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Another look at Marn Grook

Ruth Gooch

Sporting Traditions2015article
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0.51

What the paper says

For the last 30 years or so, there has been discussion and dispute as to whether or not Australian Football as we know it today was originally based on an Aboriginal game of football known as Marn grook. Those who support the Marn grook argument may have been too imaginative, while those who oppose its possible influence on the beginnings of Australian Rules football may not have given sufficient consideration to that possibility. In this article I consider the evolution of the Anglo/Australian game and discuss and compare the references to Aboriginal hand-ball and football. As all of the references to Aboriginal ball games come from Anglo/Australian observers, I will particularly note the background to these references and discuss their relevance and validity.

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@article{ruth2015,
  title        = {{Another look at Marn Grook}},
  author       = {Ruth Gooch},
  journal      = {Sporting Traditions},
  year         = {2015},
}

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Evidence weight

0.51

Balanced mode · F 0.40 / M 0.15 / V 0.05 / R 0.40

F · citation impact0.42 × 0.4 = 0.17
M · momentum0.80 × 0.15 = 0.12
V · venue signal0.50 × 0.05 = 0.03
R · text relevance †0.50 × 0.4 = 0.20

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