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Sport is an important part of Australia that dates to the early stages of our nation’s origins. Cricket, Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union, soccer and tennis are among the earliest organised sports in Australia, which have helped shape the Australian national identity through events such as the Ashes, the Melbourne Cup and the America's Cup.

• There is nothing better than a day in the great outdoors to catch the fish. 

Sunlight plays a major role with your fishing day. When natural sunlight hits the skin, it triggers the body's production of vitamin D. It is a crucial ingredient for overall health, protects against inflammation, lowers high blood pressure, helps muscles, and improves brain function.

David Wayne Nilsson is an Australian retired professional baseball catcher and current manager of the Australia national baseball team and the Brisbane Bandits. David was born on 14 December 1969.

Bowls or lawn bowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll biased balls so that they stop close to a smaller ball called a "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a bowling green which may be flat or convex or uneven. It is normally played outdoors and the outdoor surface is either natural grass, artificial turf, or cotula.

Snooker is played on a rectangular table covered with a green cloth, with pockets at each of the four corners and in the middle of each long side. Using a cue stick and 21 coloured balls, players must strike the white ball to pot or pocket the remaining balls in the correct sequence, accumulating points for each pot. An individual game is won by the player scoring the most points. A match is won when a player wins a predetermined number of frames.

Ten-pin bowling is a competitive sport where players roll a bowling ball on a wooden or synthetic lane towards the 10 pins placed at the end of the lane. The objective is to knock down all ten pins on the first roll of the ball (a strike), or failing that, on the second roll. It is a popular sport all around the world and played by millions.

A sport horse is a type of horse, rather than any particular breed. The term is usually applied to horses bred for the traditional Olympic equestrian sporting events of dressage, eventing, show jumping, and combined driving, but the precise definition varies.

Mark Anthony Viduka is an Australian retired footballer who played as a centre forward. Mark was born on 9 October 1975. He captained the Australia national team to the Round of 16 at the 2006 FIFA World Cup which remains their best performance to date. His four goals in the UEFA Champions League are the most scored by any Australian player.

Darts is a sport enjoyed by all regardless of age or gender. People play for fun while others take this sport very seriously. Unlike many traditional pub games, Darts has become popular enough to be organised by large governing bodies.

Rugby union is a popular sport around the world, played by male and female players of all ages. Rugby union is a full contact sport involving 15 players on each team, with 7 substitutes on the bench. The aim of the game is to score more points than the other side and points are scored through tries, conversions, penalty kicks and drop goals. A match is split into two 40-minute halves, played on a rectangular field, with a referee and two touch judges or assistant referees.