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Brownlow Medal Winners

Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan was awarded the Chas Brownlow Trophy 26 September 2011. So we added a list Brownlow Medal Winners since 1924 to our website.

Lollies 'n Cricket Balls

Kathryn wrote to us wanting to know what jaffa means in cricket or if it was slang for something else. Actually jaffa is slang in cricket for a ball that moves through the air or off the pitch so much that it is very difficult for a batsman to play successfully. Jaffa is also the name of a popular lollie (candy) in Australia. So you can eat Jaffa while watching a jaffa.

Speaking of cricket, if you ever wondered what cricket is all about, here's a good Aussie website with an extensive glossary to help you understand the rules and the slang.

Dunaden Wins the 2011 Melbourne Cup

As pretty much all Aussies know by now, Dunaden took 1st place with Red Cadeaux 2nd and Lucas Cranach 3rd at the 2011 Melbourne Cup. Last place was Modun.

What people outside Australia don't understand is how much we love this horse race. Who wouldn't love getting time off work to party and place a bet. Even our pollies didn't want to miss the race. (Federal Parliament's Question Time was brought forward by half an hour.)

Premonition for the coming election? The ABC News reported that our Prime Minister tipped Manighar to win while the opposition leader Tony Abbott selected Dunaden.

We've updated our race info and added a Cup trivia page. See our Melbourne Cup winners since 1861.