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- ↑ Farmer captain of top indigenous team (1 August 2005)
- ↑ Gordon, Michael (2 August 2005) The PM, footy and symbolic reconciliation [ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Albert "Pompey" Austin is acknowledged as being the first indigenous Australian to play in an organised Australian Rules football game", which he did when he played for Geelong in a match against Carlton on 25 May 1872 (Dickman, Sharron, "The tale of 'Pompey' Austin", Geelong Cats, 28 May 2014) — the match report is at Football: Geelong v. Carlton, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 27 May 1872), p.3. For more about Austin, see Hay, Roy, "Albert ‘Pompey’ Austin, 1846?–1889: A Man between Two Worlds", Sports & Editorial Services Australia, 26 January 2017.
- ↑ Timms, Aaron (2 August 2005) Honours for O'Loughlin, Goodes give the Swans timely boost
- ↑ Team for the Ages
- ↑ Full Points Footy listing of All Star Teams [usurped]
- ↑ Wilson, Ray (3 July 2009) Bulldogs Top of the Talent Tree Archived 29 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Heming, Wayne (9 August 2008) Indigenous NRL team named