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Aboriginal Cricket Team with Tom Wills (coach and captain), Melbourne Cricket Ground, December 1866. This is a list of indigenous Australian (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) athletes and sportspeople. Sports is one of the areas of mainstream Australian society in which Indigenous Australians have been able to break through in some degree.
The first recognised Indigenous Australian player to play in a senior VFL/AFL match was Joe Johnson who played 55 games for Fitzroy from 1904 to 1906, and was a member of Fitzroy's dual premiership-winning sides of 1904 and 1905.
Indigenous people in Australia are both Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders. People of South Sea Islander descent may be included by popular culture, although they are the descendants of Pacific Islanders brought to Australia during the 19th century as indentured labour on the Queensland sugar canefields .
The Aboriginal Sports Foundation was created in 1969, [2] and The National Aboriginal Sports Awards were first given in 1986. [6] At the 1986 National Aborigines' Day, more than 70 members of the Australian Indigenous community had their sporting achievements recognised.
He organised (assembling players mainly from Taree in New South Wales), captained and coached an All-Aboriginal side against the VFA's Northcote Football Club in 1944. [5] Among the aboriginal players was James Murray, Australian Kangaroos rugby league representative. The match drew more than 10,000 spectators. [6]
Pages in category "Indigenous Australian soccer players" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
The Aboriginal and Islander Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1994 to recognise Indigenous Australians ... determined by well-known Indigenous athletes ...
This article lists all rugby league footballers who have represented the Indigenous All Stars in the annual All Stars Match against the NRL All Stars. Players are listed according to the date of their debut game.