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About
In order to create this website to inform Australia about the beauty of First Nations sport but also the issues surrounding it, I talked to some Aboriginal people who had lot of experience in the topic, and were able to shed some light for me to better understand First Nations sport and greatly helped me in creating this website.
Listed below is also a list of all resources (articles, journals, reports, websites, videos) which I used to create this website and provide accurate information. If you would like to learn more about the topics in this website, the below resources would be of great value for you.
Acknowledgements
With Consultation From;
Allira Toby, JMF Ambassador
Bella Searle, Touch Football, Rugby League & Oztag Player
Brandon Etto, Chair of HATSICC
Rachael Howard, IMF Graduate
Rachel Dikul Baker, Traditional Weaver
Uncle Laurie Bimson, Guringai Tours
Articles
Beveridge A, ‘“Life Was Tough”: Koolyn Used to Weigh 130kg. He’s Now Set to Run the New York Marathon’ ABC News (2025) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-13/indigenous-marathon-project-first-nations-people-health/103836560
Cloos T, ‘Government Boosts Indigenous Marathon Foundation and Supports Runners’ (2021) https://nit.com.au/25-11-2021/2556/government-boosts-indigenous-marathon-foundation-and-supports-runners
Ingram D, ‘Sport Boosting Academic Outcomes of Indigenous Children’ (2021) https://nit.com.au/28-01-2021/1710/sport-boosting-academic-outcomes-of-indigenous-children
Impetus, ‘“I Can’t Speak Any Higher of What JMF Does for Our First Nations People” – Allira Toby on the Work of John Moriarty Football’ (2023) https://impetusfootball.org/2023/10/31/i-cant-speak-any-higher-of-what-jmf-does-for-our-first-nations-people-allira-toby-on-the-work-of-john-moriarty-football.
Newsport, ‘Mossman, Far North students enjoy John Moriarty football gala’ day, (2024) https://www.newsport.com.au/2024/june/mossman-far-north-students-enjoy-john-moriarty-football-gala-day
Rona Macniven and others, UNSW ‘Sport and physical activity play important roles for Indigenous communities, but there are barriers’ (2021) https://www.unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/2021/10/sport-and-physical-activity-play-important-roles-for-indigenous-
sportanddev, ‘Sport’s Role in Closing the Gap for Australia’s First Nations People’ (2020) https://www.sportanddev.org/latest/news/sport%E2%80%99s-role-closing-gap-australia%E2%80%99s-first-nations-people
The Women’s Game, ‘The rise of Barty and the importance of Indigenous role models’, https://thewomensgame.com/news/the-rise-of-barty-and-the-importance-of-indigenous-role-models-547908
Thorne T and others, ‘Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Traditional Indigenous Games among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women: A Qualitative Study’ (2024), https://academic.oup.com/heapro/article/39/4/daae108/7737896
Journals
Macniven R and others, ‘The “Ripple Effect”: Health and Community Perceptions of the Indigenous Marathon Program on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait, Australia’, Health Promotion Journal of Australia (2018), https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.43
Reports
Australian Government Productivity Commission, ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People Enjoy Long and Healthy Lives’ (2023) https://www.pc.gov.au/closing-the-gap-data/dashboard/se/outcome-area1
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ‘Demographic and Social Context’ (2024) https://www.indigenoushpf.gov.au/Report-overview/Overview/Summary-Report/2-Demographic-and-social-context
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ‘Health and Wellbeing of First Nations People’ (2024) https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/australias-health/indigenous-health-and-wellbeing
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, ‘Physical Activity across the Life Stages, Summary’ (2018) https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/physical-activity/physical-activity-across-the-life-stages/summary
Dockery AM and Gorman S, ‘After the Siren: The Community Benefits of Indigenous Participation in Australian Rules Football’(2017), https://bcec.edu.au/assets/BCEC-After-the-Siren-Report-Web.pdf
Indigenous Marathon Project, Impact Report (2023), https://www.imf.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/IMF-Impact-Report-2022_2023.pdf
English M and others, ‘The Impact of Sport and Physical Activity Programs on the Mental Health and Social and Emotional Wellbeing of Young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: A Systematic Review’ (2021) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211335521003673#:~:text=The%20authors%20found%20that%20young,than%20those%20who%20were%20not.
Rona Macniven, Xhana Tishler, Grace McKeon, Jonathan Bullen and Brett Biles, ‘Physical Activity and the Social and Emotional Wellbeing of First Nations People’ (2023) https://www.indigenousmhspc.gov.au/publications/physical-activity
Videos
Running to America (2011). https://tv.apple.com/au/movie/running-to-america/umc.cmc.28k7qich7igox18974vjdnq3x.
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Zammit R, ‘The Meaning of Physical Activity and Sport to Indigenous Australians’ (2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7BeSmg_bqw
Websites/Webpages
Australian Sports Commission, ‘Australia’s First Nations Peoples and Sport’ (2024) https://www.sportaus.gov.au/integrity_in_sport/inclusive-sport/understanding-our-diverse-audiences/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-peoples
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Clearinghouse for Sport, ‘Australia's First Nations Peoples and Sport’, https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/kb/first-nations-peoples-and-sport
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Indigenous Marathon Foundation, ‘About IMF – Indigenous Marathon Foundation’, https://www.imf.org.au/aboutimf/
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John Moriarty Foundation. ‘John Moriarty Football’, https://moriartyfoundation.org.au/programs/john-moriarty-football/
Spirits JK Creative, ‘Aboriginal Sport Timeline’ (September 2020) https://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/sport/aboriginal-sport-timeline?page=4
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