a brief history of the World

History of Australia

Australian Olympic medallists 

Australian test cricket series results

Australian cricket captain, Michael Clark hits record highest test runs scored in a calendar year for an Australian batsmen, including a triple century and 4 double centuries

Australia defeats Sri Lanka in cricket tests

Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey retire from international test cricket

Australia loses to leading country, Sth Africa in cricket tests in Australia

Sydney defeats Hawthorn to win the AFL Premiership

Olympic Games hosted by London

Australia defeats West Indies in cricket tests in West Indies

Australia defeats India in cricket tests and draws series with NZ and South Africa

Geelong defeats Collingwood to win the AFL premiership

Australia defeats Sri Lanka in cricket tests

Australia loses Ashes series at hom against England in cricket tests

Australia loses against India in cricket tests in India

Collingwood defeats St Kilda in Grand Final Replay after a drawn Grand Final to win the AFL premiership

Australia defeats NZ in cricket tests

Australia defeats Pakistan in cricket tests

Australia defeats West Indies in cricket tests

Geelong defeats St Kilda to win the AFL premiership

Australia loses its number 1 cricket test ranking for the first time since ICC introduced it in 2003, and loses it's clear domination of international cricket which it held since 1995 apart from a few months when South Africa would have been ranked number 1 in the period 1999-2001

Hawthorn in a surprise upset, defeats Geelong to win the AFL premiership

Dec 2007, Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan beats Shane Warne's test cricket bowling record of 708 wickets

Geelong defeats Port Adelaide to win the AFL premiership

Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Damien Martyn and Justin Langer retire from test cricket in Jan 2007 at the end of the successful Ashes series

West Coast defeats Sydney to win the AFL premiership

Perth hosts the Red Bull Air Race.

Australia wins Champions Trophy in one day cricket.

Australia reaches World Cup Soccer finals before being unfortunate to be knocked out in dubious circumstances by Italy.

Melbourne also hosts the usual Grand Prix, Australian Open tennis and the AFL grand final contributing to the decision to make Melbourne, the No. 1 sporting city in the world as well as being in the top 2 most livable cities in the world.

 England somehow manages to win the Ashes back from Australia.

Sydney defeats West Coast to win the AFL premiership

Steve Waugh retires from international test cricket with the record number of test matches played (until Sachin Tendulkar of India beat this record in 2010), and 1 of only 11 to have hit more than 10,000 test runs.

Port Adelaide defeats Brisbane Lions to win the AFL premiership

Brisbane Lions defeats Collingwood to win the AFL premiership

Layne Beachley wins 6th consecutive world surfing crown.

Matthew Hayden becomes Aust's highest cricket test innings scorer with 380 against Zimbabwe.

Brisbane Lions defeats Collingwood to win the AFL premiership

St Kilda & Sydney footballer, Tony Lockett retires after kicking a record breaking 1360 career goals

Brisbane Lions defeats Essendon to win the AFL premiership

Karrie Webb wins career grand slam in golf. Lleyton Hewitt wins US Open tennis;

Essendon defeats Melbourne to win the AFL premiership

Shane Warne overtakes Dennis Lillee's Aust. record for wickets taken.

Shane Warne takes 71 Test wickets, then a record for a spin bowler in a calendar year

Greg Norman wins 2nd British Open golf.

Geelong breaks the record highest score with 37.17 (239) vs Brisbane 

Barcelona Olympic Games: Aust wins 7 gold medals.

Hawthorn footballer, Michael Tuck retires after playing a record-breaking 426 games

Ian Baker Finch wins British Open golf event; Wallabies win Rugby World Cup.

LA Olympic Games: Aust wins 4 gold;

Evonne Cawley (Goolagong) wins 2nd Wimbledon title;

Alan Jones wins world Formula 1 championship

Aust. wins Centenary Test over England at MCG; Kerry Packer forms World Series Cricket;

Margaret Court retires from tennis having won 24 major singles titles (more than any other woman) including 11 Aust. Opens, 5 US & French Opens, & 3 Wimbledons. She has one the singles, doubles & mixed doubles of every Grand Slam tournament. 

Bob Massie sets Aust. record for most cricket test wickets in a match with 8/84 & 8/53 vs England at Lord's.

Hawthorn footballer, Peter Hudson equals Bob Pratt's record of 150 goals in a season

Evonne Goolagong beats Margeret Court to win Wimbledon

Carlton vs Collingwood game records greatest crowd in VFL game ever - 121,696 - grand final at MCG.

John Newcombe beats Ken Rosewall to win Wimbledon title.

Margaret Court wins tennis Grand Slam.

1st one-day international cricket game played - at MCG

Johnny Famechon wins world featherweight boxing title.

Rod Laver wins his 2nd Grand Slam becoming Australia's best ever male tennis player having won 4 Wimbledons, 2 US Opens, 2 French Opens and 3 Aust. Opens.

Lionel Rose wins world bantamweight boxing title

Mexico Olympic Games:  Aust. wins 5 gold medals

Roy Emerson beats Fred Stolle to win Wimbledon.

Neale Fraser wins Wimbledon

Rome Olympic Games - Herb Elliott wins 1500m run, Murray Rose & Dawn Fraser win gold.

Melbourne wins 5th VFL premiership in 6 yrs.

Lew Hoad beats Ken Rosewall at Wimbledon

golfer Peter Thomson wins 3rd British Open in a row & wins again in 1958 & 1965

London Olympic Games: Aust. 0 gold;

cricketer Don Bradman retires, scoring a duck in last innings but averaged 99.94 runs per innings.

Fred Fanning kicks a record 18 goals in a VFL game - Melb vs St Kilda

Don Bradman becomes 1st player to score 100 1st class centuries in cricket

bodyline era in cricket led by English fast bowler Harold Larwood.

Walter Lindrum wins world professional billiards title

LA Olympic Games: Aust. 1 gold;

Phar Lap dies in the US. Hubert Opperman breaks world outdoor motor-paced record.

for the 1st time, VFL permits 1 injured player to be replaced

Don Bradman hits world record 334 runs v England at Headingly

Phar Lap wins Melbourne Cup

Aust. wins 1st ever cricket test against West Indies.

Paris Olympic Games: Aust. 1 gold

Edward “Carjie” Greeves wins inaugural Brownlow Medal

VFL forms with Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda & Sth Melb.

legendary fast bowler, Fred Spofforth bowls the 1st hat-trick in test cricket - against England at the MCG

1st grass court tennis court laid in Australia.

1st cricket Test match between Aust. combined colonies team & England at the MCG - Aust. wins by 45 runs

VFA is formed by 8 football clubs - Nth Melb, Sth Melb, E. Melb, Melb, Geelong, Carlton, St Kilda & Essendon - premiership won by Carlton.