Australian rules football in South Australia has a history dating back to 1843, and it has long been the most popular sport in the state.
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“Each Australian is a Ulysses.”
—Christina Stead (1902–1983)
“I invented the colors of the vowels!—A black, E white, I red, O blue, U green—I made rules for the form and movement of each consonant, and, and with instinctive rhythms, I flattered myself that I had created a poetic language accessible, some day, to all the senses.”
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—Vachel Lindsay (1879–1931)
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