SUBJECTS: Arts
YEARS: 7–8, 9–10
AFL songs are among the most widely recognised and popular pieces of music in Australia, sung proudly year after year.
Would it surprise you to find out they're rarely original?
Discover the early 20th-century origins of most of Australia's football chants and the stylistic features that make them so effective in energising the crowd.
How would you write your own football chant?
Production Date: 2019
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