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Australian rules football culture is the cultural aspects surrounding the game of Australian rules football, particular to Australia and the areas where it is most popular. This article explores aspects and issues surrounding the game, as well as the players, and society.
Engraving of a football match played under electric lights at the MCG, printed in the Illustrated Australian News, 1879. Australian rules football has had a significant impact on popular culture in its native Australia, capturing the imagination of Australian film, art, music, television and literature.
These two states represent more than half of the Australian population and this dichotomy of football culture is referred to as the Barassi Line. Australian rules football holds the match attendance record of any football code in Victoria (121,696), South Australia (66,987), Tasmania (24,968) and the Northern Territory (17,500).
Australian rules football is known by several nicknames, including Aussie rules, football and footy. [9] In some regions, where other codes of football are more popular, the sport is most often called AFL after the Australian Football League , while the league itself also uses this name for local competitions in some areas.
Australian rules football video games (1 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Australian rules football culture" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
Australia has a culture of attendance to sports with some of the highest per capita attendances in the world, however television has the faster growing audience. Australian rules football is the most attended sport with the 2024 AFL season attracting an attendance of more than 8.2 million. [2]
Former Oklahoma State basketball player Mason Cox became an unlikely Aussie rules football star, while Australian players are flocking to the NFL.
Football in Australia refers to numerous codes which each have major shares of the mainstream sports market, media, broadcasting, professional athletes, financial performance and grassroots participation: Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union and soccer (known in many other countries as "football").