ART
MURAL RAISED AWARENESS OF THE LINKS BETWEEN MARNGROOK AND AFL
MARNGROOK MURAL : IMPRESSIVE RELIC OF A MOMENT IN SCOTCH HISTORY
The 2019 Scotch Indigenous Partnership Program ( IPP ) focused on the theme of marngrook , with the aim of raising awareness throughout the Scotch community that the game of Australian football was at least partly inspired by the game of marngrook . The game , which looks remarkably similar to AFL , had been played by First Nations people in areas of Victoria for thousands of years . At that time the AFL held the position that any link between the two games was unlikely .
Early in 2019 , permission was granted to paint a mural which would liven up the building site near the old tuckshop , with the theme of a celebration of the game of marngrook and its link to AFL football .
The Marngrook Mural was painted and drawn on 20 metres of hoardings surrounding the building works of the Keon-Cohen Dining Hall in March-April of 2019 . Students of the inaugural Artist ’ s Workshop class , along with Yudha Scholes , Head of Art , painted the word ‘ marngrook ’ and the first layers of drawings and messages in the style of iconic street artists Jean Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring .
56 Great Scot Issue 169 – September 2023