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Aboriginal Cricket Team with Tom Wills (coach and captain), Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 1866

This is a list of indigenous Australian (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) athletes and sportspeople. Sports is one of the areas of mainstream Australian society in which Indigenous Australians have been able to break through in some degree.

American football

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Jesse Williams

Association football (Soccer)

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See also: Category:Indigenous Australian soccer players
Lydia Williams

Athletics (track and field)

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See also: Category:Indigenous Australian track and field athletes
Cathy Freeman

Australian rules football

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See also: List of Indigenous Australian VFL/AFL and AFL Women's players
See also: Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football

  • Basketball

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    Nathan Jawai
    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian basketball players

    Boxing

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    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian boxers
    • Anthony Mundine, holds WBC Silver Super Welterweight title, & former Interim WBA Light Middleweight Champion, 2 time WBA Super Middleweight Champion, IBO Middleweight Champion.
    • Daniel Geale, former IBF, IBO and WBA Super Middleweight Champion.
    • Lionel Rose, held WBC & WBA World bantamweight titles. The first Koori "Indigenous Australian" to win a World title.
    • Robbie Peden, former IBF Super Featherweight Champion.
    • Dave Sands, held the Australian middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight titles and won the Commonwealth middleweight title, world boxing hall of famer.
    • Wally Carr, held the Australasian Light Middleweight title, Australian Junior Middleweight, Middleweight, Super Middleweight, Light Heavyweight Title, Commonwealth Middleweight title and Oriental Middleweight title.
    • Tony Mundine, held the Australian middleweight, light heavyweight, cruiserweight and heavyweight titles, Commonwealth middleweight and light heavyweight titles.
    • Ron Richards, held the Australian heavyweight, middleweight, light heavyweight title, Commonwealth middleweight title.
    • Jerry Jerome, first Indigenous Australian to win a major boxing title, Australian Middleweight Champion.
    • Joe Williams
    • Neville "Chappy" Williams
    • Elley Bennett
    • Hector Thompson
    • Frank Roberts, Australia's first Indigenous Olympic boxer.
    • Lawrence Austin
    • Damien Hooper
    • Cameron Hammond
    • Renold Quinlan
    • Paul Fleming
    • Keith Saunders
    • Bradley Hore

    Cricket

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    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian cricketers and Imparja Cup
    Eddie Gilbert

    Darts

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    Field hockey

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    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian field hockey players

    Horse racing

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    Motorsport

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    Rugby league

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    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian rugby league players

    Rugby union

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    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian rugby union players

    Rugby Sevens

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    Swimming

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    Tennis

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    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian tennis players
    Evonne Goolagong

    See also

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    References

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    1. ^ "Scott Boland to become fourth Indigenous Australian to play Test cricket". Independent.co.uk. 25 December 2021.
    2. ^ "Ashleigh Gardner stands on the cusp of history". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
    3. ^ "10 legendary Aboriginal cricketers who bowled us over". 20 December 2017.
    4. ^ a b c "Significant Aboriginal People in Sydney". City of Sydney. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
    5. ^ "Gary Ella". ESPN Scrum. ESPN. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
    6. ^ "Glen Ella". ESPN Scrum. ESPN. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
    7. ^ "Mark Ella". ESPN Scrum. ESPN. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
    8. ^ "Beale reveals Indigenous jersey | Latest Rugby News". RUGBY.com.au. 6 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
    9. ^ "Issue 34, April 2009". Hearsay, The Journal of the Bar Association of Queensland. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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