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Athenians and Red Invincibles: The Origins of Queensland Football by Murray Bird

Murray chronicles the beginning of Queensland football in 1866 and traces it to the late nineteenth century. For the first twenty years of football in the sunshine state Australian Rules was the preeminent code.

Read about battles between the Brisbane and Ipswich clubs and others such as the Wallaroos and Excelsiors. Details of tours to Queensland by South Melbourne and Melbourne are provided as well as many other fascinating stories of Queensland’s past.

400pp.