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Sporting event

Type - Sporting event
Aboriginal cricket tour 1868
Anniversary Day Regatta
Australian Grand Prix
Australian Touring Car Championship
Botany Bay Gift
Davis Cup 1909
Derby Day
Empire Games 1938
Goulburn-to-Sydney Cycling Classic
Greenwich Village Games
Hajduk Split football tour 1949
Head of the River regatta
Highland Gathering
Intercolonial cricket matches
National Rugby League
New South Wales Annual Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout
Olympic Games 2000
Paralympic Games 2000
Rosehill Guineas
Rugby Union World Cup 1987
Sydney to Hobart yacht race
World Masters Games 2009
World Surfing Championships Manly 1964

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Sporting event

Aboriginal cricket tour 1868

Tour of England by an Aboriginal cricket team between May and October 1868. It was organised after the success of games in Melbourne and Sydney.

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Anniversary Day Regatta

Annual regatta, held on 26 January on the Parramatta River. The first was held in 1837 and this was a major event in Sydney's sporting calendar by the 1850s.

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Australian Grand Prix

Annual Formula 1 car race first held at Phillip Island, Victoria in 1928.

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Australian Touring Car Championship

Touring car racing award held in Australia since 1960. The series itself is no longer contested but the title is awarded to the winner of the V8 Supercar Championship Series.

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Botany Bay Gift

Australia's oldest professional running race.

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Davis Cup 1909

Tennis final held in Double Bay in 1909 where Australasia defeated the United States by five rubbers to nil.

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Derby Day

Race day incorporating the Australian Derby, run at Randwick since 1861 and won by Phar Lap in 1929.

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Empire Games 1938

International sporting competition held at the Sydney Cricket Ground and various other Sydney venues in February 1938, timed to coincide with the 150th anniversary of the founding of the colony at Sydney. Over 450 athletes from 15 countries participated in over 70 events, and Australia won the medal tally.

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Goulburn-to-Sydney Cycling Classic

Cycle race held approximately annually 1902-2012. The 2013 race was cancelled when police refused to close the Hume Highway and the race has not been held since.

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Greenwich Village Games

Community based games event held in the suburb of Greenwich in December of each Olympic year. Eight teams compete in over twenty events for winning points and local glory.

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Hajduk Split football tour 1949

Visit to Australia by Croatia's oldest football team.

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Head of the River regatta

Annual rowing race on the Nepean River near Penrith between eight of the Great Public Schools.

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Highland Gathering

Sports and cultural programme held on New Year's day each year by the Scottish community to raise funds for the poor. Originally held at the Albert Ground in Redfern it has also been held at the Sydney Cricket Ground and the Showgrounds.

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Intercolonial cricket matches

First class cricket games played irregularly between the colonies before Federation in 1901.

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National Rugby League

Premier competition of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia.

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New South Wales Annual Aboriginal Rugby League Knockout

Rugby league knockout competition of over 60 teams competing over four days that began at Camdenville Oval in St Peters in 1971. Better known as the Koori Knockout it is now played at different locations around the state with the winning team has hosting the following year's competition.

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Olympic Games 2000

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International sporting event that prompted the construction of new sporting facilities and brought thousands of visitors to the city.

Paralympic Games 2000

International games for elite athletes with disabilities, held after the Olympic Games in Sydney.

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Rosehill Guineas

Annual horserace for three-year-olds held at Rosehill Racecourse since 1910

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Rugby Union World Cup 1987

Rugby union contest held every four years since 1987 between the top international teams. The winner receives the William Webb Ellis Cup named after the Rugby School pupil who invented the game by picking up the ball during a soccer game.

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Sydney to Hobart yacht race

Yacht race which starts from Sydney Harbour at 1 pm on Boxing Day, 26 December, as it has done since 1945.

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World Masters Games 2009

International multi-sport event held about every four years and open to all sportspeople over age 35.

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World Surfing Championships Manly 1964

First international surfboard riding championship, won by Sydney rider 'Midget' Farrelly.

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