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Aboriginal sport timeline

A short historic timeline of Aboriginal sport.

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2022

  1. Swans forward Lance “Buddy” Franklin scores the 1,000th goal of his career at the Sydney Cricket Ground, becoming the sixth player in VFL/AFL history to achieve that many goals, and the first since Gary Ablett in 1996.

  2. A photo of Lance just about to kick a goal.
    The stamp was issued as a pack of 12 in a booklet that listed Franklin's achievements.

    Australia Post joins the celebration of Lance Franklin's 1,000 goals with a special stamp.

2023

  1. In its Sporting Treasures issue, Australia Post publishes one stamp showing the tennis racket of Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the first Aboriginal person to compete in international tennis.

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[Main source] 'A black history of League', National Indigenous Times 25/1/2007 p.18

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Korff, J 2020, Aboriginal sport timeline, <https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/sport/aboriginal-sport-timeline?page=4>, retrieved 7 October 2024

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