Barassi Line
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barassi-line-218-668871
title:
Barassi Line
text:
The Barassi Line is an imaginary line in Australia which approximately divides areas where Australian rules football or rugby league is the most popular football code. The term was first used by historian Ian Turner in his 1978 Ron Barassi Memorial Lecture. Crowd figures, media coverage, and participation rates are heavily skewed in favour of the dominant code on either side. Other sports are unaffected by the dichotomy; Australian cricket, for example, has maintained consistent national interes
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Imaginary geographic line of football codes in Australia
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barassi_Line
date created:
2007-02-04T21:59:26Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T05:26:03Z
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image:
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13
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