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Australia's Game

Australia's Game traces the history of the game Australian Football and includes a selection of the greatest VFL/AFL Grand Final moments; a wealth of material collected from the greats of this uniquely Australian game. 

View the hand-written notes outlining the rules of the game by the founders of Australian football, Wills, Hammersley, Smith & Thompson in 1859; the 1933 Brownlow medal awarded to Wilfred ‘Chicken’ Smallhorn and trace the evolution of player from past to present day.

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The National Sports Museum is supported by the Australian Government through funding from the Department of Health and Ageing.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander visitors are warned that the National Sports Museum may contain images and voices of deceased persons.