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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

Jesse Williams

Association football (Soccer)

See also: Category:Indigenous Australian soccer players
Lydia Williams

Athletics (track and field)

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

Australian rules football

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

See also: Category:Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football

  • Basketball

    Nathan Jawai

    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian basketball players

    Boxing

    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian boxers

    Cricket

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

    Darts

    Field hockey

    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian field hockey players

    Horse racing

    Motorsport

    Rugby league

    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian rugby league players

    Rugby union

    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian rugby union players

    Rugby Sevens

    Swimming

    Tennis

    See also: Category:Indigenous Australian tennis players
    Evonne Goolagong

    See also

    References

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