Fremantle are set to turn out to be the second AFL membership to honour the Sir Doug Nicholls and AFLW Indigenous Rounds by altering its title to the standard Indigenous title of the world.
During the 2 rounds, Fremantle will turn out to be the Walyalup Football Club and this season will face Melbourne, who had been renamed as Narrm Football Club from 2022.
It will see Walyalup face Naarm on the MCG on Saturday May 27 throughout Sir Doug Nicholls Round.
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In Round 10, Walyalup will play Geelong at Optus Stadium because the second week of the annual spherical.
A brand new brand was designed by life member and Next Generation Academy coach Roger Hayden, who performed 128 matches for the membership.
Fremantle CEO Simon Garlick revealed the change and mentioned it had been a transfer two years within the making.
“Walyalup is the Noongar country in and around Fremantle, and similar to the lead of Melbourne Football Club renaming to Narrm last season, we will be referred to as Walyalup in 2023 … and fittingly we will face Narrm at the MCG on 27 May to kick off National Reconciliation Week,” Garlick mentioned.
“The Walyalup logo has been designed by past player and our current NGA Coach Roger Hayden, and tells of the Walyalup Creation Story.
“It will take over all of our channels in those weeks and our coaches will proudly wear the Walyalup Polos for these games.
“I want to thank Roger for his work creating the logo as well as a special thank you to our RAP External Advisory Group who have provided valuable guidance along the way.”
Hayden mentioned he was proud to participate in creating the Walyalup Football Club.
“I’m really proud of Fremantle’s history, we’ve always had a strong culture of representing Indigenous players and who we are as a Club and I think this continues with what we’re doing now to rebrand as the Walyalup Football Club,” Hayden mentioned.
“It’s about sharing our culture to the wider community, it’s fantastic and I’m really looking forward to seeing this unfold throughout the year and how it goes in the future.”
Walyalup is the standard title of the land round Fremantle and has all the time been a big place for the Whadjuk individuals, the standard house owners of the land.
The Whadjuk are considered one of 14 Nyoongar teams which make up south west Western Australia and Nyoongar title means “the place of walyo”.
Walyo are also referred to as kangaroo rat and had been frequent within the space round Fremantle.
Source: www.news.com.au
