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== Sport ==

== Sport ==

Australia is often known as a sporting nation with success worldwide in [[swimming]], [[tennis]], [[rugby league]] and [[rugby union]], [[cricket]], [[netball]], [[basketball], and even speed [[ice skating]].  Australians are very keen horse racers with the Melbourne Cup <ref>[http://www.melbournecup.com.au| Melbourne Cup]</ref> attracting up to 120,000 spectators at Flemington Race Course on the first Tuesday in November.  There is a public holiday for the cup race in Melbourne, and the day is effectively a half-day holiday in the remainder of Australia. This day also coincides (mostly) every second year with the [[American]] [[Congress|Congressional]] [[election]]s and every four years with the [[President|Presidential]] election.

Australia is often known as a sporting nation with success worldwide in [[swimming]], [[tennis]], [[rugby league]] and [[rugby union]], [[cricket]], [[netball]], [[basketball]], and even speed [[ice skating]].  Australians are very keen horse racers with the Melbourne Cup <ref>[http://www.melbournecup.com.au| Melbourne Cup]</ref> attracting up to 120,000 spectators at Flemington Race Course on the first Tuesday in November.  There is a public holiday for the cup race in Melbourne, and the day is effectively a half-day holiday in the remainder of Australia. This day also coincides (mostly) every second year with the [[American]] [[Congress|Congressional]] [[election]]s and every four years with the [[President|Presidential]] election.

Unique to Australia is a game known as [[Australian rules football]] or Aussie Rules, which is played on a [[cricket]] oval in winter, that draws huge crowds across Australia. It is similar to [[Gaelic football]], played in [[Ireland]], and teams from the two nations play annual competition games based on a blended system of rules.  

Unique to Australia is a game known as [[Australian rules football]] or Aussie Rules, which is played on a [[cricket]] oval in winter, that draws huge crowds across Australia. It is similar to [[Gaelic football]], played in [[Ireland]], and teams from the two nations play annual competition games based on a blended system of rules.

==Religion==

==Religion==