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100 years of Australian Women's Football

Passion. Fight. Resilience. Dedication. Pride. Inspiration.

These are just some of the words that sum up the history of Women's Football in Australia. 

The roaring success of the Commonwealth Bank Matildas in this century would not have been possible if it was not for some of the amazing and inspirational people that brought the women's game out of decades of obscurity in the 1970's. 

From the first recorded public match in Brisbane in 1921, to the Matildas reaching the Semi Finals of an Olympic Games in 2021, we take a look at the last 100 years of women's football in Australia. 

Timeline: 100 Years of Australian Women's Football

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