150 Years of Australian Football in Queensland

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North Queensland launches

We will be launching More of the Kangaroo in Mackay, Townsville and Cairns in early March. There are over 150 pages on the story of the code in the North. Sunday 3rd March - Mackay - pre JLT mat...

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QAFL on Sportscene clip 5

Several video clips of the QAFL segment on the former Channel Seven show ‘Sportscene’ have recently been unearthed. Here we have Ken Hose and Noel McGuinness discussing the highlighted game betwee...

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QAFL on Sportscene clip 4

Several video clips of the QAFL segment on the former Channel Seven show ‘Sportscene’ have recently been unearthed. Here we have Ken Hose and Noel McGuinness discussing the highlighted game betwee...

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QAFL on Sportscene clip 3

Several video clips of the QAFL segment on the former Channel Seven show ‘Sportscene’ have recently been unearthed. Here we have Ken Hose and Noel McGuinness previewing the Bruce Pie Cup final bet...

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QAFL on Sportscene clip 2

Several video clips of the QAFL segment on the former Channel Seven show ‘Sportscene’ have recently been unearthed. Here we have Ken Hose and Noel McGuinness discussing the highlighted game betwee...

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QAFL on Sportscene clip 1

Several video clips of the QAFL segment on the former Channel Seven show ‘Sportscene’ have recently been unearthed. Here we have Ken Hose, Noel McGuinness and Bruce Burgoyne discussing the highlig...

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More of the Kangaroo Index

The index to More of the Kangaroo: 150 Years of Australian Football in Queensland is nearly complete, and will be on this page very shortly....

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Juniors on the Gold Coast – early 1960s

  [gallery ids="1586,1587,1588,1589"] The Surfers Paradise Demons junior club was initiated after a meeting between Don Mason (a Tasmanian stonemason), Norm Thomas, Jock and Stella Franks, ...

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Gold Coast – Australian football – 1961

1000 Spectators attended the first game of Australian Football on the Gold Coast between Southport and Centrals. Southport went on to win the first GCAFL premiership over Ipswich. Within four days of...

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Tom Wills, Geelong and Queensland Australian football

The code of Australian rules football has been played in Queensland for 152 years. Yes, 152 years. Tom Wills  In 1866, over a decade before South Australia finally adopted what was then cal...

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