John Devaney

John Devaney was the author of the acclaimed Australian football history website Full Points Footy which ran from 2001 until 2012. Over the past decade he has supplemented this content, most of which can still be found at Adam Cardosi's site, www.australianfootball.com, with a series of books which expand and augment the material. "A Far Off Land" is one such book, graphically depicting the world of Australian football as it existed during the first quarter of the twentieth century, against the...See more

John Devaney was the author of the acclaimed Australian football history website Full Points Footy which ran from 2001 until 2012. Over the past decade he has supplemented this content, most of which can still be found at Adam Cardosi's site, www.australianfootball.com, with a series of books which expand and augment the material. "A Far Off Land" is one such book, graphically depicting the world of Australian football as it existed during the first quarter of the twentieth century, against the backdrop of a rapidly changing political and social landscape. Some of the information, particularly relating to Australian football, will come as a surprise to many readers. When published as a hardback book, "A Far Off Land" attracted universally positive reviews. Whether it is, as one reviewer put it, "among the most important books about Aussie Rules yet published" is for you to decide. See less