Monash Blues Football Club
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Commencing in the VAFA in 1962 as
"Monash University Football Club", the Monash Blues were the senior football
team on Monash University's home campus at Clayton. In 2000 the 'Whites'
and the 'Blues' football clubs merged and, commencing with the 2001 season,
the 'Whites' began playing as the "Monash Blues" side in the VAFA's
Club XVIII competition.
Monash
University
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- Opening its doors to its
first students at the Wellington Road, Clayton site in 1961, Monash
University is now Australia's largest and most international
university. With over 52,000 students, the university boasts six
campuses in its home state of Victoria, a campus in Malaysia and one in
South Africa, as well as centres in the UK and Italy. The
university's original Clayton campus, the largest of its eight, is home to
the 'Blues' and the 'Whites'. The majority of Whites' players over
the years have come from the ranks of students and graduates of Monash
Uni.
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- Thanks to Bev Olbrich
for her assistance in accessing team photos and historical records.
Monash
Alumni
The Monash University Alumni
Office is the contact point for all matters to do with the University for
those who attended Monash. All alumni can take advantage of the range
of activities, events, Australian and international contacts and benefits
the university coordinates. Alumni, please visit the site and make
sure that your contact details are up-to-date.
Our thanks to Bev Fryer
and Michelle Pearson for their assistance in promoting our 2004 reunion and our
website.
Monash
University Archives
The Archives currently house
records of permanent value from Clayton, Caulfield, Peninsula and
Gippsland campuses ... and plenty from the Monash Whites Football
Club. Please visit their MONPIX Image Database and see if you can
assist with the identification of any of the football team photos from the
70s.
Thanks to Lyn Maloney
and Brenda Le Grand for access to the University's extensive historical
archive.
Monash
Whites - Our Original Site
The revamped version of
Simon Raynor's
original MWFC site.
[It is important
to highlight that this site has not been updated since 1999.
Contact details, links and other information on the original site are
largely out-of-date.]
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Victorian
Amateur Football Association (VAFA)
Founded in 1892 as the
Metropolitan Junior Football Association, the football teams of Monash
University have played in the "Ammos" since 1962.
Our thanks to Kate
Balme and the VAFA for access to the Association's extensive historical
archive.
AFL
Victoria
The peak body for Australian
rules football in Victoria (formerly "Football Victoria"). It covers 12 regions, 115 leagues and
1942 clubs, and oversees, supports and guides football bodies across the
State, including our VAFA.
Victorian Women's
Football League (VWFL)
Commencing in 1981, the
league now has 20 clubs spread over metropolitan Melbourne with teams also
from Ballarat and Geelong. Close to 1,000 women now participate in this
rapidly growing sport.
Australian
Football League (AFL)
Established in 1897,
originally as the Victorian Football League (VFL), it is Australia's premier football
competition and finest example of the skills and strength of our wonderful
game. It is also the keeper of the
laws of the game.
Footypedia
"A labyrinth of local
Aussie Rules history" which lists over 4,400 football clubs - MWFC
included.
World
Footy News
"Reporting from
Australian football's global frontier." Created to foster
awareness of Australian Rules Football around the globe and to aid
communication between clubs, leagues and individuals playing and
supporting Aussie Rules.
2008 International Cup
In August Victoria
welcomed the world for the third Australian Football International Cup. 15
nations and the Peace Team (comprising Israelis and Palestinians) competed
with the Papua New Guinea Mosquitoes winning the championship. Our
congratulations to all!
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