The AFL's annual rounds recognising and celebrating indigenous players and culture is named in honour of Sir Doug Nicholls.
Played across Rounds 10 and 11, the much-anticipated weekends of football see all 18 clubs participate in donning unique and specifically designed Indigenous guernseys that have various meanings and symbolism.
Check out your club's 2024 Indigenous guernsey and the story behind its design...
Western Bulldogs
𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 🖤💛❤️
The story behind our 2024 Sir Doug Nicholls Round Indigenous guernsey, created by Tarni Jarvis, a proud Djab Wurrong, Kirrae Wurrong and Peak Wurrong woman.
More about the design: https://t.co/Ku6KZOGeZB pic.twitter.com/1JC7XfYpZu
— Western Bulldogs (@westernbulldogs) May 13, 2024
The design for the Bulldogs' 2024 indigenous guernsey is inspired by the communities and land in Victoria's west, a region filled with magnificent mountain ranges, waterways and multicultural communities.
The traditional bands on the guernsey have been replaced with riverways that connect all the different countries of the west. These waterways are important parts of our dreamings that have provided and cared for us for over 65,000 years. They are also represented within the background of the artwork.
Arch symbols in the bottom right-hand corner represent mountain ranges, strong features throughout our dreamings and important land markings for us on which ceremonies take place.
The symbols that run alongside the mountains represent communities across the west, which contain so many different members of different cultures who come together in places like Ballarat, contributing to so much beautiful diversity within the First Nations community.
