The Telstra Australian Swimming Championships is Swimming Australia's top domestic swimming competition.
The venue of the first edition of the championships was Wylie's Baths near Coogee Beach.[1]
Held annually, the championships usually also double as a selection event for international competitions that year such as:
The Australian Championships are the second toughest domestic competition in the world behind the United States.
The state that wins the most points at the championships is awarded the Kieran Shield, named in memory of Barney B. Kieran, a swimmer from New South Wales, who was a world record holder, and who died, aged 18, in 1905.[2]
The 1990 Australian Swimming Championships saw events for disabled athletes added for the first time.[3]