Australia's players have worn "RonBall" shirts and declared they want to go from being labelled the country's worst side in 15 years to winning the Ashes 5-0, after retaining the urn in Adelaide.
Pushed by England's lower order and hit hard by a hamstring tear to Nathan Lyon, Australia won by 82 runs and take an unassailable 3-0 series lead.
The win may come at some cost, with Lyon limping from the field on Sunday as England threatened to chase down 435 before being bowled out for 352.
Australia's success means they will hold the Ashes through five consecutive series, with this the fourth time in a row they have wrapped up the urn in straight sets at home.
But it is the manner in which Pat Cummins' side have done so that won't be lost on players.
It was less than two months ago that England's greatest ever Ashes bowler Stuart Broad labelled this Australian side the worst in 15 years.
England also arrived with much bravado, but after 11 days of cricket the series is decided.
"We have to say being called the worst Australian team in 15 years ... it's nice to be sitting where we are, 3-0 up," Marnus Labuschagne said on ABC.
"The job's not done yet, we want to make sure it's 5-0 and really take that urn."
Reminded of Broad's comment and the scoreline, Cummins beamed.
"It's great," Cummins, who indicated he could set out the next two Tests to manage his back, said.
"There's so much hype coming to the series, and you never really know how it's going to play out. So, winning 3-0 is hugely satisfying for many reasons.
"But particularly I think a lot of the chat before the series is how evenly poised it's going to be.
"To win it in straight sets, it doesn't get much better than that."
Australia's success will also bring into question the future of England coach Brendon McCullum, with BazBall labelled dead by several critics.
The hosts' response was emphatic this summer, with the term "RonBall" having been joked about by players in reference to their coach Andrew McDonald since the early days of McCullum's England tenure.
Former players were also invited into Australia's celebrations, with this Ashes series victory the fastest ever achieved in the country with just 786.3 overs bowled.
And it came with Australia not fielding Cummins or Steve Smith in the same side, with Josh Hazlewood missing the series and Lyon now injured.
"We always talk about you need a full squad to win an Ashes series, a five-Test series," Cummins said.
"That's one of the things I'm most proud about with this group.
"There's been huge disruption with some of the players.
"It's how you deal with that. And this group's just amazing at just cracking on. 'What's the job that needs to get done? We'll just go and do it'."
Cummins was superb on return with six wickets for the match and Lyon took five, but it was Starc who was again the hero for Australia on Sunday with 3-62.
With Lyon on crutches after diving for a ball at fine leg, the impossible almost looked possible for England.
Needing to pull off a world-record chase to stay in the Ashes, Jamie Smith (60) and Will Jacks (47) got England within 150 of the target with four wickets in hand.
Smith at one stage hit Cummins and Starc for four straight boundaries, before he inexplicably tried to slog Starc's next delivery and was caught at midwicket.
And while Jacks and Brydon Carse got the margin down to 98, again it was Starc who got Jacks' edge and Labuschagne took a superb one-handed grab at slip.
Starc also had Jofra Archer caught at deep backward point, before Scott Boland took Josh Tongue's edge to end the match and kickstart the party.
Australia have won an Ashes series 5-0 three times, but have been denied in the past two home series by draws in Sydney.
It's now 5462 days since England won a Test in Australia, that victory coming back in January 2011.
"It obviously sucks," England captain Ben Stokes said.
"Knowing now that we can't achieve what we set out to do here is obviously incredibly disappointing now."
