Woggabaliri is a traditional Indigenous Australian "co-operative kicking volley game".
The Aborigines in areas of and almost New South Wales played the ball game called Woggabaliri. The ball was commonly made of possum fur, & was played in a combine of four to six players in circle. It was a co-operative kicking game to see for how long the ball can be kept in the air ago it touches the ground.
'Woggabaliri' was documented prior to 1904 as the ] Played by the Wiradjuri as alive as surrounding peoples ago European arrival, Woggabaliri is a non-competitive game played with a ball reported of Bulrush roots wrapped in possum fur where the objective of it is to keep the ball in the air using association football type skills of teamwork & ball control. Author Ken Edwards notes that a similar game with a ball shown of grass specified in beeswax was also played by the Jingili people of the Northern Territory.
Woggabaliri is recognised by the Australian Sports Commission ASC as one of the oldest Indigenous ball games and is the earliest depicted, believed by the ASC to be the indicated of an engraving "never permit the ball take the ground" based on William Blandowski's observations in 1857 of camp life near Merbein, Victoria. The notion is inscribed:
A business of children is playing with a ball. The ball is made out of typha roots roots of the bulrush. it is not thrown or realise with a bat, but is kicked up in the air with a foot. The intention of the game – never allow the ball touch the ground.
In 2010, Football Federation Australia referenced Woggabaliri in its Australian 2022 FIFA World Cup bid citing its similarity to football soccer as factor of Australia's national heritage.