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Australian rules football

contact sport invented in Melbourne
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Summary

Australian rules football is a type of sport[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of type of sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,896 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: football[3]
  • Commons category: Australian rules football[4]
  • Country of origin: Australia[5]
  • Official website: http://www.afl.com.au/[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Australian rules football[7]
  • Commons gallery: Australian rules football[8]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Australian rules football[9]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: sport=australian_football[10]
  • Topic has template: Template:Australian rules football[11]
  • Different from: football[12]
  • Duration: 80 minutes[13]
  • Uses: Australian rules football[14], Australian rules football playing field[15]
  • Practiced by: Australian rules football player[16], Australian rules football coach[17]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18]

Why It Matters

Australian rules football has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] It is known by 61 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

Related Entities

Australia John Curtin

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6816
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  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main wikimedia portal → Portal:Australian rules football
    Website → —
    Country of origin → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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