List of sports museums and halls of fame in Australia
Australia has a rich sporting history. Sports museums and halls of fame have been established to recognize and promote the achievements of Australian athletes and sporting teams. This list is restricted to sports museums with a national focus and halls of fame with a national and state focus. Many Australian state sports organisations have established halls of fame but these are not listed.
Sports museums and halls of fame
Name | Location | Sport | Type | Notes | - |
National Sports Museum | Melbourne | All sports | Museum | Located at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and managed by Melbourne Cricket Club. Previously known as Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum. | - |
Sport Australia Hall of Fame | Melbourne | All sports | Hall of Fame | Located at the National Sports Museum | - |
Sydney Cricket Ground Museum | Sydney | All sports | Museum | Sports played at Sydney Cricket Ground. | - |
NSW Hall of Champions | Sydney | All sports | Hall of Fame | Located at Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre. | - |
Queensland Sport Hall of Fame | Queensland | All sports | Hall of Fame | Managed by QSport. | |
South Australian Sports Hall of Fame | South Australia | All sports | Hall of Fame | To be located at Adelaide Oval. | - |
Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame | Tasmania | All sports | Hall of Fame | Managed by Sport and Recreation Tasmania. | - |
ACT Sport Hall of Fame | Australian Capital Territory | All sports | Hall of Fame | Managed by ACTSPORT. | - |
Western Australian Hall of Champions | Western Australia | All sports | Hall of Fame | Managed by Western Australian Institute of Sport | - |
Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame | National | All sports -,Indigenous | Hall of Fame | - | |
Athletics Australia Hall of Fame | National | Athletics | Hall of Fame | Managed by Athletics Australia | - |
Stawell Gift Hall of Fame | Stawell, Victoria | Athletics | Museum | - | |
Australian Football Hall of Fame | National | Australian football | Hall of Fame | Located at the National Sports Museum. Managed by the Australian Football League | - |
Baseball Australia Hall of Fame | National | Baseball | Hall of Fame | Managed by Baseball Australia | - |
Basketball Australia Hall of Fame | National | Basketball | Hall of Fame | Managed by Basketball Australia | - |
Bowls Australia Hall of Fame | National | Bowls | Hall of Fame | Managed by Bowls Australia | - |
Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame | National | Boxing | Hall of Fame | - | |
Paddle Australia Hall of Fame | National | Canoeing | Hall of Fame | Managed by Australian Canoeing | - |
Australian Cricket Hall of Fame | Melbourne | Cricket | Hall of Fame | Located at the National Sports Museum. Managed by Cricket Australia | - |
Bradman Museum and International Cricket Hall of Fame | Bowral, New South Wales | Cricket | Museum | Incorporates the International Cricket Hall of Fame. | - |
Bradman Collection | Adelaide | Cricket | Museum | LOcated at Adelaide Oval the museum includes footage of Don Bradman, and his personal items including cricket bats, balls, trophies and of clothing. South Australian Cricket Association is now the custodian of the collection in conjunction with the Premier's Department, State Library and the Bradman Family. The State Library retains Bradman archival materials. | - |
Bellerive Oval Museum | Hobart | Cricket | Museum | Located at Bellerive Oval, also known as Blundstone Arena. | - |
WACA Museum | Perth, Western Australia | Cricket | Museum | Located at WACA Ground | - |
Harrow Discovery Centre & Johnny Mullagh Interpretive Centre | Harrow, Victoria | Cricket | Museum | Museums honours Johnny ‘Unaarrimin’ Mullagh and the Australian Aboriginal cricket team's tour to England in 1868. | - |
Cycling Australia Hall of Fame | National | Cycling | Hall of Fame | Managed by Cycling Australia | - |
The Oppy Museum | Rochester, Victoria | Cycling | Museum | Museum honours cycling champion Sir Hubert Opperman is located in the Campaspe Shire Service Centre in Rochester, Victoria | - |
Darts Federation of Australia Hall of Fame | National | Darts | Hall of Fame | Managed by Darts Federation of Australia | - |
Australian Diving Hall of Fame | National | Diving | Hall of Fame | Managed by Diving Australia | - |
Equestrian Australia Hall of Fame | National | Equestrian | Hall of Fame | Managed by Equestrian Federation of Australia | - |
Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame | National | Football | Hall of Fame | Managed by Football Federation Australia | - |
Australasian Golf Museum | Bothwell, Tasmania | Golf | Museum | - | |
Gymnastics Australia Hall of Fame | National | Gymnastics | Hall of Fame | Managed by Gymnastics Australia | - |
Hockey Australia Hall of Fame | National | Hockey | Hall of Fame | Managed by Hockey Australia | - |
Australian Racing Museum and Hall of Fame | Melbourne | Horse racing | Museum | Exhibitions at National Sports Museum | - |
National Motor Racing Museum | Bathurst, New South Wales | Motor sport | Museum | - | |
Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame | National | Motor sport | Hall of Fame | Initiative of the Confederation of Australian Motor Sport, strongly supported by Motorcycling Australia, Karting Australia, the Australian National Drag Racing Association, Speedway Australia, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation and V8 Supercars. | - |
Australian Speedway Hall Of Fame | National | Motor sport | Hall of Fame | - | |
CAMS Rallying Hall of Fame | National | Motor sport | Hall of Fame | Managed by Confederation of Australian Motor Sport | - |
Australian Netball Hall of Fame | National | Netball | Hall of Fame | Managed by Netball Australia | - |
Australian Paralympic Committee Awards#Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame|Australian Paralympic Hall of FameMemorabilia museumsThere are other museums in Australia that manage sport memorabilia. These include: National Museum of Australia and Powerhouse Museum. |