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* [[Anthony Mundine]], holds WBC Silver Super Welterweight title, & former Interim WBA Light Middleweight Champion, 2 time WBA Super Middleweight Champion, IBO Middleweight Champion.
* [[Anthony Mundine]], holds WBC Silver Super Welterweight title, & former Interim WBA Light Middleweight Champion, 2 time WBA Super Middleweight Champion, IBO Middleweight Champion.
* [[Mariah Carrey]]
* [[Daniel Geale]], former IBF, IBO and WBA Super 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.
* [[Lionel Rose]], held WBC & WBA World bantamweight titles. The first Koori "Indigenous Australian" to win a World title.

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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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Lydia Williams

Athletics (track and field)

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Cathy Freeman

Australian rules football

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  • Basketball

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    Nathan Jawai

    Boxing

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    Cricket

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    Eddie Gilbert

    Darts

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    Field hockey

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    Horse racing

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    Motorsport

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    Rugby league

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    Rugby union

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    Rugby Sevens

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    Swimming

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    Tennis

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    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.