Steve McNamara's side will wear special red and white hooped jerseys to commemorate the centenary of the famous Rorke's Drift Test triumph.
Despite ending that game with just 10 men on the pitch, England prevailed 14-6 to clinch the series 2-1 and McNamara is hoping for a similar show of resilience this weekend.
"The boys are aware of it," said the coach. "We are all looking forward to wearing the different jersey this week and there is no two ways about it, it is a special occasion when the two countries play each other.
"To commemorate what was an outstanding feat has certainly been spoken about."
The tourists will also seek to rekindle memories of a surprise 33-10 success against the Kangaroos in Melbourne 22 years ago as they look to build on last week's 32-26 defeat of Samoa.
Australia will be fired up following an opening 30-12 loss to New Zealand, though, with a place in the Wellington final on November 15 still up for grabs.
Cameron Smith is certainly desperate not to be part of the first Kangaroos outfit to fail to qualify for an international tournament decider in 40 years.
"We have our backs to the wall, if we don't win this one then we will be out of the competition," he declared. "So we've got to make sure that we play well and give ourselves a chance of being there at the end."
Another sub-plot to this huge match is the appointment of Australian official Gerard Sutton as referee at AAMI Park, with Kiwi Henry Perenara taking charge of the other tie between New Zealand and Samoa this weekend.
England fans have flooded social media sites with complaints and former Test whistle-blower Stuart Cummings has voiced his disapproval of the situation.
"What the hell has happened to international referee appointments? The World Cup had neutral referees in every game. We have gone backwards," said the Englishman in The Guardian.
However, McNamara played down the significance of the decision and has no fears of being on the wrong end of any bias.
"They've deemed that Gerard Sutton was the best referee last weekend and he's got the game which is probably of the biggest importance this weekend, which is our game," commented the coach.
"I've got no issue with it. That's the path the international game has gone down in this tournament and we're happy to roll with it."