Sport in rural and regional Australia
Sport has been found to contribute to community identity, sense of place, social interaction and better health.[1] Rural and regional Australian towns and cities are increasingly hosting sporting events that provide an economic stimulus and a sense of pride.Commonly it was a racetrack, sometimes a footy ground or tennis court carved out of someone's back paddock; if the climate was hot and there was ample water, possibly a pool.A research term "Wagga effect" was devised to describe the disproportionately high number of elite sports men and women who come from Australian regional and rural cities.[27] It has been stated that 60 per cent of the Australian team at the 2004 Athens Olympics grew up in rural and regional Australia.
rural and regional Australiapolocrossecampdraftingtent peggingendurance horse ridingwoodchoppingshearing sportsSheep Dog TrialsStawellVictoriaNew South WalesAustralian KelpieStawell GiftSydney to Melbourne UltramarathonAustralian footballNAB CupAustralian Football LeagueWagga WaggaMackayWangarattaSheppartonMount BarkerBeaconsfieldMandurahAlice SpringsCairnsBoxingJimmy Sharman's Boxing TroupeJimmy Sharmanagricultural showsCamel racingCamel CupNorthern TerritoryQueenslandTenterfieldWarwick, QueenslandCanoeingMurray River Canoe MarathonYarrawonga, VictoriaSwan Hill, VictoriaCricketImparja CupTour Down UnderSouth AustraliaAdelaideHerald Sun TourTour of TasmaniaTasmaniaAustralian National Road Race ChampionshipsBallarat, VictoriaEquestrianR. M. WilliamsTom QuiltyHorse racingBirdsville RacesBirdsville, QueenslandRoyal Flying Doctor ServicePicnic horse racingMotor sportBathurst 1000touring carMount Panorama CircuitBathurstmotorsport in Australia1960 Armstrong 500Phillip Island Grand Prix CircuitFinke Desert RaceFinke RiverAustralian Motorcycle Grand PrixGoulburnPhillip IslandRound Australia TrialAustralian Rally ChampionshipMount Isa, QueenslandLauncestonYorke PeninsulaHumpty DooAustralian rodeosRowingHenley-on-Todd RegattaTodd RiverRugby leagueCity vs Country OriginNational Rugby LeagueNewcastle KnightsSt George DragonsWollongongNorth Queensland CowboysAlburyCootamundraMudgeeRugby unionNational Rugby ChampionshipNew South Wales Country EaglesQueensland CountrySheepdog trialsSurf boat racingBatemans BayMoruyaTurross HeadNaroomaBermaguiTathraPambulaMerrmbulaGeorge BassDavis CupMildura, VictoriaTownsvilleFederation CupAustralian Hard Court ChampionshipsToowoomba, QueenslandTriathlonNorth CoastPort MacquarieWheelbarrow raceWestern AustraliaGoldsworthyPort HedlandLatrobe, TasmaniaAustralian team2004 Athens OlympicsMarjorie JacksonLithgow, New South WalesCliff YoungBeech Forest, Victoria