Southern Hemisphere
Half of Earth that is south of the Equator
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| 2024 | Melbourne Cup prize money reaches $8,560,000, marking the highest prize money in the table's recorded history. |
| 2024 | Largest crowd since 2016, with 91,168 attendees at the Melbourne Cup. |
| 2024 | Ratings system for Melbourne Cup was modified to include only total viewers, changing the previous method of calculating viewership. |
| 2024 | Australia ranked as the tenth-highest developed nation globally with a Human Development Index of 0.946, while New Zealand ranked sixteenth with an HDI of 0.939. |
| January 20 2024 |
Brickvention
Brickvention 2024 was held on the weekend of 20–21 January at the Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne, Australia.
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| 2022 | Recorded as the coldest Melbourne Cup Day since 1913. |
| 2022 | The Roy Higgins Quality was added to the list of races that provide automatic Melbourne Cup ballot exemption. |
| 2022 | Melbourne Cup prize money stabilized at $8,000,000 after remaining constant from 2020. |
| 2021 | Melbourne Cup maintained its $8,000,000 prize money level, continuing the previous year's amount. |
| 2020 | Lloyd Williams wins his seventh Melbourne Cup, setting a record for most wins by an owner. |
| 2020 | Melbourne Cup prize money remained at $8,000,000, potentially reflecting economic challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2020 | Melbourne Cup canceled for the general public and owners due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in zero attendance. |
| 2019 | Two new races were added to the Melbourne Cup ballot exemption list: the Andrew Ramsden Stakes and The Ebor, York Festival. |
| 2019 | Melbourne Cup prize money held steady at $8,000,000. |
| 2019 | Smallest crowd in decades, with only 81,408 attendees at the Melbourne Cup. |
| 2018 | Kerrin McEvoy completes his third Melbourne Cup victory. |
| 2018 | Melbourne Cup prize money was $7,300,000, the lowest in the provided data range. |
| 2017 | Lloyd Williams wins his sixth Melbourne Cup. |
| 2017 | Rekindling became the first three-year-old to win the Melbourne Cup since Skipton in 1941. |
| 2016 |
Brickvention
Brickvention celebrated its 10th anniversary, attracting over 20,000 public attendees and showcasing LEGO displays.
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| 2016 | Lloyd Williams wins his fifth Melbourne Cup. |
| 2016 | 7.8% increase in out-of-state individuals attending the Melbourne Cup Carnival, with 80,472 out-of-state attendees. |
| 2016 | Kerrin McEvoy continues his Melbourne Cup success. |
| 2015 | Michelle Payne became the first woman to win the Melbourne Cup as a jockey, riding Prince of Penzance to victory at 100-1 odds. |
| 2015 | The Bart Cummings race was added to the list of races whose winners are automatically exempt from Melbourne Cup ballot conditions. |
| 2013 | Damien Oliver completes his third Melbourne Cup victory. |
| 2012 | Lloyd Williams wins his fourth Melbourne Cup. |
| November 13 2012 | A notable solar eclipse occurred, demonstrating the unique left-to-right motion of the Moon across the Sun when viewed from the Southern Hemisphere. |
| 2010 | On the 150th anniversary, Americain became the first French-trained horse to win the race, with Gerald Mosse becoming the first French jockey to win. |
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