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Country Football. On the one hand, it’s just a game. On the other, it can be life or death… The films in this collection mine a wealth of living memory, gathering impressions of how the game has changed and how it continues to evolve into the future, inextricably linked with the broader life of country communities. The twenty-one short films include stories of legendary events and long-time campaigners, of rivalries and reluctant marriages and of things lost and lamented. Collected from all corners of Victoria, these stories characterise both the history and the contemporary significance of country football.
Funding for these files was provided by Victoria's Community Support Fund through two Arts Victoria programs: the Community Liaison Officers and Professionals in Residence program, and Victorian Cultural Network program. They have been produced by the State Library of Victoria in collaboration with the WorkSafe Victorian Country Football League. |
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The Big Brawl of '36 (Swifts Creek)
Tough as Old Boots (Granya) 
Mick Cleeland's Ticket to Immortality (Waaia)
Slip Plays On… (Dartmoor) 
Time on for Chiltern 
Chronicling the Game (Donald) 
Rekindled Rivalry (Hepburn / Daylesford) 
Drop Kick Eulogy (Rupanyup) 
Fiercely Independent (Lindenow South) 
Strange Paddocks (Chewton, Korweinguboora etc…)
Changing Religion (Orbost) 
Looking for a Game at Lake Tyers (Lake Tyers) 
The Goal Umpire’s Assistant (Leitchville)
Girls Can Kick (Daylesford) 
Men in White (and orange and green…) (Warrnambool)
Hamilton ‘59 (Hamilton) 
The Law According to Fizz (Wedderburn)
The Perfect Mallee Trophy (Underbool) 
The Value of Winning (Balranald) 
The Money Game (Hepburn, Swifts Creek & Ouyen) 
Backbone of the Club (Shepparton)