Harry Hewitt, sometimes spelled "Hewit", "Ewart" or "Hewett", was an Indigenous Australian cricketer and Australian rules footballer. In 1889, Hewitt played for the Medindie Football Club, and so is believed to be the first Indigenous Australian to play in the South Australian Football Association (SAFA), known today as the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).
Hewitt in 1894
The Point McLeay Mission church. Point McLeay has now reverted to its original name used by the Indigenous population, Raukkan.
In 1885 Hewitt's Point McLeay side drew against senior SAFA side Old Adelaide (pictured) on Adelaide Oval.
The Southern South Australia team that played in the Annual 'North–South' game at the Adelaide Oval on August 18, 1894. Hewitt is pictured at the far right of the middle row.
Port Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia. The club's senior men's team plays in the Australian Football League (AFL), where they are nicknamed the Power, while its reserves men's team competes in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), where they are nicknamed the Magpies. Since its founding, the club has won an unequalled 36 SANFL premierships and 4 Championship of Australia titles, in addition to an AFL Premiership in 2004. It has also fielded a women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW) league since 2022 (S7).
First premiership team in 1884
In 1889, Port Adelaide played Norwood in the first "Grand Final" at Adelaide Oval, pictured in 1889.
Club legend Harold Oliver taking a spectacular mark in the 1914 SAFL Semi-final against Sturt at Adelaide Oval
Port Adelaide's undefeated 1914 SAFL premiers and Champions of Australia team
