Events
Perth has hosted a number of international and national sporing events, including:
- the 1921, 1937, 1956, 1972 and 1979 Australian National Football Carnivals
- the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- the 1979 Australian Grand Prix
- the 1991 and 1998 World Aquatics Championships
- the 2006 Gravity Games
- rounds in the 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010 Red Bull Air Race World Championship
- rounds in the V8 Supercars
- the Avon Descent (annually)
- the City to Surf (annually)
- the Hopman Cup (annually)
- the Rottnest Channel Swim (annually)
- the Tom Hoad Cup (annually)
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