With Usman Khawaja facing the country of his birth up at the Gabba, Glen comes up with a dinki-di, true blue Australian multicultural XII.
Of Tiger lovers and Taiko drummers
May 15, 2016 by 3 Comments
Alex Darling explores Taiko drumming and the tribal connection with Richmond FC.
Asia-Pacific Team of the Century
September 20, 2013 by 22 Comments
Damian Balassone has come up with an Asia-Pacific team to be reckoned with. Do you agree with his selections?
Of Bogans and Burqas
June 26, 2012 by 15 Comments
By Phil Dimitriadis The AFL celebrates multicultural round this week. Its catchcry is: “Many cultures, one game”. Possibly, but there is more to promoting cross-cultural understanding than just vacuous slogans and panegyric rhetoric. People from diverse cultural backgrounds are still seen as a novelty and until this changes Australian football will not realistically reflect the [Read more]
East Coburg Blues
January 28, 2011 by 8 Comments
By Paul Daffey The day was beautiful, with clear sunshine beating down on a verdant outfield, which was the most that could be said for it. In a cricket sense the day was horrible. I was playing my second annual match for the East Coburg fourths. We (these things happen quickly) were expected to win [Read more]
Peter Bol: Inside the Legends of Our Australian Legend
Hannah Kuhar has recently been working on the Tokyo Olympic Games and was driven by the wonderful story of Peter Bol to help contextualise the framing of his achievements within the narratives of our greater communities. [Considered and thought provoking – Ed.]