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Tag Archives: outback
Mateship comes easy within a football club
“You’ve always got mates if you are a part of a football club.” I was in my early teens when I first heard that. It was one of the many pearls of wisdom that my grandfather used to offer up … Continue reading
Posted in AFL, australia, Australian Football, Outback Australia, sport
Tagged afl, aussie rules, australia, australian football, australian football league, country football, country footy, country teams, country towns, fans, footy, grandfather, mates, mateship, outback, outback footy, quotes, sport
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Louts and legends
The first feature article I ever had published was an epic colour piece on the fortunes of an outback football team that I was playing for at the time. In 1999, the Halls Creek Hawks took all before them in … Continue reading
Posted in Australian Football, Outback Australia, sport
Tagged Aboriginal, aboriginal footballers, afl, aussie, australia, australian football, country football, east kimberley football association, football, grand final, Halls creek, halls creek hawks, hawks, indigenous, Kimberley, kununurra, legends, louts, ord river, outback, outback football, passion, warmun
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A place to call home
Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s I lived in the great Australian outback. The ‘outback’ is an almost mythical place that exists far beyond the cities and towns. It shimmers on the very edge of society, sweaty and dusty, often … Continue reading
Posted in Aboriginal Australia, Outback Australia, poetry
Tagged Aboriginal, australia, ballad, beauty, harsh, home, Indigenous Australians, Indigenous People, isolated, isolation, Kimberley, Oceania, outback, Outback australia, poem, poetry, remote, sun, Western Australia
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