Designed by Sportscraft, one of the country’s leading retailers, established in 1914, the uniform features striped mint green blazers with dark green trim, with white shorts for men and white skirts for women.

The lightweight jackets are lined with the names of Australian Olympic champions and are emblazoned with the AOC logo, while the AOC’s coat of arms adorns the buttons.

Men will wear a gold tie with green stripes and the women will wear silk scarves printed with the Southern Cross motif.

“Our athletes have trained for years, for decades to earn the right to have that blazer and it's a blazer that they will keep, they'll treasure and they'll wear for the rest of their lives,” Australia’s Rio 2016 Chef de Mission Kitty Chiller told ABC.

All of the Australian athletes at the Opening Ceremony of this summer’s Olympic Games, due to take place on August 5 at the Maracanã Stadium, will also wear a pair of white pair of TOMS brogues.

The American-based company, set up in 2006, have emerged as one of the leading footwear retailers across the world and the shoes for the official shoes will go on sale for AUD$130 (£70/$100/€87), with all sales proceeds going to Save the Children as part of their partnership with TOMS.  

"The Australian Olympic Committee really liked that these looks have a real sense of occasion,” Adrian Jones, chief of Sportscraft's parent company APG & Co told Fairfax Media.

“We are going to have a very well-dressed team come August.

"People intimately involved with the Olympics have said to me that this is the best Australian uniform yet."

Around 400 athletes are expected to form the Australian team for the Games, scheduled to come to a conclusion on August 21.