體育 在澳大利亞文化 當中扮演了重要的角色。板球 、澳式橄欖球 、聯合式橄欖球 、聯盟式橄欖球 和網球 都是澳大利亞最早的有組織的體育活動。現在澳大利亞主要的職業體育賽事包括澳式足球、橄欖球、板球、籃球、足球等。媒體在澳大利亞體育中扮演了重要角色，許多電視台和電台都轉播體育賽事，甚至學際的賽事也會在電視轉播。澳大利亞也參加眾多國際性體育賽事，包括奧運會和殘奧會。澳大利亞已經舉辦過兩次夏季奧運會，包括1956年墨爾本奧運會 和2000年雪梨奧運會 。
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