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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.
Players are listed in alphabetical order, and statistics are for VFL/AFL or AFL Women's regular season and finals series matches only. "Career span" years are from the season of the player's debut in the VFL/AFL or AFL Women's to the year in which they played their final game in the VFL/AFL or AFL Women's and have since been removed from the playing list.
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 .
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 .
Using Indigenous names and mascots, like the former Washington Football Team name, extends beyond racial insensitivity; it reinforces colonialism and erases Indigenous identity and land. [1] Such practices maintain the power relationship between the dominant culture and the Indigenous culture, and can be seen as a form of cultural imperialism. [4]
Cap No. Name Debut Year Affiliation Appearances Tries Goals Field Goals Points 1. Preston Campbell: 2010: Dunghutti, Nucoorilma people of Kamilaroi, [1] and Gumbyr: 1: 0: 0: 0: 0 2. Nathan Merritt
Indigenous Australians, including both Aboriginal Australians and Torres Strait Islanders, have represented Australia at the Olympic Games. [1] [2] As of the 2024 Summer Olympics, 60 Indigenous Australians have competed at the Olympics. [2] Of those athletes, 59 competed at the Summer Olympic Games, while one competed at the Winter Olympic ...
Pages in category "Indigenous Australian basketball players" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .