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List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia

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This is an incomplete list of men's Australian rules football leagues in Australia.

There is also a Victorian only list of former Associations and Leagues too. In the early 1900s a lot of club's would move from one association to another and other football associations would be formed amongst nearby small rural clubs and towns.

There are active leagues in all states and territories for senior players.

For Women's Australian rules football see List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia

See Also 'List of Australian rules football leagues outside Australia

For Rec Footy (social non-contact) competitions, see Rec Footy#List of AFL Rec Footy Competitions.

Senior Football Leagues

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Current

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Name State Founded Clubs Divisions
Adelaide Footy League South Australia 1911 68 7
Adelaide Plains Football League South Australia 1904 7 1
AFL Cairns Queensland 1957 7 1
AFL Capricornia Queensland 1974 6 1
AFL Darling Downs Queensland 1971 7 2
AFL Mackay Queensland 1970 7 1
AFL Mount Isa Queensland 1967 4 1
AFL Townsville Queensland 1955 5 1
AFL Wide Bay Queensland 1987 4 1
Alberton Football League Victoria 1946 7 1
Australian Football League National 1897 18 1
Avon Football Association Western Australia 1959 7 1
Ballarat Football League Victoria 1893 11 1
Barkly Australian Football League Northern Territory 1991 7 1
Barossa Light & Gawler Football Association South Australia 1987 9 1
Bellarine Football League Victoria 1971 10 1
Bendigo Football League Victoria 1880 10 1
Big Rivers Australian Football League Northern Territory 1982 8 1
Black Diamond Australian Football League New South Wales 1888 15 3
Broken Hill Football League New South Wales 1890 4 1
Central Australian Football League Northern Territory 1947 15 3
Central Highlands Football League Victoria 1979 18 1
Central Kimberley Football Association Western Australia 1991 5 1
Central Midlands Coastal Football League Western Australia 1992 5 1
Central Murray Football League Victoria 1997 11 1
Central West Australian Football League New South Wales 1981 4 1
Central Wheatbelt Football League Western Australia 1967 6 1
Circular Head Football Association Tasmania 1919 4 1
Colac & District Football League Victoria 1937 11 1
Darwin Football Association Tasmania 1951 8 1
East Gippsland Football League Victoria 1974 8 1
East Kimberley Football Association Western Australia 1970 10 1
Eastern Districts Football League Western Australia 1960 8 1
Eastern Eyre Football League South Australia 1989 4 1
Eastern Football League Victoria 1997 46 5
Ellinbank & District Football League Victoria 1937 15 1
Esperance District Football Association Western Australia 1956 4 1
Essendon District Football League Victoria 1930 26 3
Far North Football League South Australia 1948 5 1
Far West Football League South Australia 1909 4 1
Farrer Football League New South Wales 1957 9 1
Fortescue National Football League Western Australia 1971 4 1
Gascoyne Football Association Western Australia 1908 4 1
Geelong & District Football League Victoria 1880 12 1
Geelong Football League Victoria 1979 12 1
Gippsland League Victoria 2002 10 1
Golden Rivers Football League Victoria 1998 9 1
Goldfields Football League Western Australia 1896 5 1
Goulburn Valley Football League Victoria 1892 12 1
Gove Australian Football League Northern Territory 1975 5 1
Great Flinders Football League South Australia 1927 6 1
Great Northern Football League Western Australia 1961 7 1
Great Southern Football League South Australia 1923 10 1
Great Southern Football League Western Australia 1990 6 1
Hampden Football Netball League Victoria 1930 10 1
Heathcote District Football League Victoria 1907 9 1
Hills Football League South Australia 1902 19 2
Horsham & District Football League Victoria 1937 11 1
Hume Football League New South Wales 1935 15 1
Kangaroo Island Football League South Australia 1950 5 1
King Island Football Association Tasmania 1908 3 1
Kowree-Naracoorte-Tatiara Football League South Australia 1993 11 1
Kyabram & District Football League Victoria 1932 13 1
Loddon Valley Football League Victoria 1902 9 1
Lower South West Football League Western Australia 1959 7 1
Mallee Football League South Australia / Victoria 1994 6 1
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League Victoria 1982 14 1
Mid Gippsland Football League Victoria 1936 10 1
Mid South Eastern Football League South Australia 1936 9 1
Mid West Football League South Australia 1988 6 1
Millewa Football League Victoria 1926 6 1
Mininera & District Football League Victoria 1925 12 1
Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League Victoria 1987 22 2
Mortlock Football League Western Australia 1945 7 1
Murray Football League Victoria 1931 13 1
Newman National Football League Western Australia 1972 4 1
North Central Football League Victoria 1930 7 1
North Coast Australian Football League New South Wales 1982 5 1
North Eastern Football League South Australia 1946 8 1
North Gippsland Football League Victoria 1955 11 1
North Midlands Football League Western Australia 1924 6 1
North Pilbara Football League Western Australia 1977 6 1
North Western Football Association Tasmania 1894 9 1
Northern Areas Football Association South Australia 1909 6 1
Northern Football League Victoria 1922 25 3
Northern Riverina Football League New South Wales 1924 6 1
Northern Tasmanian Football Association Tasmania 1996 19 2
Northern Tasmanian Football League Tasmania 1987 8 1
Northern Territory Football League Northern Territory 1916 8 1
Oatlands District Football Association Tasmania 1952 8 1
Old Scholars Football Association Tasmania 1987 7 1
Omeo & District Football League Victoria 1925 6 1
Ongerup Football Association Western Australia 1963 6 1
Ovens & King Football League Victoria 1902 12 1
Ovens & Murray Football League Victoria/ New South Wales 1894 10 1
Peel Football League South Australia 1992 8 1
Picola & District Football League Victoria 1935 17 2
Port Lincoln Football League South Australia 1910 6 1
Queensland Australian Football League Queensland 1905 10 2
Ravensthorpe & Districts Football Association Western Australia 1968 3 1
Riddell District Football League Victoria 1902 13 1
Riverina Football League New South Wales 1982 9 1
Riverland Football League South Australia 1909 13 2
River Murray Football League South Australia 1931 7 1
Sapphire Coast Australian Football League New South Wales 1984 6 1
South Australian National Football League South Australia 1877 10 1
South Coast Australian Football League New South Wales 1969 7 1
South East Football Netball League Victoria 2015 9 1
South West Football League Western Australia 1957 10 1
South West District Football League Victoria 1970 8 1
Southern Football League South Australia 1896 15 1
Southern Football League Tasmania 1996 10 1
Southern Football League Victoria 1992 32 3
Spencer Gulf Football League South Australia 1961 6 1
Sunraysia Football League Victoria 1945 8 1
Sydney Australian Football League New South Wales 1903 23 5
Tallangatta & District Football League Victoria 1908 12 1
Tamworth Football League New South Wales 1997 7 1
Tasmanian Football League Tasmania 2009 10 1
Tiwi Islands Football League Northern Territory 1944 7 1
Upper Great Southern Football League Western Australia 1959 8 1
Upper Murray Football League Victoria 1894 6 1
Victorian Amateur Football Association Victoria 1892 72 7
Victorian Football League Victoria 1877 21 1
Warrnambool & District Football League Victoria 1945 12 1
West Australian Amateur Football League Western Australia 1922 65 6
West Australian Football League Western Australia 1885 9 1
West Gippsland Football Netball Competition Victoria 2017 12 1
West Kimberley Football Association Western Australia 1948 8 1
Western Border Football League Victoria/ South Australia 1964 6 1
Western Region Football League Victoria 1931 25 3
Whyalla Football League South Australia 1927 6 1
Wimmera Football League Victoria 1937 8 1
Yarra Valley Mountain District Football League Victoria 1966 19 2
Yorke Peninsula Football League South Australia 1888 9 1

Former Football Associations / Leagues

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Victoria
Name State Founded Ended Reason / Premiers
Ailsa Football Association/Borung & Wimmera Football Association Victoria c. 1919 c. 1922
Alberton Football Association/Alberton Shire Football Association Victoria 1928 1940 Replaced by the Alberton Football League in 1946.
Alberton Shire Football Association/South Gippsland Football Association Victoria c. 1889 1927 Replaced by the Alberton Football Association
Allans Flat & District Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1923[1] Also called Kiewa Valley FA too. 1923 Premiers: Allan's Flat FC[2]
Allansford District Football Association Victoria
Alty Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1898 Teams: Bethanga, Gundowring, Osborne's Flat, Wodonga & Yckandandah. 1898 Premiers: Osborne's Flat[3]
Apollo Bay Football Association Victoria 1934
Arapiles Football Association Victoria 1913[4] 1945:after 1 year revival 1913 Premiers: Natimuk FC[5] 1914 Premiers: Natimuk FC[6] 1915 Premiers: Lowan FC[7]
Ararat Inter - Church Football Association Victoria 1928 1931
Ararat and District Football Association Victoria 1931 2000 Shut down by VCFL because of lack of clubs. Remaining clubs dispersed into Horsham & District Football League and Mininera & District Football League
Avoca District Football Association Victoria 1909 1921 Clubs in the league later moved to the Mountain Creek Football Association and the Pyrenees District Football Association
Avon Football Association Victoria
Avon Valley Football Association Victoria
Bacchus Marsh Football League Victoria 1919 1973 Merged with Ballarat FL District Section to form the Ballarat & Bacchus Marsh FL.
Bairnsdale District Football League Victoria 1947 1972 Merged with the Gippsland FL to form the East Gippsland Football League
Ballarat & Bacchus Marsh Football League Victoria 1973 1978 Merged with Clunes FL to form the Central Highlands FL.
Ballarat Football League District Section Victoria 1959 1973 Merged with Bacchus Marsh FL to form the Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL.
Ballarat - Wimmera Football League Victoria 1934 1937 League split into the Ballarat Football League and Wimmera Football League after initially being separate before 1934.
Bass Valley Football Association Victoria 1901 1954 Merged with Wonthaggi and DFL to form Bass Valley-Wonthaggi & DFL
Bass Valley-Wonthaggi and District Football League Victoria 1955 1995 League broken up with teams joining the Alberton FL and Ellinbank DFL.
Benalla District League Victoria (Nth Est) 1929 1931 Clubs moved across to the Tatong & Thoona District FA
Benalla & District Football League Victoria (Nth Est) 1947 2009 Shut down by VCFL after 2009 because of a lack of clubs, who moved in the O&KFL
Benalla Mulwala Football League Victoria (Nth Est) 1930 1937 Teams crossed over to the Benalla Tungamah Football League in 1938.
Benalla Yarrawonga Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1906 1930 Teams moved across to the Benalla Mulwala FA in 1931
Benalla Yarrawonga Lines Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1922 1922 Premiers: Devenish[8]
Benambra Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1899 Teams: Eskdale, Mitta, Sandy Creek, Tallandoon & Tallangatta. Swanton & Shannon Storekeepers Trophy. 1899 Premiers: Mitta[9]
Bourke Evelyn Football League Victoria 1890 c. 1920 A number of clubs joined the Diamond Valley FL.
J R Bremner Cup Victoria (Mansfield) 1900 1900 - Mansfield & District Football competition cup Premiers: Mansfield FC[10]
Bright Shire Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1900[11] 1935 Name change to Myrtleford & Bright Football League in 1936
Cahill Cup Victoria (Nth Est) 1893[12]
Carkeek Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1898 Teams: Eskdale, Mitta Mitta, Sandy Creek, Tallangatta, 1898 Premiers: Tallangatta FC[13]
Catholic Young Men Society Victoria 1910 1974 Disbanded, Clubs joined YCW or Metropolitan FL
Central Gippsland Football League Victoria 1909 1953 Restructure caused the formation of Latrobe Valley FL
Central Goulburn Valley Football League Victoria 1946 1952 Went into recess at 1953 CGVFL - AGM.
Chiltern & District Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1912 1956 Clubs moved to O&KFL, Hume FL in 1957
Clunes Football League Victoria 1931 1978 Merged with Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh FL to form the Central Highlands FL.
Craven Football Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1892 1894 Cup donated by Albert William Craven (MLA for Benambra).[14]
Dederang & District Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1935 1939 1935 Premiers: Eskdale FC[15] 1936 Premiers: Tawonga FC[16] 1937 Premiers: Kiewa FC[17] 1938 Premiers: Eskdale FC[18] 1939 Premiers: Tallangatta FC[19] 1940 - Name change to Kiewa & Mitta Football League[20]
Devenish Dookie Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1899[21] 1914[22] Competition years of 1899, 1909 & 1914.
Dookie Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1910 1910 - Grand Final: St. James Socialables d St. James[23]
Dookie Line Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1919 1919[24]
Eastern District Football League Victoria 1962 1997 Merged with Knox Junior Football Association to form the EFL
Eastern Suburban Churches Football League Victoria 1923 1993 Mergred With the SFL
Echuca Football League Victoria 1932 1989
Fagan McKay Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1909 1909 - Premiers: Tallangatta Valley FC[25]
Fifteen Mile Creek Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1910 1910 1910 Premiers: Greta South FC[26]
J H Fitzgerald Cup Victoria (Nth Est) 1884 Fitzgerald was a solicitor in Yarrawonga who donated a cup.[27]
Freshwater Creek District Football Association Victoria 1920
Federal District Football Association Victoria / NSW 1897 1902
Tom Gardner Cup Victoria (Mansfield) 1891 Competition cup between Mansfield & Jamieson[28]
Gippsland Football League Victoria 1902 1972 Merged with the Bairnsdale District FL to form the East Gippsland Football League
Gippsland Latrobe Football League Victoria 1954 2001 Merged with the West Gippsland FL to form the WGLFL
Glen Alvie Football Association Victoria 1932 1945 Merged with the Wonthaggia FA to form the Wonthaggia & DFL
Goorambat / Thoona Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1910 1910 Premiers: Thoona[29]
Goulburn Valley Football Association Victoria 1888 1930 Reformed in 1937, then a name change to Central Goulburn Valley Football League in 1946.
Goulburn Valley Second Eighteens Football Association Victoria 1926 1936 Name changed to just Goulburn Valley Football Association at 1937 AGM.
Greta / Glenrowan Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1906 1906 Restructured competition. Moved into another local association.
Greta / Thoona Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1919 1926
Heidelberg District Football League Victoria 1909 1921 Renamed the Diamond Valley FL for season 1922
Heytesbury Football League Victoria 1980 1991 Merged with Mt Noorat Football League to form the Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League.
Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League Victoria 1992 2002 Competition no longer viable.
Johnson Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1896[30]
Katandra & District Football Association Victoria (Goulburn Valley) 1930
Kiewa & Mitta Football League Victoria (Nth Est) 1940[31] 1940 1940 Premiers: Mitta Valley.[32] K&MFL folded after 1940 season due to WW2
Kiewa Valley Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1902[33] 1904 Played for the Haig Trophy. 1902 Premiers: Gundowring FC[34] 1904 Premiers: Yackandandah FC[35] KVFA reformed in 1920.[36] 1920 Premiers: Tallangatta[37] 1921 Premiers: Granya FC[38] 1924 Premiers: Dederang FC[39] 1925 Premiers: Tallangatta[40] 1926 Premiers: Granya FC[41][42] 1927 Premiers: Granya FC[43]
King Valley Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1920 1934 Teams merged in 1935 to become the King Valley FC & entered the O&KFL
Lexton Football League Victoria 1945 1998 Merged with the Western Plains Football League to form the Lexton Plains Football League
Lexton Plains Football League Victoria 1999 2010 Disbanded in December 2010, clubs joined Mininera & District Football League, Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League and Central Highlands Football League
Mitta Mitta Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1905 1907 Two section, 6 teams. 1905 Premiers: Sandy Creek FC.[44] 1906 Premiers: Tallangatta FC[45] 1907 Premiers: Granya FC[46]
Mitta Mitta Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1913[47] 1913 Jerry Blanchfield / Eskdale Hotel Trophy Premiers: Tallangatta Valley FC[48]
Mitta Valley Football Association 1914 1915[49] 1914[50] & 1915 Jerry Blanchfield/Eskdale Hotel Trophy Premiers: Eskdale FC. MVFA reformed in 1919.[51] 1919 Premiers: Granya FC (unbeaten)[52] 1925 Premiers: Eskdale FC [53] 1928 Premiers: Mitta Valley FC[54]
Moira Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1902 1905 Moira FA & Tungamah FA merge to form Benalla / Yarrawonga FA[55]
Mountain District Football Association Victoria c. 1930s 1966 Merged with Yarra Valley FA to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL
Mount Noorat Football League Victoria 1930 1991 Merged with Heytesbury Football League to form the Heytesbury Mt Noorat Football League.
Mount Pleasant Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1911 1912 1911 Premiers: Tatong FC. 1912 Premiers: Greta South FC[56]
Murphy's Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1906[57] Played for the Murphy's Albion Hotel Trophy. 1906 Premiers: Yackandandah FC[58]
Murray Valley & North East Patriotic Football League Victoria (Nth Est) 1944 1949
Myrtleford & Bright District Football League Victoria (Nth Est) 1936 1949 Walsh Shield
Nobel Hamburg Explosives Football Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1900[59] 1901 Teams: Eskdale, Granya, Mitta Mitta, Sandy Creek & Tallangatta. 1900 Premiers: Mitta.[60][61] 1901 Premiers: Granya[62]
North East Central Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1904 3 teams: Albury Imperials, Beechworth & Chiltern who moved into other competitions in 1905.[63]
North East District Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1891 1912 Clubs: Avenel, Benalla, Broadford, Euroa, Kilmore, Longwood, Nagambie, Seymour, Tallarook, Violet Town, Wandong, Yea. Superseded by the Waranga & North East FA.[64]
North East Lines Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1920 1921 1920 & 21 - Premiers: Benalla Rovers.[65][66]
Ovens District Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1895[67] 1899 John A Isaacs Trophy. Superseded by Bright Shire FA.
Ovens Valley Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1913[68] 1914[69] 1913 Premiers: Gapsted FC[70] 1914 Premiers: Myrtleford FC.[71] Went into recess in 1915 due to WW1.
Panton Hill and District Football League Victoria 1931 1987 Clubs opted to leave and join the Diamond Valley FL and the Riddell District FL.
Portland District Football League Victoria 1955 1969 Merged with Port Fairy Football League to form Portland Port Fairy Football League.
Port Fairy Football League Victoria 1926 1969 Merged with Portland District Football League to form Portland Port Fairy Football League.
Riviera Football League Victoria 1986 2003 Lack of clubs resulted in a merger with the East Gippsland FL.
Rout Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1904 Teams: Eskdale, Granya, Mitta Mitta & Tallangatta. 1904 Premiers: Granya FC[72][73]
Simons Loveridge Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1900 1900 Premiers: Federals FC[74]
South Gippsland Football League Victoria 1954 1969 Competition not viable after weaker clubs left.
South West Gippsland Football League Victoria 1954 1994 League was absorbed by the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League
Tallangatta Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1908[75] 1908 - McKay Fagan Trophy Premiers: Sandy Creek FC. Reformed in 1922. Premiers: Tallangatta FC[76] 1923 Premiers: Kiewa FC[77] 1929 Premiers: Granya FC[78] 1930 Premiers: Mitta Mitta FC[79] 1931 Premiers: Mitta FC[80] in 1935 clubs moved to the Dederang FA.
Tatong Thoona Football League Victoria (Nth Est) 1932 1940 Went into recess due to WW2 & was superseded by the Benalla & District Football League in 1946
Thoona District Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1911 1911
Thoona / Glenrowan Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1907 1929
Twamley Football Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1910 1910 - Premiers: Granya FC[81] 1911 Premiers: Tallangatta Valley FC[82]
Twomey Stewart Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1909 1909 Premiers: Wodonga FC[83]
Tungamah Football League Victoria (Nth Est) 1945 1996 Merged with Goulburn Valley FL and became 2nd division and then the Central Gippsland FL. Most TFL clubs are now part of the Picola DFL.
Waranga & Nth Est Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1913 1976 John Gordon (MLA) Sheild (1913–26). Mick Minogue Shield (1927–38).
Weiss Trophy Victoria (Nth Est) 1897[84] Donor – Karl Weis' Saloon, Wodonga. 1897 Premiers: Gundowring FC[85]
West Gippsland Football league Victoria 1927 2001 Merged with the Gippsland Latrobe FL to form the WGLFL
Western Plains Football League Victoria 1930 1998 Merged with the Lexton Football League to form the Lexton Plains Football League
Western Port - Wonthaggi Football Association Victoria 1936 Merged with the Wonthaggi JFA to form the Wonthaggi FA
Wilby & District Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1914 1941 1914 & 15 then 1940 & 41.
Winton / Glenrowan Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1907 1908
Winton / Greta Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1914 1914
Wodonga & District Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1914 1914 Premiers: Federal Railways FC[86]
Wonthaggi and District Football League Victoria 1945 1954 Merged with the Bass Valley FL to form Bass Valley-Wonthaggi & DFL
Wonthaggi Football Association Victoria 1937 1944 Merged with the Glen Alive FA to form Wonthaggi & DFL
Wonthaggi Junior Football Association Victoria 1923 1936 Merged with the Western Port - Wonthaggi FA to form the Wonthaggi FA
Wycheproof-Charlton District Football Association Victoria 1890
Yackandandah & District Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1912 1912 Premiers: Dederang FC[87] 1928 Premiers: (Malcomson Trophy) Yackandandah FC[88] 1929 Premiers: Bethanga FC[89] 1930 Premiers: Kergunyah FC[90]
Yackandandah & District Football League Victoria (Nth Est) 1931 & 40 1954 Y&DFA changed its name to Y&DF League in 1931.[91] 1931 Premiers: Talgarno FC[92] 1940 Premiers: Yackandandah FC[93]
Yarra Valley Football Association Victoria 1920 1966 Merged with Mountain DFL to form the Yarra Valley Mountain DFL
Yarrawonga & Border Football Association Victoria (Nth Est) 1895 1919 In 1920 Yarrawonga returned to play in the Benalla Yarrawonga FA
Yungera District Football Association Victoria 1930
Youth Christian Workers Football League Victoria 1958 1986 Many clubs joined the Eastern Suburban Churches FA.

Australia wide

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Name State Founded Ended Reason / Premiers
Adelaide Football Association South Australia c. 1916 c. 1920
Adelaide Metropolitan Football League/Metropolitan Football Association South Australia
Adelaide Suburban Football League/Norwood-North Adelaide Football Association South Australia 1969 c. 1979
Adelaide & Suburban Football League/South Adelaide District Football Association South Australia 1911 1947 Many clubs had moved to the West Torrens District Football Association.
AFL Canberra ACT & NSW 1924 2010 Merged with QAFL to form North East Australian Football League
Albany Football Association Western Australia 1957 Merged with the Mount Barker FA to form the Southern Districts Football League.
Albert Football Association South Australia 1920 1923 Disbanded due to many clubs folding.
Albury & Border Football Association New South Wales c. 1919[94] 1927 1919 & 20 Premiers: St. Patrick's FC[95][96] 1921 Premiers: Diggers FC[97] 1922 & 23 Premiers: Hume Weir FC[98][99][100][101][102][103] 1924 Premiers: Lavington FC[104] 1925 Premiers: Ebden Rovers FC[105] 1926 & 27 Premiers: Albury Rovers FC[106][107]
Albury & District Football League New South Wales c. 1930 1957 Clubs moved to the Farrer Football League in 1956 & 57.
Albury-Bandiana Australian Rules Army Competition New South Wales/Victoria 1944 1945 Merged with the Bonegilla Australian Rules Army Competition to form the Bandiana-Bonegilla Australian Rules Army Competition
Alice Springs Football Association Northern Territory
Ardlethan District Football League New South Wales
Ariah Park & District Football League New South Wales c. 1952
Arthur West Football League Western Australia
Augusta-Margaret River Football Association Western Australia
Berrigan Football Association New South Wales (Riverina)
Bundaberg Australian Football League Queensland 1972 1986 Merged with Wide Bay Australian Football League
Central Highlands Australian Football League Queensland 1983 1997 Folded due to lack of player numbers
Central Hume Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1928 1934 Clubs moved into the Hume Football League
Central Riverina National Football League New South Wales (Riverina) 1949 1981 Premiers: 1949 – Lockhart FC,[108] 1950 – Osborne FC,[109] 1951 – Collingullie,[110] 1952 – Collingullie,[111] 1953 – Boree Creek FC,[112] 1954 – Yerong Creek FC d Milbrulong[113][114]
Clear Hills Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1902 1903
Coreen & District Football League New South Wales 1909 2007 Club mergers made the league unviable and remaining clubs joined the Hume FL.
Corowa & District Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1906 1907 1906 Premiers: Corowa FC, 1907 Premiers: Wahgunyah FC
Corowa & District Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1930 1935 Renamed the Coreen & District Football League in 1936.
Deloraine Football Association Tasmania 1950 1983 Merged with Esk Football Association to form the Esk-Deloraine Football Association.
Deniliquin Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1900 1932 In 1933, Deniliquin FC was formed & entered the Echuca Football League.
Esk Football Association Tasmania 1930 1983 Merged with Deloraine Football Association to form the Esk-Deloraine Football Association.
Esk-Deloraine Football Association Tasmania 1984 1997 All clubs joined the Northern Tasmanian Football Association
Faithful & District Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1920 1940 Went into recess in 1941 due to WW2 & never reformed.
Federal Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1905 1908
Gold Coast Australian Football League Queensland 1961 1996 Restructured competition involving Brisbane and Sunshine Coast Clubs
Greengunyah Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1906?
Huon Football Association Tasmania 1895 1997 Competition no longer viable. Club moved to Southern FL.
Lockhart & District Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1907
Leeton & District Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1929[115] 1939 Went into recess in early 1940[116]
Maryborough Australian Football League Queensland 1981 1983 Folded due to lack of player numbers
Mid Murray Football Association South Australia 1910 2009 Lack of clubs forced teams to move to the Hills FA and the North East FL.
Milbrulong & District Football League New South Wales (Riverina) 1945 1948 Premiers: 1945 – The Rock FC,[117] 1946 – Milbrulong FC,[118] 1947 – The Rock FC,[119] 1948 – Lockhart FC.[120] Changed its name to Central Riverina National Football League in 1949
Murray Border Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1895
North West Football Union Tasmania 1910 1986 Those clubs that didn't join the new Tasmanian Football League merged with the Northern Tasmania Football Association to create the Northern Tasmania Football League.
Northern Tasmanian Football Association Tasmania 1886 1986 Those clubs that didn't join the new Tasmanian Football League merged with the North West Football Union to create the Northern Tasmania Football League.
Osborne & District Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1927
Peninsula Football Association Tasmania 1988 2001 competition folded after Premaydena went into recess.
Queenstown Football Association Tasmania 1924 1963 Formed the West Tasmanian FA with Rosebery FA clubs.
Riverina Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1901 1901 1901 Premiers: Burryjaa FC[121]
South Western District Football League New South Wales (Wagga) 1920 1940 Went into recess in 1941 > WW2.[122] Reformed in 1945[123]
Southern Riverina Football Association New South Wales (Riverina) 1905 1931 Teams moved into the Murray Football League in 1932
Students Football Association South Australia c. 1922 c. 1937
Sunday Football League Western Australia 1983 2009
Sunshine Coast Australian Football League Queensland 1970 1992 Restructured competition involving Brisbane and Gold Coast Clubs
Tamar Football Association Tasmania 1970 1984 clubs joined the Tasmanian Amateurs Northern Division.
Tasman Football Association Tasmania 1910 2001 clubs joined the Southern Football League.
The Rock Football Association New South Wales
Wagga Football Association New South Wales
West Tasmanian Football League Tasmania 1964 1993 Shortage of clubs. Clubs now part of the Darwin FA.
Wide Bay Australian Football League Queensland 1985 1986 Merged with the Bundaberg Australian Football League

See also

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References

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