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Skipton Football Club has played an integral part in helping a remote indigenous community in far northern Australia get a new Aussie Rules team on the ground.
A newly formed Kalumburu youth side in Western Australia has adopted the Emus’ colours thanks to arrival a set of Skipton jumpers.
Skipton secretary Simone Smith said it had all come together by chance.
She said the Emus had a set of match-day jumpers surplus to needs and rather have them going to waste she began a search for where they might be used.
“Basically I was wanting to send them somewhere which was useful and looked for remote op shops online.”
Smith came across the Kalumburu Strong Women’s Centre.
“I contacted the women there.
“They were lovely and so grateful for the donation.
“In the interim, the local youth worker got a footy team up and running and as karma would have it the jumpers arrived in perfect time,” she said.
Smith said it was a most satisfying outcome.
Kalumburu has a population of 500 and is a one-hour flight or 10-hour four-wheel-drive from the nearest town.
The op shop was set up in 2016.
Kalumburu elder Doreen Unghango said with limited funding available, the concept of an op shop came to life after hundreds of pieces of second-hand clothing arrived from people around Australia after non-for-profit Enterprise Learning Projects’ call for donations.