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2022 SIR DOUG NICHOLLS ROUND FACT SHEET
KEY SDNR THEME
MESSAGES 30TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE MABO DECISION
» ir Doug Nicholls Round celebrates the contribution of Aboriginal and
S » T he AFL’s 2022 Sir Doug Nicholls Round will celebrate a major
Torres Strait Islander communities to Australian Football and our country anniversary in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander political
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Season 2022 marks the sixteenth year the AFL has celebrated history, with 2022 marking 30 years since the Mabo decision
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and their contribution was handed down by the High Court of Australia
to Australian Football and is the seventh year the dedicated round » ith the permission of the Mabo family, the AFL acknowledges
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has been named in honour of Sir Doug Nicholls the legacy of the Mabo decision, and the efforts of Mer (Murray)
» ir Doug Nicholls Round, which runs across Rounds 10 and 11
S Islander Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo
of the 2022 Toyota AFL Premiership Season coincides with the » T he major consequences of the efforts of Mabo and others was
30th anniversary of the Mabo High Court decision in 1992 and 2022 the change to historical falsehood that Australia was in a state
National Reconciliation Week which is held from May 27-June 3 of terra nullius (land belonging to no-one)
» A total of 80 AFL and 21 AFLW players on current playing lists identify
as Aboriginal and / or Torres Strait Islander in season 2022
» A ll 18 AFL clubs will wear specially designed SDNR jumpers,
while AFL Umpires will wear dedicated SDNR shirts designed
by two young Aboriginal women from Worawa Aboriginal College
» round signage at a number AFL matches during Rounds 10 and 11
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will feature the Aboriginal flag, and for the first time the Torres Strait
Islander flag in each of the goal squares, a symbol for meeting place in
the centre circle, the Aboriginal symbol for man in each of the 50m arcs,
while the name of the Traditional Owners of each ground will appear
below the centre circle
» F or information on the 2022 Toyota AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Round,
visit www.afl.com.au/sir-doug-nicholls-round
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SIR DOUG NICHOLLS
A Yorta Yorta man born on Cummeragunja mission in New South Wales
in 1906, Sir Doug Nicholls played football for Fitzroy before becoming
a Pastor and pioneer for reconciliation in Australia. He went on to
become the first Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person to be
knighted and hold the position of Governor of South Australia.
» Born December 9, 1906 and died June 4, 1988
» V FL/AFL: 54 games for Fitzroy FC 1932-1937
Victorian representative player for two games
» Was third in Fitzroy’s best and fairest count in 1934
» V FA (now VFL): Northcote Football Club 1927-1931 and 1938-1939
VFA representative player for two games
» Northcote Football Club’s best and fairest player in 1929 and 1930
» Played in Northcote Football Club’s premiership side in 1929
» Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order 1977
» Knight Bachelor 1972
» Governor of South Australia 1976-1977
» OBE 1968
» MBE 1957
2022 SIR DOUG NICHOLLS ROUND FACT SHEET 3
BILL DEMPSEY
2022 SIR DOUG NICHOLLS
ROUND HONOUREE
The 2022 Sir Doug Nicholls Round will pay tribute to the
contribution of Bill Dempsey.
Bill becomes the fourth individual to be honoured during the
Sir Doug Nicholls Round, following Syd Jackson (2021/2020),
Michael Long (2019) and Graham Polly Farmer (2018).
» A career of 16 years (1960-76) with West Perth, playing 343 games and
kicking 89 goals (second-most WAFL games in competition history)
» 14 Western Australian State games
» 3 x Darwin premiership sides 1958–59, 1959–60, 1967–68
» Darwin captain 1964–65
» West Perth best and fairest 1966
» 3 x West Perth premiership sides 1969, 1971, 1975
» Simpson Medal 1969 (Grand Final)
» ember of the West Perth Team of the Century, a member of the
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West Australian Football Hall of Fame, the AFL Northern Territory Hall of
Fame, and a member of the AFL’s Indigenous Team of the Century
» First Northern Territory player to play on MCG
» Worked in public housing in WA for 32 years
2022 SIR DOUG NICHOLLS ROUND FACT SHEET 4
2022 SDNR UMPIRE UNIFORMS AFL Umpires will wear specially designed uniforms representing Aboriginal communities. The design is a collaboration of two separate pieces of artwork by two young Aboriginal women, Kyanna McIntosh and Kylinda Alice who both attend Worawa Aboriginal College. Kyanna’s contribution to the design is featured in the corners of the shirt, with a representation of her grandfather shown as the goanna, while the three spears represent her name (MUPA) in her Djambarrpuya language. Kylinda’s design that features in the middle of the shirt includes footprints, meeting circles and shield patterns that represents everyone coming together as one and being proud of who they are. The design also represents the Santa Teresa region where Kylinda is from and her Arrernte language. The specially designed shirt is the eighth time AFL Umpires have worn a uniform celebrating the contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities have had on our game and the second occasion AFLW Umpires have worn a dedicated shirt as part of AFLW Indigenous Round. 2022 SIR DOUG NICHOLLS ROUND FACT SHEET 5
2022 SDNR
SHERRIN
Pirlangimpi Melville Island woman Jennifer Louise (Lulu) Coombes has
designed the Sherrin football that will feature during Sir Doug Nicholls
round in 2022 and 2023.
» L ulu creates art in the traditional Tiwi style, developing
her artistic skills and cultural knowledge by watching and
listening to her elders
» T he ball features a Spear representing strength, Armbands which
represent culture, footprints which acknowledges past, present
and future Indigenous men and women who have walked the AFL
path as players or volunteers and a Kulama design which means
a celebration of life past, present and future
» Lulu paints, makes screen prints and Lino prints, as well as pottery.
» L ulu has previously designed Hawthorn Football Club’s Indigenous
Guernsey for the 2018/2019 Sir Doug Nicholls Round
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INDIGENOUS TALENT PROGRAMS The AFL has a range of Indigenous and Multicultural talent pathway programs to engage with male and female footballers from culturally diverse communities. In 2022, there are six talent programs aimed at engaging with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander players including Next Generation Academy Community program (11–13-year old players), Next Generation Academy Elite program (16-18 year old players), State Kickstart program (14-16 year old players), Flying Boomerangs (14-16 year old male players), Woomeras (14-16 year old female players), National Diversity Academies (16-18 year old players) and Fitzroy Cubs program (18-23 year old male players). For more information on these programs, CLICK HERE… 2022 SIR DOUG NICHOLLS ROUND FACT SHEET 7
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