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'Australia's World Beaters' montage including Bobby Pearce c1930s

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Sport

Sport has long been important in Sydney life, interwoven with its fabric and culture. The ritual contests and physical activity of the Aboriginal people gave way to the informal, disreputable and often cruel pastimes of the early nineteenth century. The late nineteenth century saw the development of formal codes and organised leagues, leading to the commercialised, professional sports of the present.

Aeroplanes

Cricket

Horseracing

Recreation and Sport

Rowing

Billiards

Horses