Working with Sports

The Australian Sports Commission funds and supports national sporting organisations to coordinate and deliver sport participation and development programs to increase the participation and quality of sport for Indigenous Australians.

The national sporting orgnaisations that are currently focusing on sport participation for Indigenous Australians include:

Australian Rugby Union Hockey Australia
Netball Australia Cricket Australia
Basketball Australia Australian Football League
Athletics Australia Softball Australia
Australian Rugby League Swimming Australia
Football Federation Australia Tennis Australia
Surfing Australia Touch Football Australia


For further information please contact the relevant national sporting organisation or visit their website.

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Did you know?

Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

Quick numbers

700 athlete scholarships offered on average annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
143 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
35 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
0.5 million people visit the AIS each year