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“One of the three generations of Burgoynes that played here on Kaurna land. History, culture and family all connect to this club, and this land.”
The front of the guernsey centres around a beautifully intricate eagle, with its wings forming the classic ‘V’ shape and its feathers also represented within the playing numbers on the back of the jumper.
“The eagle represents a cultural totem of my grandfather and was passed on to me,” Burgoyne said.
Jase Burgoyne is the latest of three generations of his family to represent Yartapuulti on the football field. Image: Matt Sampson.
“The eagle in our language, Ngat Ngat Mi, is a significant Warai clan totem. It has cultural significance to my grandfather Gabe Hazelbane and to his descendants who are all Warai traditional owners, which is located 80 kilometres south-west of Darwin.
“This eagle is the main centrepiece of the design, to pay respect to my grandfather, who passed away during Covid, and we couldn’t attend his burial on our Gulngarring homelands due to borders being closed.
“The seven feathers symbolise my children, my world. As you can see, they are falling off the eagle, which is my grandfather, and we are descendants of him.”
“The sunrise above my playing number seven represents my great, great grandmother, also known as Tjundia, which means sunrise in my other language group being Mirning.
The eagle, or Ngat Ngat Mi, is a significant Warai clan totem. It has cultural significance to Peter Burgoyne's grandfather Gabe Hazelbane as a Warai traditional owner. Image: Matt Sampson.
A majestic southern right whale is shown across the back of the strip, with emu tracks surrounding it on either side.
“The whale is a sacred animal, a cultural totem of my grandmother,” Burgoyne said.
“These totems carry a special spiritual significance that must be looked after. These tracks are my family’s journeys we’ve lived, and the journeys ahead.”
