Ford Fairlane
Moderator
- Feb 21, 2002
- 77,595
- 184,382
- AFL Club
- Port Adelaide
- Other Teams
- Port Adelaide Magpies
- Moderator
- #1
What a lovely touch by the Port Adelaide Football Club yet again.
Magpie spirit can never be taken
THE Magpie emblem of Port Adelaide has been firmly rooted in the club’s folklore and identity for over a century, but now it represents a strong cultural bond between the club and its Aboriginal community.
A language name has been shared with the club by Karl Winda Telfer, who is a senior cultural custodian of one of the tribal family clans of the Kaurna Nation.
That language name is Kurraka – the Kaurna word for Magpie – which has been the animal emblem of Port Adelaide since the early 1900s.
Magpie spirit can never be taken
For those of us that voted for a single Port Adelaide emblem, this is perfect. Port Adelaide Kurraka. Given Eddie's faulty cultural radar it could be years before he catches on.
Magpie spirit can never be taken
THE Magpie emblem of Port Adelaide has been firmly rooted in the club’s folklore and identity for over a century, but now it represents a strong cultural bond between the club and its Aboriginal community.
A language name has been shared with the club by Karl Winda Telfer, who is a senior cultural custodian of one of the tribal family clans of the Kaurna Nation.
That language name is Kurraka – the Kaurna word for Magpie – which has been the animal emblem of Port Adelaide since the early 1900s.
Magpie spirit can never be taken
For those of us that voted for a single Port Adelaide emblem, this is perfect. Port Adelaide Kurraka. Given Eddie's faulty cultural radar it could be years before he catches on.
