Race History
1989 onwards held over 1200 metres
1989 was a Listed Race
1990 – 1993 was a Group 3
1994 onwards Group 2
1989 - 1997 the race was known as the Stanley Wootton Stakes
1998 - 2009 the race was called the Norman Carlyon Stakes
2010 onwards the race has been called Australia Stakes
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