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The Castlemaine Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. The Big Men Fly - high marking is a key skill and spectator attribute of Aussie Rules Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the most important skill in Aussie Rules Footy Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy...
Castlemaine (IPA: /ˈkæsəlmæɪn/; note the Flat A rather than a Broad A) is a town in Victoria, Australia, in the Midlands region about 120 kilometres northwest by road from Melbourne, and about 40 kilometres from the major provincial centre of Bendigo. ...
It is a member of the Bendigo Football League. The Bendigo Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria, Australia. ...
History
Formed in 1859, it is the second-oldest football club in Australia one of the oldest football clubs in the world. Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
The title of the worlds oldest football club, or the oldest club in a particular country, is often disputed, or is claimed by several different clubs, across several different codes of football. ...
The club was founded at the Supreme Court Hotel (now Heron's Gallery) on June 15, 1859 - a month before the Geelong Football Club. The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is an Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League with a rich history. ...
Formed in the era before codified rules, but Australian rules was popular in the goldfields region.
Without a league, the club was on and off during its first decade.
The club was a foundation club of the Victorian Football Association after it was reformed in 1871. See also Australian Football League. ...
The original uniform was a white cap with royal-blue Maltese cross. Now wears vertical black and white stripes. Maltese Cross The Maltese cross is identified as the symbol of the Christian warrior. ...
In 1925, Castlemaine joined the Bendigo Football League.
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