IN CELEBRATION of the AFLW's Indigenous Rounds, Narrm and St Kilda have participated in a cultural gift exchange.
Ahead of the Sunday afternoon match, Narrm's captain Daisy Pearce was joined by St Kilda captain Hannah Priest and St Kilda midfielder J'Noemi Anderson, a proud Warlpiri Warumungu woman, where the three took park in the special pre-game moment.
The Demons gifted an artwork designed by Emma Bamblett, a proud Indigenous woman of the Wemba Wemba, Gunditjmara, Ngadjonji and Taungurung mobs. The artwork depicts the important Connection to the Dreamtime for Aboriginal people.
Narrm were grateful to receive from St Kilda a pair of clap sticks and a painting, designed by St Kilda Indigenous Development Manager, Aunty Katrina Amon. The clap sticks were handcrafted and painted in the colours of each team, representing the journey we are all on together, striving towards an equal and educated future.
The artwork, titled The Bush Curlew, represents a sacred bird which bears great significance to the Noonuccal tribe, the spirituality of Aboriginal culture and the spirituality of St Kilda's players and club.
The AFLW Indigenous Rounds run over a two-week period and acknowledges Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and history, while also creating important conversations among the AFLW and wider communities.
For the duration of AFLW Indigenous Round, the Demons will be rebranded as the Narrm Football Club. Narrm is the Aboriginal name for Melbourne which comes from the Woi Wurrung language, spoken by the traditional owners of the city and its surrounds.
