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In celebration of National Reconciliation Week and the AFL’s Sir Doug Nicholls Round, the AFL Players’ Association has launched its updated Indigenous Map.
The map highlights the cultural diversity of the AFL’s Indigenous players with the league’s 83 male players and 10 female players represented across 49 cultural and language groups.
Of these, 16 play for Fremantle – more than any other AFL club - with 11 from the AFL team and five from the AFLW team.
The Fremantle players are represented across eight cultural and language groups.
NOONGAR, WA
Harley Bennell
Cassie Davidson
Tiah Haynes
Stephen Hill
Bradley Hill
Brandon Matera
Michael Walters
Nathan Wilson
BALARDUNG, WA
Kirby Bentley
Michael Johnson
Emily McGuire
WAJUK, WA
Kirby Bentley
YORTA YORTA, VIC
Joel Hamling
MERIAM MIR, EASTERN TORRES STRAIT
Alicia Janz
WIRANGU, SA & KOKATHA, SA
Danyle Pearce
PALAWA, TAS
Brady Grey
Alex Pearce
AFL Players’ Association CEO Paul Marsh said the map celebrates the cultural diversity of the AFL’s Indigenous population.
“It’s brilliant to see and learn about the different cultural backgrounds of players within the league today – the map demonstrates how remote some of these communities are as well as the connections that players across the league have through their language groups,” Marsh said.
“With roughly 10 per cent of the current AFL playing group identifying as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, the map also provides a source of connection for our Indigenous members in being able to learn of the cultural backgrounds of other players.”
Fremantle play Collingwood in the Sir Doug Nicholls Round on Sunday at the MCG.
