Summary

Packet of seven collectable cards of the Carlton Women's AFL team, from the inaugural competition held in Melbourne from 3 February to 25 March 2017. The colour-printed cardboard cards feature portrait photographs of the team's players, including Lauren Arnell, and Darcy Vescio, and feature a player's biography on the reverse. The cards are manufactured by Select Australia, and are officially endorsed by the Australian Football League. These cards are some of the first collectable cards sold to the public for the recently established AFL Women's competition.

Physical Description

Glossed cardboard colour-printed cards on cardboard stock, encased in plastic packet.

Significance

Statement of Historical Significance:
This acquisition documents the formation and commencement of the first Australian Football League Women's competition, launched 3 February 2017. This was an event of enormous historical significance: while women have been recorded as playing competition Australian Rules football since the early 20th century, and the AFL supported the introduction of two demonstration matches (Melbourne and Western Bulldogs) in 2015-16, this 2017 competition marked the first offically recognised and supported competition by the AFL. It involved eight teams from five states, playing eachother once over seven rounds around Australia, culminating in a top of the table grand final match (won by the Adelaide Crows). Matches were televised and the first match between Collingwood and Carlton at Princes Park on 3 February which saw a crowd 'lockout' (some 27,000 people attended) demonstrated the community interest and support in a women's competition as well as the historical import of the event.

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