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Sport is an important part of Australian culture and dates back to the early colonial period. The first of the country's mainstream sports to become established in order of their organisation were cricket, Australian rules football, rugby union, tennis, soccer, basketball, netball and rugby league.
The most popular playing sport for men in Australia is Australian rules football, [1] while for women is netball. Australian rules football is the most popular sport in terms of spectatorship and television ratings. [2] [3] [4] Rugby union is the most popular sport among New Zealanders, [5] while in Papua New Guinea rugby league is the most ...
Sport in the Australian Capital Territory by sport (8 C, 2 P) Sport in Victoria (state) by sport (13 C, 4 P) Sport in Western Australia by sport (14 C, 3 P)
Pages in category "Sport in Australia" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
10–17 November Commonwealth Paraplegic Games [8] Perth, Western Australia: 14 9 93 n/a 1977 20–27 November FESPIC Games: Sydney 12 15 310 n/a 1982 30 September – 9 October Commonwealth Games [9] Brisbane, Queensland: 11 46 1,583 481,313 1985 26 January – 5 February Australia Games [10] Melbourne: 24 31 1,848 92,767 [11] 1994
This article lists the attendance of many sports competitions around the world, based in some cases on the number of tickets sold or given away, rather than people actually present. The list is almost exclusively stadium field and indoor arena ball sports. Top leagues in weekly attendance includes speedway sports.
In Australia, Soccer, also known as British football, is the most played outdoor team sport, [3] [4] and ranked in the top ten for television audience as of 2015. [5] The national governing body of the sport is Football Australia (FA) which comprises nine state and territory member federations, which oversee the sport within their respective region.
Pages in category "Sports originating in Australia" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.