Douglas Nicholls
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Sir Douglas Ralph Nicholls was a prominent Aboriginal Australian from the Yorta Yorta people who served as the 28th governor of South Australia from 1976 to 1977. He was a professional athlete, pastor
Douglas Nicholas, c.1975
Northcote Football Club's 1929 premiership side; Doug Nicholls second from right, front row
Nicholls in 1931
Tom Foster, Jack Kinchela (obscured), Nicholls, William Cooper and Jack Patten reading the resolution of the Aborigines Progressive Association at the All Australian Aboriginal Conference and Day of Mourning at Australian Hall, Sydney, on 26 January 1938
Sir Doug Nicholls Round
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The Sir Doug Nicholls Round is an annual event in the Australian Football League which celebrates the culture of Indigenous Australians and the contribution of Indigenous Australian players to the spo
Douglas Nicholls
…2011 – inducted to Victorian Aboriginal Honour Roll 2016 – The AFL renamed its Indigenous round the Sir Doug Nicholls Round in his honour, and continues to do so. Each year, all 18 teams wear specially-commissioned artworks by Indigenous artists on their guernseys. 2017…
Players observe a war cry representing each club and performed by Indigenous groups in 2019
The centre circle is decorated with the colours of the Aboriginal flag in 2019
Tyson Stengle 2023
Jeremy Mc Govern 2019.3