Aboriginal Rules: The Black History of Australian Football

Title: Aboriginal Rules: The Black History of Australian Football
Creator: Gorman, Sean; Judd, Barry; Reeves, Keir; Osmond, Gary; Klugman, Matthew; McCarthy, Gavan
Date: 2016
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/101001
Identifier: vital:10632
Identifier: ISSN:0952-3367 1743-9035
Abstract: This paper is interested in the significance of Australian football to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. In particular, this paper is interested in the cultural power of football and how it has foregrounded the struggle and highlighted the contribution that Indigenous people have made to the national football code of Australia. This paper also discusses key moments in Indigenous football history in Australia. It questions further that a greater understanding of this contribution needs to be more fully explored from a national perspective in order to appreciate Indigenous peoples’ contribution to the sport not just in elite competitions but also at a community and grass roots level.
Relation: The International Journal of the History of Sport Vol. 32, no. 16 (2016), p. 1947-1962
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 2103 Historical Studies; Australian football; Indigenous football; Football history; Community; Indigenous history
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