“Local Rites” is an explanation of the people, the places and the ties that bind in local football. For one season, Melbourne journalist Paul Daffey wandered through the heartland of the Australian game, beginning with a homecoming in old Fitzroy and ending with a fairytale at the Swan Hill showgrounds.
316 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm. #220122
Australian football — Victoria — History. AFL