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Federal Football League
The Federal Football League (FFL), also known simply as the Federal League, was an Australian rules football competition in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. The competition was in existence from 1909 to 1981 and was regarded as one of the strongest metropolitan leagues in Melbourne. It is said that, in the mid-1960s, Seven Network, Channel 7 was seeking to telecast FFL games on a Sunday. History Formation Formed in 1909 as the Federal Football Association (FFA), the competition's eight founding members were Cheltenham, Ellindale, Elsternwick, Frankston, Mentone, Mordialloc, Moorabbin, and Glen Huntly, all from the southern/south eastern suburbs. Local Councillor F. T. Le Page was elected president. History In 1915, the Federal football Association (FFA) A. Grade teams were - Brighton District, Moorabbin, Cheltenham, Moorabbin Park, Oakleigh and Elsternwick, whilst the B. Grade clubs were Sandringham, Mentone, Heatherton and Glenhuntly. In 1925, the FFA com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton Southern Cross
The ''Brighton Southern Cross'' was an English language newspaper published in Brighton, Victoria, Australia. History John Stott and G.H. Orford, were successively editors from 1871-1890. John Stott published the first issue on Saturday 27 February 1871 on a single sheet of paper folded into four and priced at one penny. Turnor and Wislon took over from Orford in 1890 and increased the size and scope of the paper. From 1900 C.T. Alexander was proprietor, The Southern Cross set out to be an enlightening commentary on local affairs. The initial circulation took in Brighton, Elsternwick, Moorabbin, Cheltenham, Oakleigh, Mulgrave, Mordialloc, Frankston, Cranbourne and Berwick Digitisation This paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program of the National Library of Australia The ''Brighton Southern Cross'' 1896-1918 has been digitised and is available on Trove. See also List of newspapers in Australia This is a list of newspapers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highett, Victoria
Highett () is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 16 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the Cities of City of Bayside, Bayside and City of Kingston, Kingston Local government areas of Victoria, local government areas. Highett recorded a population of 12,016 at the . Located 2 km east of Port Phillip, Highett is bordered by Hampton, Victoria, Hampton/Sandringham, Victoria, Sandringham to the west, Hampton East, Victoria, Hampton East/Moorabbin, Victoria, Moorabbin to the north and Cheltenham, Victoria, Cheltenham to the east and south. History The name comes from William Highett, a parliamentarian and local land owner in the 1850s. He purchased Crown land west of Bluff Road, originally part of Dendy's Special Survey, in 1853. The area was mainly used for market gardens up until World War II. The Highett railway station was built when the line from Caulfield railway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parkdale, Victoria
Parkdale is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, 23 km south-east of Melbourne's Melbourne central business district, Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston Local Government Areas of Victoria, local government area. Parkdale recorded a population of 12,308 at the . It is situated between the suburbs of Mentone, Victoria, Mentone and Mordialloc, Victoria, Mordialloc, and is located on the Frankston railway line. Parkdale was founded in 1920, and named for early homesteader William Parker when engineers decided to build a Parkdale railway station, railway station alongside a cluster of five bayside shops. Parkdale Post Office opened on 6 January 1921. Parkdale's local library, ''Kingston Library'', is located on Parkers Road adjacent to Parkdale station. Parkdale is also a noted beach-side suburb. The beach is a 750-metre walk from the station. Education * Parkdale Primary School * Parkdale Secondary CollegeTechnically, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eaglehawk Football Club Colours
The wedge-tailed eagle (''Aquila audax'') also known as the eaglehawk, is the largest bird of prey in the continent of Australia. It is also found in southern New Guinea to the north and is distributed as far south as the state of Tasmania. Adults of the species have long, broad wings, fully feathered legs, an unmistakable wedge-shaped tail, an elongated upper mandible, a strong beak and powerful feet. The wedge-tailed eagle is one of 12 species of large, predominantly dark-coloured booted eagles in the genus ''Aquila (bird), Aquila'' found worldwide. Genetic research has clearly indicated that the wedge-tailed eagle is fairly closely related to other, generally large members of the ''Aquila'' genus.Lerner, H., Christidis, L., Gamauf, A., Griffiths, C., Haring, E., Huddleston, C.J., Kabra, S., Kocum, A., Krosby, M., Kvaloy, K., Mindell, D., Rasmussen, P., Rov, N., Wadleigh, R., Wink, M. & Gjershaug, J.O. (2017). ''Phylogeny and new taxonomy of the Booted Eagles (Accipitriformes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakleigh East, Victoria
Oakleigh East is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 16 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Monash local government area. Oakleigh East recorded a population of 6,804 at the 2021 census. The suburb is mostly residential with some commercial lots. The suburb is bordered by Ferntree Gully Road to the north, Clayton Road to the east, North Road to the south, and the Princes Highway and Franklyn Street to the west. History An Oakleigh East Post Office opened on 15 June 1918 on Huntingdale Road near Huntingdale (then East Oakleigh) railway station. This was renamed Huntingdale around 1955. In 1967 another Oakleigh East office opened on Huntingdale Road north of Dandenong Road (Princes Highway). Today The suburb has a small commercial hub on Huntingdale Road and the Princes Highway, which includes a post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letter (m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oakleigh District Football Club
The Oakleigh District Football Netball Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club in the southern suburbs of Melbourne. The club currently participates in Division 3 of the Eastern Football Netball League. History Late in 1949 a meeting was held in Oakleigh Mechanics Institute Hall in Drummond Street Oakleigh to solve the problem of having no open age side to for all mature players to continue on their careers. The only open age side in Oakleigh area besides the Oakleigh (VFA) club was Oakleigh United but they had just disbanded. The club had left 50 pounds to any club starting up an open age side. Oakleigh District Football Club was formed and accepted into the Caulfield-Oakleigh District Football League. Oakleigh (VFA) was asked for assistance but they gave none. The club decided to use the old United jumpers (Black and White stripes) It wasn't long before the ''Districts'' had success as they won the 1953, 1957 and 1958 premierships. After founding the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Park, Victoria
Noble Park is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, southeast of the Melbourne central business district. It is part of the administrative area of the City of Greater Dandenong local government area (LGA), and recorded a population of 32,257 at the . Noble Park has a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial zones and is home to a highly multicultural population, with residents who have emigrated from Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. History The history of Noble Park as a suburb in Melbourne began in 1909. Allan Buckley nicknamed the land subdivision Nobel Park after the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel, as Buckley had used the estate to demonstrate Nobel's explosives, but the name was soon transformed to Noble Park by common usage. Early settlement was encouraged by building a community centre, church, school, postal centre and later, a railway station. The postal centre was opened in August 1910 and the railway station was completed in July 1912, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mallee Eagles Football Club Colours
Mallee may refer to: *Mallee (habit), the habit of woody plants that grow with multiple stems from underground lignotubers Places *Mallee (biogeographic region), a biogeographic region in southern Western Australia *Mallee (Victoria), an informally defined region of north-western Victoria, Australia **Division of Mallee, an electoral district that includes this region *Murray Mallee, an informally defined region of eastern South Australia Flora *Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands, a vegetation group which occurs in semi-arid areas of southern Australia *One of several eucalyptus species, including: **Bell-fruited mallee, '' Eucalyptus preissiana'' **Blackbutt mallee, '' Eucalyptus zopherophloia'' **Blue mallee (other), multiple species **Blue Mountains mallee, '' Eucalyptus stricta'' **Blue-leaved mallee, ''Eucalyptus polybractea'' **Book-leaf mallee, '' Eucalyptus kruseana'' **Cliff mallee ash, '' Eucalyptus cunninghamii'' - a tiny and rare mallee from a high rainfall re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noble Park Football Club
The Noble Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club that fields teams in both the seniors and juniors of the Eastern Football League (EFL) in Melbourne. The club is considered one of Victoria's most successful breeding grounds for VFL/AFL players. Due to the club's rich history of Premierships and its contribution to the sport and the community, in 2005, Noble Park was recognised as the only sporting club named by the City of Greater Dandenong, among its 14 sporting heroes' commemorative display. History Noble Park was formed in 1918 and played in the Under 21 competition in the Berwick Association until the end of 1933. The club jumper was black with a yellow sash. From 1934 until 1958, Noble Park played in the Dandenong District Association, winning eight premierships. In 1959 Noble Park merged with the Harrisfield Football Club and became known as Noble Park-Harrisfield Football Club. The club also changed its jumper to royal blue and white vertical stripes. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKinnon, Victoria
McKinnon is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 12 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Glen Eira local government area. McKinnon recorded a population of 6,878 at the 2021 census. McKinnon is bounded by Murray Road, Lewis Street and Blackshaw Street to the north, Tucker Road to the east, Abergeldie Avenue, Lindsay Street, Field Street, Nicholson Street, Fitzroy Street and Elster Creek to the south and Thomas Street to the west. It contains parks such as Wattle Grove Park, Allnutt Park and Joyce Park. Until 1941 the territory of the suburb was a part of Bentleigh, while the part of current McKinnon Road to the East from Jasper Road was named Manchester Road. History McKinnon expanded in the early 1900s due to the McKinnon railway station. McKinnon Road features McKinnon's main shopping strip and many back alleys run along the rear on either side. During the 1990s there was a gradual decline in the variety of shops o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorabbin Football Club Colours
Moorabbin is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 15 km south-east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Kingston local government area. Moorabbin recorded a population of 6,287 at the . Most of the eastern side of Moorabbin has been an industrial area since the first development in the mid-1960s. Major businesses with a presence in the area include Coca-Cola. Moorabbin is also well known locally for its residential area built after World War II. History The word ''Moorabbin'' is believed to have come from the Aboriginal word moorooboon meaning ''mother's milk'', as it was purportedly a place where women and children stayed and rested while the men hunted further afield. In 1846, the first European settlers arrived, brothers John and Richard King, who are thought to have come from the Western Port area. The Post Office opened on 1 September 1857 as South Brighton, was renamed Brighton South around 1886 and Moorabbin in 1909. The Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorabbin Football Club (1979–1987)
The Moorabbin Football Club, nicknamed the Kangas, was an Australian rules football club best known for its time in the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1983 to 1987. The club existed for only eight years and did not achieve any success. History The Moorabbin Football Club was formed in 1979 via a merger of the neighbouring McKinnon Football Club and Bentleigh Football Club, each of whom played in the Federal Football League (FFL). The new amalgamated club was based at McKinnon but known as Moorabbin, taking the same colours and nickname as the former Moorabbin Football Club, which disbanded in 1965. The merged club competed in the FFL until 1981, after which the league folded, and then played in the South East Suburban Football League in 1982. The club was then admitted to the expanded VFA second division in 1983. In 1983, the club played its games at Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
