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Explore sport-related objects, exhibitions and stories from the collection of the National Museum of Australia.

Freewheeling: Cycling in Australia

First AFL women’s game

Between the Flags

Melbourne Cup 1866

Melbourne Cup and Queen’s Plate 1867

Cadel Evans cycling collection

Jim Coyle cycling collection

Emilie Roach equestrian collection

Evonne Goolagong Cawley tennis collection

Hubert Opperman collection

Johnny Warren collection

Portrait of Jorrocks

Ken Ross cycling collection

Les Darcy locket

Liz Ellis netball collection

Mount Everest climbing suit

Sparkes bare knuckle boxing cup

Olympic swimming medals of John Konrads

Peter Heal’s recumbent bicycle

Willsallen sulky collection

Peter Pan 1934 Melbourne Cup trophy

Phar Lap collection

Swan Richards cricket collection

Royal Agricultural Society Challenge Shield

Joan Richmond collection

Australian Olympics collection

Harry Clarke's penny-farthing bicycle

Ernie Old's Malvern Star bicycle

Australian Colonial Billiard Table

League of Legends

Listen Defining Moments in sports panel discussion

From the vault – sporting achievements

Ash Barty’s Wimbledon outfit

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