especially, a large push lead to a marginalisation of the pitches required, with football clubs being 'locked out' with areas converted into oval AFL/Cricket areas.

The massive multi-ethnic wave of immigrants that came to Australia after World War II brought a lot of [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]] fans into the country, who formed their own teams and became devoted followers of the game: this resulted in an expansion of popularity for [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]], but it also resulted in it being dismissed as an "ethnic sport" (often by using the term 'wogball') by Anglo-Australians.

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The game is now catching up with cricket, Rugby League and AFL as the third big Aussie sport (having well overtaken Rugby Union in terms of popularity and reach). It is broadcast free-to-air on Creator/{{SBS}}, and on cable on Fox Sports. A big boost to the game's popularity occured occurred when the national team, the Socceroos, reached the Round of 16 in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. However, before then the sport was largely dismissed and even mocked in Australia.

The early history of the game starts around the 1880s, with a number of clubs starting and playing matches between each other. The sport was relatively popular, but in Melbourne especially, a large push lead led to a marginalisation of the pitches required, with football clubs being 'locked out' with areas converted into oval AFL/Cricket areas.

The massive multi-ethnic wave of immigrants that came to Australia after World War II brought a lot of [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]] fans into the country, who formed their own teams and became devoted followers of the game: this resulted in an expansion of popularity for [[UsefulNotes/AssociationFootball football]], football, but it also resulted in it being dismissed as an "ethnic sport" (often by using the term 'wogball') by Anglo-Australians.



Australia is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Speaking of the women's game, it's all but certain to receive a huge boost with the announcement that Australia and New Zealand will team up to host the 2023 World Cup; the final will likely be at Stadium Australia in the Sydney Olympic Park.

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Australia is a member of the Asian Football Confederation. Speaking of the women's game, it's all but certain to receive a huge boost with the announcement that Australia and New Zealand will team up to host the 2023 World Cup; the final will likely be at Stadium Australia in the Sydney Olympic Park.



That era lasted 20 years, but times change. Today, sales of Falcons and Commodores are plummeting and Ford and Holden’s market share ''combined'' is smaller than, say, Toyota’s. The core fanbase whose childhood nostalgia was formed in the Peter Brock years are starting to find themselves outnumbered by the Millennials, a generation raised on ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' and ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' re-runs who find the Holden-vs-Ford thing lame and contrived. Ergo, V8s is evolving to survive, debuting the less prehistoric “Car Of The Future” (subtle, guys) and working hard to become an international category, DTM-style, with races in the U.S. and Middle East. Thus the 2013 grid is set to feature 6 Ford Falcons, 4 Nissan Altimas and 3 Mercedes E63s (but still 15 Holden Commodores…), all mechanically much the same, all just as overpowered and clumsy (and therefore just as exciting to watch) as the old Falcons and Commodores. Time will tell how if the new era takes off; history seems to show that Australian touring cars flourish in isolation, and attempts to change the rules to be more “international” (like the aforementioned Group A years) tend to end in tears.

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That era lasted 20 years, but times change. Today, sales of Falcons and Commodores are plummeting and Ford and Holden’s market share ''combined'' is smaller than, say, Toyota’s. The core fanbase whose childhood nostalgia was formed in the Peter Brock years are starting to find themselves outnumbered by the Millennials, a generation raised on ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' and ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' re-runs who find the Holden-vs-Ford thing lame and contrived. Ergo, V8s is evolving to survive, debuting the less prehistoric “Car Of The of the Future” (subtle, guys) and working hard to become an international category, DTM-style, with races in the U.S. and Middle East. Thus the 2013 grid is set to feature 6 Ford Falcons, 4 Nissan Altimas and 3 Mercedes E63s (but still 15 Holden Commodores…), all mechanically much the same, all just as overpowered and clumsy (and therefore just as exciting to watch) as the old Falcons and Commodores. Time will tell how if the new era takes off; history seems to show that Australian touring cars flourish in isolation, and attempts to change the rules to be more “international” (like the aforementioned Group A years) tend to end in tears.
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Youth baseball experienced explosive growth here in the early 21st century. Little League Baseball, a US-based body that's the world's largest youth sports organisation, did not sanction its first Australian league until 2007, but had more than 400 leagues in the country within five years. Since 2013, Australia has been one of only four countries (the others being Canada, Japan and Mexico) whose Little League champion gets an automatic berth in the annual Little League World Series in UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}}.[[note]]From 2021, Cuba, Panama, and Puerto Rico will have automatic LLWS berths on a rotating basis; each country will compete within the region it's currently a part of when it doesn't get automatic entry.[[/note]]

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Youth baseball experienced explosive growth here in the early 21st century. Little League Baseball, a US-based body that's the world's largest youth sports organisation, did not sanction its first Australian league until 2007, but had more than 400 leagues in the country within five years. Since 2013, Australia has been one of only four countries (the others being Canada, Japan and Mexico) whose Little League champion gets an automatic berth in the annual Little League World Series in UsefulNotes/{{Pennsylvania}}.[[note]]From 2021, 2022, Cuba, Panama, and Puerto Rico will collectively have two automatic LLWS berths on a rotating basis; each country will compete within the region it's currently a part of when it doesn't get automatic entry.[[/note]]

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