By CASEY NEILL
Some of the country’s newest arrivals got a taste of the Aussie sport obsession in Dandenong.
Greaves Reserve hosted migrants and refugees from AMES’s Noble Park and Dandenong sites and AFL and Netball Victoria representatives on Wednesday 1 July.
Margot Hennessey from AMES Australia said the event was part of four weeks of training for 100 young people in the Australia Youth Program.
“It’s led them to play on the MCG at half time, for the AFL side of things,” she said.
“There was an AFL AMES Game On Cup at the Whitten Oval.
“Some of the girls play football as well.”
Ms Hennessey said this was an annual program that got the new arrivals outside, having fun and learning new skills.
“They’re newly arrived so they don’t know much about Australian Rules football, so it’s an introduction to the Australian way of life, really,” she said.
