| Cga: | AUS |
| Cganame: | Australian Commonwealth Games Association |
| Games: | British Commonwealth Games |
| Year: | 1974 |
| Location: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Competitors: | 168 |
| Sports: | 10 |
| Flagbearer: | Opening: Michael Wenden[1] Closing:[2] |
| Rank: | 1 |
| Gold: | 29 |
| Silver: | 28 |
| Bronze: | 25 |
| Officials: | 34 |
Australia competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch New Zealand from 24 January to 2 February 1974. It was Australia's tenth appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.
Australia won medals in eight of the ten sports that it entered.
The following Australian competitors won medals at the games.| style="text-align:left; width:78%; vertical-align:top;"|
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie D'Arcy Andrew Ratcliffe Graham Haskell | Men's 4 × 100 metres relay | ||
| Men's Pole Vault | |||
| Men's High Jump | |||
| Women's 100m | |||
| Women's 200m | |||
| Women's 800m | |||
| Women's 4 × 100m Relay | |||
| Women's javelin throw | |||
| Men's Time Trial | |||
| Men's Sprint | |||
| Men's Road Race | |||
| Men's 3m Springboard | |||
| Men's 10m Platform | |||
| Small Bore Rifle | |||
| Men's 100m Freestyle | |||
| Men's 200m Freestyle | |||
| Men's 400m Freestyle | |||
| Men's 1500m Freestyle | |||
| Men's 100m Backstroke | |||
| Men's 200m Backstroke | |||
| Men's 100m Butterfly | |||
| Men's Freestyle Relay | |||
| Women's 100m Freestyle | |||
| Women's 200m Freestyle | |||
| Women's 400m Freestyle | |||
| Women's 200m Butterfly | |||
| Men's Bantamweight | |||
| Men's Middle Heavyweight | |||
| Men's Featherweight | |||
| Men's 400m Hurdles | |||
| Men's High Jump | |||
| Men's Long Jump | |||
| Women's 200m | |||
| Women's 100m Hurdles | |||
| Judy Canty Margaret Ramsay Terri Cater | Women's 4 × 400m Relay | ||
| Women's Javelin Throw | |||
| Men's Time Trial | |||
| Men's Team Pursuit | |||
| Men's 10 mile Scratch | |||
| Men's Tandem | |||
| Men's 10m Platform | |||
| Men's Singles | |||
| Men's Fours | |||
| Free Pistol | |||
| Men's 400m Freestyle | |||
| Men's 200m Backstroke | |||
| Men's 200m Butterfly | |||
| Men's Freestyle Relay | |||
| Men's Medley Relay | |||
| Women's 200m Freestyle | |||
| Women's 800m Freestyle | |||
| Women's 200m Backstroke | |||
| Women's 200m Breaststroke | |||
| Women's 4 × 100m Freestyle Relay | |||
| Women's 4 × 100m Medley Relay | |||
| Men's Featherweight | |||
| Men's Light Flyweight | |||
| Men's 110m Hurdles | |||
| Men's 20 miles Walk | |||
| Men's Hammer Throw | |||
| Men's Decathlon | |||
| Women's 100m | |||
| Women's 400m | |||
| Women's Shot Put | |||
| Men's Individual Pursuit | |||
| Men's Road Race | |||
| Women's 10m Platform | |||
| Skeet Rifle | |||
| Men's 200m Freestyle | |||
| Men's 400m Freestyle | |||
| Men's 1500m Freestyle | |||
| Men's 100m Backstroke | |||
| Men's 200m Backstroke | |||
| Women's 800m Freestyle | |||
| Women's 100m Backstroke | |||
| Women's 200m Breaststroke | |||
| Women's 100m Butterfly | |||
| Women's 200m Butterfly | |||
| Men's Middle Heavyweight | |||
| Men's Flyweight | |||
| Men's Bantamweight | |||
| Men's Featherweight | |||
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| Medals by sport | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | ||||
| Swimming | 12 | 11 | 10 | 33 | ||||
| Athletics | 8 | 7 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| Cycling | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | ||||
| Weightlifting | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Diving | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Lawn bowls | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Wrestling | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Total | 29 | 28 | 25 | 82 | ||||
General Manager - Bill Young
Assistant Manager & Advance Party - Les Martyn
Assistant Managers Women - Gwen Chester, Dorothy Nordahl
Asministraive Officer & Advanmce Party - Ivan Lund
Transport Officer - Arthur Tunstall
Team Secretary - Peggy Tunstall
Medical Officer - Dr Anthony 'Tony' Miller ; Physiotherapist - Thomas Dobson ; Masseurs - Percy Barnes, George Saunders
Section Officials - Athletics Manager - Ray Durie, Athletics Assistant Manager - Clive Lee, Athletics Coaches - Alan Barlow, John Daly, Henri Schubert ; Badminton Manager - Don Stockins, Badminton Coach - Ian Hutchinson ; Boxing Manager - Leslie Harold, Boxing Coach - Denis Dack ; Cycling Manager - Leslie Dunn, Cycling Coaches - Keith Reynolds, Max Leslie ; Shooting Manager - Tibor Gonzol, Shooting Training Co-ordinator - Dr Robery Godfrey ; Swimming Manager - Joe King, Swimming Coaches - Ursula Carlile, David Urry ; Diving Coach - Bruce Prance ; Weightlifting Manager - Max Ryan, Weightlifting Coach - Robert Taylor ' Wrestling Manager - William Howden, Wrestling Coach - Choudhry Ashraf [3]