As the Sir Doug Nicholls rounds approach, all 18 clubs are ready to celebrate their Indigenous players and club members, both past and present.
Each season the clubs design guernseys to commemorate the occasion, with this year's theme being, โOur Legacy โ This is Us'.
Take a look at each teams guernsey for this season, and decide which design is best.
Carltonย
Carlton's 2021 Indigenous guernsey has been designed by Melbourne artist and proud Gunditjmara woman, Laura Thompson.
Thompson consulted with the seven active Indigenous Carlton players in Eddie Betts, Liam Jones, Jack Martin, Zac Williams, Sam Petrevski-Seton, Madison Prespakis and Natalie Plane to create a guernsey that pays tribute to each of their mob names where the players' families came from.
The guernsey features campfires on the shoulders symbolizing the entire Carlton family uniting together as the Navy Blue.
There is also designs of the Yarra River, known as the Birrarung, that flow up the guernsey which represent spiritual relevance to the Wurundjeri people and their history.
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— Carlton FC (@CarltonFC) May 25, 2021
Carlton defender and proud Kija man, Liam Jones, told the club website of the privilege and honour that he felt in being able to contribute to the design of the guernsey.
"It was a real honour to work with Laura and our six other Indigenous players to create this yearโs guernsey, which we all feel a very strong connection to," Jones said.
"To have been involved in the design process and have the guernsey be representative of who we are and where we have come from is very special."
Depicting each mob represented in our playing group and paying tribute by honouring their rich cultures - while also acknowledging the Carlton supporters and members.
Hear from designer Laura Thompson about our 2021 Indigenous Guernsey.
— Carlton FC (@CarltonFC) May 25, 2021
