Sport
- Cricket
- New South Wales wins the Sheffield Shield
- Football
- South Australian National Football League premiership: won by Port Adelaide
- Victorian Football League premiership: Melbourne defeated Essendon 116-55
- Rugby
- Bledisloe Cup: won by the All Blacks
- Brisbane Rugby League premiership: Valleys defeated Brothers 18-17
- New South Wales Rugby League premiership: St. George defeated Manly-Warringah 31-9
- Australia defeats Great Britain in the 1957 Rugby League World Cup
- Golf
- Australian Open: won by Frank Phillips
- Australian PGA Championship: won by Gary Player
- Horse Racing
- Tulloch wins the Caulfield Cup
- Red Craze wins the Cox Plate
- Todman wins the inaugural Golden Slipper
- Straight Draw wins the Melbourne Cup
- Motor Racing
- The Australian Grand Prix was held at Caversham and won by Lex Davison and Bill Patterson driving a Ferrari
- Tennis
- Australian Open men's singles: Ashley Cooper defeats Neale Fraser 6-3 9-11 6-4 6-2
- Australian Open women's singles: Shirley Fry defeats Althea Gibson 6-3 6-4
- Davis Cup: Australia defeats the United States 3-2 in the 1957 Davis Cup final
- Wimbledon: Lew Hoad wins the Men's Singles
- Yachting
- Kurrewa IV takes line honours and Anitra V wins on handicap in the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
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