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An Apollonaut travel guide
The place behind the collection.
A ground from 1853, the first Test match, an Olympic Games and a museum offer several ways into the story of the Australian Sports Museum.
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A ground in Yarra Park
The Melbourne Cricket Club established the ground in 1853. The club still manages it, and the Victorian Government owns it through the MCG Trust.
The MCG was added to the Victorian Heritage Register in 2001 and to the National Heritage List in 2005.
Great moments
The first Test match was played here in March 1877, between Australia and England.
In 1956 the ground was the main stadium of the Olympic Games, and it hosts the AFL Grand Final each year.
A museum of sport
The Australian Sports Museum, inside Gate 3, follows the National Sports Museum of 2008 and the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum of 1986.
This history belongs to the place and the people who shaped it. The History page offers a longer introduction, and the timeline gives a short route through selected milestones.
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Sources & further reading
Links lead to the original publishers.
