Australian Football’s Indigenous History: Towards a New Understanding

Roy Hay has co-written a new essay about Indigenous football history for Meanjin.

A Good Day For Footy? No, A Great Day!

Adam Goodes visits picturesque Power Park in Gordonvale. A great day for all involved!

Short Book, Long Story: Long, Goodes & the story of reconciliation

With Martin Flanagan’s Michael Long bio ‘The Short Book’ set to hit the shelves, Anthony James examines both the culture the book discusses and the culture into which it is released [A piece worthy of Flanagan himself – Ed].

Northern Territory State Of Origin

Jackson Clark’s selection of the Northern Territory born players who could take it up to the Maroons and the Blues in State of Origin.

Yarrabah – An Aussie Rules “Paradise by the Sea”

Wesley Hull continues to take us on a journey of exploration about footy in the top end of Australia. Today: welcome to Yarrabah a footballing paradise by the sea

The golden age of indigenous Australian footy in Victoria (Patrick Skene in the Guardian)

Patrick Skene has had a fantastic debut year as a feature writer both with us here at the Almanac and now he has been picked up by the Guardian. Here’s his latest.