Sport | Title | Date | Writer/singer | Comments |
Athletics | Our Marjorie[1] | 1952 | Jack O'Hagan (writer), Alan Coad and the Song Paraders (singers) | Song about the Australian sprinter Marjorie Jackson, known as the Lithgow Flash. |
Australian football | One Day in September[2] | 1980 | Mike Brady (writer/singer) | Anthem for the AFL Grand Final |
Australian football | That's the Thing About Football | 1994 | Greg Champion(writer/singer) | |
Australian football | Up There Cazaly[3] | 1979 | Two Man Band (Mike Brady & Peter Sullivan) (writers/singers) | "Up There Cazaly" is an Australian rules football catchphrase inspired by early 20th century St Kilda and South Melbourne great Roy Cazaly. |
Australian football | There's only one Tony Lockett | 1999 | James Freud (singer) | Highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games.[4] |
Australian football | One True Game | 2002 | John Schumann (writer/singer) | |
Australian football | Jesaulenko, You Beauty[5] | 2012 | Tex Perkins & the Dark Horses (writer/singer) | Exclusive song for The Marngrook Footy Show for the Final Siren segment. Alex Jesaulenko took a famous high mark in the 1970 VFL Grand Final. |
Australian football | The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped | 1985 | TISM – This Is Serious Mum (writer/singer) | Song about Alex Jesaulenko jumping on the back of Collingwood's Graeme Jenkin to take a famous high mark in the 1970 VFL Grand Final. |
Australian football | The Swans Return | 1987 | Weddings Parties Anything (writer/singer) | Song about South Melbourne Football Club move to Sydney to become the Sydney Swans. |
Australian football | Colour of Your Jumper[6] | 1993 | Archie Roach (writer/singer) | Nicky Winmar famously raise his guernsey in response to racial taunts by Collingwood Football Club supporters at Victoria Park, Melbourne. |
Australian football | Shut Up – The Footy's on the Radio | 2010 | TISM (writer/singer) | |
Australian football | It all Sounds like football to me (Ted Whitten) | 1981 | Mike Brady (singer) | Ted Whitten, a legend of the Australian Football League[7] |
Australian football |
Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti |
2019 |
Picket Palace |
A punk tribute dedicated to Essendon player Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, which was made into a popular music video.[8] |
Boxing | Ballard of Les Darcy | 2012 | Russell Morris (singer) | Tribute to boxer Les Darcy[9] |
Boxing | Rally around the Drum | 1992 | Paul Kelly (singer & writer) / Archie Roach (writer) | Song about tent boxing in Australia on Hidden Things album.[10] |
Boxing | Jimmy Sharman's Boxers | 1984 | Midnight Oil | The album Red Sails in the Sunset included this song regarding Jimmy Sharman's boxing troupe.[11] |
Cricket | Our Don Bradman | 1930 | Jack O'Hagan (writer), Art Leonard (singer) | Tribute to Australia's (and the world's) greatest cricketer, Sir Donald Bradman |
Cricket | Bradman[12] | 1986 | Paul Kelly (writer/singer) | [13] |
Cricket | Sir Don | 1999 | John Williamson (writer/singer) | Williamson performed "Sir Don" at Bradman's Memorial Service in Adelaide in 2001. |
Cricket | The Tiger and the Don | 1990 | Ted Egan (writer/singer) | Song about Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman and spin bowler Bill O'Reilly |
Cricket | C'mon Aussie C'mon | 1978 | Allan Johnston, Alan Morris and other from Mojo (writers/singers) | Advertising jingle to promote World Series Cricket[13] |
Cricket | I Made A Hundred in the Backyard at Mum's | 2005 | Greg Champion (writer/singer) | [13] |
Cricket | Cricket's on the Radio | 2005 | Greg Champion (writer/singer) | [13] |
Cricket | Shane Warne | 2007 | Paul Kelly (writer/singer) | Shane Warne holds the Australian record for the most test wickets. |
Cricket | The Baggy Green | 2000 | John Williamson (writer/singer) | Baggy Green is a cricket cap of green colour, which has been worn by Australian Test cricketers since around the turn of the twentieth century.[13] |
Cricket | Victor Trumper | 1994 | The Lucksmiths (singer) | Victor Trumper was an Australian cricketer (1899–1912) |
Cricket | Here Come The Aussies | 1972 | Daniel Boone & Rod McQueen (writers),1972 Australian Cricket Team (singers) | The anthem of Ian Chappell’s 1972 Ashes squad[13] |
Cricket | Nambucca Boy | 2015 | Urthboy | Tribute to Australian test cricketer Phillip Hughes, who died after being struck on the head by a ball in a 2014 Sheffield Shield game.[14] |
Horse racing | Goodbye, Phar Lap, Goodbye | ? | R Kreymborg (writer) | Phar Lap, a champion Australian thoroughbred racehorse in the early years of the Great Depression. Sung to the tune Wearing of the Green.[15] |
Horse racing | Come on Phar Lap[16] | 1983 | Alan and Dianne Hawking (writer), Alan Hawking (singer) | |
Horse racing | Phar Lap – Farewell to You | 1932 | Jack Lumsdaine (writer/singer) | |
Horse racing | Big Red | 2012 | Russell Morris (singer) | Tribute to Phar Lap[17] |
Horse racing | The Goondiwindi Grey[18] | 1973 | Nev Hauritz and Brian Wallace (writers), Tex Morton (singer) | Tribute to Gunsynd, a champion Australian thoroughbred racehorse. |
Horse racing | That Tuesday in November | 2000 | Mike Brady(writer/singer) | Unofficial anthem for the Melbourne Cup, an Australian horse race that stops the nation. |
Horse racing | The Melbourne Cup[19] | 1965 | Stan Coster (writer), Slim Dusty (singer) | |
Horse racing | Queen in the Sport of Kings | 1985 | John Williamson (writer/singer) | Australasian Country Music Awards for APRA Song of the Year. |
Harness racing | Paleface Adios[20] | 1977 | Rudy Brandsma and Richard Trembath (writers), Johnny Tapp (singer) | Song about Paleface Adios, winner of over 100 races. |
Harness racing | Little Hondo[21] | 1974 | Lewis Buchanan (writer), Johnny Tapp (singer) | Song about Hondo Grattan, a successful horse in the 1970s. |
Paralympic Games | Rise to the Moment | 2000 | Mike Brady (writer/singer) | Official song for the Australian Paralympic Team at the 2000 Sydney Paralympics |
Rugby league | The Rugby League Song | 1980 | Danny McMaster (writer/singer) | |
Rugby union | A Number on My Back | 2000 | John Williamson (writer/singer) | Australian rugby team Anthem |
Tennis | Evonne | 1981 | Stagecoach Country Band | Tribute to Evonne Goolagong Cawley.[22] |