| Australians begin playing team sports in | | | | The initial game took place in Melbourne in 1858. |
| elementary, basic school. Each municipality has | | | | The Grand Final, similar to the Super Bowl in The |
| amateur sports teams and fans mass the | | | | United States, is one of the largest sporting |
| stadiums to shout approval their favourite | | | | proceedings of the year. |
| professionals. Cricket, a ball and bat competition, | | | | Australia's hot type of weather makes an |
| was conventionally all the rage activity for British | | | | excellent setting for golf, tennis, and track. |
| higher class. Settlers brought this very game to | | | | Dozens of Australian's have brought back medals |
| Australia, where it is at present the most | | | | from the Olympic Games. The country's sunlit and |
| well-liked summertime activity. | | | | sandy beaches are really great for swimming, |
| Rugby, one more British sport, is a cross among | | | | surfing, boating, and yachting. Sydney's Bondi |
| soccer and American football. Rugby association is | | | | Beach is the most well-known seaside in Australia. |
| the professional shape, while the rugby union is | | | | It is packed with surfers and sunbathers. Surfboat |
| the amateur description. Rugby league is very | | | | races are most important events in Australia. The |
| well-liked in Queensland and New South Wales. An | | | | crews row out to markers and back to shore. |
| additional kind of football pastime is association | | | | The Australia Cup is one of the world's most |
| football, or soccer. Australia's rugby and soccer | | | | high-status ship races. The Sydney-Hobart ship |
| team fight all over the planet. | | | | race on December 26 is one of the toughest |
| Australian Rules football is exclusively Australian. | | | | ocean races on the planet. |