First Nations Olympians in Australia

Indigenous Australians, including both Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, have represented Australia at the Olympic Games.[1][2] As of the 2024 Summer Olympics, 60 Indigenous Australians have competed at the Olympics.[2] Of those athletes, 59 competed at the Summer Olympic Games, while one competed at the Winter Olympic Games.[2]

The first Indigenous Australians to compete at the Olympics were basketball player Michael Ah Matt and boxers Adrian Blair and Francis Roberts, all three of whom participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[2]

The Australian Olympic Indigenous Coaching Scholarship support the First Nations Olympic sports leaders' professional development, education and training.

## References

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1. ^ Commission, Australian Sports Commission. "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Olympians and Paralympians unveil athlete-drafted plan for Brisbane 2032 and beyond". Australian Sports Commission. Retrieved 2024-08-04.
2. ^ a b c d "Our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) History". Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2024-08-04.

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders

Peoples|

* Aboriginal Australians
* Communities
* Aboriginal groups
* Tasmanians
* Torres Strait Islanders
* Victorians
* Western Australians

Individuals|

* Activists
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* Sportspeople
* Visual artists
* Writers

Culture|

* Astronomy
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* Deadly Awards
* Deities
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* Enumeration
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* Flags
* Aboriginal
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* Kinship
* Kurdaitcha
* Literature of Indigenous Australians
* Marn Grook
* Message stick
* NAIDOC Week
* National Indigenous Human Rights Awards
* Outstation movement
* Religion and mythology
* Riji
* Seasons
* Sacred sites
* Smoking ceremony
* Songlines
* Traditional custodianship
* Tjurunga
* Torres Strait Islands

Language(s)|

* Avoidance speech
* Australian Aboriginal English
* Macro-Gunwinyguan languages
* Australian Creole
* Language groups
* Loanwords into English
* Palawa
* Pama–Nyungan languages
* Placenames
* Sign languages
* Taboo on the dead
* Torres Strait English
* Torres Strait Island languages

Organisations|

* ATSIC
* Aboriginal Medical Service
* Aborigines Advancement League
* Aborigines Progressive Association
* AIATSIS
* Australian Aboriginal Progressive Association
* Australian Aborigines' League
* Mass media
* National Congress of Australia's First Peoples
* National Indigenous Council
* Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
* Politics
* Registered Aboriginal Party
* Reconciliation Australia
* National Reconciliation Week
* Sorry Day

* TSRA

| Land councils|

* Central Land Council
* Kimberley Land Council
* Maralinga Tjarutja
* Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council
* NSW Aboriginal Land Council
* Northern Land Council
* South West Aboriginal Land and Sea Council
* Tiwi Land Council

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Bushcraft|

* Boomerang
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* Bush tucker
* Bush medicine
* Coolamon
* Dugout canoe
* Fibrecraft
* Fire-stick farming
* Food groups
* Humpy
* Possum-skin cloak
* Scarred tree
* Soaks
* Spinifex resin
* Sweets
* Waddy
* Woomera

Arts|

* Artefacts
* Bark painting
* Contemporary visual art
* Dance
* Didgeridoo
* Dreaming
* Music
* Music groups
* Rock
* NATSIA Award
* Papunya Tula
* Sandpainting
* Vibe
* Visual art
* Yininmadyemi

History|

* Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1976
* Australian Frontier Wars
* Bathurst War
* Hawkesbury and Nepean Wars
* Caledon Bay crisis
* Cummeragunja walk-off
* Day of Mourning
* Gurindji Strike
* Historical figures
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* Prehistory
* Australian history wars
* King plates
* Massacres
* Black War
* Missions
* Native police
* Native Title Act 1993
* New Deal for Aborigines
* Pilbara strike
* Pintupi Nine
* Stolen Generations
* Apology
* Tent embassy
* Western Australia

Issues|

* 1967 Referendum
* Constitutional recognition
* Crime
* Health
* Land rights
* Native title
* Protected Area
* Media portrayal
* Northern Territory National Emergency Response
* Self-determination
* Reconciliation
* Stolen Generations
* Half-Caste Act
* Uluru Statement from the Heart
* Treaty
* Truth
* Voice
* Voting rights

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