* Tasmanian Aborigine - The Tasmanian Aborigine was of a different race to those on the mainland with features more similar to Africans. No full bloods live today. p align="justify"> * Convicts of African descent - Convicts comprised many different racial groups and many of these minority racial groups were very prominent in colonial society. Australia's first bushranger was a Convict of African descent. Another African Convict was arguably Sydney's first eccentrics as he walked around in a top hat and tails. p align="justify"> * Gold Rush [27] - During the Gold rush of the 1850's, Australia received massive waves of migration from China, America, Canada, Germany, Italy, France, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, England. An Italian migrant named 'Raefello Carboni' subsequently led the Eureka Rebellion. p align="justify"> * People: 92% Caucasian descent, 7% Asian descent, 1% Aboriginal descent.
* Post World War II - From 1945 through 1996, nearly 5.5 million immigrants settled in Australia.
* Four out of 10 Australians are migrants or the first-generation children of migrants.
Sport
* Happy birthday anthem - In 1977, Alan Jones scored a surprise victory in the Austrian Grand Prix. Initially officials were going to play the Austrian anthem but then realized that Australia and Austria were not the same country. Unfortunately, they didn't have the Australian anthem so instead a local drunk played "Happy Birthday to You" on a trumpet. p align="justify"> * Don Bradman [28] - Don Bradman averaged 99.94 during his career. The next highest average in the entire history of the game is around 60. p align="justify"> * Australian Football was invented by Sydney Tom Wills and Henry Harrison - both were born in Sydney. Tom played the Aboriginal game of Mangrook as a child and it is believed the native game inspired the rules he initially proposed. The game then took hold in Victoria, and was largely rejected by Sydney. p align="justify"> * America's cup - In 1983, the yacht "Australia II" ended the Americans 132 year dominance of the America's cup
* 4 X 100 meters - The American 4 X 100 meters freestyle relay team had never been defeated until the 2000 Olympics when they were beaten by the Australians.
* Duncan Armstrong - At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, underdog Ducan Armstrong upstaged the great American Matt Biondi to win the 200m freestyle. (Australians like to beat Americans.) The win was made extra enjoyable when American's accused Armstrong of "surfing" the wave created by Biondi. Only thing more enjoyable that seeing Americans defeated, is them bitter as well. p align="justify"> * Sydney Olympics - The Sydney Olympics were labeled the 'best ever games' by IOC [29] president Juan Samaranch. What makes this a particularly sweet accolade for Au...
