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AFL 2017 in names only

The only player analysis you’ll need this footy season

By Hugh Robertson 
April 2017
April 2017
The Australia of Pauline Hanson’s second parliamentary term looks very different to the Australia of her first
Our ethnic face
George Megalogenis
The only player analysis you’ll need this footy season
AFL 2017 in names only
Hugh Robertson
Russian piano superstar Daniil Trifonov teaches a masterclass in Melbourne
Magic hands
Chloe Hooper
Farmers on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula are preparing for a plague
Mice alert
Michael Dulaney
A stint in a remote Western Australian hospital brings its own challenges
Working regional
Karen Hitchcock
The Australian right is startling for its incoherence
Alt-wrong
Richard Cooke
What will be the cost of a patchwork NBN?
Network error
Paddy Manning
A farming family and Indigenous elders join forces to recognise a special site on private land
An Aboriginal place
Sam Vincent
The prospect of 12 hours in Singapore airport gives rise to an existential crisis
The stopover
Robert Skinner
The Asia TOPA festival is unique for its focus on contemporary Asian culture
A necessary shift
Alison Croggon
Bill Henson exhibits recent photographic work at the National Gallery of Victoria
Art walks a tightrope
Sebastian Smee
Jessa Crispin’s ‘Why I Am Not a Feminist’ demands a dismantling of mainstream feminism … and the system itself
A cleansing fire
Stephanie Bishop

Names suitable for minor characters in a Charles Dickens novel
Darcy Parish, Brandan Parfitt, Harry Perryman, Harrison Wigg, Tom Ruggles

The Ks have it
Keegan Brooksby, Kristian Jaksch, Kayle Kirby, Kade Kolodjashnij

Give ’em both barrels
Jesse Glass-McCasker, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Anthony McDonald-Tipungwuti, Josh Deluca-Cardillo, Sam Powell-Pepper

The annual Jarrad census
Jarrad (4), Jarryd (3), Jarrod (5), Jared (1), Sharrod (1), Jarryn (1), Darragh (1)

The times, they are a …
Brayden (3), Braydon (1), Jayden (3), Hayden (2), Kaiden (1), Aidyn (1)

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the …
Dayne, Zaine, Blaine, Kayne, Kane, Wayne, Jamaine

*desperately immature giggle*
Mason Cox, Tyson Goldsack, Tom Doedee, Steele Sidebottom, Aaron Mullett

Yes mum?
Harry Dear, Jack Darling

Obvious aliases of superheroes
Cedric Cox, Harrison Himmelberg, Brady Grey, Tristan Tweedie, Dean Kent, Jack Steele

Footy player or make of car?
Jaeger, Suban, Hrovat, Bewick, Fiorini, Preuss, Varcoe, Strnadica

Imperatives
David Swallow, Billy Stretch, Brad Crouch, Tom Lynch, Dean Gore, Luke Shuey, Jarrod Pickett, Scott Selwood

Names suitable for the protagonist of a Banjo Paterson bush ballad
Darcy Tucker, Billy Longer, Dougal Howard, Mackenzie Willis, Jack Scrimshaw, Jack Fitzpatrick, Billy Frampton, Fletcher Roberts

Names suitable for a new housing development in Sydney’s north-west
Blake Acres, Levi Greenwood, Bradley Hill, Bailey Dale, Fergus Greene, Dean Towers, Easton Wood

Six degrees of Dawson Simpson
Jordan Dawson, Liam Dawson, Zac Dawson, Dawson Simpson, Kade Simpson, Sam Simpson

May the Force be with you
Wylie Buzza, Griffin Logue, Ivan Soldo, Tarir Bayok, Cameron Zurhaar, Maverick Weller, Roarke Smith

The Orazio Fantasia perpetual trophy for best new name
Quinton Narkle

Great names to shout when they take a speccy
Matthew Uebergang, Tim Broomhead, Jarman Impey, Myles Poholke

With special thanks to Peter Cronin

About the author Hugh Robertson

Hugh Robertson runs a record store, writes a lot and thinks about the Sydney Swans too much.

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