The long and complicated history of Aboriginal involvement in football
- Written by Roy Hay, Honorary Fellow, Deakin University
Over the next two weekends, the Australian Football League celebrates the contribution of Indigenous peoples to the history of the game.
At the same time, a new documentary will show how one of the modern Indigenous superstars of the sport, Adam Goodes, was driven from it by prejudice and repeated denigration.
Clearly, Indigenous players have made...