Looks like the AFL is slowly becoming more Australian Football aware. This tweet by Patrick Keane indicates that they'll include WAFL & SANFL 300 game players in next year's season guide.
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This article by Tony DeBolfo shows some of the incredible images that exist in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News
http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2019-01-17/library-archive-yields-precious-carlton-pics
http://www.carltonfc.com.au/news/2019-01-17/library-archive-yields-precious-carlton-pics
This book is now available:
https://books.slatterymedia.com/store/viewItem/grand-finals--volume-iii-1979-2018
https://www.booktopia.com.au/grand-...i-slattery-media-group/prod9781921778865.html (this should say 1979-2018, and they must have the wrong cover picture as well)
https://books.slatterymedia.com/store/viewItem/grand-finals--volume-iii-1979-2018
https://www.booktopia.com.au/grand-...i-slattery-media-group/prod9781921778865.html (this should say 1979-2018, and they must have the wrong cover picture as well)
UPDATE: 7 months on, and the Richmond Guardian and Richmond Australian years that I've paid for are about complete. You will see on Trove that the pages are being loaded up but are not active yet
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...actPhrase&dateTo&dateFrom&sortby=dateAsc&s=80
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Well done, Rhett. Looks like a chunk of 1913-16 was released for active viewing yesterday !
Thank you.
So all going well ,very shortly online will be Richmond Guardian (1907-1909;1915-1916), and Richmond Australian (1912 - 1916)
My funding of Richmond Australian 1912-1914 is now digitised
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...eid:599&dateFrom=1912-01-06&dateTo=1914-10-31
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...eid:599&dateFrom=1912-01-06&dateTo=1914-10-31
The Mallee Johnson photo is awesome. Seems he played for North Melbourne in the Association and Carlton in the League and has both his North jumper underneath his Carlton top which I assume is some training session the photo was taken.
Seems the AFLs continued research on the origins of the game is producing some results:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06...history-of-aussie-rules-is-in-debate/11202802
The AFL has adopted a new position on the origins of Australian football, now claiming it was influenced by Indigenous games.
Key points:
The change was spelt out in the AFL's recent apology to Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes.
The statement, attributed to the AFL's general manager of social policy and inclusion Tanya Hosch, said: "Aboriginal history tells us that traditional forms of football were played by Australia's first peoples all over Australia, most notably in the form of Marngrook. It is Australia's only Indigenous football game — a game born from the ancient traditions of our country."
The ABC asked Ms Hosch for an interview to clarify whether the AFL believed there was an explicit link between the Indigenous football games, and the sport codified by Tom Wills and others in Melbourne in 1859.
She declined the interview request, but in a statement said: "Marngrook, a high-marking game played in Victoria's western districts, pre-European settlement, undoubtedly influenced what we now understand as the modern AFL football code."
Trust this is the correct thread for this post, if not pls move to a more relevant spot.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-06...history-of-aussie-rules-is-in-debate/11202802
The AFL has adopted a new position on the origins of Australian football, now claiming it was influenced by Indigenous games.
Key points:
- The AFL has recognised Indigenous game Marngrook as an "undoubted influence" on Australian Rules football
- Historians of the game have disputed the AFL's latest stance, suggesting there is no evidence to prove the link
- The AFL says the sharing of oral history by Aboriginal elders confirms the Indigenous connection to Australian Rules
The change was spelt out in the AFL's recent apology to Indigenous footballer Adam Goodes.
The statement, attributed to the AFL's general manager of social policy and inclusion Tanya Hosch, said: "Aboriginal history tells us that traditional forms of football were played by Australia's first peoples all over Australia, most notably in the form of Marngrook. It is Australia's only Indigenous football game — a game born from the ancient traditions of our country."
The ABC asked Ms Hosch for an interview to clarify whether the AFL believed there was an explicit link between the Indigenous football games, and the sport codified by Tom Wills and others in Melbourne in 1859.
She declined the interview request, but in a statement said: "Marngrook, a high-marking game played in Victoria's western districts, pre-European settlement, undoubtedly influenced what we now understand as the modern AFL football code."
Trust this is the correct thread for this post, if not pls move to a more relevant spot.
Guardian Article 210619
www.theguardian.com
What’s behind the AFL’s sudden insistence that the game has Indigenous beginnings? | Paul Daley
We should allow for the possibility of a shared history but the timing of this changed position looks opportunistic
ABC article on Deloraine Football Club
www.abc.net.au
A long time between victory drinks for 125-year-old Tasmanian AFL team
Players from Deloraine Football Club's last premiership winning senior side reunite as the club marks its 125th anniversary and renews hopes for grand final glory.
www.abc.net.au
some interesting stuff here on Alec Weston who played for northcote
I've created a gofundme page to raise funds to digitise the Richmond Guardian 1919 and 1920 newspapers
I'm using this as a test to see the general interest in Richmond/Footy supporters in donating money to help uncover history.
If successful, I'll move onto some other years - if not successful, I'll just go back to funding it myself.
I'll keep you posted.
I'm using this as a test to see the general interest in Richmond/Footy supporters in donating money to help uncover history.
If successful, I'll move onto some other years - if not successful, I'll just go back to funding it myself.
I'll keep you posted.
Should be enough Tiger fans out there who would love to know more about their team, good luck RB.
Spent time looking at the history of my true love in footy Subi & its place in WA footy going back to the 1800s, not everyones cup to tea (no pun intended*), but I can recommend it.
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Trove rang me (or rather the head of Trove) to basically say that the digitisation process of smaller requests (like mine) will be put on hold, while the small team work on a newer version of Trove to be released in March 2020. So there won't be anything new uploaded til at least mid-2020 at least.
So to clarify they told me this below. Looks like the actual physical Trove will stay the same, how digitisation requests are processed looks to be changing. I'm not entirely sure how that affects someone like myself who is a single donor, not a business. They said they will come back to me after March next year.
The National Library of Australia is currently transitioning to a new business model to better position Trove for a sustainable future. This new model includes changes to how we offer our digitisation services.
To ensure a smooth transition to this new model, we are currently piloting our approach by working with several cultural heritage organisations on selected digitisation projects. This approach is helping us identify any issues or problems that might arise, for example, any changes in timeframes to complete each project as well as how best to acknowledge collaborative digitisation projects on Trove. The National Library wants to offer you the best service available for digitisation and this staged approach will allow us to clarify our processes under the new model before we commence digitisation projects with donors seeking to contribute to Trove.
www.nla.gov.au
www.nla.gov.au
The National Library of Australia is currently transitioning to a new business model to better position Trove for a sustainable future. This new model includes changes to how we offer our digitisation services.
To ensure a smooth transition to this new model, we are currently piloting our approach by working with several cultural heritage organisations on selected digitisation projects. This approach is helping us identify any issues or problems that might arise, for example, any changes in timeframes to complete each project as well as how best to acknowledge collaborative digitisation projects on Trove. The National Library wants to offer you the best service available for digitisation and this staged approach will allow us to clarify our processes under the new model before we commence digitisation projects with donors seeking to contribute to Trove.
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Does this mean the average schmo like I won’t get online access or is the interface becoming mobile friendly!
The pessimist in me suspects it ends up behind a paywall...
Just an fyi. On March 10, 2020, I was appointed Richmond Football Club historian.
Article here: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/571104/bill-bows-out
A shout out to those on the history thread who have been so supportive over the years with their research, counter-research, opinions, observations, suggestions.
Article here: https://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/571104/bill-bows-out
A shout out to those on the history thread who have been so supportive over the years with their research, counter-research, opinions, observations, suggestions.
