Koonibba Football Club

Koonibba Football Club is an Australian rules football club situated in the small Aboriginal Australian community of Koonibba, South Australia. Founded in 1906, it is the oldest surviving Aboriginal football club in Australia. The players are known as the Koonibba Roosters.[1]

The Lutheran missionaries at Koonibba Mission (founded in 1901), helped the residents of the mission to establish the football club, which played against teams from Denial Bay, Charra, Penong and Ceduna.[1]

At the celebrations for its 100th year in existence, 23 of its players past and present were added to the club's Team of the Century.[2]

AFL footballer Gavin Wanganeen's great-grandfather played for Koonibba.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Koonibba Football Club: Established 1906". Aboriginal Football: The Indigenous Game. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Koonibba unveils 100-year team - Aboriginal Football". Aboriginal Football : The Indigenous Game. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  3. ^ Wanganeen, Gavin (29 June 2013). "Gavin Wanganeen reflects on his indigenous history ahead of the Journey to Recognition march tomorrow". Herald Sun.