Sport

Many of Australia’s greatest sportspeople are First Australians, including boxer Lionel Rose, tennis champion Evonne Goolagong-Crawley and runner Cathy Freeman.

Topics

A topic is a collection of records with interpretation and inquiry questions. Each topic is aligned to the Australian Curriculum and focuses on an aspect of Australian history.

Topic

Notable First Australians

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have made significant contributions to the Australian community across a wide range of areas.

Records

Each record focuses on a single item from the National Archives' collection. Some records contain extra information to help you interpret them.

Record

Melbourne Olympic torch relay

A photograph showing the Olympic flame being passed from the torch of Anthony Mark to that of another runner in Cairns, north Queensland, on 9 November 1956.
Record

Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman

This is a colour photograph of Australian Olympic and Commonwealth athlete Cathy Freeman, aged 19 or 20, at a running track.
Record

Portrait of tennis player Evonne Goolagong

This is a colour photograph of Evonne Goolagong Cawley at the age of 21.

Announcement

Sport

Topics

Notable First Australians

Records

Melbourne Olympic torch relay

Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman

Portrait of tennis player Evonne Goolagong

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